Functional Patterns on Instagram: "This was a wild result and the interesting part is what he discovered along the way. Through applying FP protocols, he realized grains were triggering chronic bloating in his abdomen. A lot of people are waking up to that connection. But the bigger point is what happens after years of living with a distended stomach. When your abdominal wall stays bloated for long periods, your body adapts to that shape. Even if you remove grains and the bloating stops, the ten

Functional Patterns on Instagram: "The fitness industry loves making leg and glute training seem complicated. And sure, it gets tricky when someone has poor connectivity or long-standing hip, knee, or pelvic dysfunctions. But at the root of it, training your legs is simple: you want them to work the same way they do when you sprint. Humans evolved to stand, stride, and run on two legs so your training should reflect that. Not barbell squats and deadlifts, but one leg driving into hip extension w

Functional Patterns on Instagram: "The @functionaltraining.system gives you a way to get a solid workout no matter where you are. Most of the joint discomfort people live with does not come from being sedentary alone. It comes from a loss of mechanical coherence, or how well the body stays connected and coordinated during everyday movement. When that integration starts to break down, certain joints end up taking on more stress than they were designed to handle instead of that load being shared a