Human Biomechanics
We have said it before and we’ll say it again, we are not your typical gym with your average personal trainers. We incoproate Functional Patterns training methodology to train the human body the way it was designed to function. Our approach aims to undue the damages inflicted on the body from all traditional means of […]
Exercise Priorities
There’s a lot of different training styles that clients are exposed to in the fitness industry. Some work, some don’t. Some are good, some are better, some are bad, and some are just plain wrong. In this gym we don’t try to keep up with the latest trends, but instead focus on the function of […]
Chase Function
If you don’t have function you don’t have a strong body. Period. Your “strong muscles” eventually won’t be able to muscle through the same exercises you got away with in your youth or with your genetics. The way your body naturally moves will need the appropriate muscles working to facilitate movement or you’ll start allowing […]
Muscle Power
A muscle will produce more force when it is used in integration with the other muscles in its fascially connected chain/sling. To add to that, if you focus solely on “lifting heavy” weights on a limited range of motion exercise like the bench press (as evident by the picture), you’re packing on unfunctional muscle that […]
Functional Flexibility- defined.
Functional flexibility: being able to achieve a range of motion that your muscles drive you into, and can get you out of, (not as pictured). Passive stretching to reach an extreme range of motion causes problems on your joints, tendons, and ligaments because you’re using external means (absent of muscle contractions) to do so. Since […]
Stretching Doesn’t Fix Anything.
If you are stretching or doing any kind of mobility work to help alleviate an ache or pain, read on. Have you ever wondered why medication gets a bad reputation? Aside from the fact that the pills cause side effects that didn’t exist prior, the real reason medication isn’t widely accepted is because it doesn’t […]
Want Strong Muscles? Do This.
Most training and rehab methodologies have oversimplified the mechanics of the human body. When in reality, moving well is complex. We know that if you move well, your likelihood of injury decreases and developing pain from long term compensation diminishes because the body isn’t out of balance when you move. So to simply think that […]
What Does Functional Training Look Like?
We often get asked “what exactly does your training look like?” “Is it stretching?” “Is it mobility work?” “Is it rehab… or exercise?” “Is it strength and conditioning?” “Is it performance or injury prevention?” Simply put, it’s all of the above! When you move well, you are “stretching” parts of your body, while “strengthening” another. […]
Functional Resistance Training
Functional Patterns resistance training does not look the way resistance training looks in commercial gyms because traditional training isn’t functional. Pistol squats aren’t functional. Bench press isn’t functional. Deadlifts aren’t functional. How many times a day do you stop and squat on one leg, bench, deadlift, or do an isolated bicep curl when you’re moving […]
Human Function
The human body has evolved to function in the way that it has through environmental stimulus from the natural world. In nature, a human would need to be efficient at walking, running, and throwing in order to survive. Just because we have changed our environment through technological innovation over the past several hundred years, does […]
