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Functional Fitness

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Updated January 10, 2008

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Definition: Fitness training that is designed to mimic and improve the kinds of movement activities that people perform in everyday life.
Also Known As: functional exercise
Examples:
Through functional fitness training, I now sit, stand, and walk with greater ease.

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