Athletic Dreams

Coach
Rigoberto Ruiz

FUNCTIONAL training improves your body's ability to work efficiently as one unit. When training multiple muscle groups at the same time, you are helping your body function better as a whole. You are training your body to be a system and not just individual parts that works independently.

There are so many reasons why we are told to start to add exercise and fitness into our lives. Whatever the reason, the biggest reason for doing so is to IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE.

People who are physically active age well, sleep well, eat better, move better and think positively; more so than those who are not physically active. Functional fitness is a term coined to reference the simple fact that WE SHOULD BE TRAINING FOR LIFE. Training to improve our everyday quality of life.

Every day we are required to do repetitive movements. This may be work related or it could be things like bending over to pick something up, walking, putting something up on a high shelf, and climbing stairs. These simple movements we often take for granted until they are not so simple anymore.

Functional fitness puts the focus on day-to-day mobility and makes us aware of movement patterns that greatly affect our quality of life and how we can strengthen our bodies to keep up with the tasks we ask of it.

There are SEVEN BASIC MOVEMENT PATTERNS which are PUSH, PULL, SQUAT, LUNGE, HINGE, ROTATION, and GAIT. When we look at incorporating a strength program into our lifestyle, functional training has us performing movements that mimic these seven patterns and correct the movement patterns we may already be doing based on habit.

This is where gait comes in, how we walk and carry ourselves has a huge impact on how our muscles operate over time. The long-term effects of this can cause us joint pain, muscle imbalances and poor flexibility and range of motion loss. Functional fitness strives to help us correct poor posture and walking habits, fix muscle imbalance and inflexibility due to repetitive movements over time.

As we age, the importance of maintaining mobility increases. It is important to be mindful of repetitive movements, how they effect our bodies and how we can adapt our exercise programs to compensate.

We should ALWAYS be chasing HEALTH and aesthetics will come. Think athletic and train health for longevity.

Features
5 sessions per week
Must use App app to view and log training
Program Training
Equipment
Recommended
Barbell | Resistance Bands | Dumbbells | Kettlebells | Medicine Ball 
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Sample Week
Week 1 of 4-week program
Sunday
Week 1 Day 1

A1

Rocking DeadBug Series

1 x 8

A2

BirdDog to Hip Abduction

1 x 8

A3

Kneeling Hip Rotation

1 x 6

B1

Plate Kang Squat

1 x 8

B2

Squatting T-Spine Rotation

1 x 6

C

TrapBar Deadlift

4 x 10

D

Close Grip PullDown

20, 15, 10, 8

E1

BirdDog Row

3 x 12

E2

Wall Hip Airplane

3 x 6

F1

Banded Rotating Row

3 x 12

F2

Dumbbell Curls

3 x 20

G

Treadmill

1 x 1

Monday
Week 1 Day 2

A1

Shin Box Rotation

1 x 8

A2

90/90 Knee Raises

1 x 8

B1

Lateral Squat

1 x 8

B2

Wall T-Spine Rotation

1 x 8

C

SL Hip Flexor ISO w/ KB Overhead Press

3 x 8

D

SL KB RDL (mini band)

3 x 8

E

Eccentric Box Step Ups

3 x 8

F1

Shoulder Elevated Hip Thrusts

3 x 8

F2

Mini Band Lateral Steps w/ Plate

3 x 8

G1

1 1/2 Landmine Squat Press

3 x 10

G2

Landmine RDL with Knee Drive

3 x 8

H

Treadmill

1 x 1

Tuesday
Week 1 Day 3

A1

Plank

1 x 1:00

A2

Pallof Press

1 x 8

A3

Rotating Plank with Straight Arm

1 x 8

B

Incline Bench Press

4 x 10

C

Dumbbell Bench Press

20, 15, 10, 8

D1

Landmine Press

3 x 12

D2

Push Up

3 x MAX

E1

Single Arm Dumbbell Overhead Press

3 x 12

E2

Tricep PushDown

3 x 20

E3

Decline Sit Up with Rotation

3 x MAX

F

Treadmill

1 x 1

Wednesday
Week 1 Day 4

A1

Shin Box Rotation

1 x 8

A2

90/90 Knee Raises

1 x 8

B1

Lateral Squat

1 x 8

B2

Adductor Rock to Hip Walk Out

1 x 8

C1

Reverse Lunges

3 x 8

C2

90/90 Copenhagen

3 x 2 @ 0:20

D1

Landmine Squat Press

3 x 8

D2

Medicine Ball Slams

3 x 8

D3

Rocking DeadBug Series

3 x 8

D4

Rainbow Medicine Ball Slams

3 x 8

E

Treadmill

1 x 1

Thursday
Week 1 Day 5

A1

Neck Rotation

1 x 8

A2

4-Way Shoulder Mobility

1 x 4

B1

Cat Camel

1 x 8

B2

Lying T-Spine Rotation

1 x 8

C1

BirdDog

3 x 8

C2

Foot Stability Lateral Line Stretch

3 x 4

D1

Alternating Prone Cobra

3 x 8

D2

Hamstring to Ankle Rock

3 x 4

E1

1 Leg Hip Loaded RDL

3 x 8

E2

Overhead Deep Squat + T-Spine Rotation

3 x 4

F

Treadmill

1 x 1

Built from Broken Functional Program