The video in this post demonstrates the most important movement of them all, it’s a “DEADLIFT”! The Deadlift is a very functional fitness training exercise because we pick numerous things up from ground level each day of our lives!
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Knowing how to perform a Deadlift with good form equips you with essential physical fitness, it preps you for real-life, daily living stuff like bending, twisting, lifting, loading, pushing, pulling and hauling.
Functional exercise involves multi-joint movement patterns that include bending and extending knees, hips, spine, elbows, wrists and shoulders, performing those movements with good form builds strength, improves range of motion and enhances proprioception so you feel good and look better too!
It all comes down to being practical, but don’t mistake that for boring!
The great thing about multi-joint functional exercise is how many muscles are put into action, this has profound effects on metabolic rate, energy levels and your stamina!
At your guzzFit “FREE” Trial Fitness Training session we’ll explain a simple sequence so you can do a “Deadlift” with perfect form, that simple sequence will also allow you to perform daily movement patterns with ease!
The Deadlift is “THE” most Functional Strength Training movement!
Functional Fitness Training:
– There are plenty of things in life that can throw off your balance or stability. It’s a good idea to work toward mitigating these things in the gym to prepare yourself for the outside world. As we always tell our clients, a truly fit lifestyle is not about how fit we look, it’s about how fit we live. What good is working out if it doesn’t prepare you and strengthen you for everyday living?
– Functional movements improve your core and your stability. The more stable your foundation is the stronger you are. It’s a great idea to involve yourself in a fitness training program that develops stabilising muscles!
We rarely just use one muscle groups in isolation during daily activities. As an example, if you’re shovelling dirt in a flower bed, you’re not just using your biceps to move the shovel, you’re using both your upper body and lower body…your legs (Glutes, Quads and Calves) to push the shovel into the dirt, your lower back whilst bending over, your shoulders, and your core to stabilise during the lift so you can then throw the dirt off your shovel before beginning the process again.
Decreased Risk of Injury
Functional exercises greatly decrease your risk of everyday life injuries. In our collective experience as fitness professionals, we’ve never seen clients injured using proper form on a deadlift or a squat. We have, however, seen plenty of clients injured by picking up their kids, a potted plant, or lifting soil bags, then throwing out their back.
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