Our Level Up Fight Camp class focuses on improving our strength and conditioning through a combination of weight training and high intensity interval training (HIIT). With both weights and HIIT, our Coaches focus on our functional fitness. What is functional fitness?

Functional fitness exercises train our muscles to work together to perform everyday activities, like carrying groceries and lifting a car seat in and out of the back seat. In other words, the exercises mimic movements that we commonly perform at home, on the court, or out in the world. By training our muscles to work together to perform these movements, we improve our core stability, strength, flexibility, and balance—all of which can help prevent injuries.

For example, imagine picking up and moving some heavy moving boxes. If you bend over and only use your back in lifting the boxes, you could end up straining your back or worse. But, if you have taught and strengthened your muscles so that they work together, you are more likely to lift the boxes correctly—by squatting down and using your legs and glutes to lift the weight. 

Examples of functional fitness exercises include squats, lunges, push-ups, bent over rows, deadlifts, planks, goblet squats, and, yes, the dreaded burpees.  Sounds like a normal day at Fight Camp!