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TikTok Dance Challenges and More Surprising Ways to Start Improving Your Health
Maintaining a healthy lifestyle was one difficult goal to keep in 2020, but this year can be different. Life Time Fitness personal trainer Lindsay Ogden joined LX News to break down the four Ms of health and explain why mindfulness is the foundation.
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Gyms Adapt Amid Pandemic With Outdoor Training Terraces, Tents
Gym goers in Arlington, Virginia, will soon take spin classes on an open air training terrace instead of peddling away indoors. Gold’s Gym will open a turf-covered outdoor promenade for classes and training sessions at a new location that’s set to open over the Rosslyn Metro station in early 2021. Renderings of the 1,400-square-foot terrace show space to use...
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Moving Forward: How the ‘Fit for Us' Wellness Initiative is Empowering the Black Community
The lack of health resources in Black communities has been a growing concern that has only magnified with the pandemic. Coach Percell Dugger is the co-founder of “Fit for Us” which advocates for Black fitness professionals and under-served communities through consulting services to provide better opportunities for industry success.
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Four-Year-Old Mini-Trainer Helps Mother Get in Shape
Kiandre’a Pound is the mother of mini-trainer Kynsley who’s gone viral for adorably motivating her mom to complete her home workouts.
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Guide Dogs Helping Blind Runners Stay Fit Despite Pandemic
Social distancing rules can make exercising a challenge for a blind runner who needs a volunteer tethered as a guide.
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Fitness Studios Move Classes Outdoors to Make Up for Revenue Lost to the Pandemic
Jacob Gise opened a Body Fit Training franchise in Santa Monica, California, in November. By March, the flagship U.S. studio of the global chain had just become profitable.
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CrossFit Athlete Brooke Ence on Becoming ‘The Boss' for ‘Ultimate Tag' and Staying Motivated
When CrossFit athlete Brooke Ence was tapped to compete in the new reality game competition “Ultimate Tag,” she was given the nickname “The Boss.” Ence is an entrepreneur in real life and has also appeared in movies like “Wonder Woman” and “Justice League.” She talks about coping with injuries and offers some advice for everyone about staying motivated during tough...
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How the Trainer of Celebs Like Zac Efron and Keanu Reeves is Keeping Clients Fit During Quarantine
Celebrity fitness trainer Patrick Murphy discusses the importance of maintaining a healthy lifestyle during the coronavirus and how good hygiene, taking vitamin C and exercise are essential habits to stay in shape.
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How Fitness Trainer Shaun Jenkins Created a Global Campaign to Break Racial Stereotypes
Fitness Trainer Shaun Jenkins and his partner Sharon Mussalli discussed their global fitness and social media campaigns, The King’s Run and The Legacy Project, which are designed to create positive and uplifting narratives of black men and children of color.
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Gyms May Be Reopening, But Is It Safe to Go?
As states across the U.S. lift coronavirus lockdowns, gyms are starting to reopen their doors – within limits. We talked to David Thomas, Director of Infectious Diseases for Johns Hopkins Medicine, and Natalie Bushaw, spokeswoman for Lifetime Fitness, to find out how safe you should feel at the gym.
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Try this Home Workout from Beyoncé's Dance Captain Ashley Everett
Ashley Everett may be Beyoncé’s Dance Captain, but even she needs inspiration to work out consistently. Now she’s inspiring her Instagram followers to come along on her fitness journey with this “fit-choreo” routine and others like it.
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Workout at Home With Just Two Cups and Water
Want to work out at home but don’t have all the equipment? All you need is two cups and some water to do this workout.
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Lockdowns Have Changed the Fitness Industry Forever — Here's What to Expect of Post-Pandemic Workouts
When Indian entrepreneur Neha Motwani realized Google searches for “fitness near me” were growing almost 40% year on year in her home country, she saw a business opportunity. “The gyms and studios themselves did not have a website and did not have the ability to be discovered online, because uniquely for the Indian market, the organized players only constitute 4%…
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Man Builds Entire Gym Out of Logs
A man in Ohio decide to build a whole gym out of logs after the coronavirus pandemic forced his gym to close.