Functional training is a type of exercise that looks like movements you make in your daily life. It can be helpful for athletic performance, injury prevention, and other everyday fitness tasks.

THERE ARE SO manyreasons to exercise: aesthetics, athletic ability, even mental health.As you age, one motivation often distinguishes itself above others: functionality. When you get older, your ...

Functional training has been around forever, but it’s recently started popping up more at gyms and boutique studios. Even Thor himself — aka Chris Hemsworth— is relying on functional training workouts ...

Functional fitness is a workout philosophy that uses exercises that mimic real-life activities to make daily movement safer and more efficient. Think about all of the non-exercise movements you ...

If you’ve flicked through gym schedules, chances are you’ve seen a functional training session crop up, but what exactly is it? Well, it’s just that—a workout designed to be functional. In this case, ...

Functional strength training has popped up so often recently that it’s probably grabbed your attention. The overall category of functional fitness training, which includes strength training, even ...

In 1996, Dr. Izumi Tabata published a groundbreaking study on high-intensity interval training, or HIIT, and its effects on aerobic (VO₂ max) and anaerobic capacity in young, physically active men ...

After you run on the treadmill or complete a cardio workout, you may want to pick up a pair of weights and add in some strength training. But should you go for traditional strength training or ...

When it comes to increasing your levels of physical activity, anything is better than nothing. "I always tell my clients that the best exercise is the one you're willing to do," says Austin "Ozzie" ...

Home fitness has come a long way from a dusty treadmill tucked into the corner of a spare room. More people are now creating ...