Functional fitness is best described as exercise that prepares and reinforces your body for the activity that you encounter in everyday life. Examples of functional movement include squatting, lunging, pushing, pulling, twisting, hinging, and walking. In everyday life, this looks like carrying groceries (OMG those Costco boxes!), lifting your child (or children), vacuuming the house, reaching items on upper or lower shelves, mowing the lawn, and more. Functional fitness also prepares . . .