Prime for Life
Prime for Life

Author: Randy Raugh

Publisher: Rodale

Published: 2009-06-09

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 9781605297903

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Pain does not have to be part of the normal aging process. Randy Raugh has taught thousands how to keep their body's muscles, joints, and bones feeling young. Here, he offers his approach to achieving a healthy, long life by focusing on maintaining healthy joints and providing specific strategies for doing so. Using Raugh's techniques and philosophy of body wisdom, readers of all fitness levels will learn how to: prevent injuries and heal physical damage accumulated over a lifetime; achieve better results from exercise while eliminating or minimizing joint and muscle pain; talk to their doctors about surgery and common misdiagnoses; and create a simple fitness plan that fits into their daily routines. Based on cutting-edge research, more than two decades of hands-on experience, and the stories of real people, Raugh provides an innovative exercise program, tips, and tools to build a strong, pain-free and youthful body.--From publisher description.

Functional Fitness for Older Adults
Functional Fitness for Older Adults

Author: Patricia A. Brill

Publisher: Human Kinetics

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 150

ISBN-13: 9780736046565

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Older adults are liable to resist exercise, yet remaining active is crucial in enabling them to retain or regain a reasonable quality of life. This text is an illustrated guide for activity professionals working with mature adults over the age of 65, especially those who have reduced quality of life.

Functional Fitness for Life
Functional Fitness for Life

Author: Barrett Williams

Publisher: Barrett Williams

Published: 2024-11-07

Total Pages: 105

ISBN-13:

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Unlock a healthier, more vibrant you with "Functional Fitness for Life," the ultimate guide to transforming your everyday routine into a lifelong journey of wellness and vitality. This comprehensive eBook reveals the secrets of functional fitness—an innovative approach that transcends traditional exercise by focusing on movements integral to daily living. Start your journey by understanding the essence of functional fitness and its unrivaled benefits over conventional workouts. Discover how core anatomy forms the foundation of stability and strength, and learn practical exercises that seamlessly integrate into daily activities, enhancing your core's resilience. Elevate your mobility with targeted exercises designed to maintain flexibility and improve joint function. Whether it's reaching for the top shelf or bending down to pick up a child, these movements ensure your body stays agile and ready for action. Delve into the art of combining strength with endurance for sustained energy and explore simple yet effective exercises to bolster balance and coordination. With this knowledge, every step becomes more confident, every move more precise. Your lower and upper body workouts will never be the same, as you optimize hip, knee, shoulder, and arm functionality with tailored routines. From mundane tasks to high-energy activities, leverage your newfound strength to enhance real-life performance. Incorporate functional fitness seamlessly into your lifestyle, even with a hectic schedule, using at-home workouts and adaptable routines. Learn the secrets of nutritional strategies and recovery techniques that fuel your body for peak performance. Overcome obstacles with ease, staying motivated and consistent as you track your progress and set achievable goals. Tailor exercises to every stage of life, ensuring functional fitness is a lifelong companion, not a passing trend. Embrace advanced movements, supported by technology and a community eager to inspire your journey. "Functional Fitness for Life" is your blueprint to a healthier, more dynamic life where each step forward is a step toward optimal well-being.

Functional Training and Beyond
Functional Training and Beyond

Author: Adam Sinicki

Publisher: Mango Media Inc.

Published: 2021-01-19

Total Pages: 331

ISBN-13: 1642505048

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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!

Lifestyle-integrated Functional Exercise (LiFE) program to prevent falls
Lifestyle-integrated Functional Exercise (LiFE) program to prevent falls

Author: Lindy Clemson

Publisher: Sydney University Press

Published: 2014-07-12

Total Pages: 102

ISBN-13: 174332037X

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The Lifestyle-integrated Functional Exercise (LiFE) program is a way of reducing the risk of falls by integrating balance and strength activities into regular daily tasks. Unloading the dishwasher becomes an opportunity to improve strength. Brushing your teeth becomes an opportunity to improve balance. In the LiFE program, every daily task becomes an opportunity to improve balance and strength. This is a different approach to a traditional program where you would be required to complete a series of exercises a certain number of times a day for a set number of days each week. The trainer's manual outlines the principles of the LiFE program and provides a step-by-step guide for therapists and trainers to implement the program with their clients. It should be used in conjunction with the participant's manual so that the program is fully understood from both the trainer's and participant's perspectives.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Functional Training Illustrated
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Functional Training Illustrated

Author: Frances Sharpe

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2009-12-01

Total Pages: 648

ISBN-13: 1101151994

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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.

Stay Fit For Life
Stay Fit For Life

Author: Joshua Kozak

Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd

Published: 2017-10-05

Total Pages: 546

ISBN-13: 024132808X

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Restore strength and balance to your everyday movement with 62 functional exercises, targeted routines, and three four-week fitness programmes from exercise guru Joshua Kozak. Make 50 the new 40! Stay Fit for Life empowers you to continue to move with the ease and efficiency of youth when performing everyday, functional movements such as bending, twisting, pushing, pulling, and reaching, making daily activities such as gardening or playing with grandchildren both smoother and stronger. Unlike traditional resistance training that targets isolated muscle groups, the compound movement exercises and activity-specific programmes featured in Stay Fit for Life engage multiple muscle groups at the same time, helping you lead more a active, dynamic lives for years to come, no matter your fitness level.

Functional Training
Functional Training

Author: Santana, Juan Carlos

Publisher: Human Kinetics

Published: 2015-11-10

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 1450414826

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Offering strength, endurance, power, and sport-specific programming, Functional Training is the most comprehensive resource for athletes, coaches, and athletic trainers. In an ever-changing field, it emphasizes proven techniques and approaches to training results.

Functional Training Anatomy
Functional Training Anatomy

Author: Kevin Carr

Publisher: Human Kinetics

Published: 2021-02-08

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 1492599115

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The term “functional training” has been associated with a fair amount of controversy ever since it became part of the fitness training vernacular more than a decade ago. In Functional Training Anatomy, noted strength and conditioning specialists Kevin Carr and Mary Kate Feit cut through the clutter and misconceptions about functional training and cover all aspects of how to build a purposeful, effective, and efficient program that provides the strength, stability, and mobility you need to support your body in life and in sports. Beginning with a clear definition of what functional training entails, you will learn about the importance of mobility training and its impact on movement quality, performance, and injury reduction. Use the warm-up activities to prepare for high-intensity activities. Use the medicine ball and plyometric exercises to learn to produce and absorb force. Develop power with Olympic lifts, kettlebell swings, and jumping exercises. Improve strength in the upper body, lower body, and core with hip-dominant, knee-dominant, pushing, pulling, and core exercises. See the inner workings of each of the exercises with superb full-color illustrations that show the primary and secondary muscles and connective tissue being used. The detailed instructions for these multiplanar and unilateral exercises ensure you execute each one correctly and safely. The Functional Focus element shows how the exercises translate to specific activities, whether that be an explosive athletic move or simply moving a box. Functional Training Anatomy incorporates traditional and nontraditional exercises and mobility drills that will help you increase functional strength and reduce injury so your body is prepared to support the demands of athletic performance and daily living. Earn continuing education credits/units! A continuing education exam that uses this book is also available. It may be purchased separately or as part of a package that includes both the book and exam.

Delay the Disease
Delay the Disease

Author: David Zid

Publisher: Delay the Disease

Published: 2007-01-01

Total Pages: 70

ISBN-13: 9781424332083

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The exercise program is a collaboration between a certified personal trainer, David Zid, a nurse, Jackie Russell and an orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Thomas Mallory, who retired due to Parkinson's disease. The idea was sparked when Dr. Mallory discovered that a daily exercise routine created for him by Zid seemed to dramatically improve his symptoms. The result was a book detailing a fitness plan for Parkinson's patients at every stage of the disease. The 70 page spiral bound book lays flat enabling the person to easily consult each Parkinson's specific exercise which is illustrated in full color with a detailed description on how to perform the exercise. Emphasis is placed on activities of daily living that frequently become a challenge to those with Parkinson's, such as rising from a chair or moving around in crowds. The program is well thought out and works the entire body.