Fitness Trend: Functional Fitness Explained January 17, 2008
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Over the last six months or so that I’ve been blogging on Sweat365, my workouts have gotten a number of comments, mostly in the ‘wow, that’s a lot like work!’, or ‘good for you!’ categories. These are great comments to read!
I really like the results of my workouts, and I’d probably be lying if I said I didn’t enjoy them for the fact that I really push myself hard. But, there’s also no doubt that most people who watch my group train in the gym, or those who I explain it to simply have no idea why I do this, or what it’s all about. Well, except for the comments about how much weight I’ve lost, or how young I look (I tend to think the latter is all about genes, and the fact that most of my hair is still on top of my head!).
Recently, “Best Life” magazine had an article about the trend of Functional Fitness, and they’ve posted it on their website. It’s a pretty good article, and it speaks to some of the challenges health clubs and their clients are facing, and how Functional Fitness addresses them. You can find the article here.
I’m not going to say that Functional Fitness is the end-all, be-all to fitness, and I’m sure that like most things in life, there are critics out there that will help move this forward and evolve . But, based on my results to date, I’d say that it’s a heck of a lot better than what I was doing before, which was a segment of cardio followed by strength-training on the machines in the club. Of course, YMMV.
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