Functional fitness training strengthen the body in ways that translate into real-life benefits. Functional fitness is not about getting huge muscles or extreme strength; it is about improving coordination, balance, endurance and the body's ability to produce force as a unit. The muscles of the human body are designed to function together. Functional training includes exercises to achieve real world strength.
Functional fitness training includes callisthenics exercises like push ups and sit ups. These exercises use the body's weight as resistance. Callisthenic exercises are effective, but there are a wide variety of fitness tools that assist with functional training. Exercise bands, tubing, training ropes and kettlebells provide resistance in an unsupported environment, like other free weights and bodyweight exercises. The human body has to stabilise itself in the real world. The core, stabiliser muscles and the big muscles all work together with these free weight exercises. Products like sled dawgs and speed ladders are poplar with athletes to improve speed and agility.