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Functional Strength Training is for You & Everyone Else Too

Functional Strength Training is for You & Everyone Else Too

Alex Wilkins2018-11-07T18:53:01-05:00April 11th, 2018|Categories: Injury Prevention Articles, Sports Medicine Articles, Performance Enhancement Articles, Strength Training Articles|Tags: Human behavior, health, sports, weight lifting, wellness, strength, strength training, Recreation, Squat, Olympic weightlifting, Powerlifting, Physical exercise, Squatting position, Individual sports, Deadlift, CrossFit, Bench press, Nancy Pickett|

"Strength training" has come to be synonymous with Crossfit, powerlifting and Olympic lifting, which can be highly intimidating to those of us who are wanting to stay healthy, but have no prior experience in the previous matters. However, functional strength training is vital for injury prevention, despite fitness level, and can be scaled for everyone. Our bodies are pretty incredible. Without our conscious thought they coordinate our movements, fight infections, regulate our heart beat and temperature, and digest food amongst [...]

Strong & Healthy

Strong & Healthy

Alex Wilkins2023-12-20T05:15:30-05:00November 15th, 2017|Categories: Injury Prevention Articles, Sports Medicine Articles, Physical Therapy Articles|Tags: Physiological effects in space, Football strength, Muscular system, sports, personal training, weights, weight lifting, exercise, strength training, Exercise physiology, Human behavior, Physical exercise, Strength and conditioning coach, Functional training, Kinesiology, Pectoralis major, Weight training, Musculoskeletal system, Skeletal muscle, Reduced muscle mass, strength and performance in space, Form|

Developing a Strong, Healthy Body There are a few qualities that everyone pursues in the journey to health, performance, and aesthetic/other personal objectives. Almost everyone’s physical goals fit within those three categories. The qualities that make up our goals can usually be found in building muscular strength, muscular size, speed, endurance, altering body composition, and weight loss/gain (i.e. a wrestler cutting weight). The key difference in pursuing these goals is in the vastly different paths it takes to reach them. [...]