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.

According to a fitness evaluation conducted by the Army Institute of Public Health, 45 percent of the non-deployable population suffered musculoskeltal injuries, with physical training exercises ...

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.

Functional training can be purely additive, says Alex Rothstein, EdD, MS, CSCS, exercise physiologist and coordinator of the Exercise Science program at New York Institute of Technology.

What are functional exercises? Over the years, the term "functional" has invaded the fitness world, teaching that there are some movements that are more important to moving naturally in life, work ...

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

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

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

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 ...

A comprehensive fall prevention program integrated into primary healthcare systems significantly reduced falls among older ...