At Faster Fitness's Baker Street gym, John Hardy specialises in teaching instructors the most effective methods to functionally train their clients.

By alternating traditional equipment such as the squat rack with Escape functional training products such as the Core Board and the Stretch Cage, Hardy believes he has attracted some of the best personal trainers in London.

Hardy highlights Escape's Core Board as an excellent functional training tool, commenting that, by offering a predictable yet moveable surface, the board enables a trainer to develop a client's balance in the ranges that occur at the foot and ankle, thereby preventing damage being caused further up the kinetic chain.