The “POWER of FUNCTIONAL TRAINING” Why is it important to incorporate agility and functional training into your workouts? They both improve balance, control, reaction time, flexibility, posture and overall movement control. Sitting at a machine you are working the primary muscle groups of focus, which is great for hypertrophy training, super sets and those that are more limited in their everyday movements. However the intrinsic stabilizers, core, and surrounding muscle groups are “sitting quiet”