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Those with the organization say these classes are a way for community members to remain connected while social distancing

FARGO, N.D. Empty floor mats and a quiet room isnt the usual scene at Fargos TNT Kids Fitness & Gymnastics.

But with Coronavirus concerns still in mind, its the gyms new norm for a while.

Weve been closed for a couple weeks now, and what we really try to emphasize is since the kids couldnt come to TNT, we brought the movement to the kids, says TNT Programs Director Ryan Williams.

Theyre doing so by providing virtual live classes for members.

All children, all abilities can use this, and it doesnt matter, we want to give all the information and allow them to move and be, have fun, and get a little taste of what TNT is, says Williams.

The Fargo-based fitness facility opened more than a decade ago with the goal of providing a place for children of all abilities to get moving, including those with physical or emotional barriers.

That mission is still alive through the organizations online lessons.

In order for the kids to get moving inside their homes, the coaches have opened up theirs.

Innovation is one of our core values and theyve definitely excelled at that by using their couch cushions, their couches, their tables, their chairs; whatever it may be to replicate the movements that they normally would be doing here, says Williams.

Whether it be in-person or online, the gyms goal remains the same.

Just move. Let the kids move. Its beautiful outside. Get them out, get them moving. Our mission is unlocking potential through movement, and thats what were really trying to do. Were trying to just unlock the potential through movement at their house.

Members currently enrolled in year-round programming receive virtual live classes throughout the week.

The recreational TNT curriculum are getting private links each Wednesday, which includes access to all 10 classes being taught that week.

Anyone can sign up to start taking these classes starting May 4th.

The organizations Facebook page also has a sampling of all of its current offerings, including movement activities for preschoolers, healthy snack recipes, occupational therapy tips addressing childhood anxiety, advanced movement ideas for outdoors, crafts and more.

Find more information on TNTs Facebook page at: http://www.facebook.com/TNTKidsFitness.

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SHANGHAI, China In the darkest days of Chinas coronavirus outbreak, the streets of major cities, normally teaming with tens of millions of inhabitants, lay eerily empty.

As people in many other countries are now doing, Chinas vast population retreated inside their homes in late January. Every day, people spent hours online, not only desperate for the latest news on the virus, but also researching ways to combat its seemingly relentless spread and sharing tips to boost immunity and improve overall health.

Many international brands were noticeably quiet on Chinas social media channels in this post-Chinese New Year period, posting about company donations to the Red Cross and voicing unbridled support for China in its battle against the virus, but ceasing the usual flow of brand-related content to a captive audience. Notable exceptions were global sportswear brands, including Lululemon and Nike, who responded to the quarantine quickly in positive and on-brand ways.

Both Lululemon and Nike saw an uptick in e-commerce in China.

Admittedly this is an easier task for companies with health and fitness as an existing core brand value, but it nevertheless increased mindshare for these brands. In addition to specially designed online yoga and fitness classes to suit small spaces, the Lululemon livestreams also promoted mental wellbeing, with mindfulness a focus, a message that offers something relatively new for Chinese consumers in the context of modern Chinas relentless surge to be the fastest, strongest and best.

We are trying to help people look after themselves. The best way to navigate this time is to stay closely connected and to stay active for your physical and mental well-being, explains Keen Yim, Lululemons Asia-Pacific Vice President of Brand and Community. The digital classes were offering are widely available, and the response has been incredibly positive to date.

Both Lululemon and Nike sounded positive notes on their future in the China market in earnings reports at the end of March. Though China revenue dropped as stores closed across the country, both saw an uptick in e-commerce sales cushion those losses. According to Lululemons Chief Executive Calvin McDonald, e-commerce in China grew 70 percent in the fourth quarter.

Having opened its first store in China four years ago, Lululemon has 30 stores in the country today and plans to continue a retail roll-out. Their penetration remains low compared with many other peer brands that boast hundreds, if not thousands of stores.

What Chinese Consumers Want

In a plethora of consumer reports and analyst notes focused on China released in the last two months from sources including China Luxury Advisors (CLA), Bain & Co., and Fung Business Intelligence Group (FBIC), all predict a poorer outlook for luxury in the wake of the virus, as well as a more positive outcome for fitness and wellness-related products and categories.

Demand for fitness-related products and services such as sportswear, trainers, wearable fitness devices, [and] fitness training, is set to increase as good health may become one of the most valuable attributes of life after the epidemic, the FBIC report released in mid-March reads in part.

It should come as no surprise that a population that has become obsessed with health and healthcare in the shadow of this pandemic over a period of more than two months, should see that interest manifest in different ways now, even as the immediate threat to health and wellbeing from Covid-19 fades somewhat.

Further emboldening the optimism for sportswear companies is the anticipation of belt-tightening measures among Chinese consumers. The CLA study showed 86 percent of surveyed consumers plan to spend less overall this year compared with last, largely due to the economic uncertainty that faces China as its own economy recovers from the virus outbreak and it also potentially suffers flow-on effects from a global economic downward spiral.

Good health may become one of the most valuable attributes of life after the epidemic.

It is, after all, easier for many of Chinas 400 million middle-class consumers to contemplate spending 850 yuan ($120) on a new pair of Lululemon leggings, in comparison with spending tens of thousands of yuan on a new luxury handbag.

Like the boost it gave to e-commerce and livestreaming, the pandemic simply accelerated a trend for fitness and wellness that was already gaining momentum in China before the first outbreak. According to a 2018 Euromonitor International report, the country's sportswear market was worth approximately $40.6 billion last year, andsportswear spending was on-track to surpass spending on luxury goods by the end of this year.

According to the firms data, around 70 percent of Chinese consumers increased their spending on sports shoes by more than 5 percent between 2017 and 2018, while around 60 percent did the same with sportswear.

Kelly Gao, 31, a project engineer in the automotive industry, embraced fitness and healthy eating 18 months ago and is now introducing colleagues and friends to F45, a boutique fitness centre in Shanghai where she works out almost daily.

Before I started training, I got ill for one month and I felt like everything was negative. I wanted to change something in my life. It was hard, but I found I enjoyed it and then started going to the gym every day after work, Gao says.

She has also become an avid consumer of active wear, especially in the first year of her journey as losing weight meant she had to regularly replenish her workout clothes in smaller sizes.

I like some brands, but I basically just search Taobao for the styles I like. The design is more important [to me] than the brand, she adds. Gao prefers working out in colourful, co-ordinated bra tops and leggings, with brighter colours making her feel happier in the gym.

She predicts that most consumers will not necessarily be loyal to any particular brand, or have a preference for international brands over domestic rivals, the latter having been on the rise in recent years and not just big sportswear players like Li Ning and Anta.

Chinese Brand Competition

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Maia Active, a home grown Chinese sportswear brand based in Shanghai, focuses on tailoring its attire to better fit Asian consumers with content marketing campaigns often targeting Chinese women specifically.

Mia Wang, the brands chief executive and co-founder, describes Maia Actives growth over the past three years as explosive. In 2019, sales revenue topped 100 million yuan ($14.17 million) and charted highly on the sportswear rankings on Chinas e-commerce event days, including Double 11 and 618. With 90 percent of sales coming through e-commerce and only three offline stores, sales were hardly dented as China closed for business during the coronavirus shutdown.

Like her counterparts at the global giants, Wang too leveraged livestreaming, tapping a network of affiliated health and wellness trainers to teach workouts using social media platforms Xiaohongshu, Douyin and WeChat to reach out to their community as they were stuck at home.

The company created an online campaign called the 14 Day Challenge in which fans clocked in every day in a WeChat group, sending workout pictures and interacting with other brand followers. Our customers value their health and wellness even more [than ever], Wang adds.

Other Chinese companies have been tapping into the growing awareness of health- and wellness-focused products in different ways. For instance, one of the countrys largest purveyors of lingerie, Cosmo Lady, revealed as part of its year-end earnings last month that it would be launching personal hygiene products before the end of 2020.

The announcement that the company, which saw revenue fall 20 percent in 2019 compared with a year earlier, would be pivoting to face masks and anti-bacterial intimate wear products, including bras, underwear, vests and sleepwear, was enough to prompt a precipitous 20 percent stock price rise.

That news should prove instructive to brands beyond the sportswear arena who are interested in reaching Chinas increasingly health and wellness-focused base of consumers.

An added benefit for luxury brands may be the addition of product categories at lower price points than traditional ready-to-wear fashion or leather goods, further enticing an even broader base of middle-class consumers in China.

While perfume and sunglasses have long been considered gateway products to lure consumers into the world of luxury, 2020 might be the year that branded face masks join their ranks.

FASHION & BEAUTY

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Phone Maker Xiaomi Gets Into the Discount Luxury Business

Xiaomi, a Chinese technology company known for its affordable phones and other electronic devices, has launched a discount luxury channel on its e-commerce platform. Xiaomi Youpin features products from brands including Gucci, Prada, Versace, Hugo Boss and Bally, as well as affordable luxury brands such as Coach, Michael Kors, Longchamp and Kenzo. The off-season merchandise is commonly discounted between 20 and 50 percent and the majority of users (60 to 70 percent) are male, correlating with the technology brands popularity with men.(Shumin Lai and Jing Wang for BoF China)

Chinese Skincare Leader Sets-Up Billion-Yuan Beauty Fund

High-end domestic skincare brand Marubi plans to set up a fund of 1 billion yuan ($141.5 million) to focus on investing in beauty brands. Marubi has signed an agreement to cooperate with Fangyuan Jinding Investment Company to jointly establish the Marubi Jinding Cosmetics Industry Fund Management Centre. Investment activity has slowed in first quarter of this year, but beauty brands still remain attractive propositions in China. Just last week Chinese beauty unicorn, Perfect Diary, received a capital infusion of $100 million in a round led by New York-based Tiger Global Management, taking their valuation above $2 billion. (Yicai.cn)

TECH & INNOVATION

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Bilibili Users Fear Encroaching Fan Wars

Bilibili is known for its strong hold in subcultures linked to anime, comics and gaming, but the recent influx of celebrities joining the platform has users worried that celebrity fans joining the platform on mass, following their idols, will ruin Bilibili's unique character. Where celebrity fans go on the Chinese internet, fan squabbles tend to follow. Further exacerbating their concern is the fact that Bilibili is actively making the platform easier to join, to broaden its user base. (Lan Jing Hun Shui Official WeChat)

Virtual Influencers Taking Over Chinese E-Commerce

Chinas first homegrown virtual influencer only surfaced in early 2019 when online magazine Voicer introduced Poka. She has since lent her likeness to brands such as Gucci, Canada Goose, and Shushu/Tong. Although virtual influencers remain a new phenomenon in China, the last 12 months has seen Xiao Wanzi, a virtual marketing persona created by beauty brand Perfect Diary, and Tmalls Aime enter the fray. (Radii China)

CONSUMER & RETAIL

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Valentino Latest Brand to Shut Store on Hong Kongs Canton Road

Italian fashion label Valentino has become the second top luxury label to close a flagship store in Hong Kongs Canton Road, following jeweller Tiffany and Co., as Hong Kongs prolonged retail slump makes flagship rents harder to bear. Canton Road, along with Russell Street in the neighbourhood of Causeway Bay, was until recently one of the worlds most important locations for luxury brands. (SCMP)

Chinas Retail Industry Takes Stock of Re-Openings

The China Commerce Association for General Merchandise (CCAGM) yesterday released the results of its first weekly survey of Chinas retail industry since the abatement of the countrys coronavirus outbreak. A total of 93 retailers (department stores, malls and supermarkets) from 22 provinces participated in the survey, which found that all had resumed operations to some extent, with 79 percent reporting they were 100 percent up and running again. For malls, 60 percent reported that consumer footfall and sales were back to at least 50 percent of normal levels. (CCAGM Official WeChat)

,POLITICS, ECONOMY, SOCIETY

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The Extraordinary Reaction to Luckin Coffees Massive Fraud

Chinese coffee chain super-brand Luckin Coffee has been in the spotlight the past week after the company revealed in an SEC filing that an internal investigation had uncovered an alleged $300 million fraud on the part of its former COO. This news led the stock to drop nearly 80 percent in one day. Chinese consumers appear to have rallied around their homegrown Starbucks competitor, mobile intelligence service Apptopia has recorded a huge surge in downloads of Luckin's iPhone app in recent days. On Chinese social media, most commenters seemed unfazed by the scandal and continued to voice support for Luckin. (Technode)

Economic Forecasts Release Updated GDP Expectations

Just a week after the World Bank downgraded its expected GDP growth forecast for China to 2.3 percent (compared with the 6.1 percent growth reported in 2019) two new reports have this week thrown their own predictions into the ring. Fung Business Intelligence Group offered a range of 2.5 percent full-year GDP growth at the low end and a best-case scenario of 3.5 percent year-on-year. The Economist Intelligence Unit, meanwhile, expects Chinas 2020 full-year growth to be a mere 1 percent. (Economist Intelligence Unit, Fung Business Intelligence Group)

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Editors Note: Watches & Wonders (formerly SIHH) and Baselworld 2020 are canceled but that hasnt stopped watch brands large and small from debuting their new wares. To stay on top of this years best new watch releases, visit our tag page.

A heart rate sensor is a pretty cool and useful feature for a watch to have. Combined with the famously rugged build of a G-Shock watch and its suite of further practical tech and sensors, were talking about a watch thats perfect for a range of outdoor and physical activities. Thats exactly what the new G-Shock GBD-H1000 offers.

Rather than going full touchscreen-smartwatch, G-Shock has maintained its offerings that build upon its famous digital tech. Its continued to add features including GPS, step counting, a Bluetooth connection for integration with a smartphone app and others. These features can be used together to provide a range of health and fitness-related info and metrics.

From world time to altimeter, barometer, compass, thermometer and more, G-Shocks spec list is almost unwieldy. A notable and valuable feature of the GBD-H1000, however, is the brands Tough Solar light-charging tech, which means you dont have to worry about battery changes. Hopefully, its negative display will be legible enough for easy use during physical exertion or daily wear.

The GBD-H1000 has that chunky, aggressive case design that characterizes so many G-Shocks, as well as the size to go along with it at 55mm wide. However, its resin (plastic) case not only has durability benefits but also helps keep it lightweight (just 101g). Available for preorder now but estimated for release on April 17, 2020, the Casio G-Shock GBD-H1000 comes in two strap options, both priced at $400.

Zen Love is Gear Patrols watch writer. He avoids the snooty side of the watch world, and seeks out food in NYC that resembles what he loved while living in Asia for over a decade.

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The governors mid-March order to close gyms and increasingly strict social distancing practices have thrown a wrench in fitness routines nationwide.

Local fitness experts and their clients have had to adjust in recent weeks as they continue to strive toward their goals.

Im very used to personal training, one-on-one sessions or teaching in front of a group of people with classes, said Becky Jochim, independent personal trainer and Gretna resident. With social distancing, that in person contact has been taken away.

For clients whove been up to it, Jochim said she has conducted one-on-one sessions through Facetime video calls. For small group classes, Jochim has utilized Zoom meetings and Facebook Live.

Its been awesome to keep people moving and keep people healthy, she said. That connection piece is what makes it so hard. Ive been keeping in contact with everyone like I normally would, but the conversations are different and youre having to ask different questions.

While physical fitness is Jochims specialty, she said that monitoring clients stress levels is also important at this time.

Im trying to keep people moving despite everything were going through right now, she said.

Though its an anxious time, filled with the distractions of home and a suffering sense of community, Jochim encourages people to exercise, at the very least, for 10 minutes a day.

Ten minutes is better than nothing, she said. As humans we are meant to move. Its going to clear your mind, help you de-stress.

Jochim encourages people to get creative with their workouts. Locally, a small group of women in her neighborhood gather for a boot camp in Jochims garage each day, ensuring theres enough space to spread out.

One thing that Ive noticed is that there is so much free content out there right now, Jochim said. You can access free workouts 24/7 online.

A lot of people are worried or say, I dont have any equipment at home. Get creative. Grab some laundry detergent containers, fill a milk gallon or water jugs; use soup cans. Utilize the stairs in your home for an incline. I think trainers and people used to going to a gym are just having to be very creative with their workouts right now.

She urges those with questions to reach out to locals in the fitness industry, taking time at home to stay focused on their fitness goals.

It sounds so easy but I just know that a lot of people are out there struggling and worried about too many other things right now besides their health, Jochim said.

She emphasized that current conditions serve as a perfect example as to why health remains highly important.

Im just reminding people to keep your health a priority, Jochim said. I dont want people to give up on themselves during this crazy time.

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Before the coronavirus pandemic, fitness influencer Amanda Kloots had been meaning to start an online subscription service for her workout videos. But she never pulled the trigger.

"I just was at a point where I wanted it to be so perfect, and I was overanalyzing everything," she told BuzzFeed News from her home in Los Angeles.

Of course, everything is different now. Like many fitness professionals all over the world, Amanda has had to figure out how to maintain her livelihood, teaching group fitness and making online fitness content, while isolated in her home. So, she has pivoted, launching a subscription service for her videos while still posting video content and live workouts on her page.

"When all this went down, I was like, you know what? I'm just gonna launch it how it is because people need access right now to at-home workouts. I know I have a voice and I want to get it out there," she said.

That would be stressful enough on its own. But Amanda is also dealing with another huge challenge. Last week, her husband, theater actor Nick Cordero, was hospitalized with COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. He has since been placed on a ventilator and has been unconscious for nearly a week, leaving Amanda as the sole caretaker for their 10-month-old son, Elvis.

Through it all, Amanda has been sharing with her followers her journey juggling both the economic and health consequences of the disease on her family. And despite the many negative headlines about influencers behaving badly during the pandemic, Amanda said her Instagram community has been a huge source of strength for her.

"I'm grateful that I have exercise that I can share with people," she said. "I know that moving your body, no matter how big or how small or for how long in a day will help somebody. ... If there's something about me that inspires you to get up and to smile, and to move your body ... that makes my day ... that's what it's all about."

Also, she added, being able to connect to clients virtually is keeping her family afloat.

"My husband lost his job with this," she said. "We're gonna have hospital bills, and we have a mortgage and we have a car payment and I have to do my best to keep up my business as much as possible because it is my only income at the moment."

The past few weeks have been an unimaginable whirlwind for Amanda and Nick. First, the economic ramifications of the coronavirus hit their family. Nick had been starring in Rock of Ages in Los Angeles, but the show closed until April 15.

Amanda realized she had to pivot to doing all of her training online. So, she hastily built a subscription service for her online workouts, even though it wasn't as perfect as she would have hoped.

"It's just such a great lesson that I learned, retrospectively, sometimes you overanalyze and try to make things so perfect when it doesn't have to be," she said.

One of her clients also helped her out. Aimee Song, the mega fashion influencer with 5.5 million followers, was already doing personal training with Amanda. She suggested that they do their normal session, but live, so others could follow along.

Amanda said she thought "it will be a great way to get through this." She thinks it's amazing how the fitness community has stepped up to pivot to online training.

"I just think it's beautiful, what everybody's been doing is such a beautiful outreach to help people get through this time," she said.

Then, Nick got sick. Amanda said his symptoms were completely different than what they were expecting from COVID-19. One night in early March, he woke up sweaty, chilled, and feeling bad. For a few days after that, though, he was totally fine, Amanda said.

Then, on March 19, Nick started feeling sick again. He spent the next six days in bed, completely exhausted.

"He could not get out of bed, so tired, no energy, that was really his only symptom," she said.

However, Nick didn't have a fever or a cough, so they assumed it couldn't be COVID-19. It wasn't until Nick passed out while trying to change their son's diaper on March 26 that they went to a doctor. The doctor didn't think he had the disease, though, so they sent him home with medication.

Over the weekend, Nick got worse, with heavy breathing and a heavy cough. Finally, he went to the emergency room for new medication. Amanda said they both figured he would be home in a few hours, but he later called her and said his oxygen levels were low and he would be moved to the ICU. After a day in the ICU, Nick called again.

"He said, 'I love you, they have decided to put me on a ventilator with a breathing tube and I'm gonna go unconscious and I don't know when I'll wake up, and I don't know when I'll be able to talk to you again.'"

That was seven days ago, and the last time Amanda has spoken to her husband, who remains unconscious on a ventilator. She says she has been in contact with his care team at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and that he could be on a ventilator for at least a few more days.

"They told us that it's a marathon., not a sprint. .. I just kind of wait by the phone all day and hope for good news," she said. She added that Nick got two false negative tests for COVID-19 before being diagnosed. The third, which they got a sample for by swabbing his chest cavity once he was unconscious, was positive.

Through Nick's battle with the disease, Amanda also has been able to use her platform to share the reality of what it's like when your loved one has coronavirus. But juggling it all, including full-time childcare, has been tough.

"Before you called, I had two breakdowns today it hasn't always been easy," she said.

Despite all the challenges she is facing, Amanda said keeping up her online fitness content has been helpful for her emotionally. She said after Nick got sick, Aimee told her she didn't have to continue with the workouts if she didn't want to. She said she told her, "I really need this therapy right now, and I need you to be my buddy right now," she said.

"Because otherwise my day gets away with me," she said. "And for my therapy, and my mental clarity, and my positivity that I need in order to be there for my son right now and to be just present, I need this workout."

Amanda said the reaction and support from her online community has been overwhelming.

"It's been so wonderful ... the outreach, I can't keep up," she said. "The prayers and the thoughts and the people who are joining me in my live workouts or my online workouts ... it just has been honestly overwhelming."

She added: "When Nick wakes up from all of this, and he hears everything that has happened, it's going to take him so many days to process this, he will cry so hard."

Amanda said from her perspective as an influencer, she thinks "the climate has changed" for online content creators in this new world. But maybe, she said, that's not such a bad thing.

"It's hard to put on your brand-new dress and take your photo," she said. "It definitely is a different Instagram world. But you know, maybe we needed that little check-in with reality and life and what we have to be grateful for."

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ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- All Virginia fitness centers are closed until June 10 by order of Governor Northam.1 This order places a terrible financial hardship on all gyms in Virginia. It also makes it very difficult for Virginia residents to stay in shape. Having a strong immune system is closely tied to staying in shape.2 Governor Northam ordered gyms to close to reduce the opportunity of COVID-19 to spread between members. But in doing so, he also made it more difficult for people to maintain their first line of defense a healthy immune system fueled by regular exercise.

Virtual Personal Training and Virtual Fitness Classes

To help meet the public need for safe and effective home workout programming, gyms across Virginia are retooling their services to provide virtual training options to help their members stay in shape. One gym that has been in forefront of virtual training is Sand & Steel Fitness of Alexandria VA. They provide Virtual Personal Training, Virtual Fitness Classes, and Home Workout Plans. Each designed for your living room using the exercise equipment that you already own.

Virtual Personal Training ($$$): provides two-way, interactive, video coaching on workouts individually crafted for members to do in their home gym or living room. Each workout is custom-designed in advance using only the exercise equipment specified by the member.

Virtual Fitness Classes($$): are live, interactive, two-way video classes featuring Yoga, Bodyweight Metcon, Zumba, and Beyond Stretch. All workouts can be done with no equipment in a 4 x 6 foot area. An "On Demand" service is available for people who want to participate in a pre-recorded class.

Home Workout Plans ($): Simply Fit, Burn30, Dumbbell Strong are your minimal equipment options great if you are working out in your living room or home gym.

The Coronavirus creates an unprecedented time of stress, financial instability, and fear for all Americans. The world must change. But one thing is not changing. Humans have to exercise safely to stay in shape. Don't let the state-mandated quarantine cost you your health. Find a virtual personal trainer or virtual fitness class. Because the healthier you are, the better America is going to be.

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As students learn and employees work remotely, ChargerREC is helping the campus community stay fit and connected through exercise classes, activities, and programs that are all offered completely online.

April 8, 2020

By Renee Chmiel, Office of Marketing and Communications

Robert Torrens 20, a personal trainer and group fitness instructor for ChargerREC, the University of New Havens department of campus recreation, has gotten creative as he has continued to lead group exercise (GroupX) classes from home. He realizes that when working out from home, not everyone has access to free weights or other fitness equipment. So, hes been designing his classes to include household substitutions for weights, such as bottles of laundry detergent.

Torrens, who also serves as a building supervisor and an adventure recreation leader at ChargerREC, is focused on helping the University community feel connected while they work toward achieving their fitness goals from home. An ACE certified personal trainer, Torrens has been a part of ChargerRECs Ask a Trainer videos on Instagram, responding to viewers in real time.

It gives the students and staff extra social interaction, as some of them are away from family and friends, said Torrens, a forensic science major. In the classes and live videos, my main goal for participants is that they are able to maintain or, perhaps, begin an active lifestyle, despite the possible challenges of working out at home.

Torrens is part of a team of students now working with Bella Miceli 13, assistant director of fitness and wellness at ChargerREC, to plan virtual fitness and wellness sessions. ChargerREC now offers two or three live sessions each day on its Instagram page, @chargerrec, or through Zoom.

In addition to the interactive Ask a Trainer videos, ChargerREC offers meditation classes and wellness talks on Instagram. Zoom classes include strength, cardio, and yoga, which are designed for participants working out from home. Classes such as Household HIIT (high-intensity interval training) make use of household items such as paper plates, and QuaranTraining is an indoor boot-camp-style class. The schedule, which changes weekly, is posted on myCharger.

Amelia Appell 20, a personal trainer, GroupX class instructor, and adventure recreation leader, was already collaborating with her colleagues at ChargerREC to brainstorm new ways to keep the community connected even before the University decided that the spring semester would be finished remotely.

Engaging with the campus community is so crucial for students, faculty, and staff as we try to establish a sense of normality during this challenging time, said Appell, a criminal justice and national security double major. By providing these virtual platforms to our campus, we are not only showing individuals that the campus is still providing for them, but we are also helping people maintain healthy lives.

In addition to virtual fitness and wellness, ChargerREC is expanding its recreation offerings to include video game ladder tournaments, esports tournaments, and virtual viewing parties for popular shows such as Better Call Saul. Students can also compete in weekly tournaments on Plato, an app for chatting and playing games with others.

During this challenging time, we must stay engaged with our Charger community, said Miceli. Whether it is through academics, office hours, active or passive programming, or just checking in, it shows that our students matter and that we care about them.

Members of ChargerREC are serving on a task force with representatives from other campus departments that is continually creating ways to connect with students virtually.

Ananya Khatri 21 M.A., a certified group-fitness instructor who is conducting virtual yoga and meditation classes, says these sessions are especially beneficial during uncertain times to help students manage stress. She has also collaborated with the International Services Office to offer a meditation session on Instagram live.

For Khatri, a candidate in the Universitys graduate program in industrial/organizational psychology, connecting with students virtually to help them reduce their anxiety is especially important. For her thesis, she is working with Stuart Sidle, Ph.D., executive director of the Universitys Center for Teaching Excellence, to research mindfulness training through immersive virtual reality, mediating empathy, and affective and cognitive well-being.

I want to help students see more than one perspective on this situation, said Khatri, who, as a graduate assistant for the Dean of Students Office, is also developing a well-being newsletter. While we are at home, we have social media to help us cope with the anxiety and stress of the current situation. Reaching students through social media is one of the best tools, and ChargerREC is definitely using it to its full potential.

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The Fitness Marshall's high-energy dance workouts inject a little brightness into our days whenever we tune in. In today's good news, he's now taking his signature style and humor to YouTube Live for a workout you can do right from your living room, and all to benefit a nonprofit.

The Fitness Marshall (aka Caleb Marshall) is leading the workout on Thursday, April 9, for the It Gets Better Project, a nonprofit organization that aims to "uplift, empower, and connect lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer youth around the globe." The Fitness Marshall's workout, which will be live streamed on the It Gets Better Project's YouTube channel, is the first in a new weekly series featuring LGBTQ+ social media influencers. The goal is "to provide unique, fun, and lighthearted content to engage the LGBTQ+ community" during a tough time, the organization said in a press release. When you tune in, you'll have the option to donate to the It Gets Better Project through a YouTube fundraising link. Class FitSugar favorite Jake Dupree and Nike master trainer Holly Rilinger are slated to appear in coming weeks.

The Fitness Marshall goes live at 3 p.m. PT/6 p.m. ET on April 9, and you can follow the It Gets Better Project on YouTube to stay apprised of other episodes as they're announced. Until then, we'll be over here getting warmed up with The Fitness Marshall's latest cardio dance workout set to "Physical" by Dua Lipa.

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Work Out Live With the Fitness Marshall to Benefit the It Gets Better Project - POPSUGAR

VIRTUAL FITNESSThese instructor-led workouts will motivate you to get off the couch.

Move to the music with Upbeats FitnessMusic, a time-tested workout motivator, guides the concept atUpbeats Fitness(pictured above).While the studio itself is closed, customers can livestream the beat-based classesincluding Vinyasa yoga, cardio kickboxing and barrefor $5 per class. Use the code COMMUNITY to try your first one for free.

Cinematic yoga from SanctuaryThis tech-enabled micro-retreat, covered in ourMarch issue, currently streams its visually stunningyoga videosfor free. Treat yourself to a feel good Yoga Flow sequence with Mexico or Morocco as a backdrop.

Blend yoga and fitness with Alo MovesCapitol Hill-basedAlo Movesoffers thousands of classes that focus on yoga, fitness and meditation for a range of experience levels. Their 14-day free trial (unlimited access is $20 per month after) means that your body, and not your wallet, will break a sweat.

Virtual group training with Ekstasis Strength and ConditioningMike Seilo opened Ekstasis Strength and Conditioning for groups and individuals to fine-tune their fitness goals free of the usual macho fanfare. Now hes taking the concept virtual. For $50 a week, his team will customize a workout program complete with a weekly check-in via FaceTime, or you can partake in small group training at $55/class per person.

Bust a move with Dance Church GoSeattle-based choreographer Kate Wallich started Dance Church ten years ago as an inclusive space for attendees to move their bodies in guided dance-inspired classes accompanied by a playlist of multi-genre pop, and now Dance Church Go brings that wildly popular experience online. All classes on Dance Church Go are donation-based on a sliding scale.

Gameday Conditioning with TruFusionIn an effort to keep the community active,TruFusion Washington, co-owned by Russell Wilson and Alex Rodriguez, is offering two free weeks of online classesincluding Pilates, circuit training, Hatha yoga, and high-intensity training until its Bellevue (and soon Ballard) location can re-open for business.

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At-Home Fitness Tips and Streaming Workouts from Local Pros - Seattlemag

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