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MUSCLE BOUND

When I first moved to Sydney I remember asking a reputable trainer what he meant by functional fitness. After clarifying that he was referring to “big, multi-joint movements” he went on to give Burpee Box Jumps as a prime example, which I guess would be if you went to a supermarket and performed a burpee before jumping on your trolley to get something off the top shelf. I don’t know about you, but I haven’t had to do that just yet.

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