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Fitness Coaching Software Market by Type, Application, Element - Global Trends and Forecast to 2026Published: 19 hours ago Author: Ashwin NaphadeCategory: #news

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After decades anchoring Rochesters Northgate Center, a Med City health club is heading farther north to a new home.

Northgate Health Club at 1112 Seventh St. NW announced Tuesday to its almost 2,000 members that it is moving to the former Fitness Evolution space at 3960 North U.S. 52 in the Maplewood Square shopping center.

Co-owner Ronaele Hoffman says construction has already begun in the Maplewood space to prepare for the move. The plan is to close the current gym on Oct. 27 and re-open in the new location on Nov. 1.

Ronaele and Dan Hoffman, who also own the GM Gym in Grand Meadow, took over ownership of Northgate Health Club in 2016. The club has about 45 employees on staff.

The Maplewood space is similar in size to Northgates current spot. However, it does not have a pool or sauna as Northgate does now.

The Maplewood location will allow Northgate to do something that Hoffman says its members have long been requesting - Be accessible 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

She said the clubs staffed hours will remain the same as they are now, but members will have the option of using the facilities at any time. That service should be available at least by Dec. 1.

The new space is set up better for fitness classes and will allow Northgate to create a spa suite for massage and possibly sauna services in the future, said Hoffman.

Even though the club is moving out of Northgate Center, the Hoffmans plan to keep its name of Northgate Health Club.

Its what were known as, she said. And were actually moving north, so it still works.

The Maplewood location has been empty, since Fitness Evolution closed in 2019. It was occupied by WorkOut World and Fareway Foods grocery prior to that.

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An old adage states that there is nothing new under the Sun.

Indeed, as far back as anyone can remember, generations of human beings always have been locked in disagreement with each other about the various political, economic and social issues of the day. For instance, the Greatest Generations viewpoint conflicted with Generation X.

Later, Generation Xs ideas began to run into resistance from Generation Y, and it seems like this process will continue for the foreseeable future. Since Generation Y, also referred to as millennials born between 1981 and 1996, compose the largest cohort since the Baby Boomers, it is not surprising that the tastes, interests and desires of people in that group will shape the modern economy for some time to come.

The key characteristics of millennials are their racial and ethnic diversity, their independence and their sense of empowerment. Companies likely will need to change their product offerings to attract and retain the attention of the children of the technological revolution.

An exchange-traded fund (ETF) called the Global X Millennials Thematic ETF (NASDAQ:MILN) was specifically constructed to reflect the zeitgeist of this new generation. Thus, MILN tracks an index composed of U.S.-listed companies that derive a significant source of their revenue from spending categories associated with millennials.

The index divides the market into several spending categories that its managers deem to be of vital importance to millennials. These include entertainment, travel, food, education and so on. Then, between five and 15 companies are placed in each category and scored by the level of their exposure. From there, the companies that are deemed to have the highest level of focus vis--vis millennials are scored by another scale and then weighted by market capitalization.

Some of this funds top holdings include Square, Inc. Class A (NYSE:SQ), PayPal Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL), Lowes Companies (NYSE: LOW), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Spotify Technology SA (NYSE: SPOT), eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY), Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Facebook, Inc. Class A (NASDAQ: FB).

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This funds performance has been relatively strong, even when including the damage done by the COVID-19 pandemic. As of Oct. 20, MILN has been up 8.07% over the past month and 10.92% for the past three months. It is currently up 25.94% year to date. The fund has amassed $101.52 million in assets under management and has an expense ratio of 0.50%.

In short, while MILN does provide an investor with a chance to tap into the hip, modern, trendy and cool world of the millennials, this kind of ETF may not be appropriate for all portfolios. Thus, interested investors always should conduct their due diligence and decide whether the fund is suitable for their investing goals.

As always, I am happy to answer any of your questions about ETFs, so do not hesitate to send me an email. You just may see your question answered in a future ETF Talk.

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I work out every day. I dont really get sore. I dont worry if I have to miss a workout. I make progress over time. I have good days at the (home) gym, but I almost never have bad days. My secret, while effective, is extremely boring. It is, simply, consistency.

Lets start with the thing everybody wants most in life: to not be sore. For as much as I train, youd think Id have all the secrets for managing soreness. (I do, but thats not the point.) In truth, its very rare for me to feel sore.

Thats because soreness isnt a measure of how strong you are or of how good your last workout was. Its just a thing that pops up sometimes when you do a workout youre not used to. Maybe your workout was harder than usual, but you can also get sore if its just different.

Ive only felt truly sore on a few occasions in the last year. One time I did squats with very light weight in sets of 20, when a normal workout for me is more like heavy weight for sets of five. Another time, I started a program with pull-ups in it, when I hadnt done pull-ups in forever. And then there was the day I maxed out a deadlift-like frame pick after not deadlifting in a while, and my lower back was toast for a week.

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But in general? I lift heavy, and feel fine the next day. Thats a perk that consistency buys you.

Anytime an athlete does a Q&A on Instagram, it seems they always get at least one question about how they keep up the motivation to haul their ass to the gym every day. And nearly every athlete is confused by the question. Motivation? Why would you need that?

Think about it: do you need to be motivated to brush your teeth every morning? To go to work? Motivation might describe how you feel when you get started with a new hobby or a new fitness pursuit, but its not how most regular exercisers feel about their day-to-day. You show up and squat because squats are whats on the program for today. Ive written before about what this is like.

Weve all had good workouts, bad workouts, missed workouts. But when youve been working out consistently for, say, five years, none of those individual days will really matter.

I remember skipping a workout one day, a couple months in to following a serious, consistent program. Maybe I was sick, or maybe I was busy at work. It doesnt matter. I just had a sudden realization: it doesnt matter that I missed one, because there are so many workouts I had already done and there were so many more in my future. My self-conception as an athlete did not depend on what happened that day; instead, it was shaped by the fact that I showed up so often and so consistently.

Consistency also means that you dont have to challenge yourself to a super intense workout without a good reason. You might feel the need to get sweaty and exhausted to convince yourself that youre tough. But if you work out consistently, those too-intense workouts will stick out like sore thumbs. You made yourself miserable...for what? Did this workout teach you anything? Was it necessary for the progress youre trying to make?

There will be important days, and intense days. If you compete, your race day or meet day may be one of those. But even then, in the long run, how much does this competition mean, when you know there will be many others? Not as much.

Think in terms of years, not months or weeks. What will happen if you work out consistently for five years? Ten? How strong, how fast, how flexible could you be? Sometimes I despair when looking at a young athlete who seems stronger than I will ever be. Then I check out how long ago they started in their sport, and see that theyve put in far more training hours than I ever have. Consistency adds up over time.

But progress isnt just about timealthough thats part of it. You make progress when you train purposefully toward a goal. If all you do is random mini-workouts you find on YouTube, youll establish a base level of fitness, but that may not be enough to push yourself to get stronger and stronger.

When you train purposefully, you use a program that challenges you a little bit more each week and each month and each year. If youre lifting weights, the weights get heavier. If youre doing yoga, your body will get more flexible and youll gain the awareness to position yourself more precisely. If you pick up a running programwhether its a couch to 5k or the ramp-up to a marathonthe program will slowly add mileage and get you closer to your goal.

When you train consistently, you get the chance to finish a full training cycle, and then another, and then another. Youll learn how your body and mind handle different types of training, and youll see what its like to shift focus from an off-season plan to something that peaks you for competition. Its not the same journey as periodically losing interest and then re-starting the same program over and over.

If you arent there yet, the first step is to realize that, whatever your actual fitness goal is, the plan to get you to that goal is to develop consistency.

So if you want to get stronger, your job is not to deadlift 100 pounds more than you currently do. Its not even to add 10 pounds at your next workout. Its to get yourself on a schedule that gets you deadlifting regularly, and fill out the rest of that schedule in a way that supports your goal. You might grab a program that gives you a sensible mix of heavy days, light days, and accessory work to make you an overall stronger person. In time, those 100 pounds will come. (Ive been using the 1x/week intermediate program from here, if youd like a deadlift-specific suggestion.)

Or if you want to get faster, its not about running your next weeknight three-miler in a smidge less time than your previous one. Its about finding a plan that will make you faster over time, which may well involve a lot of slow running. (As the saying goes, you run faster by running more; you run more by running slower.) Strength training, speedwork, and long runs may all be in the program, even if all you want to do is run the same distance faster.

Once you embrace consistency as your goal, the ramp up becomes more manageable. Instead of giving yourself a super long or intense workout to make up for the fact that you sat on your butt all last week, pick a program and see what it would take to get yourself ready for it. (For example, a marathon program might ask that youve been running three to five miles a few times a week for a couple months before you start.) Start from where you are, and add a little bit at a time. Instead of seeing each day as its own unique challenge, build on what youve done before.

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A jump rope has to be one of the least expensive, space-saving pieces of cardio equipment, and jumping rope is one of the most efficient ways to build cardiovascular health because even short workouts will make you breathe heavy. If you don't have the ceiling height, or the rhythmic tapping of the rope hitting the floor underneath your feet is too loud for your downstairs neighbors, did you know they make cordless jump ropes?!

I first heard about cordless jump ropes from NASM-certified personal trainer Sydney Cummings, who mentioned it in this 15-minute jump rope workout.

You hold the handles in your hands like a regular jump rope, but there are much shorter cords attached with little balls on the end, so it feels like you're jumping rope. These are a great option for the reasons mentioned above, but also if you're frustrated about always tripping on a regular jump rope. Or maybe you don't want to have to move your furniture or go outside to have enough space, or you're worried if you move slightly to the left, you might hit your ceiling fan.

A cordless jump rope also saves your floors and it's tangle-free, so it won't hurt like a regular jump rope when it gets tripped up in your feet. Another bonus is that this is probably a piece of equipment you'll actually be able to find on Amazon that you won't have to wait months for! Check out our favorite cordless options ahead.

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If you thought the only problem facing the health and fitness industry this year was complications caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, think again. In the wake of the summers resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement, it has also had to reckon with the white ideals the industry has long perpetuated.

Dora Atim, Nike Running Coach and founder of Ultra Black Running, a safe running community for Black cis and trans womxn and Black non-binary people, shares her personal experience existing as a Black woman in the fitness industry: It was always rare that I saw another Black person, let alone a Black woman, attending the class or working at one. Most boutique fitness studios cater to a predominantly white audience via their marketing channels, which excludes Black women. I feel like the fitness industry needs to drive away from the fitfluencer aesthetic, which usually is a skinny white woman in a super tight two-piece flaunting their abs, which indicates that if you do not look like that, then you are not about this fitness life.

Indeed, in these trying times, fitness has been one of few ways Black women have been able to relieve and release grief and anxiety. Part and parcel of that is that many Black people are speaking up about racial disparities in the fitness world and beyond. Fitness helps my mental health in multiple ways, continues Atim. It helps me to refocus and realign my energy into productive things, and also makes me feel really good about myself. I like to view movement as medicine endorphins and all that.

With non-Black people now recognising the many obstacles that Black people face everyday, many are considering not just how they might be contributing to the issue, but how they can help to raise up the Black people around them. These acts of allyship include but are not limited to speaking up for them offline or in the face of co-workers; choosing aligned brand partners; educating family and friends; or sacrificing finances and redistributing funds amongst underpaid Black colleagues.

Personal trainer and columnist, Alice Liveing, is using her white privilege to help facilitate greater opportunities for the Black women around her: In an industry that, like so many, has been whitewashed, it is crucially important to understand the importance of amplifying Black voices across the fitness landscape. In all areas of the fitness industry, from the trainers on the gym floor to the coaches on the pitches to those in high levels of all sports, we need greater diversity and an understanding that this diversification will improve every aspect of sports and recreational fitness from the ground upwards.

The good news: a number of excellent Black women have created their very own platforms that offer safe spaces and exercise arenas that come with a supportive community. From the Kelechnekoff Studio, founded by fitness and pole extraordinaire Kelechi Okafor, to the Fly Girl Collective, founded by Matilda Egere-Cooper in response to the lack of diversity in fitness imagery, here Vogue shares the Black women making real change in the fitness industry today.

Kelechi Okafor is nothing short of a trailblazer. Famed in the British pole dancing industry, Kelechi founded the Peckham-based studio Kelechnekoff Studios especially for Black women and non-binary people, a space for them to get fit and feel free in. Okafor teaches everything from spirituality to pole technique: youll learn a thing or two about yourself, while getting in touch with your sensual side. If you want to learn the art of pole dance and twerking, you now know where to go. All she asks is that you come on time, ready to work.

Cass Fitness, also known as Cassandra, is far from your average fitness instructor. With a quest to transform your mind, body, and spirit, she helps her clients get fitter and healthier, while using her voice to empower and motivate. Expect to leave her online workout sessions feeling physically and mentally healthier.

If you are determined to brush up on your technique, and improve your stamina and endurance, look no further than Risqat Fabunmi-Alade. The track and field athlete, personal trainer and group exercise instructor known to many as Fabby is a figurehead for aspiring Black sprinters. Documenting her fitness journey via Instagram, Risqat gives her audience insight into the myriad ways she keeps fit, both physically and mentally.

Diversity and community is at the heart of everything the runner and fitness coach, Matilda Egere-Cooper, does. With statistics showing that numbers of Black, Asian and ethnic people, particularly women, in sport are at an all time low, Matilda started the Fly Girl Collective, a running club for Black and brown girls with a difference.

Ginas Train To Slay challenge has led many women to achieve their dream bodies and all while enjoying being part of an ultra-supportive community. (The before-and-after images on her Instagram feed will make you drop and plank for a minute, no matter what you might be in the middle of.) In recent months, she has taken part in conversations with big fitness brands, which have consequently ignited change in the industry more Black faces are being seen on mainstream fitness platforms than ever before. Though this change is a step in the right direction, Ginas aim is to create lasting change thatcontinues beyond this year.

Maria, widely known on social media as Maria Fiit, is known for her ability to get almost anyone the behind of their dreams. Forget bottom-enhancing cosmetic procedures, Marias tried-and-tested programmes help her clients get lean, firm and toned. Exhibit A: the extraordinary volume of testimonials sent in by clients after using her popular Booty Building 101 guide. Meanwhile her targeted workout plans and her short social-led tutorials are foolproof. Maria shows that with dedication and perseverance it is possible to get the body you want.

The certified pilates and wellness coach, Isa-Welly, brings a new lease of life to the wellness industry. Known for her body transforming tutorials and joyful disposition, she has paved her own path in fitness. Followers of her bright and colourful Instagram feed will enjoy her amazing afro-beat choreography, body contorting pilates, as well as some nutritional and delicious meal ideas. She also runs a free mentorship programme dedicated to helping young African women (diaspora and non-diaspora), who want to work in the industry, the idea for which came after realising how much she would have benefitted from having a mentor when navigating the industry years before. In short, shes a true asset to the industry.

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Ruby Murray served her country for years, and from that she learned the importance of fitness. Shenowuses fitnessto benefit her communityand spread awareness abouttwo causes dear to her.

Murray joined the Army in 1989 and served for more than26 years. At one point in her military career, Murray found herself in need of losing weight to keep her job.

I started teaching fitness about 18 years ago, and it literally started whenI ended up becoming pregnant with my daughter and I had to lose almost 70 pounds," Murray said. "At the time serving in the United States Army,I had to realize that I had to lose that weight.

I knew that I had to go and hire me a personal trainerin order for me to stay inthe military, which was my way of living and to also provide for my family.

After losing weight, Murray ended up falling in love with fitness and started getting certified in fitness training.

I have a total of 13 certifications, and fitness just became my baseline, said Murray. I felt that was my happy place of just basically physicalfitness and also just helping others find their happy place.

It was through Murrays newfound love of fitness that she started postpartum fitness training for Fort Bragg, which she ran for nine years.

Through her platform as a personal trainer, Murray became anadvocate for bringing awareness of domestic violence and cancer.

On Saturday,Murray held a Turn the Park All Colorsprogramat Hope Mills Park to raise cancer awareness. This was her ninth cancer awareness event, which she usuallyholds on Fort Bragg. She had to move it off base because ofCOVID-19 restrictions.

It says something because I've been fighting a lot for my friends, which I do have a lot of friends that are cancer survivors. Family members are cancer survivors. But I hold cancer awareness very dear to my heart because it's like it's hitting different angles, said Murray.

Murray used Saturday to showcase different types of cancers people may not know about.

This year, I wanted to use the message of turning the entire park different colors of ribbonsbecause different colors or ribbons are existing now not just for cancer, but colon, throat, skin (cancer) I can go on and on and on, said Murray. As I started learning more about the different types of cancers, that really (was)mind-boggling because I was like, well I never knew that we had that many types of cancers.

At the park, Murray also collected clothes and toiletries for homeless veterans. She had vendors with informational literature on cancer and healthy food samples.

Murray plans to sponsor another gathering on Fort Bragg whenit full reopens that will focus on fighting cancer.

It's all dealing with fighting. How can you fight something when somebody is watching you and they see you as perfect but really you're fragile and you're broken? said Murray. So it's about taking that mended vessel and allowing that vessel to be whole again.

Along with her military background and platform as a fitness coach, Murray is also a JROTC instructor at South View High School, teaching students in grades nine to 12. In her second year teaching, Murray was the teacher of the year for the 2017-18 school year, she said.

Murray said she is a big giver in her community and currently has logged more than 3,500 volunteer hours.

I just always liked to effect change and make a positive outcome on one person's life. And I feel that if I make a positive outcome on one person, like, I have done my job for the day, said Murray.

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Staying fit, trim and healthy can be challenging for college students, and gaining the notorious Freshman 15 is all the more likely these days given restrictions necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Thats why health buffNickSiegel 21 decided to spread the fitness gospel online. His blog,seagullstrength.comis a fitness guide tailored to the needs and mindset of busy college students, featuring workouts that can be performed in a dorm room or outside in a quiet treed spot on campus.

You might think that someone who had been a lifeguard for the Recreation and Wellness swimming pool, served on the Campus Community Emergency Response Team, and belonged to Stony Brooks Sailing Club would be brimming with health and self-confidence but it wasnt always that way.

In fact, the Stony Brook University biochemistry major, who is minoring in marine science, suffered from a poor self-image for much of his teenage years. Caving to peer pressure to look bigger, the self-described ectomorph spent much of his youth attempting to bulk up, with unsatisfactory results.

Eventually he learned a hard lesson: His disparagers and taunters only cared about preening before the gym mirrors. Siegel eventually shifted his emphasis from simply looking good to feeling fit and being healthy. During the course of his exercise journey, while reassessing his fitness goals, Siegels weight fluctuated from a scrawny 130 pounds to a bulky 180 pounds, and back down to 160 pounds and lean.

I used to get cranky and hungry all the time, but now that I am focusing on my nutrition and eating the right foods at the right times, I feel more energized and refreshed throughout the entire day, even when I am hungry, Siegel said. Meditation has also helped me feel less anxious and stressed about everyday activities and schoolwork, and I am more in tune with my body and my feelings than ever before.

His ultimate objective: losing fat and gaining lean muscle in its place. The Seagull Strength blog helps to keep him on track and offers friendly, often humourous, advice to his peers.

Seagull Strength is a play on words of my last name Siegel, and I also like the alliteration. A good friend of mine [Sid Maharjan] also designed the logo that can be seen on both my website and Instagram of a seagull lifting a dumbbell, he said.

The blog is structured into four categories, or what Siegel calls the four Ms of fitness: meals, muscles, meditation and mindset.

Every Tuesday, he posts a new blog entry in a different category of fitness, eventually rotating through all four topics.

I understand what kids like me are going through, and I understand how hard it can be to stay fit and healthy in college, Siegel said.

His blog and videos come with a common sense disclaimer for the exerciser to consult a physician before beginning a fitness program.

It is important to mention checking with your doctor first because maybe one student has knee problems and should not be doing an exercise like squats, while another student has perfect knees and squats are the best thing to be doing, he said.

Siegel became interested in fitness at a very young age, but more recently became fascinated with the world of nutrition and how it ties into health. In particular, he realized that obesity and obesity-related deaths in America are escalating problems.

If you have been overeating since a young age,it can be extremely difficult to change your habits and lose excess weight later in life, he said. That is why I believe starting to focus on your health now, as a college student or even younger, is extremely important to prevent obesity later on in life.

Siegel said the point of his blog is to promote overall fitness.

I dont want people to complete my workout plans, lose 10 pounds, and then stop and immediately gain it all back, he said. My goal is for them to learn some good habits that they can continue throughout the rest of their college experiences or even their lives to stay fit and healthy for extended periods of time.

Siegel said he turned to Instagram during quarantine as a way to motivate himself to continue working out.

If I forced myself to post my workouts on Instagram, I would have my followers hold me accountable to actually complete them, he said. However, I quickly fell in love with the planning, filming and editing of the videos I was making, and started posting more and more. Then I saw my following increase, so I wanted to post more informative information that was scientifically based to help teach people about fitness and exercise.

Instagram, however, has its limitations it doesnt have much room for captions and most people arent on it to learn. Siegel came up with the idea of a blog that allows longer articles and a website that people can visit to learn how to stay healthy and fit.

Up to now, Siegel relied upon advertising his blog through Instagram and other social media platforms such as Facebook and Snapchat, with mixed success. Although he is now simply relying on word of mouth and hoping people sign up for email notifications on his website, his ultimate goal is to get more people to sign up for his email list.

He credits Stony Brook University biology classes for helping him understand how to read and research articles in a more efficient manner, especially when he is trying to find the best and most reliable ones to cite in his posts.

Although Siegel would never consider himself a computer whiz, he does have a wealth of technology experience that has helped him understand how to use the software needed to design his blog website.

For example, he is the assistant to the conference and events coordinator at Stony Brooks Southampton Campus, where he helps set up AV equipment and troubleshoot technology problems.

Siegeltakes a community-minded approach to fitness, and is always eager to help others benefit from what he has learned.

When he first got started with Instagram, he offered fitness advice to friends and family, sometimes even designing whole workout plans for them for free.

I really just enjoyed helping them improve their health and fitness, and it made me feel so good to see how grateful they were, he said.

Siegel realizes that no fitness journey can be completed alone, and he emphasized how much it meant to him that his friends and family were always there to support him in both his own personal fitness journey and now his new journey to help others, which was sparked by a national tragedy.

In late May, George Floyd was killed by police officers in Minneapolis.

Having seen the video of him being murdered, I knew I had to do something, so I started selling workout plans on my Instagram for $10 each to raise money to donate to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, he said. My parents offered to match whatever I was able to raise. I ended up raising $300, and in total, since I started my Instagram, I have helped 28 people with either exercise advice or full workout plans, and I dont plan on stopping anytime soon!

The fitness regimen on Siegels website is based on plans that he had made for others.

However, since many beginners have the same goals and the same equipment, I decided to upload these on to my blog so that everyone can benefit from them, not just personal friends, he said.

As for Siegel, he works out four days a week in his dorm room with resistance bands and parallettes bars, which resemble the parallel bars that gymnasts use. Two days a week he works his entire upper body, and the other two days he works his lower body. He also follows the if it fits your macros (IIFYM) style of eating, outlined in his blog.

The IIFYM Diet is one of the easiest diets to do while on a campus meal plan where I am in a slight calorie surplus, I am trying to gain some lean muscle weight.

Although Siegels blog and website take up a good portion of his time, he always has an eye toward the future.

He is now on a pre-med track, but is still undecided about which path to pursue.

Obviously, I am very interested in health and nutrition, but I do also enjoyspending time on the water and studying marine science, he said. So I am currently trying to explore all the possible paths out there and decide which one is the right one for me. I could go down the nutritionist, physical trainer or marine science paths, or continue down my current doctor path. There are many options to choose from. But after all, isnt that what college is for? To figure out what you want to do in life? And so far, Stony Brook has been the perfect place to do that!

Glenn Jochum

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Student Blogger Shares Health and Fitness Wisdom With College Peers - Stony Brook News

Safety, and mental and physical health are top priorities; $4-billion industry under intense economic pressure, at risk without adequate government support;"Canadians are in real danger of losing many of their neighborhood gyms and boutique studios"

EDMONTON, AB, Oct. 20, 2020 /CNW/ -Keeping everyone in Canada as safe as possible and focused on their physical and mental health during an unprecedented pandemic is the guiding priority of more than 6,000 fitness clubs, gyms, and studios from coast-to-coast.

Fitness Industry Council of Canada (FIC) has committed to meeting or exceeding government and health authority guidelines that have been proven to be effective at minimizing risk and virus transmission. FIC has also committed to working collaboratively with health and government officials to develop guidelines and regulations that prioritize health and safety.

"We know the positive impact exercise has on the physical, psychological, and social health of people, and are committed to providing safe solutions," said Scott Wildeman, President, FIC. "We want to work as an active partner with government and healthcare officials and help them make evidence-based decisions to protect our members and employees and keep our doors open."

"We're welcoming back increasing numbers of people in our gyms and studios, but we also desperately need government support to ensure we remain sustainable in this new normal of restrictions and shutdowns."

Canadian fitness facilities generate nearly $4 billion in revenue annually and employ tens of thousands of people. FIC represents all levels of facilities, from the largest chains GoodLife Fitness, Orangetheory Fitness, MOVATI Athletic, nergie Cardio, GYMVMT, Trevor Linden Club 16, etc. to the thousands of smaller, independent studios and gyms that are also struggling to survive amid capacity restrictions, rolling closures and threats of future shutdowns.

"As a small business owner, the shutdown in the spring stretched finances about as far as they could possibly go," said Jeff Ardron, President and GM of Fitness Unlimited Athletic Club in Maple Ridge, B.C. "We were able to reopen, but not all gyms and studios were as lucky. We have received a lot of support from our members, but if another closure were to happen, I'm not sure what the outcome would be."

"Most fitness facilities are operating at approximately 60 per cent of the pre-pandemic revenues," said Wildeman. "At the same time, they've made significant investments in additional personal protective equipment, cleaning and sanitizing equipment, staff training, in addition to other measures to protect their employees and members. Canadians are in real danger of losing many of their neighborhood gyms and boutique studios."

In association to the fitness club industry,businesses that depend on this industry such as vendors, suppliers, fitness apparel, supplement industry, cleaning companies, landlords/real estate companies, etc. have all been harshly affected.

Since the pandemic closed fitness facilities in the spring, FIC has worked closely with its provincial divisions to provide public-health-approved guidelines and standards. These efforts allowed fitness facilities to reopen carefully and responsibly in the summer, and to continue ongoing operations.

FIC member facilities are known to operate safe businesses and follow a strict set of guidelines. Among the guidelines, FIC members have committed to:

The protocols followed by FIC members ensure that the industry is ready to support individuals in the best way possible when it comes to their wellbeing. Dr. Sharkawy, a Canadian Infectious Disease Specialistfrom Toronto, ON, states that "Gyms, fitness studios can play a vital role in combatting stress, maintaining health during a pandemic" (via Twitter @SharkawyMD).

To date, Canadian fitness clubs, gyms and studios have accommodated more than 20-millionworkouts since gyms and studios initially reopened after the nationwide spring shutdown. A critical key to its success is the industry's unparalleled ability to control and track who is working out in their clubs and studios. Using electronic card swipes, mobile apps and in-person monitoring, facilities are actively managing the social distancing and traffic flow within their facilities. If a suspected exposure is identified, fitness operators can alert anyone potentially impacted more quickly and more accurately than other businesses.

"Ontario gyms are working around the clock to maintain the trust of our members, our employees and public health officials," said Wildeman. "It's unfortunate that, like other industries, a few isolated incidents have garnered disproportionate attention where standards and protocols were not followed by members or operators. Thousands of fitness facilities have reopened safely, welcomed members back and are well prepared for any additional waves of COVID-19."

"We're going to continue to work together to protect our employees, members and communities and offer the safest environments we can. It's in all our interests to keep everyone safe, physically fit and mentally healthy."

About FICFitness Industry Council of Canada(FIC) is the not-for profit trade association that represents the voice of fitness facility operators across Canada. Representing more than 6,000 facilities with more than six-million members nationwide, FIC pursues a legislative agenda in the hope of bettering the fitness industry for both consumers and operators. FIC aims to work with both industry and government to improve the health and physical activity levels of Canadians.

SOURCE Fitness Industry Council of Canada

For further information: For more information, or to arrange an interview at a fitness facility: Trisha Sarker, Executive Director, Fitness Industry Council of Canada (FIC), [emailprotected], 780-908-1710

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