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Jedi Training is Functional (WATCH IT WORK)

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Believe it or not, Jedi Training is very functional. In fact, if your goal is to be able to avoid a lightsaber coming at your head at break neck speeds, then I would advise no other type of training and workouts than what I show you in this video. That said, this wouldn-t be very purposeful for everyone and that is the point. True functional training should be defined by only one thing, how purposeful the training is to what it is you are trying to accomplish. For instance, if you are an Olympic Lifter, performing an overhead snatch is a prerequisite to a highly functioning athlete. That said, if you have a history of shoulder injury or you are an overhead athlete that makes a living with your arm (like a major league pitcher or an NFL quarterback) then you would want to look to explosive lifts that are a bit lower like the clean to avoid causing unnecessary risk to your arm on an exercise that isn-t necessarily that functional for you. I mean, getting the arm over your head to throw a baseball and football require no external weighted load to do it. Adding one in the form of a snatch isn-t needed. On the same note, balance drills that look borderline foolish can be perfectly functional as well-for a tightrope walker! Now don-t dismiss this. There are tightrope walkers out there that make a living doing this. There is no joke about needing the required balance to make sure you stay up on that rope since not being prepared can mean the difference between life and death. Don-t dismiss what someone else is doing as foolish just because it doesn-t match what you would value in your training. Someone like a tightrope walker would need impeccable proprioception and balance. The slightest loss of balance at the level of the ankle and foot must be felt very quickly and then corrected just as quickly if that person is to maintain their footing. Functional training should mean one thing, and that is workouts and exercises that serve a purpose for your end goal. For instance, bodybuilders may be after one thing only, aesthetics. If this is the case, many exercises that would be dismissed for their lack of functional carryover to a high performing athlete like the concentration curl, are fair game and valid bicep builders once again. The benefit of the concentration curl is that you can really squeeze and focus on the contraction of the bicep while having the other hand willing and able to spot if needed. The downside is that it is performed entirely sitting down while artificially anchoring your upper arm into your thigh to minimize any arm movement at the same time the elbow is flexing. This just isn-t very functional to any real life movements but it still is very functional as I said to a bodybuilder. The bottom line is, if you are looking to train for everything then you need to start training like an athlete. You need to focus on equal parts balance, stability, mobility, strength, power, endurance and agility. This is what the ATHLEAN-X Training System is designed to do. Leave no stone unturned in your workouts and training and head to to start training like an athlete today
Date: 2022-04-22

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Comments and reviews: 10

Niko
At the moment I'm having problems motivating myself to train more. I've met my fitness goals (losing the belly fat and being able to work way longer and harder than I could 2-3 years ago) and there is little left that I want or feel the need to improve.
Maybe it would help if you could do a video about how to safely train to be able to carry heavier stuff farther. Part of my job is to set up and tear down PA systems and I regularly have to carry heavy amp racks or speakers or stuff like that. Sometimes I take my private mixer rack with me and that still destroys me when I have to carry it home, which is 5 flights of stairs without elevator. Especially if I have a backpack full of stuff on my back and a suitcase full of different stuff in one hand while the other hand carries the 40 pound mixer rack.
I'd love to know if there's a way to get my body used to transporting heavier things without ruining my back and/or joints.
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Suzy
Jeff, what are your thoughts about the fitness machine, Motion Cage Hoist, for functional training? The gym I go to bought it not knowing it was for -functional training. - That being said, the two sections with weight stacks says it goes up to 195 lbs each. I am female, 5ft, 110 lbs and at 6/8 rep max for lat pull downs and bicep curls on a machine I'm at 80 lbs for both. On this machine, I can do the entire stack and still get nothing out of it because it's on 5 pulleys. The company came out after numerous complaints that it wasn't -working properly- and they say it will never work to pull and push weight because it's intended for functional training. In this context, what does that even mean? Please put the science into this explanation to help me understand how a weight stack of 195 lbs that is not pulling even close to this weight is defined as -functional training-.
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Makoto
For me, my fuctional workout is to do calisthenics but movements cooridnating with putting fatigue in my muscles.
muscle stressing workout (for me) has
- planks (1min)
- dips hold (1min)
- horse stance (back straight, legs at a 90-120 degree; hold 1min)
- simply its like doing Tai chi/karate workout in my regemin
I would also work on my warm up of doing stretches first thing in the morning then running. I would do a boxing/kick boxing workout but in my body type doing those explosive movments aren't my style. So I'm big even if I don't have the air to do it, I know I have to be stationed. I would like to do a jiu jitsu with a parkour incoorporated workout. Putting my muscles to stress then shedding off a fat layer is my goal for this month.
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Luke
Hoping someone can help, I train 4x a week minimum training each muscle group for about 45 minutes usually doing 3 sets of 8-10 hard reps almost my maximum weight for those reps and I am noticing good size and strength gains however since I started using protein supplements I hardly notice any muscle soreness in any muscles except chest and triceps usually although I train every muscle group at the same intensity, does anyone know if this is simply down to me using supplements or is it something else like my muscles getting used to the exercises?
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Salman
Hey Jeff, I got this problem while squatting. I'm engaging in bodybuilding for around 2 years now. I usually had a good form while squatting, but now when I squat I can see that one knee seems higher than the other and I have a pain on my lower back on the left side right above my pelvis. So I asked a spotter to have a look. And he told me that my left buttock is moving outward when I go deep down. If there is any tips or stretching exercises, it will be really helpful. please help me out. Cheers.
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Bond
This is so epic. I like your mantra on training functionally. Jeff, can you do more -hardgainer- videos, I really find them helpful and have found my chest improving, so very happy! I'd love to hear some ideas on arms, as I feel like I get tone (especially triceps, but not sure how to increase the size, I try not to train them more than twice a week, so any tips/a video on that would be great!
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Adam
I wanted to ask u about no such thing as bulking I am 16 years of age pretty strong might be due to my will power can bench 20kg and deadlift 120kg, squat 110kg but I'm struggling puttin on mass I am not exactly a hardgainer but I am skinny. Would quality food substitute for high calorie diet as even with this diet I am not seeming much results and I am still struggling puttin weight on
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Warhammered
Basically: keep your training within a context. If I want to improve mobility, bicep curls aren't going to do anything. I want to gain larger pecks, squats aren't helpful, etc. Do something towards a certain goal. I want to improve my core strength (maybe get a 6 pack one day) so I'll have at least 2 exercises in my routine which work my core.
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Gabriel
Hey Jeff, could you make a video about functional exercises for surfing and board sports in general? It would be really cool to learn about what is good to help developing balance, power and flexibility (also stay free from injuries. Congratulations for the work man, keep doing it. Wish you all the best and come to Brazil anytime.
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Franjo
I have an torn acl and I was misdiagnosed so it will be a long time till I recover. Here is the problem. My legs will get weaker and i know how to fix that but Ill get slower, less agile and I already feel -heavy- when it comes to moving my legs. So some functional workout to fix and even improve that would be great.
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