The big thing in the fitness industry over the last couple of years has been to jump on the “functional fitness” bandwagon. Bootcamp, P90X and Crossfit style workouts have soared in popularity emphasising as they do “big-bang” exercises like Olympic lifts, tyre flips, kettle bells etc, etc. These are all great things, compound lifting, training movements rather than muscles and the integration of core strength are all laudable goals and things I can get behind with just one little caveat: It must be suitable for the intended recipient of the exercise program.

Functional training: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_training

Crossfit, functional training and the like are sweeping the globe becoming ever more popular.  The selling point of these workouts is the emphasis on making training fun using explosive efforts, unusual challenges and what I call "big-bang" exercises; these use lots of muscles simultaneously, challenging stability and strength across multiple joints