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Metafit is Functional Fitness

Metafit is Functional Fitness

Functional fitness exercises train your muscles to help you do everyday activities safely and efficiently.

Do you live to exercise? Unless you’re an elite athlete, or have an endorphin addiction (like me!), you probably answered no to that question. Most people, in fact, would say they exercise to improve their quality of life. And that’s the focus of functional fitness.

Functional fitness exercises are designed to train and develop your muscles to make it easier and safer to perform everyday activities, such as carrying groceries, playing a game of basketball with the kids, or working in the garden. Functional fitness exercises train your muscles to work together and prepare them for daily tasks by simulating common movements you might do at home, at work, or in sports.

Common movement patterns include – push, pull, bend to extend, squat, single leg and twist actions. While using various muscles in the upper and lower body at the same time, functional fitness exercises also emphasise core stability. For example, a squat is a functional exercise because it trains the muscles used when you rise up and down from a seated position, or pick up low objects. By training your muscles to work the way they do in everyday tasks, you prepare your body to perform well in a variety of common situations.

METAFIT™ is functional exercise at high intensity. Our qualified coaches are taught how to perfect technique and adapt exercise in order to provide a controlled and safe training environment. The more METAFIT™ you do, the stronger, fitter and more functional you’ll become. Adapted from Metafit Australia post.

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