Blog - Functional Patterns

Here's yet another important release you will want to do to improve the function of your hips and knees.

Here's yet another technique showing you guys how to actively engage your shoulder muscles to improve your posture. Please reshare to your friends so that more people get this crucial

Addressing a rounded back is not something you see done very often. Many promise to make changes on a kyphosis, few actually make it a functional transition. Try this technique

Here is another biomechanical hack to help you deal with shoulder dysfunction. Most forms of stiffness or "flaccidness" come back to the body not dealing with a directional compression very

As promised, here is another game changing technique to help you guys fix your forward head posture. Since heaps of mistakes can be made doing our techniques, mainly because there

A few days ago, I shared a video regarding knee stability on Facebook. I had asked for help in terms of increasing likes and comments on that post. In turn

A response to Bret Contreras's Debate Challenge I have recently made it public that I am ready to respond to Bret Contreras's challenge to a debate (CLICK RIGHT HERE TO

Strength Training Myths with Naudi Aguilar - Is Heavylifting Ok? This is a question I am never asked but should be asked. For some reason weightlifters think that if we

Do you have an Anterior Pelvic Tilt? Watch this video! Here's a basic, but very effective strategy to help you tackle an anterior pelvic tilt. Myofascial release on this area

Functional Patterns founder, Naudi Aguilar will be holding certification courses all around the world in 2018. Scheduled courses Naudi will be listed below. Spaces are limited. Human Foundations Level 1

Compressed Ribcage Fix - Functional Breathing Exercise Are your breathing exercises only doing you good? Are there detrimental effects of the continued practice of breathing. I would argue yes. Our

Trying to fix those rounded shoulders? Here's another technique to help you with your posture!

Have an Anterior Pelvic Tilt? Here's a technique that will help with that. Warning: it's not something you'd expect 😉

Here's another technique you can use to help release tension on the lower back region.

Welcome to another day of our 30 day Myofascial release series. Today we will tackle a technique to help us with a scapular wing. The muscle we will focus on

Do you have banana knees? Do you have hyper-mobile or hyper-extended knees? This problem can greatly limit the posterior chain activity you sustain while walking or running. In this video

The Hip Thruster is one of the most popular exercises in the fitness industry today.  Today, I rang in on the detriments of doing such a limited exercise for extended

What Is Functional Training? Gonna sound like a broken record to myself once again. I have made this statement literally thousands of times on social media, to have this likely

In this video, FP founder Naudi Aguilar breaks down a technique to help correct knee valgus or internal femur rotation. The typical way of addressing this dyfunction is usually done

Does Weightlifting Make You Stupid? This is a question people in the fitness industry don't seem to be asking themselves. In fact, intelligence-based decision-making seems to be completely absent among

Most Overrated Exercises - The Bench Press for Chest Development Do you feel like your bench press is doing good things for your functionality? About 10 years ago, it was

Flat Feet Correction - Training The Feet With The Core How do I fix my flat feet? This is a question I get all the time in person and on

Lower Back Pain After Squats - Active Spinal Decompression Here are some strategies to help you deal with lower back pain after doing squats. Barbell squats and back pain are