I have room for one or the other in my home 'gym' - either a functional trainer or a standard style home gym type machine. I already have a very nice elliptical (for me) and treadmill (for the wife).

Sure, you’re fit. But are you functionally fit? The hottest trend in fitness today is “functional training,” which means working out in a way that better prepares your body for real-life movements ...

The term “functional training” has become popular recently. It bases its ethos on taking people away from using gym machines to throwing around medicine balls, or jumping onto boxes. The thought ...

Functional training is a type of exercise that looks like movements you make in your daily life. It can be helpful for athletic performance, injury prevention, and other everyday fitness tasks.

Before I began coaching, I used weight machines all the time. I didn't know how to properly use free weights and felt very insecure in the weight room. Machines provided a simple solution to help me ...

Most people will talk about exercises that involve hop, skips and jumps or exercises that sound fun and increase the heart rate. The definitions are varied and pretty inaccurate. In recent years, ...