Functional Training Studio
The Functional Training Studio provides training activities for everyday lifestyles.
The Functional Training Studio is located on the 3rd floor of Woodruff Hall next to the racquetball court.
Functional Fitness Training uses various exercises to train your muscles to work together to perform everyday movements in life and work. According to the , functional training simulates movements you might do at work, home or sports, to prepare them for these everyday tasks.
Functional training primarily involves strength training and core workouts without the use of weight machines. Many of the exercises can be done standing. In Adelphi鈥檚 functional training studio, the participants鈥� body weight provides the resistance in many of the workouts particularity in the suspension training exercises.
Equipment for Use
In the Main Precor Queenax Bridge Unit
Suspension training:
- TRX
- 鈥淪uperfunctional鈥澛� straps/bars
- 鈥淯p Strength鈥� independent rope ladders
- Suspension Abs
- Battle rope
- Monkey bars
- Mobile parallels for dips and other exercises using a horizontal bar
- Pull up bar
- 鈥淪trong ++鈥� (3 levels of resistance tubing pulleys)
- Land mine (torso trainer)
Additional Studio Equipment
- Escape Tyre (tire)
- Plyo boxes
- Kettlebells
- Light dumbbells
- Sandbags
- Core bags
- Weighted discs
- Vert balls and mini vert balls
- Floor mats
- Cones
- Mini hurdles
- Jump ropes
- Resistance bands
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