Functional training has become fashionable among famous sportsmen and sports celebrities. Everyone talks about their magnificent results, but ... what is functional training?
Functional training
The concept of functional training has received a lot of attention in recent years. Some elite athletes and some celebrities who play sports trumpet their magnificent results. But on the other hand, although many personal trainers or physical trainers are advertised as experts in functional training (functional trainers), they sometimes overlook the key points in the effective application of this methodology that has been around for many years.
By definition "functional training" means training with a purpose. In other words, it should have a positive effect on the activity or sport that is practiced.
Functional training is training for a specific purpose. All training is designed and focused to achieve the objective.
Functional training adopts the multi-facet (diversity of exercises) and an integrated approach to improve the strength and overall conditioning of those who use it. Originally this functional approach was circumscribed to areas of rehabilitation and sports medicine.
The rehabilitators and therapists not only have to return the athlete to their daily life pattern but also at the highest level so that the physical trainers can recover their maximum performance.
Services of a gym
Among the services that include gyms are:
Fitness and cardiovascular exercise rooms
Lockers, locker rooms, toilets, showers and towel service
Sauna, Spa, Hot Springs, Swimming Pool
Collective classes taught by professionals (pilates, aerobics, yoga, ballroom dancing, batuka, body step etc.)
Advice and customized sports plan and
Cafeteria.
A gym is an enclosed space that allows its users to practice physical exercise. The gyms can be public or private, and be individual or part of a chain of centers with a common policy (prices, facilities, activities, etc.).
The gymnasiums (especially the private ones like Holiday Gym, Basic-Fit or Body Factory) usually work after paying their users a membership fee, which can be monthly, quarterly, annual, etc. The payment of the periodic fee gives the right to be a member, and as such, to access and use their facilities unlimitedly in the reference gym, and, with some limitations, in facilities of the chain of gyms, outside the usual gym.
In daily life the therapist who works with a mason who has suffered an injury teaches the patient to lift boxes, drag the wheelbarrow, pull the pulley to raise buckets, leave heavy materials on the floor; In short, strengthen the main and auxiliary muscle groups to correct and maintain a correct and efficient posture during their main tasks. This is functional training. All training focused and designed specifically towards a specific objective.
What are the objectives of functional training?
The main objective of functional training is to improve the functionality of the organism, especially by increasing coordination, the following points could be highlighted.
- Increase in sports performance or in daily life.
- Injury prevention.
- Create an effective, efficient, protective and aesthetic body structure.
Who is it for?
It is intended for any person whatever their sporting practice and even if they do not do any, but for this it will be necessary to focus and pay special attention to all the activities that this person does throughout the day, to focus and personalize the training to her.
If you do not know the person, you can not start working with them.
Functional training should integrate all aspects of human movement. In order to have a complete understanding of this approach, the interested party must become a student of human movement, watch children play, adults at work and athletes during the competition analyzing each movement, point of support, turn , jump, braking, etc.
Since life, like sport, is a chaotic and unpredictable event, our training should reflect this reality to some extent. From this point of view, the good functional coach has a bit of an artist and finding the right coach will make the difference between success and failure of training.
Effects of using steroids
The side effects or adverse reactions resulting from the use of anabolic steroids can be very serious. Unhappily the media has sensationalized the side effects and the more experienced athletes have discredited much of the information pertaining to the side effects. However, most side effects are reversible. You will notice that among athletes more than half experienced some side effects during the use of anabolic steroids. Note also that almost all athletes also stated that their side effects had disappeared 2 months after the cessation of their anabolic therapy. Of course this only represents the short-term side effects associated with steroids, it is important to understand that the long-term effects of steroid use is somewhat vague and uncertain. Any athlete who has made the decision to self-administer these drugs, should be aware that side effects are possible and that these side effects can be classified as tolerable and non-life-threatening, of cosmetic inconvenience or they can become potentially chronic conditions. An athlete must assess the risk in proportion to the benefit, as it helps in making the critical decision that accompanies the administration of anabolic steroids. The following information covers many of the common side effects appreciated in athletes who use steroids. The use of anabolic steroids by athletes and other people for recreational, aesthetic or competitive purposes, seeking to improve their physical appearance, increase muscle or by any Another cause is linked to the effects of these substances on the organism.
The presence of adverse effects is strongly related to the formation of metabolites produced during the transformations that testosterone undergoes in plasma, among these transformations dominate the formation of dihydrotestosterone (DHT) and estrogen.
The formation of dihydrotestosterone (DHT) is known as reduction and in this reaction involved the enzyme called 5 alpha reductase, this metabolite is responsible for Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy, Alopecia, acne formation and aggressiveness.
The formation of estrogen is known as aromatization and the enzyme called aromatase intervenes, this metabolite is responsible for producing gynecomastia, fluid retention, arterial hypertension, lipogenesis and oligospermia or testicular atrophy.
Most data on the long-term effects of anabolic steroids in humans come from case reports instead of formal epidemiological studies. From the case reports, it seems that the incidence of life-threatening effects is low, but all serious adverse effects may not be recognized or reported.
Tips before using a gym
Before hiring the services of a council it is good to follow a series of tips such as evaluating street alternatives (bicycle, running, etc.), assessing schedules and how available we will be, assessing price offers and if we are constant or read the small print to sign.
Stretch between series
The debate between stretching the muscles before or after training is still alive. I've always thought it much safer stretch after warming up enough, but there is no reason that you have to waste time after a tough session for stretching.
Instead, why not stretch during that one or two minutes of rest between sets? Over time it can really contribute to increase the movement path and at the same time help you eliminate the accumulation of lactic acid and stagnant blood that occur during a heavy series.
Stretching between sets will make you feel more comfortable and productive during the next series, as well as providing a means of recovering before the next session. However, if your goal is maximum strength training, you should limit the stretch between sets to the minimum possible because recent studies have shown that you can reduce strength by a small percentage.