ion and their daily lives to find at a gym completely dedicated to func- tional fitness training. “the corefit area of every mountainside gym is where functional fitness training happens,” says chip frazier, fitness manager for mountain- side fitness personal training. “that’s where we have the hoist motioncage, with squat racks, multiple ways to do pull-ups—including with rock climbing grips—and the punching bag, which is everybody’s favorite.” the motioncage also has stations for chest presses, leg exten- sions, seated leg curls and more. reber incorporates the motioncage into workouts, and his clients know there’s always a twist. “clients might use the punching bag for 30 seconds, but they might do two punches with the left fist, then two with the right,” he says. “or they’ll circle around the bag as they punch. it keeps things fun.” training can also involve mountainside’s rogue power racks, “where you’ll do lifts, including dead lifts and olympic-style lifts, as well as squats,” frazier says. and as weekley discovered, a workout can take you anywhere in the gym. “sometimes, we use free weights, or i’ll do exercises that use my own body weight such as planks. chris always challenges me. sometimes, i do planks with weights on my back. i think i work 70 percent harder in these sessions than i ever did exercising on my own. afterward, i feel great.” according to reber, weekley also looks great. “i’m really impressed by brian,” he says. “he’s been very consistent, and it shows. he looks fantastic. he’s 55 years old but moves like he’s in his 30s. he could do just a few push-ups when he started out; now he’s doing 50 a day. and last week, he deadlifted 285 pounds.” weekley’s son andrew, 13, has noticed the changes, too. “my son now comes to moun- tainside for functional fitness sessions with a trainer,” weekley says, with pride. “he’s doing one-legged jumps, box jumps, pushing and pulling a sled—all the things they do in football practice. his trainer, jentzen kaniho, tailored the routine to andrew’s needs for his sport. andrew’s become a very good football player— and he’s developing a fitness routine for life.” “clients build strength, endurance, speed and balance, and get real-world results.” —chris reber, mountainside fitness personal training b a c k g r o u n d : t h i n k s t o c k ; i n s e t : a m y h a n e n a member discovers the benefits of functional fitness workouts at mountainside fitness. s u mm e r 2 0 1 6 1 3 s u mm e r 201613