WHAT IS FUNCTIONAL FITNESS?

If you've been looking for new group fitness courses to try recently, you've probably come across the term "functional training" in a workout description. At first glance, it may appear to be a useless jargon, as with other health and fitness buzzwords. However, unlike marketing language that is intended to deceive you and sell you the latest and greatest thing, functional training refers to a legitimate sort of activity. In fact, it's something that everyone should incorporate into their exercise routine.

Functional fitness training is a sort of strength training that prepares your body for everyday tasks. These exercises prepare you for the most crucial sort of physical fitness: bending, twisting, lifting, loading, pushing, pulling, squatting, and hauling. The majority of functional fitness exercises involve multi-joint movement patterns that engage your knees, hips, spine, elbows, wrists, and shoulders, all of which develop strength and enhance range of motion. It all boils down to being realistic, but don't let that fool you into thinking it's uninteresting.

It is simply one that strengthens you in a way that translates immediately to an activity outside of the weight room. You help your body perform better as a whole by training various muscle groups at the same time. You're teaching it to be a system, not simply a collection of bits that perform independently. Functional training also improves your kinesthetics awareness (knowledge of how your body moves) and teaches you how to move safely.

There are several factors in life that might cause you to lose your balance or equilibrium. To prepare for the outside world, it's a good idea to concentrate on reducing these things in the gym. A really fit lifestyle, as we often remind our customers, is not about how fit we seem, but about how fit we live. What good is exercise if it does not prepare and strengthen us for daily activities?

A lunge with a shoulder press is a functional exercise that improves stability. You'll be pleased you did this exercise if you ever find yourself reaching for a box on a shelf, then moonwalking away, arms aloft, until you can rotate and find a location to place the box.

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