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What is Functional Fitness?
As someone who has just entered her 50’s I understand perfectly how fitness levels and health can change with age. A good level of fitness is achievable at any age – we’ve all seen 90 year old marathon runners who put us to shame – but as is the case for many of us – including myself, health conditions often materialise as we get older and the ageing process can start to slow us down which can make movement more challenging. With this in mind, Fit for Longer is geared towards ‘functional training’ which basically means focusing on improving the movements you do every day: bending. lifting, twisting, pushing, pulling and loading, with the aim of keeping you fit and mobile for longer.

What does a session involve?
Before you lift a weight your movement, stability and flexibility levels will be assessed and improved to ensure you can move efficiently and support your own bodyweight. This will be achieved by a program of stretching, massage, postural corrections, core stability training and unstable surface training. This is something that is often missed in personal training programmes but is an integral part of training to help avoid injury. Once your upper and lower body strength has reached a level where you can manage your own weight (think push ups, chin ups etc), we will progress to external weights to further increase your muscular strength and cardiovascular fitness levels.

Sports Massage
Whether you are a regular keep fitter, occasional gym goer an office worker or a busy mum, a niggling injury or pain can often make everyday movement difficult, uncomfortable, or stop you doing things you enjoy. General wear and tear due to the ageing process can also inhibit flexibility and movement which is why a regular sports massage should be a part of your fitness and health regime to help identify and correct postural issues and aid faster recovery from injuries. If you book a functional fitness session sports massage is included as part of your functional fitness program or they can be booked as an add on to your own fitness program. A sports massage is the perfect way to keep you in tip top condition and ahead of the game with muscular skeletal issues.
