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ESCAPE’S FUNCTIONAL TRAINING TOOLS

At Faster Fitness’s Baker Street gym, John Hardy specialises in teaching instructors the most effective methods to functionally train their clients. By alternating traditional equipment such as the squat rack with Escape functional training products such as the Core Board and the Stretch Cage (right), Hardy believes he has attracted some of the best personal trainers in London. Hardy highlights Escape’s

Core Board as an excellent functional training tool, commenting that, by offering a predictable yet moveable surface, the board enables a trainer to develop a client’s balance in the ranges that occur at the foot and ankle, thereby preventing damage being caused further up the kinetic chain.

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STOTT PILATES: RESTORING BALANCE TO YOUR BODY

POWER PLATE STABILISATION

Power Plate UK’s education and training manager Lars Harms says many clients focus on training the big muscles but often forget the ones that stabilise our bodies. He believes every training session should start with some stability and co- ordination exercises, with a core section also integrated during each workout. The instability of the Power Plate

platform makes exercises more challenging by dropping away from the user between 30 and 50 times per session, with the side-to-side movement of the plate creating further instability. All exercises on the plate can be

performed in either a dynamic or static fashion. Power Plate recommends beginners remain static in the learning phase and then add some dynamic exercises to reap maximum benefi ts.

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Commenting on the current popularity of core training, Moira Merrithew, executive director of education for STOTT PILATES, explains: “A strong core provides a link between the upper and lower body, alleviating excess stress on the peripheral joints. In athletes, core strength contributes to enhanced performance by providing a solid foundation from which the upper and lower extremities can generate force for running, throwing, rowing or jumping.” STOTT PILATES equipment

allows users to improve the way that the body functions, looks and feels, she explains. It focuses on restoring balance, as well as strengthening muscles in a concentric and eccentric fashion – on the ‘in’ and the ‘out’ movement – with attention centred on breathing, pelvic placement, rib cage placement, scapular movement, and head and cervical spine placement. As a result, exercising on STOTT

PILATES equipment can improve muscular control and help prevent future injuries. The equipment can also be used for rehabilitation, in which core strength is crucial to pain reduction, movement, and return to daily activities.

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