I am speaking strictly out of personal experience here, and you should most definitely take the advice of your doctor and/or physical therapist over this post…but I am writing what has helped me the most in my “post ACL reconstruction” workouts. A brief history, I’ve had three knee surgeries for three issues: a left ACL …
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Have you ever wondered how your one rep max is calculated? Before creating Functional Strength Lab’s 1RM calculator, I asked the same question. I visited many sites to determine the math and reasoning behind the various calculations. Some of my findings were very interesting: There are seven distinct formulas that have been proposed to calculate …
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Oftentimes it may seem that purchasing fitness related gifts might offend the recipient. However, for your self-proclaimed fitness-freak friends and family, there is nothing wrong with giving creative, fitness-related gifts this holiday season. For a list of a few fitness themed gift ideas see below: Enroll your recipient in a 5K, obstacle run, or other …
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‘Tis the season for gift giving! Luckily offering functional strength tools/workout equipment can be both incredibly thoughtful and affordable. Offering gifts around strength training also doesn’t have the same implications as giving standard fitness equipment (ahem…you need to lose weight.) Instead building strength is incredibly useful to all genders and ages, and a great topic …
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Common and Effective Functional Strength Exercises This list should have been written a long time ago, but better late than never…Here is a list of exceptional functional strength exercises: Pull Ups: The standard pull up is an exceptional functional strength workout. Pull ups can be modified to focus on various muscle groups — the back, …
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I have seen club bells growing in popularity recently, and was wondering if they were worth the seemingly exorbitant price? I’ve found plastic ones less that 15lbs that are still in the $50-$70 range. When I watch the videos on YouTube, it seems like massive chunks of the workout are entirely momentum-based, and focused on …
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I found some awesome videos online of unassuming looking people performing awesome acts of functional strength. I’ve embedded the YouTube clips below. Enjoy! I feel a functional strength rabbit hole sneaking up on me…
I recently found another functional workout tactic that I’ve become obsessed with learning more about: The Bulgarian Bag. I came across an example of a Bulgarian Bag Workout that looks brutal, by YouTube searching Andre Galvao’s training methods. Please write in the comments if you’ve ever done a Bulgarian Bag Workout, and how it worked …
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If you are looking for a quick and easy way to track your fitness progress, please sign up for my mailing list, and I will send you a FREE Quantified Self Worksheet. The worksheet will be in Excel format and will allow you to plug in information about yourself to generate your present fitness standing. …
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Grip strength for deadlift is the limiting factor for most people’s personal bests for this lift. Because of this, I recommend numerous grip workouts for increasing your deadlift max. Try these options to increase your grip strength for Deadlift: Farmer’s walk/carry – with the same weight that you use to shrug, walk around the …
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