Strength and Functional Fitness
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12 Functional Strength Exercises for Everyday Life
Fit Morpheus · Strength & Functional Fitness Carrying groceries, climbing steps, lifting a bag and getting up from a chair all require strength. Functional strength exercises help you build physical capacity that you can apply to those tasks—and to the activities you want to keep enjoying. The exercises below give you practical options for squatting,…
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What Is Functional Strength—and Why Does It Matter?
Fit Morpheus · Strength & Functional Fitness Carrying a cooler, climbing a steep trail, and getting up from a low chair all ask your body to produce force. Functional strength is about developing the strength you can use in the activities that matter to you. It is easy to measure fitness by what happens inside…
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Strength & Functional Fitness: The Complete Guide to Building a More Capable Body
Strength changes what you’re capable of doing. It makes the heavy box lighter. The stairs easier. The hike less intimidating. The bag of mulch easier to move. The luggage easier to carry. The floor easier to get up from. And as the years add up, strength can help preserve something even more valuable: Independence. Yet…