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Formulating functional fitness for everyday people | Reuters: ""Functional training uses higher repetitions with fewer breaks so it boosts cardio vascular levels as well as strength training."

Bootcamp classes, which use light weights or one's own body weight, he said are among the most popular functional fitness classes.

"You can also use medicine balls, resistance balls, dumbbells," he said. "Any tool can be used in a group fitness setting given the right instruction and set up."

Among the newer tools in the functional fitness arsenal is the ViPR (Vitality, Performance, Reconditioning), a rubber cylinder with cutout handles designed to be carried, dragged, flipped, thrown, stepped on and rolled over.

It's functional, according to Salzone, because you can adjust your workout to your goals, "whether you're a marathoner, looking to gain lean mass or just have an overall full body workout.""

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