Men's Health Australia

The 5 Superpowers of Functional Fitness

“Functional” anything sounds boring – we get it.

But in fitness, functional is one of the most exciting adjectives out there. It’s a catch-all word to describe the moves and exercises that prep your body for real-life activities. The pandemic forced people away from gyms and led to a surge in outdoor exercise. We quickly realised that our workouts hadn’t exactly prepared us for wild environments. That extra muscle we’d built in the gym only weighed us down on

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