Your End Range of Motion is the Beginning

by Jessie

In the Functional Range System, your end range becomes our starting point for training.

There are four main ways we train:

  1. At end range
  2. To end range
  3. To end range with velocity
  4. Full range

The approach depends on a number of factors, including but not limited to:

  • Goals
  • Current Passive Range of Motion (ROM)
  • Current Active ROM
  • Injuries
  • Neurological Control

Training at end ranges is a crucial part of what makes FRS different than the standard strength model.

The standard strength model mainly utilizes highly patterned exercises in mid-ranges of motion. It says: practice patterned movements with what you already have (Dr. Spina).

FRS says: let’s give you access to more of your own biology and use it fully (Dr. Spina). We do this by increasing ROM where needed, gaining more control over your ranges of motion, and building strength and resilience at your end ranges and full ROM.

To change the capacities of the tissues, you have to get specific. Patterned exercises like in the standard strength model won’t do that.

Thus, I employ the Functional Range System to fill the gaps in the standard strength model and help you move better and function more healthfully by improving tissue and joint specific capacities. Then, I utilize the standard strength model for its global health benefits.

Exercise and Training are not the same thing. Most people see exercise from an external perspective. But they need to be understanding it from an internal perspective. Exercise is using the system and improving the systems ability to function as a system. Training is changing the [components of the] system to increase the abilities. – Dr. Andreo Spina, musculoskeletal expert and FRS creator

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