Functional fitness exercises include those that mirror real-life movements, such as squats, deadlifts, and walking lunges. A new report suggests that doing these can help athletes improve their ...

Functional fitness is the concept of designing our workouts around exercises that mimic everyday movements — and engaging multiple muscle groups at once. This approach to fitness aims to improve the ...

Group exercise is very popular: Nearly 40% of regular exercisers participate in group fitness classes. In advance of the coronavirus pandemic, the American College of Sports Medicine predicted that ...

Previous studies have shown that exercise improves axSpA disease activity, and physical activity is now recommended as a crucial component of disease management. 2,3 However, studies of exercise ...

Just because someone looks muscly, doesn’t mean they’re strong, and just because someone is strong, doesn’t mean they can perform every day movements with ease. This is where functional fitness comes ...

For Kate Winslet, exercise isn’t about looking a certain way or fitting beauty standards – it’s about being healthy and functional. She made that clear in an appearance on Elizabeth Day’s podcast, How ...

Long-term, supervised exercise therapy significantly improves the functional ability and quality of life in patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) and severe functional limitations. This ...

By Dr. Priyom Bose, Ph.D. An 8-week community-based intervention suggests that pairing resistance training with whole-food protein and nutrition education may strengthen bones and improve physical ...