The Complete Guide to Functional Training  (English, Paperback, Collins Allan)

Aswell as being THE concept in fitness and strength and conditioning, functionaltraining is also probably the most poorly understood concept in fitness. Functional training is any exercise thatimproves your ability to perform tasksrequired in your day to day life, job or chosen sport - so that each movement included aspart of your workout mimics a range of motion or engages muscles that arenecessary to impact on performance - whether it be on the rugby pitch or simply theability to lift small children out of car seats. Includes over 100 functional exercises and detailed picturesand descriptions of all the techniques show you clearly how to apply them intoyour training programme.