On the one hand, it's a very silly RuPaul-goes-EDM banger that's at its most functional in the gym.
There are half a dozen small traditional, functional and CrossFit gyms.
Eighteen month ago, I began working out in the gym with a functional trainer.
The multidisciplinary programme includes daily two-hour group sessions with physiotherapy (stretching programme, core stability strengthening programme, paced individual exercise on a range of gym equipment, and functional restoration), occupational therapy (improving occupational function and environmental adaption), and clinical psychology (cognitive behavioural therapy, relaxation techniques).
She sees her third 18-year-old in an adjoining gym for more functional patients.
WEST ORANGE, N.J. — In the therapy gym for the minimally functional, Jodi Levin props a patient between cushions, kneels behind him and then braces him with her arms.
"You look like you're in a circus,' " Mr. Wall said people say to his wife when she does functional training workouts on her own at her gym.
CONVENTIONAL wisdom dictates that gym clothes be low-key and functional — a shredded T-shirt, a sweat-drenched tank — the better to pump incognito, under cover of one's workout gear.
The functional fitness zones also are a moneymaker for gyms, costing $5 to $6 a square foot, compared with some $50 a square foot when filled by machines, estimated Bruce Mack, the founder and chief executive of the Boston-based MBSC Thrive, who has built a business bringing functional training programs to hundreds of gyms nationwide.
Men at the gym look best in tops that are functional, comfortable, and breathable.
