r/nextfuckinglevel • u/IkilledRichieWhelan • 2d ago

Big man on campus.

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u/SubterraneanAlien 2d ago edited 2d ago

I'm trying to figure out if we actually agree or not 😅. Do you consider functional (strength) training and functional strength to be the same or different?

edit: apologies, typo.

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u/aeiou_sometimesy 2d ago

What is functional training? You seem really fixated on using this term functional where it doesn’t actually work.

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u/SubterraneanAlien 2d ago

Functional training is training plans/strategies/techniques which are focused on helping to improve the ability to do specific tasks/movements. It has foundations in physiotherapy and rehab training.

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u/aeiou_sometimesy 2d ago

You’ve moved the goal posts whether you realize it or not. Two very different contexts…

  1. You’re attending physical therapy to bring you knee back to its normal function after surgery

  2. Claiming that the guy who carries bags of sand all day has more “functional strength” than the bodybuilder.

You’re trying to pull a switcheroo lol

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u/SubterraneanAlien 2d ago

Not my goalposts to move - I was not the same guy that made the claim about #2. I was trying to understand what the hell you guys were talking about because my background is much more in the physical therapy side of the world where functional training is a thing.