Congruent and Functional Exercise

Exercising congruently and in a functional manner are important since exercising incongruently and in a non functional manner can cause undue stress on your joints, and your body. Excessive exercise or "chronic cardio" can often do a lot of damage on your body. While cardiovascular exercise does have its benefits, doing too much or the wrong kind can cause a lot of wear and tear on your joints and even your adrenals.



Exercising congruently is more applicable and important when doing weight training as training with weights in an incongruent manner can often lead to injury. Weight machines such as MedEx, Nautilus and Hammer Strength when used correctly can virtually eliminate the chance for injury as well as being a much more efficient way to strength train. A full range of motion is not always needed when doing weight training exercises as it places undue strain on your body, particularly your joints and ligaments.



When doing weight training it would benefit one to not do a full range of motion because you are trying to build strength and not push the range of motion or increase the range of motion with an exercise. In physical therapy although when repairing a muscle, joint or ligament it is advisiable to increase the range of motion in a safe gentle manner for proper healing........read more :hurray::hurray::coolgleamA: