Many styles of exercise claim to fall under the umbrella, from stability training to CrossFit.

A woman wants to join her family on backpacking hikes. A golfer would like to strike the ball better and avoid back soreness. A grandfather longs to lift small grandchildren with confidence. An elite ...

The transition from the standard health and fitness test the military has used for decades has evolved slowly, but those changes take time. Maybe it is 15 years of war or understanding the physiology ...

If you’ve browsed for new group fitness classes to try lately, chances are, you’ve seen “functional training” in a workout description. Like most health and fitness terms, it may seem like a ...

With the calorie-rich holidays fast approaching, many of us are, once again, turning our thoughts to staying fit and keeping our weight-gain in check amid countless opportunities to overindulge.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Functional fitness is designed to improve your ability to perform everyday activities efficiently and safely," says Life Time ...

Two competitive brothers, Doug and Daniel Frantzen, teamed up to create a fresh spin on HIIT classes, packing serious variety into a single 60 minute workout at their functional training studio, E60 ...

The first time I ran a marathon, I was 21, struggling through my junior year of college, not really sure what I was doing, and certainly not training the way I should. I crossed the finish line with ...