Importance of Movement

Importance of Movement

L.E.A.N. Fitness Systems officially opened this week.  We are all excited to bring this amazing new facility to Lewisville, NC to serve the greater Triad area.  We are a unique facility in the way that we serve the general fitness community with men and women simply trying to get in better shape along with amazing athletes trying to be the best in the world.  So what common bond do these populations share?

Movement!  It’s the one area most overlooked by gyms around the world.  Too many small gyms open up around the country because somebody wants to own a gym or box.  They probably worked out for a year or so, loved the process and community, and decided that they could do the same thing.  Hey look I am excited that there are more opportunities for people to get in shape.  However are these people qualified?  What do they know about functional human movement?

Yeah highly intense workouts are great for conditioning and possibly aid in the weight loss category.  However if movement isn’t performed properly, you are probably setting people up for injury and failure.  The body is like any other machine.  If you run it on high with bad alignment, then breakdown will inevitably occur. 

So many people think that weight loss is the one and only thing that matters in fitness.  That’s so untrue.  It’s one piece of a very big puzzle.  At L.E.A.N we make a good argument that ‘movement’ is more important than weight loss.  Here’s the thing.  No one wants to workout if it hurts.  No one wants to be in a group exercise class if they can’t do the movement due to limitations. 

The older I get, the more I realize that I value playing with my kids and going on walks with my wife more than anything fitness related.  I want to be able to bend, squat, lunge, jump, run, throw, and reach without restriction or especially without pain.  All too often adults nowadays sit at a desk in front of a computer screen all day long.  That leads to tight hips, bad posture, and a restricted thoracic spine.  All of this leads to pain, injuries, and lack of movement.  If you can’t move well, how do you expect to exercise and lose weight? 

Remember how easy it was to exercise and keep the weight off when we were young?  I do for sure.  It was because we were moving, playing, and exercising without pain and restrictions.  Now that we have spent the last several years not moving, the first step is getting that movement back.  That’s not an overnight process, but you will notice improvements rather quickly with the right system and process.

This same system applies to our athletes.  We teach all of our members optimal functional movement patterns, which allows them to reach their goals.  Optimal movement patterns allows people to exceed their goals whether it’s:

·      Weight loss

·      Sprinting

·      Conditioning

·      Jumping

·      Strength

·      Cardiovascular fitness

Too many gyms or boxes claim to have the best coaches, which to us is laughable.  What substantiates their claims?  I know if someone asks us what makes us the best, that’s an easy question to answer.  Here are the things to look at when choosing a gym:

·      Experience

·      Degrees

·      Results from their members

·      Certifications

Two of our owners have been training for over thirty years and coaching for over twenty years.  All of our coaches have a minimum batchelors degree, three of our coaches have a Master’s, three of them have the NSCA CSCS Certification, two of them have their USAW Senior International Coach certification (there’s a handful in the entire country), and our results are measurable the best in the country whether athletically, fitness, weight loss, or anti-aging. 

Coaches like this take movement seriously.  We perfect it, so all of you reach your ultimate goals.  We make no exceptions.  When someone joins our facility, they are putting their fitness goals in our hands.  We take that very seriously.  Whether it’s us or not, all of you deserve coaches that take your goals and fitness levels very seriously.

The main point that I am writing this blog is to give you guys some insight.  I know that most adults come to a point in their lives where they want to lose weight and get back in shape.  Unfortunately they only use the scale to monitor progress.  The scale is definitely a measurement that deserves attention, but movement is at least just as important.  If you learn to move better, everything else will come much easier and much more quickly.  Hopefully this insight will make your fitness journey much more exciting and enjoyable.

If you are in the area, we want to offer a FREE Week to get you started on your fitness journey.  Email us at:  è Chris@tfw-WS.com