Functional training is a type of strength training that prepares your body for daily activities. These exercises equip you for the most important type of physical fitness, the kind that preps you for real-life, daily living stuff like bending, twisting, lifting, loading, pushing, pulling, and squatting.

Most functional fitness contains multi-joint movement patterns that involve your knees, hips, spine, elbows, wrists, and shoulders, which all build strength and improve your range of motion.

One quick tip would be to master some body weight exercises and then add resistance to these movements including dumbbells, kettlebells etc. These movement-based exercises are aimed at improving performance and reducing the risk of injury.