Note: Like any other element of a fitness program, you’ll want to allow your firefighters to prepare for using a functional fitness course, and you’ll want to expose them to it gradually.

For those people, high-intensity cardio and resistance exercises are functional. Any decent all-around program will work, as long as you do it consistently over time.

A trainer breaks down what a functional fitness workout involves, what its benefits are, and how to find the right gym for you.

Helen Mirren does the Canadian Royal Air Force workout, which uses bodyweight exercises, every day to keep fit at 80 years ...

Undertaking a supervised exercise program can have beneficial effects on functional status and physical function, reduce the need for daily corticosteroid and anti-inflammatory intake and improve ...

An individualized, multicomponent exercise intervention demonstrated safety and efficacy in improving functional decline associated with acute hospitalization among elderly patients, according to ...

Conclusions A multicomponent exercise program, with special emphasis in progressive resistance training, is an effective therapy to improve functional capacity and cognitive function in frail patients ...

Functional Performance, a non-profit fitness program in Erie, received a donation from Auto Express through the JET24/FOX66 ...

Research shows that carries are the best functional core strength exercise that you can do to help you strengthen for daily life.

The exercise program did not improve dyspnea but improved functional capacity and helped patients feel better.