For all skill levels.
Neck pain? Back pain? Many times, pain in these areas is caused from muscular imbalances. For example, if you sit a lot, your hip flexors, being contracted for long periods of time, shorten. This leads to tightness, poor flexibility, and back pain because muscles in your lower back are held in constant extension and lengthen (due to weakness) as a result. These factors contribute to back pain and it’s not uncommon for people who strengthen weak muscles and balance their body out to see a marked decrease in certain pain areas like the neck and lower back.
Neck pain? Back pain? Many times, pain in these areas is caused from muscular imbalances. For example, if you sit a lot, your hip flexors, being contracted for long periods of time, shorten. This leads to tightness, poor flexibility, and back pain because muscles in your lower back are held in constant extension and lengthen (due to weakness) as a result. These factors contribute to back pain and it’s not uncommon for people who strengthen weak muscles and balance their body out to see a marked decrease in certain pain areas like the neck and lower back.
This class is designed to balance out the body with a full body strength training routine. It’s easy to neglect working certain muscle groups. This class can help you remember all the muscle groups in your body and teach you how to get the best workout for a more balanced you.
Additionally, exercise should relate to your life. For example, it’s not very practical to be able to deadlift 800 lbs, unless you have some reason to go around lifting up cars. But it is very practical to do exercises that increase your strength in movements that you actually do in life; doing a squat and curl movement replicates and develops strength and balance for the motion that you use when you pick something up off the floor.
Functional fitness trains all the muscles to balance against each other and trains the muscles to work together. This improves coordination, stability, balance, and strength. Training in this way prepares your body for any daily task you will likely encounter.
Workouts are designed to target areas that are commonly imbalanced, such as the low back and abs, the shoulders/chest and upper back, etc. Proper form for basic movements is taught and practiced to build a solid foundation from which to incorporate functional, multi-joint movements that utilize several muscle groups simultaneously. This workout will not only increase your strength, coordination, stamina and balance; but it can help reduce pesky body pains from muscular imbalances and keep you fit so your body keeps up with your lifestyle.
