Purpose Driven Movement

Introduction 17 The problem of dysfunctional 'functional training' 18 Introducing the Adaptive Functional Training System 23 Who is this book for? 30 Part 1: Coach with Purpose - The Art and Science of Coaching Coaching Foundations: The 3 Cs 33 Culture 36 Connection 45 Challenge 54 Coaching Technique: Cuing and Feedback 63 Cuing 64 Feedback 77 Conclusion 84 Part 2: Assess with Purpose - Injury Awareness, Prevention and Monitoring The Background Story on Fitness and Injuries 87 Injuries in fitness: what are the statistics? 89 How effective is injury prevention? 91 Injury screening and prediction 95 Are you injury aware? 97 Effective Injury Screening 99 The three layers of dysfunction 102 The injury prevention screen 111 Be a champion of injury prevention 119 Part 3: Move with Purpose - The 5 Pillars of Functional Training Pillar 1 - Restore Function and Movement 123 Common questions 124 Warm-up activity 129 Joint rolling 129 Soft tissue work 130 Mobilisations and activations 131 Stretching 153 Mobility flows and movement prep 156 Pillar 2 - Develop Proper Movement Patterns 163 Bodyweight movement: sling systems and primal patterns 165 Suspended fitness 172 Crawling and Animal Flow® 176 Pillar 3 - Load the Foundations 187 Training the stabilisers of the body 187 The exercises 192 Pillar 4 - Build Strength and Power 209 Training with kettlebells 211 The exercises 216 Pillar 5 - Integrate Complex Movement Patterns 233 The battling rope 234 Progressions and complexes with the battling rope 238 Complexes with other tools 251 Part 4: Program with Purpose - Bringing it All Together Programming Theory: Behind the Adaptive FTS 267 Understanding periodisation 268 The macrocycle/training plan 272 The mesocycle/training phase 275 The microcycle/sessions 276 Program review 285 The Adaptive FTS Program 287 Background information 287 Sample Adaptive FTS 12-Week Program 289 Adapting the program for different clients 299 Next steps 301 Resource pool 303 Coach with Purpose 303 Assess with Purpose 304 Move with Purpose 304 Program with Purpose 305