The side swing, functional fitness at it's finest.
Functional training is the cornerstone of our programming here at Fulcrum. Unfortunately however, the meaning of that term has been lost in recent years due to its increasing popularity and overuse in mainstream media. Fitness magazines regularly boast its fat burning and muscle building effects, but rarely are they talking about the same training protocols.
Any strength or cardio program can make you feel stronger or improve your endurance, but few exercise systems are successful at hitting on all 10 aspects of well-rounded fitness: balance, flexibility, speed, agility, power, strength, stamina, endurance, accuracy and coordination – together, all of which equate to good, solid “functional training”. Machines don’t get it done, no matter what your age or physical limitations are. Bodyweight and free weight exercises are king when it comes to increasing GPP (general physical preparedness) because they place many complex demands on your nervous system and your muscles at the same time. This, in turn, speeds up the rate of favorable adaptations to our bodies… in other words: quicker results and less wasted time. We believe that your training routine should help you excel at your life, in all ways. That’s why we’re constantly improving on a fitness where… 1) you’re less susceptible to injuries (ie. prehabilitation), 2) you’re better able to handle the day-to-day physical and mental demands of life, and 3) you’re more able to do the things in your life that you enjoy.
- Trevor Hollingsworth, Cpt
