Purpose Driven Movement
Description
Purpose Driven Movement is a logical, comprehensive and road-tested guide for personal trainers, performance coaches and fitness enthusiasts seeking to understand the world of functional movement and fitness.
Tarek Michael-Chouja, owner of the Functional Training Institute, created the Adaptive Functional Training System for those wanting to go deeper into the world of functional training. His approach is the result of years of experience and research compiled by industry experts who have tested and integrated these methods into the real world of fitness.
Within Purpose Driven Movement, fitness professionals and enthusiasts will learn how to:
- Coach with purpose by building a strong coaching vision, mindset and technique
- Assess with purpose by understanding how to detect, correct and prevent poor movement patterns and injury
- Move with purpose by progressing through the 5 Pillars of Functional Training, which showcase the key functional movements and tools
- Program with purpose by taking a structured but flexible approach to exercise planning and selection in service of their goals
When these four components come together, a great coach is in the making. Anyone seeing to master the art of training and coaching for truly functional fitness will find the answers they seek in Purpose Driven Movement.
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Wellness coach, health and fitness expert, and international educator, Tarek Michael-Chouja is the owner of the Functional Training Institute, a global functional training company. Tarek has travelled the world teaching human movement to thousands of trainers for over 15 years. He's currently working toward a master's degree focusing on the science of Green exercise and mindfulness.
Content
- Intro
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- The problem of dysfunctional 'functional training'
- Introducing the Adaptive Functional Training System
- Who is this book for?
- Part 1: Coach with Purpose - The Art and Science of Coaching
- Coaching Foundations: The 3 Cs
- Culture
- Connection
- Challenge
- Coaching Technique: Cuing and Feedback
- Cuing
- Feedback
- Conclusion
- Part 2: Assess with Purpose - Injury Awareness, Prevention and Monitoring
- The Background Story on Fitness and Injuries
- Injuries in fitness: what are the statistics?
- How effective is injury prevention?
- Injury screening and prediction
- Are you injury aware?
- Effective Injury Screening
- The three layers of dysfunction
- The injury prevention screen
- Be a champion of injury prevention
- Part 3: Move with Purpose - The 5 Pillars of Functional Training
- Pillar 1 - Restore Function and Movement
- Common questions
- Warm-up activity
- Joint rolling
- Soft tissue work
- Mobilisations and activations
- Stretching
- Mobility flows and movement prep
- Pillar 2 - Develop Proper Movement Patterns
- Bodyweight movement: sling systems and primal patterns
- Suspended fitness
- Crawling and Animal Flow®
- Pillar 3 - Load the Foundations
- Training the stabilisers of the body
- The exercises
- Pillar 4 - Build Strength and Power
- Training with kettlebells
- The exercises
- Pillar 5 - Integrate Complex Movement Patterns
- The battling rope
- Progressions and complexes with the battling rope
- Complexes with other tools
- Part 4: Program with Purpose - Bringing It All Together
- Programming Theory: Behind the Adaptive FTS
- Understanding periodisation
- The macrocycle/training plan
- The mesocycle/training phase
- The microcycle/sessions
- Program review
- The Adaptive FTS Program
- Background information
- Sample Adaptive FTS 12-Week Program
- Adapting the program for different clients
- Next steps
- About the Author
- Resource pool
- Coach with Purpose
- Assess with Purpose
- Move with Purpose
- Program with Purpose
