Functional training is about a movement we use daily and conditioning upon them. Like the door hard to push and pull, you can achieve that by doing calisthenics or weight training. But also the words like fundamental and foundational comes into play.
My opinion is that if you don't train the muscles that are required to allow the body to work in the way its supposed to, you are more prone to injury and blockage of your potential gains 😀
I agree with your analysis, so “functional” is always related to your need and goals. I am 61, and from my perspective there are different levels of functionality, let’s say 3. 1) supporting the normal movements of everyday life, such as bringing home the supermarket bags, climbing stairs, standing up from the sofa or the floor; 2) enhancing your “general movement patterns” to the level you felt as “normal” when you were younger, such as climbing trees, jumping over a fence, curling up (squatting), rolling down and so on; 3) supporting specific skills you want to learn: in this respect, functional is specific to the skill (i.e.: australian pull-ups in view of a front-lever, or explosive pull-ups in view of a muscle-up). Cali helps, but many other activities do as well, for all 3 levels I mentioned.
Best channel on calisthenics by a mile. Keep it up man! I've subbed last night and have been bingeing on your videos since. How you don't have 2 million subscribers yet is beyond me. Love you man
Brother thank you so much! I got plenty of ideas in new year. And I really cant believe the amount of support im starting to get now after 1.5 years of doing it. Even on my older, worse in my eyes videos. Thank you!
Calisthenics got me moving better now at 40 yrs of age than when I was in my early 20s, definitely comes in handy if you need to move and move things around more effortlessly
In my opinion all training is functional. The point being humans are adaptable and being able to adapt to different types of training gives us the fitness to survive challenges. For me i train all 4 main modalities: 1. Compound movements 2. Isolation 3. Calithenics & animal movement 4. Cardio(swimming, sprints, agility)
I think what is often meant with 'functional training' is training with some or all (the more, the more functional) of these characteristics for most people: -Training exercises with carryover to many activities (e.g. squat vs leg extension) -Training stabiliser muscles, as these are often the weakest link and can prevent injuries (e.g. dumbbells>barbells>machines, rings>bar) -Exercises that increase range of motion/flexibility (e.g. ATG split squat>regular split squat) -Training movements that often occur in daily life (running, stairwalking, rucking > mountain climbers, elliptical machine, trampolining) -Training that ensures a strong grip, as this is often the weakest link (e.g. deadlift without wrist straps) -Training in a way that avoids and/or corrects muscular imbalances, training often neglected muscles (e.g. train unilaterally, rotator cuff, balance quads/hamstrings, anterior/posterior deltoid) Unfortunately the term is so vague that many ascribe a different meaning to it.
I think the idea behind functional training is that your goal is to be more functional in something by training. So any bodybuilder who is lifting are improving in same levels their functionality too, but that is not the goal of their training. But there is also that if you only focus on only on way of your funcionality, for example calisthenics, you are basically reduceing your funcionality in other capabilities. For example who is more funcitonal an olympic gymnast or an ultramarathon runner? So i my opinion the people who are doing functional training right are the hybrid atlethes. Improvin your self in the most different ways with a lot of different sports. In my case im studying PE. For a year now i have been training Gymnastics, mostly rings, im doing yoga dayly, runnung long distances weekly (10-20km), and i go to do oliympic wrestling and play soccer occasionaly. And since im doing more things i am getting better at each sport too, and i think my progress is faster now since i am not specialising but improving my funcionality in most possible ways i can. By the way great channel! Cheers.
"functional" is for fitness instructors what "cinematic" is for video content creators: everyone wants their work to be labelled as such, everyone knows that this will somehow mark their work as a one of quality, but noone really knows in what way.
Most people exercise for one of 3 reasons: 1. because they enjoy it, 2. because they want to look better, or 3. because of peer pressure ("the cool kids are doing it"). So "functional" is either 1. whatever you like, 2. anything that burns off the doughnuts and gives some muscle tone, or 3. whatever the cool kids are doing. From my days doing physical work, the work itself was the "functional" workout. I didn't come home from a day of climbing ladders and design a "ladder-climbing workout". I did a "attract hotter girls" workout, just like all my peers. (Then I realized that personality and money are more attractive than biceps and six-packs, but that's another topic.) So, "functional exercise" is just another marketing buzzword meant to get your money. It's no different than the "race-proven" parts in the car you drive at 10mph from stoplight to stoplight, or the "tactical" knife you keep in your pocket to open Doritos bags, or the "scientific" dog food you give to your canine friend whose ancestors lived just fine for several million years by eating whatever couldn't outrun them.
Anther great video, and I do think that there is definitely some truth and merit to the definition and conclusions which you arrived at. However - just to be devils advocate - I would like to suggest an alternative definition of functional training, which would be 'training which helps the user to acquire new skills'. In your example of a marathon runner, I would say that the majority of their training is non functional, because the actual technical skill of running has presumably been mastered for many years - they're not going to learn anything brand new from their training, they're just going to build gradually more and more endurance. In the middle of the spectrum would be weightlifting, because there are certainly some complex techniques to learn, particularly for more advanced lifts like C&J and snatch, but I would imagine that most lifters get the basic movement pattern down pretty early on in their career, and spend most of the rest of their time simply adding more and more load, rather than particularly learning anything new. I think that bodyweight training and calisthenics is thought of as being so 'functional' because the better you get at it, the more skills you acquire. Within bodyweight training, 'specific' exercises would be considered even more 'functional' than the more general ones as they have direct carry over to certain skills. Any thoughts?
Thanks Nath! Kind of old vid! Well, I think this definition - makes sense and i would say yes - then bodyweight training would be functional. Dancing and gymnastics would be even more. I like it, but unfortunetelly people will still do squats on bosu ball and call it functional ;(
Meh I was at my fastest swimming when I was doing less calisthenics and more swimming and running, same thing for badminton. Having a pretty strong weighted pullup was generally helpful but more specific stuff is almost always more beneficial.
I disagree. I feel functional is something which will help u in real life-lets say if u need to climb over something, climb a rope. Pull yourself over. Etc. Of course this is not something a regular person needs on a daily basis but if this comes up in emergency situations he can do it. But a powerlifter with any of these stuff cannot do a single move where u need to get your own body somwhere!! So his 300 pound bench press or 400 pound squats are not enough for him to move his own body... Laughable So I feel calisthenics is much more functional than weight lifting. Let me know what u think of this. Thanks
Hey Marc, appreciate your comment! I think in that sense I totally agree - but I would rather not call it functional - but just that calisthenics athletes on usual are more flexible, pound for pound stronger etc. So yes calisthenics would be more beneficial in this hypothetical situation, just like for lifting a very heavy object to save someone - powerlifting is gonna be more "functional". Thats why i dont like this word. It is just the word I have problem with, not the general idea ;)
For me a functional sport is where multiple areas get training at the same time(strength, endurance, muscle growth, coordination, flexibility...). By lifting heavy weights, you train strength and stimulate muscle growth, but you don't include other training techniques . The more muscles and fitness types are involved into one sport, the more fundamental or functional it is.I did classic bodybuilding and noticed that my body was just good at looking good and strong and that was it. I wasn't good at swimming(because I was to inmobile),at climbing(because I was to heavy), at badminton (because I wasn't agile enough) or at running(again, to heavy and immobile). Since I started Calisthenics training I got better at everything without practicing it, it is the perfect sport for general fitness in my opinion. When I try out new sports I learn it really quickly because my body has a really good fitness background with all training styles involved.
I'm not functional enough :'( Seriously though - a lot of calisthenics skills gave me strength for other movements. I rarely bicep curl but back levers and planches now let me curl 22 kg in each hand (3 strict, the rest need some cheats hehe)
Damn, almost a year since you uploaded and you still hearted the comment. Within the same day even, what a legend. You are a huge inspiration Frinks! You have THE BEST calisthenics information on youtube. And no one is even close to the production quality of your videos. It's never a guess with you, whenever you upload I am certain it will be a banger. Always learning something in some way from you videos. Really appreciate you being here on youtube. I don't think I would have developed this big of a passion for calisthenics if it wasn't for you. And lastly but not least I think you are insanely skilled at presenting information without choosing a side. With your comparison videos you always do a great job of informing, but I never get a feel that you are biased towards any opinion. Honestly it seems like you don't have an opinion at all. Great Job!!!!!!!!!!! :)
What is YOUR opinion on functional training? Is it a myth, buzzword, or an interesting topic?
I'm pretty strong in Calisthenics and my friend pushed me very lighly, i fell down intermediately
I'm not functional enough
for athletes and firemen, etc... it's more applicable.
but for the normal guy looking to be fit and strong, it's just a buzzword. IMO
Functional training is about a movement we use daily and conditioning upon them. Like the door hard to push and pull, you can achieve that by doing calisthenics or weight training. But also the words like fundamental and foundational comes into play.
My opinion is that if you don't train the muscles that are required to allow the body to work in the way its supposed to, you are more prone to injury and blockage of your potential gains 😀
I agree with your analysis, so “functional” is always related to your need and goals. I am 61, and from my perspective there are different levels of functionality, let’s say 3. 1) supporting the normal movements of everyday life, such as bringing home the supermarket bags, climbing stairs, standing up from the sofa or the floor; 2) enhancing your “general movement patterns” to the level you felt as “normal” when you were younger, such as climbing trees, jumping over a fence, curling up (squatting), rolling down and so on; 3) supporting specific skills you want to learn: in this respect, functional is specific to the skill (i.e.: australian pull-ups in view of a front-lever, or explosive pull-ups in view of a muscle-up).
Cali helps, but many other activities do as well, for all 3 levels I mentioned.
Agree!! Thank you for sharing ;)
You have no idea how often my handstand skills assist my construction worker efforts. I NEED front levers to use a drill.
Hahah! Exactly
Il walk to work in tuck planche, this is functional wat you talkin about
My god best freaking comment hahah 🖤
Best channel on calisthenics by a mile. Keep it up man! I've subbed last night and have been bingeing on your videos since. How you don't have 2 million subscribers yet is beyond me. Love you man
Brother thank you so much! I got plenty of ideas in new year. And I really cant believe the amount of support im starting to get now after 1.5 years of doing it. Even on my older, worse in my eyes videos. Thank you!
I really like the style of the video! keep up the good work!
Thank you man. Lets keep crushing
Calisthenics got me moving better now at 40 yrs of age than when I was in my early 20s, definitely comes in handy if you need to move and move things around more effortlessly
In my opinion all training is functional. The point being humans are adaptable and being able to adapt to different types of training gives us the fitness to survive challenges. For me i train all 4 main modalities:
1. Compound movements
2. Isolation
3. Calithenics & animal movement
4. Cardio(swimming, sprints, agility)
Thank you for sharing ;) Interesting view
Yeah, because there are loads of different functions.
"I'm not functional enough"
Bonus: Am I Anabolic yet??
Haha love the fact people start to notice that now 👍🙏🏻
@@FrinksmovementTV thanks to Marvel Cinematic universe, i always wait until the end 😉
Is that a (JoJo)reference?!
wow how has this not gotten more views??? Love the explanation and definitely helped shed a new light on the term! great videos!
"I'm not functional enough" yet I still walk on my hands to work :D
You should watch Bioneer, he’s a big fan of functionality, like he has done a lot of research in the field
Bioneer GOd
I think what is often meant with 'functional training' is training with some or all (the more, the more functional) of these characteristics for most people:
-Training exercises with carryover to many activities (e.g. squat vs leg extension)
-Training stabiliser muscles, as these are often the weakest link and can prevent injuries (e.g. dumbbells>barbells>machines, rings>bar)
-Exercises that increase range of motion/flexibility (e.g. ATG split squat>regular split squat)
-Training movements that often occur in daily life (running, stairwalking, rucking > mountain climbers, elliptical machine, trampolining)
-Training that ensures a strong grip, as this is often the weakest link (e.g. deadlift without wrist straps)
-Training in a way that avoids and/or corrects muscular imbalances, training often neglected muscles (e.g. train unilaterally, rotator cuff, balance quads/hamstrings, anterior/posterior deltoid)
Unfortunately the term is so vague that many ascribe a different meaning to it.
I think the idea behind functional training is that your goal is to be more functional in something by training. So any bodybuilder who is lifting are improving in same levels their functionality too, but that is not the goal of their training. But there is also that if you only focus on only on way of your funcionality, for example calisthenics, you are basically reduceing your funcionality in other capabilities. For example who is more funcitonal an olympic gymnast or an ultramarathon runner? So i my opinion the people who are doing functional training right are the hybrid atlethes. Improvin your self in the most different ways with a lot of different sports. In my case im studying PE. For a year now i have been training Gymnastics, mostly rings, im doing yoga dayly, runnung long distances weekly (10-20km), and i go to do oliympic wrestling and play soccer occasionaly. And since im doing more things i am getting better at each sport too, and i think my progress is faster now since i am not specialising but improving my funcionality in most possible ways i can. By the way great channel! Cheers.
"functional" is for fitness instructors what "cinematic" is for video content creators: everyone wants their work to be labelled as such, everyone knows that this will somehow mark their work as a one of quality, but noone really knows in what way.
tl;dr functional is a buzzword replacement for "specific"
I'm not functional enough
I realized it as well!!
So smart much respect
Chair sits: very functional training
With no risk injury😂
Qwerty Asd WRONG: chair can break, you can lose balance and fall sideways... :p
@@landerhendrickx3522 fuck, world is full of dangers😂
Love your channel
Thank you bro. New vid coming in 1-2 days
1:40 "Tyson, even you!?" Killed me! LOL
Most people exercise for one of 3 reasons: 1. because they enjoy it, 2. because they want to look better, or 3. because of peer pressure ("the cool kids are doing it"). So "functional" is either 1. whatever you like, 2. anything that burns off the doughnuts and gives some muscle tone, or 3. whatever the cool kids are doing.
From my days doing physical work, the work itself was the "functional" workout. I didn't come home from a day of climbing ladders and design a "ladder-climbing workout". I did a "attract hotter girls" workout, just like all my peers. (Then I realized that personality and money are more attractive than biceps and six-packs, but that's another topic.)
So, "functional exercise" is just another marketing buzzword meant to get your money. It's no different than the "race-proven" parts in the car you drive at 10mph from stoplight to stoplight, or the "tactical" knife you keep in your pocket to open Doritos bags, or the "scientific" dog food you give to your canine friend whose ancestors lived just fine for several million years by eating whatever couldn't outrun them.
Anther great video, and I do think that there is definitely some truth and merit to the definition and conclusions which you arrived at. However - just to be devils advocate - I would like to suggest an alternative definition of functional training, which would be 'training which helps the user to acquire new skills'.
In your example of a marathon runner, I would say that the majority of their training is non functional, because the actual technical skill of running has presumably been mastered for many years - they're not going to learn anything brand new from their training, they're just going to build gradually more and more endurance.
In the middle of the spectrum would be weightlifting, because there are certainly some complex techniques to learn, particularly for more advanced lifts like C&J and snatch, but I would imagine that most lifters get the basic movement pattern down pretty early on in their career, and spend most of the rest of their time simply adding more and more load, rather than particularly learning anything new.
I think that bodyweight training and calisthenics is thought of as being so 'functional' because the better you get at it, the more skills you acquire. Within bodyweight training, 'specific' exercises would be considered even more 'functional' than the more general ones as they have direct carry over to certain skills.
Any thoughts?
Thanks Nath! Kind of old vid! Well, I think this definition - makes sense and i would say yes - then bodyweight training would be functional. Dancing and gymnastics would be even more. I like it, but unfortunetelly people will still do squats on bosu ball and call it functional ;(
@@FrinksmovementTV haha yeah, as you say it's definitely an overused and misunderstood term!
"I'm not functional enough" and it amazes me how you don't have a million subscribers mate. The quality of this channel is too high
When u are good in calisthenics, U will be good in other kind of Sports too, so i would say it is funktional.
I would argue, we would have to get bit more specific in the discussion i think 👍
Meh I was at my fastest swimming when I was doing less calisthenics and more swimming and running, same thing for badminton. Having a pretty strong weighted pullup was generally helpful but more specific stuff is almost always more beneficial.
@@Isaiah_McIntosh of course. But a Guy who does calisthenics, would be better in Most Sports, than a Guy who comes from an Bodybuilding Background
I disagree. I feel functional is something which will help u in real life-lets say if u need to climb over something, climb a rope. Pull yourself over. Etc. Of course this is not something a regular person needs on a daily basis but if this comes up in emergency situations he can do it. But a powerlifter with any of these stuff cannot do a single move where u need to get your own body somwhere!! So his 300 pound bench press or 400 pound squats are not enough for him to move his own body... Laughable
So I feel calisthenics is much more functional than weight lifting.
Let me know what u think of this. Thanks
Hey Marc, appreciate your comment! I think in that sense I totally agree - but I would rather not call it functional - but just that calisthenics athletes on usual are more flexible, pound for pound stronger etc. So yes calisthenics would be more beneficial in this hypothetical situation, just like for lifting a very heavy object to save someone - powerlifting is gonna be more "functional". Thats why i dont like this word. It is just the word I have problem with, not the general idea ;)
For me a functional sport is where multiple areas get training at the same time(strength, endurance, muscle growth, coordination, flexibility...). By lifting heavy weights, you train strength and stimulate muscle growth, but you don't include other training techniques . The more muscles and fitness types are involved into one sport, the more fundamental or functional it is.I did classic bodybuilding and noticed that my body was just good at looking good and strong and that was it. I wasn't good at swimming(because I was to inmobile),at climbing(because I was to heavy), at badminton (because I wasn't agile enough) or at running(again, to heavy and immobile). Since I started Calisthenics training I got better at everything without practicing it, it is the perfect sport for general fitness in my opinion. When I try out new sports I learn it really quickly because my body has a really good fitness background with all training styles involved.
Thanks for sharing ;)
It is FUN though. That's all i know.
I'm not functional enough :'(
Seriously though - a lot of calisthenics skills gave me strength for other movements. I rarely bicep curl but back levers and planches now let me curl 22 kg in each hand (3 strict, the rest need some cheats hehe)
Nooooooo I work 9-5 at a desk I wanted you to tell me why calisthenics is better than other forms or training cuz its all I do😭😭😭
Sorry ;(
I'm not functional enough
Functional calisthenics
I am not functional enough :)
Haha after a year someone got to the end 😂 Appreciate it 🙏🏻
@@FrinksmovementTV New subscriber mate, putting out really interesting content😊
@@Pater_99 Thank you! Next week new video coming up ;)
I'm Not Functional Enough
Damn, almost a year since you uploaded and you still hearted the comment. Within the same day even, what a legend. You are a huge inspiration Frinks! You have THE BEST calisthenics information on youtube. And no one is even close to the production quality of your videos. It's never a guess with you, whenever you upload I am certain it will be a banger. Always learning something in some way from you videos. Really appreciate you being here on youtube. I don't think I would have developed this big of a passion for calisthenics if it wasn't for you. And lastly but not least I think you are insanely skilled at presenting information without choosing a side. With your comparison videos you always do a great job of informing, but I never get a feel that you are biased towards any opinion. Honestly it seems like you don't have an opinion at all. Great Job!!!!!!!!!!! :)
The fuck was that intro
not functional enough best video
Hahah, Its so awesome people still watch it after that long time. Thank you ;)
yo we have the same phone!!
I'm not functional enough !!!!!11111 😟☹😫😣
of course calisthenics is functional! how else do you want to learn how to muscle up through life?! 💪
Couldn't agree more 😂
The intro...Lol what? Nice content tho
At a 3:20 second intro... I didn't care anymore about watching the rest of the video...
I'm not functional enough
I'm not functional enough
I"m not functional enough
I'm not functional enough
hahah cant believe people still watch. Thanks!!!