In this era of countless self-proclaimed “fitness gurus” popping up with fad fixes and ruthless boot camps for people who are desperate to overnight shred layers of their body off and dig a Calvin Harris out of it, coming across a truly personalized trainer like Faisal Shafi who knocks sense into us and takes us back to basics was sure a refresher!
Faisal Shafi is a NASM (National Academy of Sports Medicine) Certified Personal Trainer as well as Crossfit Level 1 Trainer. He is a renowned Performance Enhancement and Corrective Exercise Specialist catering to a niche clientele in a truly personalized manner. “Each client is unique and hence should be recommended an exercise and diet regimen well aligned with their physical output.” Shared Fasial.
By back to basics we meant how Faisal emphasizes on the importance of Functional Training and works around this premise to help clients achieve their goals far more methodically and effectively without having to beat themselves down with the intimidating and injury-prone gymming practices.
He educates us on how Functional Training enables us to perform our daily tasks without the chances of injury and complete control of our overall posture, effectively engaging our core while we execute movements that mimic daily regular activities; exercises that most closely replicate and enhance the activities you want to do outside in the three-dimensional world. “With increased core stabilization we are better able to control our bodies through different planes and movements.”
Faisal explains how functional training results in weight loss – following the widely renowned NASM model that stabilizes & strengthens our musculature by performing powerful movements, constantly varying in a mix of low/high bouts of intensity. This form of training is a great balance of weight bearing, posture correction and metabolic conditioning. Faisal does not deem someone “fit” merely on the basis of seeing their 6-pack abs or just because they’re weight lifters or even marathon runners. Instead he stresses as to how person’s fitness level can more accurately be gauged on the basis of the ease & efficacy with which they go about the common physical activities daily life calls for and how fast their metabolism reacts to it.
Under Faisal’s close and customized supervision you can fix your long ignored problems like poor posture that leads to severe pains at various parts of the body, osteoporosis, arthritis, muscle imbalances and fat accumulation. His form of training can also impact on lowering your lipid profile and bad LDL cholesterol level, cardiovascular ailments, diabetes coupled with achieving full range of motion of joints and overall increase in physical flexibility and cognitive integration. What’s best is it’s for everyone. And I mean EVERYONE! You can be 21 or 51 and get on Faisal’s functional fitness bandwagon, just 30 minutes a day and reap all the above benefits and more!
“Every day at my box is a new day with all-new range of movements so there’s never a dull day for any of my clients.” The good news for us is that Faisal Shafi’s state-of-the-art, dedicated functional training box (as they call it) is in the making and is sure to create ripples in Karachi and revolutionize our fitness regimen! Ready are we?
