Functional Fitness

By Larkin Barnett

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1890357170
• ISBN13: 9781890357177
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Florida Academic Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

Shortest path to Fitness

Functional Fitness provides a 'fitness in a suitcase' approach. These exercises turn waiting in line (at the airport, grocery store, or at the coffee shop) into opportunities to become healthier. This allows people the convenience of using the exercises anywhere and anytime they choose without the aid of cumbersome props and equipment. This is the first commonsense handbook containing the extremely popular Pilates principles and exercises that can be done: sitting, standing, lying down, walking, and even in meetings, in traffic, or on flights. It offers a foundation of exercises that can be practiced 'beyond the mat.' Companies concerned with their employees' well being and interested in increasing productivity can now utilize Larkin Barnett's Desk Freedom Program to accomplish this goal.

Radical Change...

No more excuses; Larkin Barnett's "Functional Fitness" will fundamentally change the way we relate to our bodies, giving new meaning to the word, "exercise." In a brilliant stroke of genius, Ms. Barnett has made Pilates highly accessible to the everyday reader, providing us with basic movement fundamentals that can be integrated into our lives. A must for every sports club, athletic department, spa, and college dance department. As a holistic primer, "Functional Fitness" will raise the level of awareness in our bodies as we move from our deepest core into civic space.

User Friendly!

"Functional Fitness" describes itself as "the ultimate fitness program for life on the run" and certainly lives up to its name. It is incredibly user friendly with clear directions and wonderful visuals. This is a thoughtful well laid out guide to fitness for everyone who wants a fit future. We are a small library with many book signings and lectures. Barnett's lecture and demontstration of some of the movement and theory behind her book held the audience rapt with attentioin. It was certainly a highlight of The Society of the Four Arts King Library's Florida Voices programs this season. We shall expand our programs next season to include fitness classes based on this splended book.

Functional Fitness

"Functional Fitness" presents a much-needed approach to human anatormy, one that is enlightening to fitness students and instructors alike. Whether you want to be better at golf or any activity, this book clarifies dynamic alignment, efficient breathing, and core control. It contains Larkin's easy ABC exercies formulated over her 30-year career. You can implement these mini workouts directly into any movement activity, turning Yoga and Pilates principles into a way of life. With over 70 exercises from sitting at a desk to at-home programs, the reader is given the freedom to practice these exercises in any environment without gym equipment"

Functional Fitness by Larkin Barnett

This book is a must read for Pilates students from beginners to advanced as well for trainers. It is full of extremely creative imagery to help achieve great results by incorporating easy but effective moves into daily activity as well developing the same principles for more advanced work. The illustrations are very clear and the photos of the dancers from the Miami City Ballet are an inspiration. All in all a really user-friendly book with principles that apply to many different sports and physical activities.