- Functional Strength
Functional Strength
Functional Strength Training Ebook
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Health and fitness fads come and go all the time but unfortunately not all of them are worth your time and effort. Some of them don’t work, some of them are overhyped and some of them are just plain dangerous.
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But ‘functional strength’ is different. While functional strength is very much in vogue right now, it’s not a ‘fad’ by any means. In fact, functional strength is the opposite of a fad and it’s a step in the right direction for all of fitness.
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That’s because functional strength take it all back: takes it all back to the reasons that most of us started training in the first place. Or at least the reasons we should be training.
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Because let’s be honest: far too many people train ‘for the mirror’. How many guys do you see pulling their t-shirt up in front of the mirror after a set of sit-ups? How many women do you see on treadmills wearing the tiniest pants in the world and barely working up a sweat?
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Do you think these people are training for the right reasons?
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Functional Strength Training Ebook Table of Contents:
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Chapter 1: What is Functional Strength?--3
Why There Are Different Types of Strength --4
Training for Strength Vs Size -- 5
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Chapter 2: The 7 Primal Movements -- 7
Compound Movements and Big Lifts -- 9
Some Moves to Get You Started--10
Chapter 3: Relax Into Stretch and ‘Foam Rolling’ -- 12
How to ‘Relax Into Stretch’ --12
More Fixes for Mobility and Flexibility -- 14
How to Use Foam Rolling -- 14
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Chapter 4: Functional Strength Training Tools: Kettlebells, Indian Clubs and More - 16
Kettlebells --17
Indian Club Training -- 17
Barefoot Running --18
TRX --18
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Chapter 5: Bodyweight Training for Strength to Weight Ratio --20
How to Approach Bodyweight Training --21
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Chapter 6: Overcoming Isometrics and Grip Strength --23
Overcoming Isometrics --. 24
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Chapter 7: HIIT -- 26
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Chapter 8: Is There Any Place Left for Resistance Machines? -- 28
Resistance Machines, What Are They Good For? -- 28
Advanced Techniques With Resistance Machines -- 30
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Chapter 9: CrossFit: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly --31
CrossFit: The Idea -- 31
CrossFit Controversy -- 32
Movnat --. 32
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Chapter 10: Diet for Functional Strength --34
What is the Paleo Diet? --34
A Word of Caution – Don’t Go too Far! -- 35
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Chapter 11: Conclusion – Creating Your Program -- 37