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Originally Posted by pkrplyrX
Most people here prefer a functional strength philosophy to exercise, which means doing natural compound movements like picking something up off the ground, or pushing something over your head. There are more applications for this type of strength in our everyday lives and it is natural because our bodies have evolved to do these sorts of movements.
While this is mostly true, I just wanted to point out that the label "functional training" refers to something entirely different.
Strength itself is functional, and the body generally moves as a unit (blah, blah...). The term "functional" as it is commonly used to describe an approach to training (you'll often hear PTs use this), unfortunately, usually refers to a horribly misguided training philosophy that usually involves squatting on bosu balls, mimicking sports movements with exercise equipment, and other silly stuff (often involving all things Swiss).