Table 1: Functional training protocol for men diagnosed with prostate cancer.

Training Warm-Up Main Exercise Cool Down
1ª week

1

Agility

1- Single-leg pendulum

2- One-leg dumbbell squats

3- Knee hug

4- Rope jumping

5-Pendulum balancing disk

(PF*)

Pelvis Recruitment

1- Teaching the posture to be used during the training;

2- Breathing for training:

3- Correct pelvis recruitment

Stretching rope exercises

2

Agility

1- Lateral jumping jacks

2- Free squats

3- Turn exercise BS*

4- Rotating arms

5- Leg circles (PF*)

Pelvis Recruitment

1- Teaching the posture to be used during the training;

2- Breathing for training:

3- Correct pelvis recruitment

Stretching exercises

2ª week 3

Agility

1- Jogging

2- Trunk twists

3- Hacky sack exercise

4- Pendulum lying exercise

5- Calf squats (PF*)

Flexibility

1- Sumo squat (PF*)

2- Side ABD* abduction

3- Last side

4- Switchblade

5- Free squats

Stretching rope exercises

4

Agility

1- Agility ladder

2- Front jumping jacks

3- Calf exercise s

4- Compound squats (PF*)

5- Alternating arms

Flexibility

1- Free squatss

2- Frog squats

3- Calf squats (PF*)

4- Sink while stretching

5- "Y" and "T" in suspension tape

Stretching exercises

3ª week 5

Agility

1- Jumping squat on a step

2- Lateral jumping jacks

3- Calf squats (PF*)

4- Single-leg pendulum

5- Waist turning BS*

Endurance exercise

1- Strength

2- Remadasuspension tape

3- Push-ups (PF*)

4- Side elevation

5- ABD* supra MB*

Stretching rope exercises

6

Agility

1- C* Barriers

2- C* High knee skips

3- C* Cross crawl

4- C* Front raises

5- C* Side raises

Endurance exercise

1- Supine BS*

2- Bridge (PF*)

3- Strength

4- Last side

5- Free squats (PF*)

Stretching rope exercises

4ª week 7

Agility

1- Up on the tire

2- Marine rope

3- Launch medicine ball exercise

4- Jump cones

5- Leg circles (PF*)

Power exercises

1- Bridge (PF*)

2- ABD* MB* in wall

3- Punch

4- C* high knee skips

5- Tríceps

Lying down stretching

8

Agility

1- Trampoline

2- Hacky sack exercise

3- Agility ladder

4- Calf squats (PF*)

5- Calf raises

Power exercises

1- Free squats with MB*

2- Sink + front and side elevation

3- Pitch MB*

4- Calf squat

5- ABD* rower

Lying down stretching

5ª week 9

Agility

1- Hug knee forward / backward (PF*)

2- Calf with hands up

3- Power skips exercise

4- Low impact exercise

5- Scorpion stretch

Coordination

1- C* Barriers

2- Support step +jump

3- Board

4- ABD* rower (PF*)

5- Supine UNI*

Stretching rope exercises

10

Agility

1- Pendulum Balancing disk (PF*)

2- Gym ball passing jackknife MB*

3- Rope jumping

4- Jump on tire

5- One-leg dumbbell squat

(PF*)

Coordination

1- Power skip exercise

2- Swing (PF*)

3- ABD supra

4- Squats + remadasuspension tape

5- STEP

Myofascial release exercises

6ª week 11

Agility

1- C* high knee drills

2- C* rotation exercise

3- C* plantar fasciitis

4- C* side

5- C* back

Strength exercises1-

1- Free squats (PF*)

2- Board

3- Barbell

4- Supine

5- Squats sumô (PF*)

Stretching exercises

12

Agility

1- C* Barriers

2- Hacky sack exercise

3- Agility ladder

4- Front jumping jacks

5- Turn exercise MB* (PF*)

Strength exercises

1- Stiff (PF*)

2- Bridge UNI* (PF*)

3- Front elevation

4- Squat in balancing disk (PF*)

5- ABD* infra

Myofascial release exercises

7ª week 13

Agility

1- Escalator

2- Gym ball passing jackknife MB*

3- Rope jumping

4- Jumping on tire

5- Plane exercise

Balance

1- Walking on rope

2- Barbell on the ball

3- Squats + rowing with elasticized

4- Plane (PF*)

5- Stiff UNI* (PF*)

Lying down stretching

14

Agility

1- C*barrier

2- Scorpion stretch

3- Scorpion back stretch

4- Hip bridge exercise (PF*)

5- Leg circles (PF*)

Balance

1- Squat MB* (PF*)

2- Side ABD* SB*

3- Supine SB*

4- Pendulum bosu row (PF*)

5- Perdigueiro

Lying down stretching

8ª week 15

Agility

1- Agility ladder

2- Hacky sack exercise

3- Jumping on tire

4- Rope jumping

5- Calf raises

Flexibility

1- Scorpion

2- Stretching exercise

3- ABD* SB (PF*)

4- Parachute

5- Standing side stretch SB*

Stretching exercises

16

Agility

1- C* barrier

2- Scorpion stretch

3- Scorpion back stretch

4- Hip bridge exercise (PF*)

5- Leg circles (PF*)

Flexibility

1- Frog squats

2- Sumo squat (PF*)

3- Last side

4- Switchblade

5- Free squats

Lying down stretching

9ª week 17

Agility

1- Jumping rope

2- Clap jacks forward/backward

3- Front jumping jacks

4- Hip extension and flexion (PF*)

5- Calf raises

Endurance exercise

1- Marine rope

2- ABD* bicicleta (PF*)

3- Remada in suspension tape

4- Bridge (PF*)

5- Supine

Stretching exercises

18

Agility

1- C* Barriers

2- Jumping on tire

3- Leg circles UNI* (PF*)

4- Seal jacks

5- Jumping on tire

Endurance exercise

1- Supine BS*

2- Bridge (PF*)

3- Strength

4- Last side

5- Free squats (PF*)

Lying down stretching

10ª week 19

Agility

1- C* Barriers

2- Scorpion stretch

3- Hip bridge exercise (PF*)

4- Lateral jumping jacks

5- Turn exercise MB*

Power exercises

1- Jumping on step

2- Free squats with MB*

3- ABD* rower

4- Pitch MB*

5- Calf squat

Stretching exercises

20

Agility

1- Front jumping jacks

2- Hand to foot jack exercise

3- Lateral jumping jacks

4- Scorpion back stretch

5- Hip bridge exercise (PF*)

Power exercises

1- Bridge (PF*)

2- Push-up

3- Punch

4- C* High knee skips

5- Triceps

Myofascial release exercises

11ª week 21

Agility

1- C* Barriers

2- C* high knee skips

3- C* cross crawl

4- C* front raises

5- C* side raises

Coordination

1- C* barriers

2- Support step + jump

3- Agility ladder

4- ABD rower (PF*)

5- Supine UNI*

Stretching exercises

22

Agility

1- Trunk rotation exercises

2- C* cross crawl

3- Scorpion stretch

4- Front jumping jacks

5- Rower exercise (PF*)

Coordination

1- Power skips exercise

2- Swing (PF*)

3- STEP

4- Squats + remada

5- STEP

Myofascial release exercises

12ª week 23

Agility

1- Single leg pendulum

2- One leg dumbbell squat

3- Knee hug

4- Rope jumping

5- Pendulum balancing disk (PF*)

Strength exercises

1- Free squats (PF*)

2- Board

3- Barbell

4- Supine

5- Squats sumô (PF*)

Stretching exercises

24

Agility

1- C* barriers

2- C* high knee skips

3- C* cross crawl

4- C* front raises

5- C* side raises

Strength exercises

1- Stiff (PF*)

2- Bridge UNI* (PF*)

3- Front elevation

4- Squat bozú (PF*)

5- ABD* infra

Myofascial release exercises

*SB: Swiss Ball; ABD: Abdominal; UNI: Unilateral; MB: Medicine Ball; PF: Pelvic Floor; C: run.