PE M3 & 7

• A type of strength training that readies your body for daily activities

  Functional Training
• What kind of preparation does Functional training do to real-life, daily living activities?


  Bending, Twisting, Lifting, loading, pushing, pulling, squatting, and hauling
• What body parts are typically involved in multi-joint movement patterns in functional fitness that help build strength and improve range of motion?


  Knees, hips, spine, elbows, wrists, and shoulders
• Functional Training:

  • Trains the core for its purpose
  • Is based on movement patterns, not muscles
  • Should be multi-planar (involves multiple planes)
  • Should make you stronger relative to your body weight
• What are the 3 planes of Human motion?


  • Sagittal Plane
  • Frontal Plane
  • Transverse Plane
• Sagittal Plane involves?

  Front and Back
• Frontal Plane involves?


  Side-to-side
• Transverse Planes involves?


  Rotation
• What are the benefits of Functional Training?

  • Improves the body's natural ability to move
  • Creates better muscular balance and joint stability
  • Decreases the number of injuries sustained in an individual's performance in a sport.
• Primal Movement


  Is is the fundamental movement of the body.
• What is the primary goal of Primal Movement in fitness?

  To move in ways we have evolved to, reclaiming our innate ability to move as our current lifestyle has caused us to become immobile and disconnected from each other
• What are the 7 primal movements?


  1. Bend/extend
  2. Squat
  3. Lunge
  4. Rotate/twist
  5. Push
  6. Pull
  7. Gait
• Primal movements 


  Are our very basic movements. These movements should be relatively easy to perform since they follow the movement pattern of our function.
• What are the principles of Functional Training?

  1. Form follows function
  2. Maximize Safety and Success
  3. Make educated and thoughtful decisions
  4. Prioritize movement integration rather than isolation
  5. Assess, prioritize, and train all components of function
  6. Start from the more strenuous and end with the easier exercise
• What is Yoga?


  A way of life, it is also an ancient practice, and meditation that has become increasingly popular in today's busy society.
• What characterizes Yoga?


  It is characterized by balance, health, harmony, and bliss
• What is the primary focus of yoga as a spiritual discipline?


  An essentially a spiritual discipline based on an extremely subtle science, which focuses on bringing harmony between mind and body.
• Yoga is also?

  An art and science of healthy living
• What is the meaning of the word "Yoga," derived from the Sanskrit root 'Yuj'?


  To join, yoke, or unite
• Where and when were the beginnings of Yoga developed?

  The beginnings of Yoga were developed by the Indus-Sarasvati civilization in Northern India over 5,000 years ago.
• In which ancient text was the word "Yoga" first mentioned?

  The word yoga was first mentioned in the oldest sacred texts, the Rig Veda.
• In Rig Veda the word "Yoga" contain what texts?

  The Vedas were a collection of texts containing Songs, mantras and rituals
• Who were the primary users of the Vedas, where the word "Yoga" was first mentioned?


  Brahmans and the Vedic Priests
• What are the 11 Types of Yoga?

  1. Vinyasa
  2. Hatha
  3. Iyengar
  4. Kundalini
  5. Ashtanga
  6. Bikram
  7. Yin
  8. Restorative
  9. Prenatal
  10. Anusara
  11. Jivamukti
• It is considered as the most athletic yoga style


  Vinyasa
• Vinyasa Yoga Style


  It means "to place in a special way" and, in this case, yoga postures
• What does the Sanskrit term "hatha" refer to in the context of yoga?


  An umbrella term that refers to all physical postures of yoga.
• In the West, what does "hatha yoga" commonly refer to?

  hatha yoga simply refers to all the other styles of yoga including ashtanga, Iyengar, etc., that are grounded in a physical practice.
• Iyengar yoga focuses on?


  focuses on alignment as well as detailed and precise movements.
• Who founded Iyengar yoga?

  B.K.S Iyengar
• In an Iyengar yoga class, what are students typically instructed to do while performing postures?


  Focus on breath control
• Kundalini Yoga


  This style is all about releasing the kundalini energy in your body that is said to be trapped, or coiled in the lower spine of your body
• Kundalini energy is a practice that?

  That is equal parts to the spiritual and physical.
• Where can the Kundalini energy that is believed to be trapped in your body, found?

  In the lower spine of your body
• In Sanskrit, this type of yoga is translated as "Eight limb path"


  Ashtanga Yoga
• What does Ashtanga Yoga involve?

  It involves a very physical demanding sequence of postures
• It features a sequence of set poses in a sauna-like room. 


  Bikram Yoga
• How many basic postures are included in a typical Bikram yoga sequence?


  26
• How many times is each posture performed in a Bikram yoga class?


  Twice
• What is Bikram yoga named after?

  It is named after Bikram Choudhury