Nurturing your body and mind through functional movement feels as good as it is effective.
Native State studio classes are crafted to enhance your functional fitness, whether you’re an exercise enthusiast or just beginning your journey. Our classes are structured to ensure you can enjoy daily workouts without the risk of overdoing it.
Functional Fitness
By training the body to move more efficiently and strengthening the muscles around joints, functional movement reduces the likelihood of injuries. Functional movement also encourages proper posture and alignment, which can alleviate chronic pain and improve overall body mechanics.
It’s not only athletes that can benefit from functional movement. Everyone can reap rewards from training functionally, as these movements mimic the actions involved in everyday activities, sports, and work, enhancing overall physical performance and reducing the risk of injury.
Characteristics of Functional Movement:
- Multi-joint actions: Involves multiple joints and muscles working together.
- Practical application: Reflects real-life activities like lifting, squatting, pushing, pulling, and twisting.Integrated muscle activation: Engages various muscle groups simultaneously.
- Core stability: Emphasises the importance of a strong core for stabilising the body during movement.
- Balance and coordination: Develops balance and coordination, improving proprioception and reducing injury risks.
- Flexibility and mobility: Promotes a full range of motion and reduces stiffness.
At Native State, we’ve curated a selection of classes that focus on strengthening the body and mind functionally. With a mix of high, moderate and low intensity classes there is something for everybody, every day of the week.
Native State Studio Classes:
Breathwork & Meditation: A rejuvenating class to help you deepen self-connection through conscious breathing and meditation, enhancing clarity and stress relief.
Intensity: Low
Duration: 45 Minutes
Flow & Reset: A restorative class focused on decreasing the load on the nervous system. Expect active stretches, myofascial release and with meditation to recentre the body. The perfect way to end the weekend and set yourself up for an energised week ahead.
Intensity: Low
Duration: 60 Minutes
Align & Balance: Like mat Pilates, this class builds muscle groups that support your posture and alignment. In this session you will hold positions that will challenge your deeper intrinsic strength and through bodyweight exercises we’ll target core strength, joint stability, alignment and overall mobility.
Intensity: Low to Moderate
Duration: 45 Minutes
Rebuild & Refine: Lay proper foundations for functional strength and conditioning. Expect to focus on form and technique whilst incorporating your choice of free weights plus body weight exercises.
Intensity: Moderate to High
Duration: 45 Minutes
Forge & Endure: A combination of strength, conditioning and cardio; ideal for those seeking a high-intensity workout and wanting to test their physical boundaries.
Intensity: High
Duration: 45 Minutes
Pyramid: This unique session rolls each of our classes into one comprehensive, mind-body workout. Utilising cardio and strength equipment you will build strength, endurance, and resilience. Expect mobility, strength, conditioning, cardio and breath-work.
Intensity: High
Duration: 60 & 90 Minutes
Native State offers more than 30+ classes a week, and can be attended casually or with a Studio Membership.
