White Room Fitness personal trainers are FRC® Mobility Specialists (FRCms)

28 Feb 2024

All White Room Fitness trainers are FRC^® Mobility Specialists (FRCms)

The FRC^® certification is achieved from attending Functional Anatomy Seminars which are not simply training seminars but also are practical hands-on workshops designed to teach participants how to integrate FRC^® into their exercise programs. White Room Fitness regards FRC^® as the gold standard of personal training skills. 

What is FRC^®
Functional Range Conditioning^® is a comprehensive system of mobility and joint control training system based in scientific principals and research. There are clear benefits when utilizing the FRC^® system which are all closely interrelated, and acquired simultaneously.

Mobility
Mobility refers to the amount of active, usable motion that one possesses. The more mobile a person is, the more they are able to maximize their movement potential safely, efficiently, and effectively. FRC^® utilizes the latest advancements in scientific knowledge, combined with tried and tested training methods to increase ones active, useable ranges of motion by simultaneously improving articular mobility, strength, resilience, and co-ordination. In essence, this invaluable, and innovative training system improves the ability to control, and move one’s own body.

Joint Strength
While improving mobility and movement potential, the FRC^® system also acts to ‘safe-guard your joints so that movement can be executed safely. Connective tissue, one of the four types of human biological tissues, includes the following types: Fascia, bone, ligaments, capsules, tendons, vessels and 80% of nerves. With proper programming, the benefits of training can and should be inclusive of each of these tissues.  The FRC^® system considers each of these subtypes as targets during training and thus improves tissue quality and resilience in ALL of the components making up the joint complex.

Body Control
Training with FRC^® improves the function of your nervous system. This leads to a reduction of pain and injury, joint health and longevity, as well as an increased ability to move freely and easily.

Articular health and longevity
The benefits of utilizing the FRC™ mobility development system extend beyond athletic development, rehabilitative, and performance goals. In the process of developing mobility, all articular connective tissue components are strengthened, and neurological control of said tissues enhanced.  These are two factors well known in the scientific literature to enhance joint health, prevent injury, and improve longevity.

Performance enhancement
Improvements in mobility unlock greater ranges of motion with which to develop force output.  Improved mobility is also a vital component of agility, defined as the ability to rapidly respond to change by adapting its initial stable configuration. Agility can be thought of as utilization of one’s mobility, thus, just as with mobility itself, the acquisition of agility is a goal common to all sports and functional activities.