When we are lean and fit, every cubic centimeter of our bodies has a purpose, a function to help us survive and thrive. Our bodies are an amazingly complex web of interconnected muscles, joints, fascia, ligaments, tendons, bones, and other tissues and organs that work synchronously and seamlessly. Here's an excerpt from a great article by Marc Perry, functional training expert and author of , Here at Well For Culture, we follow and support the idea of seven basic movement patterns, but we did not invent it. If you want to reactivate your lifestyle and embark on a commitment to functional training, learning these seven basic movement patterns for full-body functional fitness is a great place to begin. Because of our sedentary lifestyles, we need to focus on spending some extra time training in order to avoid becoming sick with modern lifestyle diseases such as diabetes or obesity. People are often stuck behind a desk or sitting on a couch or in a car most of the day. In indigenous cultures, for most of history, movement was so heavily integrated into daily life that the ancestors did not need a gym or special space for "fitness," and there was no need to set aside extra time for fitness training. Our ancestors were always functionally fit because they spent their days staying active: walking and running many miles per day gathering and preparing food hunting/fishing playing sports and holding athletic competitions taking care of children building homes the list goes on. It sounds simple enough, but in today’s world, most of us are living a sedentary lifestyle. Exercise is about movement and functionality: the ability to move all parts of your body in order to do the things you need (and want) to do. Eventually, you may explore combinations and modifications of these basic movement patterns in order to create compound movements for building real-world, functional strength.įitness is not only about looks or aesthetics. All about the seven basic movement patternsĪt its core, exercise is all about movement. Learning and understanding each basic movement pattern is a critical first step in functional training.
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