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Top 10 List of Reasons Why People Don't Exercise
This list of Top 10 reasons people don't exercise (source: The American Institute of Reboundology, Inc 1999) is commented on by Chad Clark.
Functional Exercise Features
All exercises should be done safely, in a pain-free range of motion, in all three planes of motion with controlled speed of movement and with appropriate number of sets, repetitions and recovery periods.
Exercise #10 Multidirectional Lunges
Each lunge direction is designed to condition & strengthen the muscles of each leg (calf, hamstrings, quadriceps, hip, thigh muscles). The advantage of lunges is to train the ankle, knee, hip & pelvic joints in a multi-directional way
Exercise #9 Floor to Waist Front Squats
This is a sagittal plane movements working the hamstrings, calf muscles, gluteal and low back musculature.
Exercise #8 Floor to Waist Rotation Squats
This is a transverse plane movement for training the outer thigh, hip rotators, obliques and back.
Exercise #7 Floor to Waist Side Squats
This is a frontal plane squat exercise designed to strengthen the legs, hips and trunk in a lateral direction.
Exercise #6 Stagger Stance Down and Up Reach
This is a sagittal plane movement to train the hamstrings, gluteal low and upper back, scapula and shoulder muscles.
Exercise #5 Waist to Shoulder Upper Cuts
This is a transverse plane movement designed to warm-up and moves the hips, pelvis,
obliques, trunk, and shoulder blades in a rotary fashion.
Exercise #4 Side to Side Arm Swings
This is a frontal plane movement to warm-up and move lateral legs, hips, and trunk, shoulder and arm muscles. [May 4, 2004,
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Exercise #3 Forward & Backward Body and Arm Swings
This is a sagittal plane movement to move the hips, trunk, shoulder and arm into flexion and extension.
Exercise #2 Hip Rotations
This is a transverse plane movement to move and warm-up the hip rotator muscles, knees and ankles.
Exercise #1 Side to Side Hip Bumps
This is a frontal plane movement to move and warm-up the out hips and inner leg muscles.
Functional Training Overview
Functional training or rehabilitation is a necessary component for optimal fitness and it forms the foundation for a successful long-term exercise program.
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