At MidStrong, our functional fitness training program follows a weekly pattern that we call our MidStrong Functional Training Method.
We devised this pattern to cover the entire spectrum of functional middle age fitness—the ten distinct components that are important to our overall health and ability to manage all the functional challenges of life.
The 10 Components of Functional Fitness are:
Strength
Power
Muscular Endurance
Aerobic Conditioning
Anaerobic Conditioning
Balance
Coordination
Flexibility
Speed
Agility
The MidStrong Week
Each day of the week has a specific focus to ensure all aspects of functional fitness are included on a regular basis.
Metabolic
Monday
Rev your engine with high intensity interval training (HIIT)
To burn a bunch of fat, boost our metabolism, and improve our work capacity
Tune-up
Tuesday
Focus on areas that often need tuning up, like balance, coordination, and flexibility
These critical areas often get neglected—and they have a dramatic impact in our ability to level up other areas of fitness.
Weightlifting
Wednesday
Pick things up and put them down.
To build strength and power
Therapeutic
Thursday
Focus on slow-but-active recovery and flexibility.
Get your engines humming again, but at less-than-a-Monday fuel burn.
FriYay!
Experience real-time variety as you hit your core hard and work on overall strength and muscular endurance.
To head into the weekend capable of going full-throttle.
Saturday
Strength
Another strong focus on “traditional” strength training, often with barbells.
Building muscle strength, resilience, and endurance is the foundation to full functionality.
Sundays
Rest, recover, and really enjoy the day!
To showcase how we put your hard work to good use. :)
Note:
We are purposeful about building useful and applicable strength in all our workouts, particularly core strength. Much more than training “abs,” we blend core training into every workout, every day of the week.
You’ll thank us later!