Functional Fitness – Barrel Training
Functional fitness is a term that is tossed around a lot these days. It gets used for about every new piece of equipment that comes out.
But for something to really qualify as functional fitness it has to be something that translates to better movements in every day life.
Functional fitness generally means doing compound movements that move you in every direction and force you to move and twist and turn with awkward weights. It means doing movements that will strengthen your body to handle any challenges you may encounter in every day life without getting injured.
And one great functional fitness tool we like to use at the gym is the Barrel.
No we aren’t necessarily all moving barrels around in every day life. But we are required to push and pull and move awkward heavy objects more than we probably even realized. We are asked to twist and turn and stabilize in imperfect positions.
And that is why barrels are such a great training tool. They force you to move in every direction and grip these heavy awkward things. They force your body to constantly adjust and stabilize so that you don’t fall over or push or pull the barrel over.
They force you to push and pull and rotate using your entire body since most of the time in every day life we aren’t simply using one muscle group to move.
Below is more information about getting your own barrels as well as 15 of our favorite Barrel Training Moves to get in a great functional core workout.
