Functional Training
Functional training is a type of exercise which involves training the body for activities performed in daily life. Functional training attempts to adapt or develop exercises which allow individuals to perform the activities of daily life more easily and without injuries.
Functional training can lead to better muscular balance and joint stability, possibly impacting the number of injuries sustained and individual's performance in a sport. The benefits may be due to the fact that this type of training emphasizes the body's natural ability to move in three anatomical planes of motion, not a single plane of motion like machines. Single plane movements can be a unnatural form of movement for the body and may potentially leads to faulty movement patterns or injury. Preferred options of equipment for functional training include:
- Cable machines
- Dumbbells
- Medicine balls
- Physioballs (also called Swiss balls or exercise balls)
- Resistance tubes
- Rocker and wobble boards
- Balance disks
CrossFit:
CrossFit is a strength and conditioning program which delivers a fitness regimen to any goal committed individual regardless of fitness skill. A great class if you are looking for a change in your workout, a challenge, or a total body, overall kick-butt experience. This class is a specialty class; there is an additional cost to participate in the program. Each member is eligible to take one free class. Teen and Sports CrossFit classes also available for the amateur athlete who wants to take their conditioning to the next level.
TRX Suspension Training:
An exciting form of training that builds strength, balance, flexibility and core stability by using hundreds of functional exercises that can easily adjust to all fitness levels. TRX Suspension Training delivers results with dynamic total body exercises that appeal to both men and women, no matter what their fitness goals. TRX benefits everyone from the casual exerciser to the athlete that needs to maintain and build optimal strength and total body conditioning. This class is a specialty class; there is an additional cost to participate in the program. Each member is eligible to take one free class.
Taichi:
A Chinese martial art and form of stylized, meditative exercise, characterized by methodically slow circular and stretching movements and positions of bodily balance. This class is a specialty class; there is an additional cost to participate in the program. Each member is eligible to take one free class.
