Functional Fitness Personal Training

Functional Fitness Programming that utilizes Core & Functioning Training that will provide the skills needed for optimal Fitness & Health Activities of Daily Living.

Fitness Goals vary from person to person.

The fitness goals of the Active Older Healthy Adult will vary somewhat from the fitness goals of younger participants. While older adults may continue the same exercises, he/she practiced when younger, as an older adult (and/or physical issues related to the aging process), we may modify the exercises for a better FIT.

Wellness Goals for Functional Training.

• GOALS OF CLIENT: QUALITY OF LIFE / FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE
  • Fitness/Sports Activities
  • Dressing
  • Bathing
  • Driving
  • Yard & Housework (including carrying groceries)
  • Caring for children/grandchildren (lifting, carrying, etc.) and caring for others

• GOALS OF TRAINER/INSTRUCTOR: Coach Crystal Anne, ALPC, CPT, CPC, (in-progress of CNC)
  • Muscular strength and endurance
  • Cardiovascular strength
  • Flexibility
  • Functional Movement

• BENEFITS OF PARTICIPATING IN FUNCTIONAL TRAINING
  • Improved bone density
  • Improved coordination
  • Improved/maintain flexibility
  • Improved functional movement
  • Improved strength and endurance
  • Improved posture
  • Improved balance
  • Prevention of Injury
  • Functional independence

Activities of Daily Living:

• Upper Body Task
  • Lifting and lowering
    • Picking up bags of groceries
    • Folding clothes
    • Preparing meals
  • Pushing and Pulling
    • Dusting
    • Trimming Shrubs/flowers
  • Raising Arms Overhead
    • Putting on shirt
    • Washing hair
    • Placing/removing items from overhead (and things like changing lights bulbs)
• Lower Body Tasks
  • Maintaining Balance
    • Playing golf/tennis
    • Walking on uneven/slippery surfaces
    • Dancing
    • Getting in/out of shower
  • Squatting and bending
    • Housekeeping
    • Playing with children/granchildren
    • Yardwork/Gardening
  • Sitting and Standing
    • Getting in/out of vehicles
    • Getting in/out of the bathtub/shower
  • Walking
    • Climbing/descending stairs
    • Pushing wheelbarrow/lawnmower

*** MY FAVORITE SAYINGS OF QUALITY OF LIFE ARE WE ALL WANT TO BE ABLE TO WIPE OUR BUTTS AND PUT ON SOCKS

MUSCLE GROUPS (that we focus on)	MUSCLE GROUPS (by what we call them)
Deltoids	Shoulders
Trapezius	Upper Back
Pectorals	Chest
Latissimus Dorsi	Back
Biceps brachii	Forearm
Triceps/Biceps	Upper Arms
Wrist Extensors
Erector Spinae
Abdominals	Abs
Quadriceps	Front of Thigh
Hamstrings	Back of Thigh
Gluteal Maximus	Butt (buttocks, tush)
Abductors/Adductors	Hips
Tibialis Anterior	Front of Lower Leg
Gastronemius/Soleus	Back of Lower Leg