Hi, I am new to the forum and I have two questions for you. First one is about functional training. I read a bit on the forum and it sound like most people here don’t agree with functional training, and pretty much hate Paul Chek.
I admit I was a Paul Chek “follower” before I read this forum, so thank you for allowing me not to spend a fortune on his certification. But I am confused with functional training…I thought it was the way to go for many sport like boxing for instance.
I mean what Ross Enamait is doing is functional training right? Could you help me out a bit here?
Second question, I want to become a Strength coach or personal trainer. I used to be a therapist so I have a little background. I just got a can-fit-pro certification what next?
My dad is willing to either pay me a Kinesiology diploma or osteopath diploma what would you guys do?
The best would be to do like Eric Cressey says: to find a mentor, but that is easier said then done.
well training any training is functional training to get huge and ripped for looks well that is a function Body builders they lift for a specific function, strongmen, PLers, football players etc etc. Its all functional.
It is doing the training that fits your function which pretty much all of then are similar based in a foundation on resistance training. The BBer lifts gets strong and bigger, the strongman well he lifts to get strong and in return gets bigger.
The bber however then concentrates on symmetry and hypertrophy , where as the strongman could care less about the symmetry and concentrates at getting better tat the events.
as for becoming a PT Hell you have the offer to get the degree get the darn thing, Then keep rolling get a CSCS, keep rolling never stop learning be the best you can dont settle for some cookie cutter PT cert if you have the option and drive
Here in Quebec you have to kind of therapist, first one you need college degree, the secound one you need to go to university. I am the one with a college degree.
And yes I did some thread searching but I think I got confused with functional and multi-functional. I guess a boxer or martial artist would train more like multi-functional right?
Thanks
Neo
P.S. About the mentor thing…would be could if Christian Thibaudeau was reading this and would offer to be my mentor…I think we live in the same city…Just dreaming…
A training method or an exercise can have more or less carry-over to a specific sport or task.
When it comes to all this talk about something being functional, what would non-functional training look like? I don’t consider the term very useful and often misleading.