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Old 02-26-2009, 02:28 AM   #17 (permalink)
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What does "functional carryover" really mean?
It means you have to go give a functional expert some of your functional dollars to hear about how to stand on a bosu ball, and still see no improvements in your actual performance.

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I agree that using only machines isn't smart, but I don't think doing stuff like squats, deadlifts, etc makes one "functional".
Functional is a matter of context. Functional for what?

I know all our Famous Experts like to trot out "functional training" as some magical thing you can go do, but it's nonsensical to speak of it that way.
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