Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor, and holds certifications as a personal trainer and weightlifting coach. She has been writing about health for over 10 years. Over the past few ...

Fitness is typically associated with strength and muscle tone but there is another type of fitness that's more important for your day-to-day: functional fitness. Functional fitness refers to your ...

For more at-home strength workouts — plus meal plans, fitness challenges, walking podcasts and inspiration — download the Start TODAY app! Functional fitness has become a trendy buzzword in the ...

Functional fitness is a workout philosophy that uses exercises that mimic real-life activities to make daily movement safer and more efficient. Think about all of the non-exercise movements you ...

In a new video on his YouTube channel, former CrossFit Games competitor and functional bodybuilding coach Marcus Filly shares his best advice for getting the best results out of your workout when ...

CrossFit is an example of a workout which focuses on functional fitness. Kjetil Kolbjornsrud/ Shutterstock What’s the best type of exercise you can do for your health? The answer seems to change every ...

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.

Functional fitness is probably the most practical type of exercise you can do – though you're likely not alone if you're not quite sure what it is. While we can get caught up in trying to attempt ever ...

Over the past few decades, “functional” fitness has been seen as everything from a niche practice, to a trend, to a joke. The styles of training that call themselves “functional” vary as well, from ...