Benefits of Functional Training

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If you're looking for a way to exercise that translates well and makes you feel good in everyday life, functional training might be the answer. Functional training is a combination of strength, endurance, flexibility, and power. It offers amazing benefits for mobility, preventing injury, and heart health. Benefits of functional style training go far beyond athletes to the general population and are a great way to up your health, resilience, and strength.

Mobility

Functional training can include dynamic stretches, agility drills, and mobility exercises. Movements like this can support joint flexibility and muscle elasticity, helping to increase your range of motion. Improving mobility translates well into everyday activities by reducing stiffness and making your movements smoother and more efficient.

Functional training typically emphasizes functional movements that mimic everyday activities like lunges, squats, and rotational exercises. Training your body to move well through all planes of motion is important to reduce the risk of injury and improve coordination and balance. As a result, you become better equipped to handle everyday physical tasks!

Injury Prevention

Strength training is a staple of functional training. By building muscle strength, especially in the core, legs, and back, you can better support your joints and reduce the strain on ligaments and tendons.  Strong muscles act as shock absorbers, protecting the body from injuries during sudden movements or falls.

Training stability through functional training enhances your body's ability to sense its position and movement in space. This can help you react more efficiently to changes in your environment like uneven services or unexpected obstacles, limiting the likelihood of falls and injuries. 

Heart Health

Because of the faster-paced nature of functional-style training, these activities also strengthen the heart muscle, improve circulation, and can even benefit the long-term efficiency of your cardiovascular system. Over time, consistent cardiovascular training can lower your resting heart rate and reduce blood pressure. 

Adding even a few functional-style training movements into your regular fitness routine can hugely impact your performance in everyday movements. By improving your flexibility and functional movement, strengthening muscles and improving balance, and upping your cardiovascular fitness, functional training supports an active and pain-free lifestyle. This can be an excellent choice for individuals of all fitness styles so if you’re curious, we can give it a shot. 

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