Train Movement Patterns

This is part three of an eight part series titled "8 Principles of the Defined Fitness Training Philosophy". Over the next eight weeks we will be writing a short post about each part of the training philosophy we use here are DF and make part of each workout.

Number Two: Train Movement Patterns

Gone are the days of going to the gym and focusing solely on one area of your body. In the past common training protocol was to work on a different area of your body every day you went to the gym. So a typical week would look like: Chest & Back on Monday, Arms & Calfs on Wednesday, Legs on Friday (unless you were a guy then you just skipped Fridays and headed to Happy Hour, because you could just cover up your skinny legs with a pair of jeans), and you would do some cardio and sit ups on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Unless you are aspiring to be the next Mr or Ms Universe this is not the most effective or efficient way to workout. 

Instead, we train movements patterns rather than individual muscle groups. Your body functions as one unit during all daily movements and activities and needs to be trained the same way. To put it simply, try standing up one using one muscle. It can't be done. When you stand up it takes the effort of many muscles working together.

So instead of doing leg extensions and leg curls, we do squats and deadlifts. Instead of bicep curls, tricep extensions, and chest flys we do push-ups and TRX Rows. These work more muscles and lead to a leaned, toned, and better built body.

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