Functional Fitness

2016

Documentary / Sport

2
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 46%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 46%
IMDb Rating 4.9/10 10 294 294
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967.29 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
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29.97 fps
1 hr 46 min
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1.76 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
us  
29.97 fps
1 hr 46 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by phogan-97516 1 / 10

A terrible example of how to get fit

Im a personal trainer and this documentary was so shitty its unbelievable. Why do you think most of the main characters got injured at the end of the movie? It's because they were doing dumb shit. They asked that obese woman to try and do a pullup? are you freaking kidding me. Then she was asked to run, and do other workouts untill she was "dizzy and nacious" . No shit she's gonna have fucked up knees at the end like she said she did. The other lader had a broken femur from poor squat form and the another had tendinitis and almost had to have shoulder surgery because she was trying to lift too heavy. FUNCTIONAL FITNESS IS THE WORST TITLE FOR THIS DOCUMENTARY. Cross fit is NOT for everyone. Such a flaming pile of garbage documentary
Reviewed by Lees_World 6 / 10

Exposing Crossfit

This was a decent documentary into the world of crossfit - except for me, it opened my eyes even more to the danger of it. The relationships and camaraderie that are built from joining crossfit gets everyone all emotional BUT let's face it...at the foundation of it, people are paying expensive memberships to join a club and be part of something. There's nothing inherently wrong with that but with crossfit, there's great potential for physical injury.The danger of it comes from the idea that you can take ANYBODY and turn them into an athlete. This is simply not true. There are 3 great examples from the documentary - the lady with the femur fracture, the one with tendinitis, the the really obese one with glasses. They were working out with horrible form. I feel bad for them because none of the trainers ever stepped in to say anything. Shame on you guys.That's the other danger. There are NO real experts training you - [please realize this. So what even qualifies you to be a trainer or professional at crossfit? Apparently the only prerequisite to open up your own gym is $1000 for a weekend crossfit seminar. After that, you are a certified level 1 trainer and can open up your own gym. Oh..and you need to pay an annual licensing fee of $3000 to CrossFit. That's it.Being into into athletics and fitness my whole life, I was happy to see a new and exciting sport come into the scene. I even tried crossfit for 3 months a few years ago because I'm always looking to learn and improve. Needless to say, I saw exactly what was documented in this movie. Alot of out of shape, nonathletic people trying out Olympic style moves with trainers who have little to no background in them. The clean and jerk, clean and press, snatch, deadlifts, squats...these are very dangerous exercises. Therefore, crossfit is a dangerous sport because they WILL let anyone through the door.
Reviewed by pocketjacks-00420 1 / 10

Horrible View of fitness

I like crossfit but hate what it stands for. Crossfit has 1 goal and that is to bash anyone or anything that is not crossfit. This video shows out of shape people who have probably never worked out and a gym owner throwing them into complex exercise movements. This is a recipe for disaster. The one guy who was called the beast of his box, his form was absolutely horrible and half the stuff he was doing wasnt even a full rep. Just because you are a gym owner doesn't qualify you as a trainer. You can become certified with a weekend course. I went to school for 4 years for kinesiology and my bachelor's degree doesn't certify me to be a trainer yet these people get all the knowledge they need in a weekend course? Bull!! Crossfit is all about the money, bottom line. $150 a month memberships and the gyms aren't even open all day. And $3000 fee to use crossfit in the name of the gym? Its ridiculous. There is a program for everyone and no one program should bash another. Nice try but this documentary failed!!
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