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If you've ever used a Wear OS smartwatch, or searched for fitness apps on your iPhone or Android phone, you'll have come across Google Fit Google's fitness hub for tracking and recording your exercise and workouts.

There are plenty of fitness apps out there like Strava, Huawei Health, Fitbit and Apple Health, many of which are linked to specific wearables and Google Fit is very much of this vein, even if it lacks some of the social features of its competitors.

Since Google is such a ubiquitous software developer, it makes sense you'd consider Google Fit to be your fitness app of choice. If you've already got the app by choice, or by having a compatible smartwatch you might be surprised by some of the features it's got hidden away too.

That's why we've brought together this easy guide, so you can understand how to set up and make the most of Google Fit, including a full list of all the different sports it can track. Read on for everything you need to know.

If you don't already use Google Fit, here's how to get it working on whatever device you use.

Google Fit on a smartwatch

If you've got yourself a Wear OS smartwatch, the device will come pre-loaded with the Google Fit suite, but you'll still need to set it up to automatically track and store your data.

To set up your smartwatch in the first place, you'll already have downloaded the Wear OS app, and signed in with your Google account. So on your smartwatch when you try to log into Google Fit, the device will remember your account details.

Now Google Fit is set up on your smartwatch very easily, too! If you don't have a Wear OS smartwatch you can't use Google Fit on the device, though if you download the app onto your smartphone you can manually copy your fitness data if you wish.

Google Fit on a smartphone

Whether you've got an iPhone or Android phone you can use Google Fit easily. You can find it on the Play Store or App Store and download it for free.

When the app is downloaded, open it and log in with your Google account you'll need such an account to use Google Fit, but if you don't have one it's easy to set up.

When you're in, you'll find the app has all the functions of Google Fit on a smartwatch: you can track various activities, see records of your workouts, and add weight and blood pressure data too to fully get a catalogue of your health.

You can also add activities manually, so if you've got a smartwatch or fitness tracker that isn't a Wear OS device, you can track workouts with whatever app the wearable does use and type it in manually to Google Fit if you want.

While you can see all your workouts logged on your smartwatch, it's easiest to keep track of them all on the Google Fit app, and when you monitor a workout on the watch app the data is automatically sent to your phone, so it's easy to check out.

Runs or walks will count the number of steps, active time, distance run, calories burnt, and Move Minutes (used for Google Fit's Heart Points system), while graphs also show you heart rate, pace, and elevation over the run.

A map shows you the route you took too, but you won't get this if you don't give the app location permission, or use a smartwatch without any form of GPS.

You can see all your exercises in a timeline, where Google gives them names like "Morning walk" and "Lunch run" as well as showing mini maps and some of the stats from your workout. This way you can see the various patterns emerge in how you work out.

When you're not exercising, Google Fit can track your steps, whether you're using it on Wear OS or on your phone, though generally the former tends to be a little more accurate.

In the Google Fit app you can set yourself a step goal to work towards, and a progress wheel similar to the Apple Health's circle shows you how close you are to reaching that goal, and also how many of the aforementioned Heart Points you've achieved in the day.

For more accurate counts you can tell Google Fit your weight and height, but if you don't want a huge tech company having your exact body measurements (or simply don't know yourself, for whatever reason), you don't have to provide this for the step counter to work.

On Wear OS watches, Google Fit is actually broken up into three individual apps. There's Fit Workout to track your various exercises (detailed fully below), Fit Goals to see workout records, and Fit Breathe.

Fit Breathe is, as the name suggests, a guided breathing app that, over the course of two minutes, guides you through inhaling and exhaling to relax your respiration. Many wearables have a similar feature, and they can be useful for some people to mitigate panic or anxiety and normalize breathing patterns.

Google Fit on smartphones can also be used to track your sleep, letting you know how well you slept each night as well highlighting any routines you have.

Finally, Google sometimes uses the Google Fit phone app to spread health advice for example, during the Covid-19 pandemic it prompted users to check out the World Health Organization's advice on staying healthy.

Here, we've listed every single activity you can track on Google Fit at time of writing, including what metrics it tracks. Technically this is part of Fit Workout, a separate app to Google Fit on Wear OS watches, but it's all part of the same family of applications.

There are almost 100 different sports modes, although many are very, very similar. We've arranged them into categories so it's easier to find the part you're interested in.

If you like walking or hiking related fitness there's a standard Walking mode, Fitness Walking, Hiking, Nordic Walking, Stair Climbing, Stair Climbing Machine and Treadmill Walking.

Speeding things up for runners, there's also a standard Running mode, Circuit Training, Elliptical, High intensity interval training, Interval Training, Jogging, Sand Running and Treadmill Running.

If you want to really track your fitness, then the normal Biking mode will help along with Handcycle, Road Biking, Spinning, Stationary Biking and Utility Biking.

For people who play ball or team sports there are American Football, Australian Football, Baseball, Basketball, Beach Volleyball, Cricket, Curling, Football, Golf, Handball, Hockey, Indoor Volleyball, Rugby, Soccer and Volleyball.

Racquet sports are also well covered here, like Badminton, Racquetball, Squash, Table Tennis and Tennis

There's snow excuse not to track workouts if you like your winter sports with a standard Skiing mode along with Backcountry Skiing, Cross Skating, Cross-Country Skiing, Downhill Skiing, Ice Skating, Indoor Skating, Inline Skating, Kite Skiing, Roller Skiing, Sledding, Snowboarding and Snowshoeing.

You can take to water as well as land with Ergometer, Kayaking, Kitesurfing, Rowing, Rowing Machine, Sailing, Stand-up Paddle Boarding, Wakeboarding and Wind Surfing.

If you like to fight to stay fit then Boxing, Fencing, Kickboxing, Martial Arts and MMA.

A few combination sports or exercise regimens have tracking modes like Biathlon, Calisthenics, CrossFit and P90x.

Weights training modes are covered including Strength Training, Kettlebell, and Weight Training.

There are also some of the more extreme sports that don't fall into these other categories like Paragliding and Rock Climbing

Finally, there are some health, equestrian, dancing and lifestyle-centric modes like Aerobics, Dancing, Flossing, Frisbee, Gardening, Gymnastics, Horseback Riding, Jumping Rope, Kick Scooter, Pilates, Polo, Skateboarding, Skating, Stroller Walking, Wheelchair, Yoga, Zumba, and then an 'Other' mode too.

Most of these modes track heart rate and time, and others chart some combination of distance, steps, location, calories burnt and pace. For the majority we've tested, the data is rather barebones and reps, points in games and more will have to be remembered by you instead.

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With social distancing and self-quarantine part of our current reality, this is a great time to refresh your fitness and health regimen.

Whether youre a cardio enthusiast, yoga devotee or beginner to exercise, here are some ideas to jumpstart your workouts and upgrade your health.

With the temperature warming up and longer days, switch up your activities and enjoy the outdoors. Walking, running, biking, rollerblading there's no shortage of outdoor activities.

A runner pushes along the final stretch of the course during the 2019 Memphis in May triathlon at Edmund Orgill Park in Millington on Sunday, May 19, 2019. Jordan Green and Kirsten Sass were the winners of the annual triathlon.(Photo: Brad Vest/The Commercial Appeal)

Whether you are just beginning to run or planning to train for a race from a 5K to a marathon, this is the ideal time to start. Anytime you commit to working out is great, but there are so many perks of spring that make running more enjoyable and easier to stick with. Before putting on your sneakers and heading out, make sure you have the appropriate gear.

HIIT, short for high-intensity interval training, gets your heart rate up and burns more fat in less time.(Photo: microgen / Getty Images)

HIIT, short for high-intensity interval training, is a technique in which you give all-out, 100% effort through quick, intense bursts of exercise, followed by short recovery periods. HIIT gets your heart rate up and burns more fat in less time.

According to studies, there are many benefits to this type of training such as increased aerobic capacity and endurance, muscle building and fat loss. Also, due to the short amount of time it takes, its perfect for those who have busy schedules. That being said, you dont need to do HIIT workouts every day just three to four days a week can be effective for most people.

If youve ever done an Instagram search for yoga, youre likely to find people holding some of the most unusual and challenging poses most peoplecould probably never achieve.

Consider checking out a restorative yoga class to slow down your mind and body through passive stretching. In some restorative classes, you might not move all that much its more about focusing on a few postures over the course of an hour and movement through mindfulness.

With busy schedules and lives even while staying safer at home, this class might be just what you need at the end of your day.

If youre stretched for time between work and family, try downloading the Pilates Anytime app for less than $20 a month and practicing anytime, anywhere your schedule allows.

With a comprehensive list of classes for every fitness and intensity level, theres something for everyone. The program offers everything from Mat Pilates to equipment-based classes like Reformers and Chair. Details: pilatesanytime.com

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Brandon Walters, owner and head trainer at iFitt24 at the Ashton Place shopping center in Charleston, said the writing was on the wall a few days before Gov. Jim Justice closed down area health clubs like his.

Much of the state and the county was grinding to a halt with social distancing directives. On March 17, state government closed restaurants. A day later, the governor ordered all gyms and health clubs to close.

We shut down finally on March 19, he said. Days before that, I told people they needed to get to Target, they needed to get to Walmart or Dicks Sporting Goods and get some equipment.

Some of his clients, Walters said, balked.

Weights arent cheap. Barbells and dumbbells are cumbersome and hard to haul in small car and wasnt this why they got a gym membership in the first place?

Walters tried to explain it was an investment for an emergency and a good one, overall, anyway.

An iron kettlebell will last you a lifetime, he said. It will outlast you.

Eventually, Walters said he loaned out some equipment from the performance studio to help augment workouts his clients were doing in their homes.

Jackson Breeding, a co-owner at CrossFit 304 on Crescent Road in Charleston, said, The first thing we did was have people come in and grab any equipment they might need dumbbells, barbells, plates, boxes, whatever.

CrossFit WV trainer/co-owner Ashleigh Woods said no one could have expected something like coronavirus. Her Brooks Street gym has closed occasionally for a day or two to host special trainings, for maintenance or to slap a coat of paint on the cinderblock walls, but the membership is a little fanatical.

The gym routinely teaches classes on holidays and coaches stagger their vacations, so that theres always someone around to run a workout of the day.

Absolutely nothing like this has happened before, Woods said, still baffled.

CrossFit WV loaned out equipment, too.

All three gyms have sent workouts to their gym members, either by email or message. Theyve recorded videos, posted them online and worked to keep their fitness communities together.

They encourage their members to stay in touch, like posting pictures and videos on the gyms Facebook pages or their personal Instagram accounts.

If we dont hear from somebody after a few days, we check in with them, Woods said.

People who take exercise classes do it because it works for them. Its social. Theres competition and there are instructors to monitor progress, answer questions, correct movements and provide an extra kick in motivation.

Like other businesses, the local gyms and fitness clubs embraced Zoom meetings, though instead of office workers sitting at laptops discussing business strategies and dividing up tasks, everyone exercises together.

We try to do those in the afternoons, Breeding said. Weve had pretty good participation.

Its not as good as meeting in person, but its a way to keep exercising.

Woods said finding things for gym members to do hasnt been a problem.

Weve had times when people couldnt make it to class, she said. They go on vacation. They take a trip. They travel for work. Some of them will be gone for upwards of a month, so we have what we call our hotel workouts, if they want to stay active.

These workouts dont require much in the way of equipment and some of the early workouts during social distancing relied on those hotel plans at least until they could get equipment out to the membership.

While social distancing restrictions are only just beginning to fade, its not too early to get started trying to get fit and maybe undo some of the damage picked up from a little too much time indoors.

Breeding said beginning a workout program doesnt require a lot of heavy and expensive equipment. It doesnt even need to be complicated.

Just doing pushups and pullups can be great, he said. You can do dynamic movements, like the kind youd see at the track, like running in place with high knees that will get your heart rate up.

Walters agreed that simple was a great way to start.

You can really do a lot with body weight exercises and completing circuits. That can be a fantastic workout, he said.

And the private clubs arent the only avenues for ideas about exercise during social distancing.

The YMCA of Kanawha Valley is offering online fitness videos, which include everything from aerobics and yoga classes to weight-lifting tutorials.

These videos are free to all during the pandemic.

Still, instruction and convenience arent necessarily the problem, Woods said.

Staying motivated is tough, she said.

Thats the appeal of fitness classes and things like CrossFit.

If you lack that natural motivation to do what you need to do, we can help keep you accountable, she said.

Walters said even if people cant get to the gym or cant stand another video, they can still just go outside.

People think that you need to run to get fit, he said. Walking is a great exercise. Thats going to be better than downloading some app.

Walking costs nothing and doesnt really require much, except for comfortable clothing and a good pair of shoes.

Walters said, You walk some of these hills around here at a brisk pace and I promise you it will get your heart up. Its good for your mental health just to get outside, get a little vitamin D and its just so doggone pretty outside right now.

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Carroll's letter referred members to Live Cycle Delight, a fitness studio that opened in Detroit's West Village in 2017. Owner Amina Daniels has decided she will try to see operations through to the other side, though she's uncertain what it will look like and unsure how she'll be able to keep paying rent.

"There's going to be a significant reduction in participation from seniors, from people who are furloughed, from people who don't feel comfortable coming in," Daniels told Crain's.

"If you do not have a Dan Gilbert landlord, a lot of landlords are still wanting full rent," she said, referring to the billionaire Quicken Loans Inc. chairman who said a month ago that his real estate company Bedrock LLC would suspend rent payments for the next three months to its small-business retail and restaurant tenants.

The U.S. fitness industry brings in more than $32 billion annually with 62.5 million gym members, according to the International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association. Michigan is home to more than 1,000 gyms, to which many residents retreat during colder months. The industry had been on pace for a record year until the coronavirus outbreak put it on life support.

"America's fitness industry is one of the hardest hit by the forced closures mandated by the coronavirus crisis," according to the association.

Daniels, who runs two studios in Detroit, said she lost $12,000 in revenue last month after shutting down March 16, per Whitmer's orders. She projects another $20,000 lost in April. Her bills have not been suspended.

"We still have full rent due, accounts receivable, utilities it's not enough support," Daniels said. "I think you will see more studios that aren't able to hang on."

Daniels said she applied for the federal Paycheck Protection Program assistance when it first became available but has not heard back. She, along with a handful of staff members, are teaching a few classes remotely, but the business remains mostly in a holding pattern.

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by Jessica Small, Denton County Extension Agent

During this time while many are at home due to COVID-19, we must find ways to keep active. Although gyms are closed and most cities are now Shelter in Place, there are still plenty of options to get a little physical activity.

Physical activity is great because it promotes a healthy lifestyle and can be fun! It also helps you sleep better, reduce risks of chronic diseases and much more. You can see more benefits of physical activity here.

I wanted to provide you with a variety of indoor physical activities that you can do as a family. The good news is, they are simple and equipment is optional, not mandatory. The overall goal is to move throughout your day while stuck at home. Here are some suggestions on how to get in some physical activity each day:

Create exercise stations as a family you can have 4-5 stations that each have an exercise. Have the kids choose the exercise for each station or everyone could take turns. Some examples could be: jumping jacks, sit-ups, frog jumps, squats. This can be modified to fit your family and you can choose any exercise youd like.

Do an exercise workout YouTube has tons of great workout videos that are FREE. There are also different types of workouts such as, circuit training, high intensity, yoga, chair exercises, Zumba, and lots more! I highly recommend YouTube! Theres something for every age group.

Lets Dance! Dancing is a great way to move. Put on your favorite artist or music genre and enjoy! Be sure there is plenty of space for you and the family to dance around to avoid bumping into one another.

Walking around This one is self-explanatory. However, to switch things up a bit, perhaps walking when you are watching a TV Show. For example, walk around your house during commercial breaks. This helps loosen the muscles, especially if youve been sitting awhile. If you have stairs in your house, walk up and down them 2-3 times before sitting back down.

Bottle or Can lifting If you want to do more of a resistance training, try using things you may find in your pantry. Keep in mind, nothing to extraneous. Just something that adds a little weight. This helps us build our strength. Canned goods or small (filled) water bottles would be a good item to use to do bicep curls or shoulder press.

To see more ideas of ways to incorporate physical activity, I encourage you to visit this website. They provide a variety of activities for the family (including your pets too!). Remember to stay active as much as you can. Lets Move!

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HAMPTON ROADS, Va. (WAVY) Every Fitness Friday, weve talked about physical exercise and nutrition, but its also important to give your brain a workout!

The question is, how? Thats where the Mind Brain Academy comes in to play.

Doctors Heather Kinchlow and Dawn Lawrence created the academy to share information on what you, as a family, can do to expand your mind and strengthen your memory.

Kinchlow says every day, you have 700 to 1,000 new neurons, but you have to do something to keep them engaged.

We cannot wait until mental decline happens before we begin to re-circuit the mind. We cannot wait until our students are suffering before we do something and train them how to up-level their thinking, Kinchlow said.

Kinchlow says now is the time to work together and practice some mental exercises. She suggests something called mid-line writing, which involves penmanship.

The thing about this penmanship, its a little different. Instead of you doing it just on a regular notebook (vertically), you actually turn the page horizontal and you create lines (horizontally).

Dr. Kinchlow goes on: I would start writing on the left, and go all the way through. Make sure you dont make any breaks. I have a star (in the top/middle of the page) because that represents where my nose would be. I sit up straight and tall, and I begin to practice these different symbols or motifs we call them, because it could be a different variety of letters, numbers, or symbols.

In areas of her writing, she makes letters smaller in some areas and larger in others just to push the brain to have to interact, to have more interaction with the left and right hemisphere of the brain.

Once youve mastered, that, she recommends you do it backwards and use your left hand to really stimulate those hemispheres of the brain. Another exercise Kinchlow suggests is what she calls Listen, Repeat and Write.

That is when you would just dictate a couple of sentences to yourself, to your student, you read them, you cover them up, and then you write them down holding them in your working memory, short-term, to increase that ability and stimulate that ability so that youll be able to increase memory.

Kinchlow goes on: For a younger student I might say 3, 2, 1, something like that, I would pause, I would ask them to repeat it, and then they would write it. I would say to another student, Listen to this sentence. Something like spiders or majestic engineers, I would pause, ask them to repeat it, and then to write it. You will be able to see the different glitches or the gaps that you have personally or your student.

Kinchlow suggests doing the exercises four to five times a week for 10 minutes to one hour per day.

She says our minds are ready to grow and expand. We just have to challenge them.

According to the Harvard School of Business, their institution, we have found out now that every day you can grow new neurons, and the brain you had yesterday is not the same brain that you have today, and so if you are intentional, you can impose upon that brain and develop the mind that you desire to have, Kinchlow said.

Lawrence shares Kinchlows passion for strengthening the brain and increasing memory. She has a number of exercises parents can do to challenge the thinking of their children.

I recommend that parents take the time to encourage students to think about words that speak about math like how many? or What would it be if you had five dozen? How many would that be? If a trio was singing, how many would that be? So the mental math is coming in through words like quartet or century or trio. I mean, just having conversations with our children about this helps them to see the math in everyday life, Lawrence said.

She also encourages parents to work with their students on holding information in their head and then giving it back to them. Lawrence says many times students are so engaged with technology that they rarely build the muscles in their brain to hold information.

We play a game, kind of like a dictation game around here and well say 517 888 Elm Street and you cant write it, but you have to hold it. You hear it. You hold it, and then you get to write it.

Lawrence says this time of quarantine gives parents a true look at what happens in school.

Especially during this time, parents get to see up close and personal what teachers are dealing with every single day times 23 times 25 students.

Lawrence suggests sitting down with your child while you prepare a meal and ask them to play one of the games.

Now that we have this time, we dont know for how long. This is a season where you can kind of stretch your kid and build some capacity in them yourself. I believe that parents will buy-in more. If you have not taken the time to invest in your child academically, this is a wake-up call for you, as the parent, Lawrence said.

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When the first closures were mandated in the state of Washington as a result of COVID-19 back in March, two industries that felt immediate, devastating blows to their business were the restaurant industry and the fitness industry. For some restaurants this ended up forcing them to close their doors indefinitely as the money made through only take-out and delivery orders was simply not enough to sustain the business, while others have managed to stay open by offering take-out, delivery, premade cocktail mixes, gift certificates, etc.

The fitness industry, however, was hit with these closures with very limited options regarding how they would continue to bring in any revenue.

When this came down, I feel as though (Gov. Jay) Inslee didnt even consider fitness businesses, said Cory Gilday, owner of Gilday Sport Conditioning in Vancouver. Restaurants and bars had some abilities to mitigate their damages by doing take-out, cocktails delivered, online ordering, etc. Ive been doing some training through Zoom to try and mitigate the damage (to my business) so people keep coming back, but we have no new people coming in, no new revenue. Fitness businesses get forgotten, and the fact that we rely on monthly, weekly and daily visits.

Gilday said he was concerned not so much for himself and his business, but for all of the other small locally owned fitness businesses in the Southwest Washington area. He acknowledged that some of the Small Business Administration programs and funds coming from the state and the federal government may indeed help a bit, but as many small businesses in the area have experienced, these programs have had delays, run out of funds and more.

Trevor Thomas, who owns Precision Personal Training in Vancouver with his wife Lacy, said that much like other countless businesses in the Clark County, Precision has been hit hard by the Stay Home, Stay Healthy Order.

While of course we respect the need to distance ourselves, this has not been easy from a business standpoint, Trevor said. On March 16, we were forced to close our doors. While we sought to offer virtual services, unfortunately the interest was not enough to support our team with a viable wage, forcing Precision to lay off all of our staff. For the interim, we have provided our clients with an online workout guide and videos to help give them direction, while seeking all help to keep our staff afloat.

Trevor said they have applied for all available financial assistance, including the SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL), the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Gov. Jay Inslees Emergency Funding for Small Businesses Grant. He said that while they remain optimistic in waiting for approvals and further funding of the PPP, they would be amiss if they didnt express their concern of what the future holds.

With so much uncertainty of when we can open, at what capacity and if our clients are ready (from a health or financial perspective), it is certainly a trying time for all of us, Trevor said. It is the daily notes of support from our clients that keep us positive. With warm hearts, we look forward to welcoming all of our staff and clients back and will be ready in full force to support their health and fitness endeavors in a safe and sanitized environment.

Amy Grabenkort, owner of Barre3 Felida, said she chose to close her small business just hours before Gov. Inslee mandated it, and said she was grateful to be able to make the decision on her own based on what was best for her community prior to being mandated to close.

I remember I sobbed that day I told my clients by video that my small business was closing, Grabenkort said. The response I received from my clients was so beautiful what they told me brought into focus what I already felt to be true my business was as much a community center as it was an exercise studio. Many clients came to my small business because they were tired of feeling like fitness had failed them, and they were ready to fall in love with themselves as they already are. But then they realize that when a group of neighbors come together to move mindfully, do breath work and practice loving themselves together, a magical sense of community happens. I started hearing immediately that my clients missed each other as much as they missed their barre3 class.

Grabenkort said the impact of having to close her business has been much more than just emotional. Her business is sustained by her autopay members clients whose cards she charges automatically each month in exchange for the studio experience. She said if she doesnt have their support, she doesnt have a business. She said she asked all of her autopay members to stick with her, and right away she pivoted, and she and her instructor team started teaching livestream barre3 classes from their living rooms.

Our dog might run through the scene, and weve had an instructors adorable twin toddlers come running through to steal everyones hearts, but were living our core value: Make It Happen, Grabenkort said. Its been going great. Were up to about 15 classes a week and Im so thrilled about our attendance. Were also selling some retail items via Instagram, and its been amazing to see my community excited to support us in any way they can. Where we could have gone to zero revenue, Ive been able to hold on to over half of my members. Im down in retail revenue and drop-in class package revenue, but I am so grateful that our livestream option is going to help us make it through.

Grabenkort said that having so many of her members stick with her has allowed her to hold onto and pay about half of her employees. For sticking with her through this, Grabenkort is offering those members unlimited livestream classes and either a free month sometime in the next year (to distribute the financial hit across many months), or the option to gift a friend a free month when they re-open.

Im overjoyed to say that, because of our pivot to livestream classes, it looks like Ill be able to keep my business afloat if this ends in the next couple of months even though my bank didnt get my PPP loan application processed before funds ran out, she said. Luckily, I had saved prudently, and my emergency savings will help get us through.

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WASHINGTON Pfc. Tyrell J. Audain was in the midst of a physical fitness test more than two weeks ago at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., when he collapsed.

The Marine, a 19-year-old former high school athlete, was rushed to a hospital where he was later pronounced dead, Brig. Gen. Roger Turner, the commanding general at Twentynine Palms, wrote at the time in a statement on the base Facebook page, without naming Audain.

On Friday, the Marine Corps confirmed Audain was the Marine who died April 15 at Twentynine Palms after his death was listed in the Naval Safety Centers mishap summaries report. His death is under investigation, but it was not related to the coronavirus, according to Capt. Samuel Stephenson, a Marine spokesman.

Audain was attending the Marine Corps communications-electronics school at the time of his death, according to his service record. On his Facebook page are photos of him racing for the track team at Minisink Valley High School in Middletown, N.Y., which he graduated from in 2019.

Audains death is the latest in a string of Navy Department personnel who have collapsed during a physical fitness test and later died.

In February, Midshipman 3rd Class Duke Carrillo, 21, of Flower Mound, Texas, collapsed during the mile and a half run of his physical readiness test at the U.S. Naval Academy. The sophomore was taken to a nearby medical center where he was pronounced dead, according to the school. The cause of his death was under review.

In November, a petty officer first class died after collapsing while running on a treadmill during a physical fitness test at Fort Meade, Md., according to the Naval Safety Center. News reports identified the sailor as Trent Fraser, 24, a cryptologic technician-interpretive and his death was under investigation.

In February and April 2019, two Navy recruits died during their final physical assessments before the end of their training at Naval Station Great Lakes, Ill.

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Its nine oclock on Monday morning, and my heart racing at 180 beats per minute. Keoni Hudoba is telling me to engage my core, and not to collapse out of my plank (despite the fact that my abs are on fire). A month ago, the exact same scene would have been taking place at a Barrysstudio on 23rd street in Manhattan. Now, due to the fact that COVID-19 forced gyms to close their doors, its taking place in my living room. In just a matter of weeks, digital fitness has seemingly progressed decades into the future, and everyone from individual trainers, all the way up to tech giants are sweating how to get in on the game.

Online workouts are hardly a new phenomenon. We called digital fitness as a rising trend way back in 2018, and that was four years after Peloton launched its revolutionary at-home bike. Early adopters like AKT, Lekfit, Aaptiv, and Tone it Up have been streaming workouts since before oat milk became a thing (thats 2017, ICYWW). In the years since, brands like Ob, Mirror, and Nike (among many others) have also staked their claim in digital fitness, so much so that in 2017, pros estimated that the global digital-fitness market would climb 33 percent to reach $27.4 billion by 2022.

While the industry was quick to lay the groundwork for at-home fitness to take off, participation en masse wasnt as fast to follow; however, that quickly shifted when studios shut their doors. In the month of March, Google searches for at-home workouts rose by nearly 500 (I repeat: 500!) percent. Pelotons stock ticked up 29 percent between March 10 and April 10, and according to Marketwatch, the brands app reportedly saw five times as many downloads in March as it did in February (though its worth noting a 90-day free trial likely incentivized new users). Meanwhile, Ob saw ten times as many downloads in March as in February. The uptick that weve seen with coronavirus has been very real, says Mark Mullett, the brands co-founder.

The uptick that weve seen with coronavirus has been very real, Mark Mullett, Ob co-founder

Its not just the tried-and-true platforms that are winning out amidst the stay-at-home order. A number of studios that had initially resisted the push to go online have now decided to get into the game. For example, Barrys had been considering the move to digital before social distancing, but according to a rep from the brand, the pandemic and studio closures forced them to move quickly. On April 13, the company launched 35-minute Barrys at Home Zoom classes that people can do in their living room. Within the first week, they saw 180,000 downloads worldwide. Likewise, Solidcoretraded its in-studio souped-up Reformers for Zoom-based glider workouts, which have been so popular that the company was able to hire back at least 50 of the trainers who were laid off when its studios closed. Earlier this month, even Samsung announced that it would be partnering with brands like barre3, Echelon, Jillian Michaels Fitness, and Ob Fitness to integrate digital workouts within its SmartTV platform (Id put money down that Apple and Google will follow someday).

When classes started getting cancelled, some instructors moved to free or donation-based classes via social media, but more-and-more found ways to monetize their content without a middleman.

But while studios (and tech behemoths) are looking to make investments in digital fitness in a big way, trainers are slowly but surely laying the groundwork to unbind themselves from big box studios altogether. Over the last few years, trainers have begun to develop their own cult followings, and have become as much of a draw to workouts, as the studios where they teach. When classes started getting cancelled, some instructors moved to free or donation-based classes via social media, but more-and-more found ways to monetize their content without a middleman.

As these trainers begin to develop their own personal brands online, they may no longer even need the studios they once relied on. I think a really scary thing that might happen is that the smaller studios that cant pay their trainers as much will start to lose their trainers, says trainer Anthony Crouchelli. Because trainers will say I make this much on Zoom, so why would I come teach at this studio when I make $45 a class when I can make $150 online? Next week, for example, he will host a one-hour class for a CrossFit gym in Sweden for a fee of a cool $1,000.

All of this begs the question: Where do we go from here? And the resounding answer across the fitness community is: TBD. Well+Good Council member and Barrys founder Joey Gonzales says that Barrys is still working out what their long-term digital offerings will look like. AARMY (which has seen a surge of online users) will be launching a more formal, paid digital platform later this year, and Solidcore is open to the idea of continuing to stream classes after its studios re-open. Whenever that may be.

The biggest takeaway from all of this is that we now have the technologyand studios both big and small finally have the motivationto make fitness truly democratized. Taking a class with a top trainer no longer requires living in a major metro and spending $27 (or more) on a single session. We can now get the best-of-the-best workouts anywhere, at any time, for a small fraction of what they would cost in a studio. Our phones have become the centerpiece for making every single aspect of our livesand our wellness routineseasier and more affordable. Fitness is no exception.

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If you follow the sport of Strongman and/or Hafthor Bjornsson, then you probably knew he was on a mission to break the all-time deadlift world record and has been for a while now. Bjornsson currently holds the all-time Elephant bar deadlift world record (474 kg/1,045 lbs) which he achieved at the 2019 Arnold Strongman Classic.

Hafthor Bjornsson set the all-time deadlift world record with 501kg as part of Worlds Ultimate Strongman to become the first man to ever deadlift more than 500kg. The attempt was broadcast by ESPN and live-streamed on Rogue and Corepsorts.

He then tried to break Eddie Halls all-time deadlift world record (500kg/1102lbs) at the same competition but could not complete the 501kg/1105lb lift.

But the 30-year-old Arnold Strongman Classic champion has clearly made massive improvements since then. Bjornsson set an unofficial Elephant bar world record (480kg/1058lbs) in February and then he smoked 470kgs/1036lbs last month live on Twitch which was his last heavy session before the big day.

The 2018 Worlds Strongest Man champion has explained several times that he was feeling more ready than ever to attempt the world record as part of Worlds Ultimate Strongman. He certainly looked the part based on his recent training sessions. And despite all of the opposition from fellow competitors and others, due to him not competing the lift in an actual competition because of the current health crisis, he still showed up.

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So, working up to the 501kg deadlift, Hafthor Bjornsson essentially warmed up with 420kg/926lbs for the first attempt. Then he absolutely blew through 465kg/1025lbs for the second attempt. Then when it finally came to the 501kg deadlift attempt, Bjornsson absolutely nailed it!

The lift made history and now, hes the new king of the deadlift. Many might still say he needs to do it in competition. But we think hell come back and prove once again that its an easy pull for him.

Now check out the other Worlds Heaviest Deadlift performances of all time!

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