Functional Training Handbook


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"Training has many different connotations depending on one's perspective. Traditionally, for healthy individuals or athletes it focused on strength, flexibility, or cardiovascular training. Such training would normally be supervised by a personal fitness trainer or strength and conditioning (S&C) coach . This book promotes a different approach in that the aim of training is to promote athletic development (1,2). From the perspective of sustainable athletic development, training is not limited to strength, flexibility or cardiovascular domains, but also focuses on the fundamental A,B,Cs of agility, balance, and coordination as a foundation for enhanced movement literacy (3)"--Provided by publisher.




Functional Training and Beyond


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Train Like a Superhero "I recommend this book to all personal trainers, training geeks, and people who just want to learn about different training methods and philosophies.” ―JC Santana, author of Functional Training #1 Best Seller in Physical Education and Coaching Body and Brain Training Designed to Unlock Your Amazing Hidden Potential Change your life. Many of us have forgotten how to move correctly. We live with muscular imbalances, constant pain, and low energy. Adam Sinicki is on a mission to change this. He is best known for his YouTube channel “The Bioneer”, where he provides expertise on functional training, brain training, productivity, flow states, and more. Be better than just functional. Currently, functional training is exercise as rehabilitation. It aims to restore normal, healthy strength and mobility using compound and multi-faceted movements. In Functional Training and Beyond, Adam reveals how to become “better than just functional.” We can improve our physical performance and our mental state. We can train to move better, think more clearly, feel energetic, and live more efficiently. Advanced way to train. Until now working out has had one of two goals─get bigger or get leaner. But why are those the only goals? What if there was a third, practical, healthy and exciting way to train our body and our mind? Learn how we can train our brains just like our bodies, and how to incorporate this into a comprehensive, well-rounded program. Discover: New ways to train body and mind Training for greater mobility, less pain, improved mood, and increased energy The fun of training with kettlebells, calisthenics, clubbells, street workouts, animal moves, handstands, rope climbs, isometrics, and more Fans of Overcoming Gravity, You Are Your Own Gym, The World’s Fittest Book, New Functional Training for Sports, or Calisthenics for Beginners―discover a new and better way to train both your body and mind in Functional Training and Beyond!




Liebenson's Functional Training Dvds and Handbook


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Save over $40 when you order the complete package of Dr. Liebenson's outstanding resources! Improve sports performance, treat and prevent injury, re-train patterns, and much more with this comprehensive, multimedia package! The Functional Training Handbookhelps you reach a whole new level of physical training while fostering lifelong health, mobility, and athletic development. World-renowned author, teacher, and health care provider Dr. Craig Liebenson provides clear, how-to information, sports-specific guidelines, and key principles that will keep you and your clients at peak performance. This money-saving package includes 3 DVDs and the Functional Training Handbook: Functional Training Handbook Print and interactive eBook delivers clear, sport specific information across an array of activities that will keep your clients at peak performance. This book includes an ebook containing full contents as well as a powerful search, highlighting, note taking, and sharing tools to enhance the learning experience Core Stability Training DVD focuses on quality of movement to enhance performance and avoid injuries. Derived from Yoga, Tai Chi, and Pilates, core stability training focuses on the importance of the body's form during a workout. It also covers common health club mistakes and shows you Dr. Liebenson's version of popular methods from leading experts from Europe and North America. Flexibility, Yoga Training, and Ergonomic Postural Advice DVD demonstrates exactly how to achieve correct, diaphragmatic breathing, perfect posture, and overcome work-related stress resulting from extended sitting. Functional Performance Training DVD is perfect for all ages and fitness levels as a key to restoring function and improving balance, agility, and power for the whole body. This DVD emphasizes movement patterns which are important for daily tasks and sport or recreational activities. This package contains the following products: 9781582559209 Liebenson Functional Training Handbook 9781582559254 Liebenson Functional Performance Training DVD 9781582559223 Liebenson Core Stability Training DVD 9781582559216 Liebenson Flexibility, Yoga Training, and Ergonomic Postural Advice DVD




The Complete Guide to Functional Training


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As well as being THE concept in fitness and strength and conditioning, functional training is also probably the most poorly understood concept in fitness. Functional training is any exercise that improves your ability to perform tasks required in your day to day life, job or chosen sport - so that each movement included as part of your workout mimics a range of motion or engages muscles that are necessary to impact on performance - whether it be on the rugby pitch or simply the ability to lift small children out of car seats. Includes over 100 functional exercises and detailed pictures and descriptions of all the techniques show you clearly how to apply them into your training programme.




The Complete Idiot's Guide to Functional Training Illustrated


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Lengthen spine, tuck pelvis under, bend knees . . . and shovel that driveway! The goal of functional training is getting the various muscle groups to work together for real-life activities, such as snow shoveling. The guide includes: • A functional fitness self-assessment • More than 120 exercises for different levels, using either props or one's own body weight • More than 300 photographs demonstrating proper movements • Warm-up and cool-down exercises • Sample workout plans for personalized results. • An appealing, practical approach to exercise, with more than 120 highly–illustrated exercises.




High-Performance Training for Sports


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High-Performance Training for Sports changes the landscape of athletic conditioning and sports performance. This groundbreaking work presents the latest and most effective philosophies, protocols and programmes for developing today’s athletes. High-Performance Training for Sports features contributions from global leaders in athletic performance training, coaching and rehabilitation. Experts share the cutting-edge knowledge and techniques they’ve used with Olympians as well as top athletes and teams from the NBA, NFL, MLB, English Premier League, Tour de France and International Rugby. Combining the latest science and research with proven training protocols, High-Performance Training for Sports will guide you in these areas: • Optimise the effectiveness of cross-training. • Translate strength into speed. • Increase aerobic capacity and generate anaerobic power. • Maintain peak conditioning throughout the season. • Minimise the interference effect. • Design energy-specific performance programmes. Whether you are working with high-performance athletes of all ages or with those recovering from injury, High-Performance Training for Sports is the definitive guide for developing all aspects of athletic performance. It is a must-own guide for any serious strength and conditioning coach, trainer, rehabilitator or athlete.




Purpose Driven Movement


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Purpose Driven Movement is a logical, comprehensive and road-tested guide for personal trainers, performance coaches and fitness enthusiasts seeking to understand the world of functional movement and fitness. Tarek Michael-Chouja, owner of the Functional Training Institute, created the Adaptive Functional Training System for those wanting to go deeper into the world of functional training. His approach is the result of years of experience and research compiled by industry experts who have tested and integrated these methods into the real world of fitness. Within Purpose Driven Movement, fitness professionals and enthusiasts will learn how to: Coach with purpose by building a strong coaching vision, mindset and technique Assess with purpose by understanding how to detect, correct and prevent poor movement patterns and injury Move with purpose by progressing through the 5 Pillars of Functional Training, which showcase the key functional movements and tools Program with purpose by taking a structured but flexible approach to exercise planning and selection in service of their goals When these four components come together, a great coach is in the making. Anyone seeing to master the art of training and coaching for truly functional fitness will find the answers they seek in Purpose Driven Movement.




Practical Fitness Testing


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A comprehensive and up to date guide to testing fitness, ideal for coaches, fitness industry professionals and anyone planning a training program for clients or groups.




Functional Fitness


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Functional Fitness contains exercises that focus on activities everyone needs to be healthy, fit, and successful in everyday life. Regardless of whether you are working out or are working as a personal trainer with busy executives, overweight clients, back pain patients, injured athletes, or simply people who want to function better in daily life, functional training helps you to handle daily tasks more easily and more simply. • From the functional fitness trainer with the most experience • Intense training units for maximum results • Detailed photos and explicit descriptions of all exercises „Functional fitness is the best training for your everyday life!“




Advances in Functional Training


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FITNESS TRAINING. This new book presents the continued evolution of functional training. Ten sections present everything a strength coach or personal trainer may need to understand modern training theory. Boyle updates the reader on the current thinking in core training, back pain, and on how the hip musculature works. Further material on cardiovascular training, and what has worked for the athletes training in his facility continues the journey. In the second half of the book, the author discusses training strategies, including exercises equipment and tools in use on the gym floor, how he develops speed, and a section on his single-leg training methods. Finally, he puts the entire package together with program design, covering the basic objectives of a sound program, and showing you exactly which programs to use in a variety of circumstances.