6 Foundational Movement Patterns

It’s so important to make sure that your strength training includes all the foundational movement patterns. You may be leaving some gains on the table if you only see a few of them in your training once a month.  These movements are basically how the human body moves daily and these movements/exercises that can be loaded through training: 

• Squat 

• Hinge 

• Lunge 

• Push 

• Pull 

• Carry 

We include these in our training weekly. They’ll vary from bodyweight, light, moderate, and heavy load/weight so that we build a solid foundation of physical attributes that cover a wide spectrum.  

Unilateral exercises from these patterns are also a priority in our programming. We’ll use single-arm and single-leg variations to work on balance and to improve strength imbalances due to favoring our dominate side or to work around an injury. 

It can be a balancing act to make sure we don’t overdo some of these movements and to adjust them to fit an individual's ability. But they’re definitely needed if you want to be strong healthy human being who can live a life to the fullest.