

Functional Fitness
Functional Fitness Training, a new report from Harvard Medical School, guides you to enhance your performance in daily activities, making you stronger, more flexible, and more resilient. Whether you're lifting groceries, climbing stairs, or just keeping up with an active lifestyle, Functional Fitness Training prepares you for every challenge.
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Build Real-World Strength: Functional exercises target multiple muscle groups, improving your overall strength and stability. Enhance Flexibility and Mobility: Our dynamic workouts help you move more freely, reducing the risk of injury and improving your quality of life. Boost Endurance and Agility: Increase your stamina and quickness, making daily tasks feel easier and less exhausting.
Ready to experience a fitness program that works as hard as you do? Get started today and see how Functional Fitness Training can make a difference in your life! Transform your fitness. Transform your life.
Prepared by the editors of Harvard Health Publishing in consultation with Elizabeth Pegg Frates, MD, President, American College of Lifestyle Medicine, Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School as well as Michele Stanten, Certified Fitness Instructor at the American Council on Exercise. 53 pages. (2024)
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Harvard Medical School Guides delivers compact, practical information on important health concerns. These publications are smaller in scope than our Special Health Reports, but they are written in the same clear, easy-to-understand language, and they provide the authoritative health advice you expect from Harvard Health Publishing.
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