What Work-Outs Do You Do That Help With Your Daily Activities?

Push-ups will probably make your arms big and strong; they most likely won’t help you lift your child out of their car seat. And all those crunches you do will give you more defined abs, but do they really strengthen your core?

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We are conscious of preventative treatment when it comes to check-ups at the doctor and getting our teeth cleaned at the dentist. But we see the gym as something completely separate from our day to day health.  Functional fitness can be your preventative action to keep your muscles and core healthy and strong; this can help to keep you from getting hurt, or if you do get hurt, help you to heal much more quickly.

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According to a recent story on CNN Health,  functional fitness ranked eighth on the American College of Sports Medicine’s list of the top 2013 fitness trends.  You may wonder why this is the case.

I believe it is because it is becoming more common knowledge that working out, just to gain muscle mass or lose weight, is not as impactful as people would like. The man that has swollen rippling biceps may not even be able to carry his son around the grocery store, because he didn’t develop his core muscles along with his biceps.

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At motionlab pdx we focus on exercising to help develop muscles in a more integrated way; with a focus on stability, strength, and stretching, all personalized to meet an individual’s needs.

We inquire into your daily activities and help you to strengthen your body in normal movement and rhythms to increase your ability to do your daily tasks; and to help prevent injuries.

Why wouldn’t we use exercise as just another preventive, full body healing experience; rather than pushing our body to the limits and not seeing any daily results?

What Work-Outs Do You Do That Help With Your Daily Activities?
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