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We want to help you change your LIFE!

Welcome! On behalf of all our trainers, I would like to say thank you for choosing Bodyshop Athletics to help meet your fitness goals. You will find that we do things a little different than most facilities. We are not just a place to exercise, we are here to help you change your life! We find that in this all too busy world it is difficult to find time for what is most important...You!

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The way we see things...The word POTENTIAL is described as a latent excellence or ability that may or may not be developed. At Bodyshop Athletics we describe it as waste!  We each have certain abilities to become so much more than we can imagine.  God has given us all a purpose and direction in life.  If you are not using everything that you have to glorify HIM, you are wasting the greatest gift of all...YOUR LIFE.  Acts 1:8 says, "you shall recieve power when the Holy Spirit has fallen upon you".  Ask Him to fall on you, and then use this gift in everything you do.  Use it in your work, use it on the playing field and especially use it in with your family.  Don't waste another day having "potential". Unleash the POWER and become more than just all you "could" be.  Call us to help you make that change!!!

 

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The old school days, of Bench Press and Curls, Left with  Venice Beach in the 1980's.  After all, what part of your day do you spend lying flat on your back and pressing something over your head?  NEVER! Therefore, our methods of "Functional" strength training are proven to not only make you more fit, but more importanly MORE FUNCTIONAL for your busy lives!!!                                       

EXPLAINING FUNCTIONAL TRAINING

Functional training has its origins in rehabilitation. Physical therapists developed exercises that mimicked what patients did at home or work in order to return to their lives or jobs after an injury or surgery. Thus if a patient's job required repeatedly heavy lifting, rehabilitation would be targeted towards heavy lifting, if the patient were a parent of young children, it would be targeted towards moderate lifting and endurance, and if the patient were a marathon runner, training would be targeted towards re-building endurance.

Functional training involves mainly weight bearing activities targeted at core muscles of the abdomen and lower back. Most fitness facilities have a variety of weight training machines which target and isolate specific muscles. As a result the movements do not necessarily bear any relationship to the movements people make in their regular activities or sports. Functional training attempts to adapt or develop exercises which allow individuals to perform the activities of daily life more easily and without injuries.  

 Benefits

Functional training may lead to better muscular balance and joint stability, possibly decreasing the number of injuries sustained in an individual's performance in a sport. The benefits may arise from the use of training that emphasizes the body's natural ability to move in six degrees of freedom. In comparison, though machines appears to be safer to use, they restrict movements to a single plane of motion, which is an unnatural form of movement for the body and may potentially lead to faulty movement patterns or injury.

Research shows very substantial gains and benefits in the functional training group over fixed training equipment. Functional users have a 58% greater increase in strength over the fixed-form exercisers. The improvements in balance are 196% higher over fixed exercises and report show an overall decrease in joint pain by 30% 

 Functional training for sports

Many athletes equate strength training with bodybuilding; accordingly, individuals involved in endurance or flexibility-based sports do not strength train for fear of gaining too much bulk and losing flexibility, or mimic the training of bodybuilders without adapting workouts to their specific sports. As a result, training can lack the performance benefits that proper functional training could provide.

 Equipment

Standard resistance training machines are of limited use for functional training – their fixed patterns rarely mimic natural movements, and they focus the effort on a single muscle group, rather than engaging the stabilizers and peripheral muscles. Preferred options include:

If you are not physically, mentally and spiritually sound, you cannot perform to your utmost potential. We feel there are four emelemts to success:

     1. To be physically in shape 

                    2. To be mentally focused                    

      3. To have emotional balance

4. To be spiritually sound

We are here to help you balance these four aspects of life.