Abstract
If your goal is to carry grocery bags and babies, walk on uneven surfaces or even step off a curb you do not know is there without falling then traditional exercises may not be enough to stabilize you. A new type of training is popping up in gyms called “functional training” or “functional fitness”. Besides weight machines and floor exercises functional exercises get you on your feet, balancing, using gym balls, balance boards, and pulleys or elastic resistance bands. Functional training for performance enhancement—Part 1: The basicsJournal of Bodywork and Movement TherapiesVol. 10Issue 2PreviewHow can we make training as functional as possible so it will stabilize an athlete and enhance performance in their sports activities? Functional stability training is goal oriented. Floor or isotonic-machine based exercise may be used as stepping stones to isolate and “groove” stability patterns. However, as soon as possible “core” stability must be trained in sport-specific ways. Full-Text PDF
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