Functional Training on the rise in metro cities in India

Functional Training is on the rise in bigger cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore…

• Functional training aims at better mobility and strengthening, helping you perform daily activities better
• Exercise Machines at gyms usually restrict your movement, making it somewhat unnatural for the body
• Functional training is meant for all ages.

We all use basic functional movements such as pushing, lifting, pulling, walking, running, squatting, and rotating everyday. Functional training involves doing exercises that let you carry out these movements efficiently. The basic idea behind functional training is to do exercises that will practically benefit you in your daily life.

Functional training makes the body’s core stronger; muscle groups like abs and hips are strengthened that lets you carry out various body movements  needed to complete daily tasks and activities.

Functional training is also commonly used by physical therapists to rehabilitate patients.

Few fitness training exercises include squats, deadlift, wall ball, rowing, push press, push jerk, plank and stepups.

Functional training equipment is any equipment (tools) that allows full freedom of movement that can mimic various life activities and tasks, such as Plyometric equipment. Speed Ladders, cones, chutes. Barbells, dumbbells, kettlebells.

CrossFit is a variant of functional training where constantly varied functional movements are performed at high intensity. All CrossFit workouts are based on functional movements, and reflect the best aspects of gymnastics, weightlifting, running, rowing and more.

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