Functional Training

Many of the activities we do in life are performed across multiple planes of movement. Functional Training embraces that fact and allows strength training to be more applicable to the everyday movements of the human body as well as sports specific training. In addition to building strength, significant improvements in balance and coordination are principle benefits of the unrestricted motion of functional training.

Build a Strong Core

Because the body's core muscles are the foundation for all movement, core stability training is essential to daily living and injury prevention.

Improve Balance, Stability, and Coordination

Functional Training engages more than one muscle, and often more than one joint, teaching them all to work together and work equally. Stabilizers and core muscles are recruited to build true overall strength.

For Users of All Sizes

Resistance training with freedom of movement allows users of all sizes, freedom to define their own motion path and find the movement that is comfortable for them.

Dual independent weight stacks 
Rather than working on just one or two planes of your body, the dual weight stack allows you to engage more than one muscle and often more than one joint for isolateral resistance training.

Compact footprint 
Space-efficient design makes the S3.23 easy to incorporate into your home.

User-friendly adjustments (1)  
Unique pulley system with one-handed ergonomic handle easily adjusts to over thirty optimal starting positions, allowing unlimited exercises to keep routines fresh.

Fully concealed weight stacks (2)
This attractive functional trainer offers fully enclosed weight stacks to conceal moving parts.

Instructional placard 
Nine key exercises illustrated on shroud for quick reference. Comes with instructional DVD of specific exercises.

Integrated bar 
Allows for back, ab workouts and chin-ups.

Smooth and sturdy 
High-mass/low-travel weight stack reduces bounce and friction for a smooth feel. High-grade components offer substantial sturdiness and meet American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standards.

Optional adjustable bench (3)
Has six adjustment positions and easily wheels in and out of the functional trainer.

(1) User-friendly adjustments

(2) Fully concealed weight stacks

(3) Optional adjustable bench

Product Specifications:

Stacks: 2

Stack Weight:

80 lbs (36.3 kg) • Top Plate Cast iron aluminum top plate; starting resistance of 5 lbs (2.27 kg)

Height: 6 ft 11 in (211 cm)

Frame Finish: Electrostatic powder coating

Cables: 1/8 inch military spec cables with nylon sheath. 2,000 lbs. (907 kg) tensile strength with swiveling cable ends.

Pulleys: Nylon / fiberglass pulleys with ABEC rated ball bearings

Floor Space: 4 ft 5 in x 3 ft 2 in (135 cm x 97 cm)

Top Plate: Cast iron aluminum top plate; starting resistance of 10 lbs (4.5 kg)

Guide Rods: Free-floating 1-in diameter chromed steel

Accessories: Ankle strap, 2 D-ring handgrips, instructional DVD

User Guide:

Core exercises are illustrated in an easy-to-read placard on shroud and demonstrated in DVD