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Now that summer is here, is there any better place to break a sweat than the beach? Aside from all the energizingbenefits of your workout, you'll get an extra boost just from beingnear the water. Research suggests the simple act of taking in an ocean vistais enough to improve yourmental health. And best of all, you can cool down by diving under the waves.

Lucky for us, some of our favorite fitness influencers feel the same way about training by the sea. Keep scrolling for made-for-sand moves to steal on your next beach day or vacay.

@ebonny_fowler

This personal trainer is all about making fitness fun, and her most recent Insta post is no exception. Yesterday she shared a Pilates flow performed at the edge of lapping waves ona beach in Jamaica, set to Ed Sheeran's"Shape of You." We cant get enough of her killercore moves.

@katieaustin

Want to focus on your abs and arms? Check out this workout by Katie Austin.All you need is a set of dumbbells, and enough space on the sand to fit a yoga mat.

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@beachyogagirl

Kerri Verna, better known as Beach Yoga Girl to her onemillion followers, has been teaching yoga for more than 16 years. Her perfect Crow Posein the clip above is serious fitness goals, with or without a gorgeous backdrop. "I feel that sometimes we can get caught up in the 'I can't'rather than just working towards 'I can,'" Vernawrote in the caption to the post, which shows the full progression of Crowin stages.

Looking for more moves to help you shape up for summer? Try this total-body routine from Health's contributing fitness editor, Tracy Anderson.

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Employees who work at U.S. EPA's Chicago-based Region 5 office have access to this fitness center. Special to E&E News

This story was updated at 2 p.m. EDT.

U.S. EPA employees' fitness benefits are now on the Trump administration's budget chopping block.

On Thursday, EPA union leaders received an email from an agency labor attorney saying the agency planned to stop funding for fitness subsidies and fitness centers by the end of next month.

"This serves as official notice that the agency will discontinue fitness subsidies and fitness center funding agency-wide, which will result in a savings of nearly $ 900K per year for the agency. Discontinuation of this funding is targeted for July 31, 2017," said the attorney in the email, which was obtained by E&E News.

Union officials expressed anger at the EPA notice.

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"It's petty," said John O'Grady, president of American Federation of Government Employees Council 238, which represents thousands of EPA employees. "Healthy employees tend to come to work more often instead of taking sick days, so it doesn't make much sense."

Mark Sims, president of the EPA Unit of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers Local 20, based in Region 9, called the plan a "bad idea and shortsighted."

"It is something that has been provided for a long time and now it's suddenly going to be taken away," he said. "What's their basis for doing so, I don't know."

Tony Reardon, president of the National Treasury Employees Union, said in a statement the union "has been notified that EPA intends to discontinue offering fitness facilities to employees."

"NTEU has asked for a briefing and hopes to bargain with the agency to retain some fitness facilities," Reardon said. "This appears to be a case of an agency being penny-wise but pound-foolish as fitness centers save the government money through healthier employees."

Reardon noted that EPA employees represented by NTEU Chapter 280 pay a monthly fee for access to a fitness center, which is used by multiple agencies.

Jahan Wilcox, an EPA spokesman, said the fitness benefit funds would be used for the agency's "core activities" instead.

"We have ended taxpayer-funded fitness centers at EPA; a program that was costing American taxpayers $900,000 per year. Disinvestment in using federal funds for EPA fitness centers will allow the agency to invest this money in core activities to protect the environment," Wilcox said in a statement.

In his email, the EPA labor attorney said the date of the funding stop for fitness benefits may fluctuate depending on when already-obligated resources may end. In addition, negotiations on the fitness issue will be conducted on "the local level."

EPA union leaders have also been invited to a briefing on ending fitness benefits Wednesday.

After that meeting, O'Grady said he will talk to his union law firm about whether or not to file a grievance.

"I'm going to make that decision then. Quite frankly, I don't think there is much that we can do," O'Grady said.

Sims said he was considering filing a grievance over EPA's decision to end fitness benefits.

"A change in working conditions is always negotiable," Sims said.

Union officials pointed to agreements between EPA management and labor groups that are problematic for the agency's decision to halt funding of fitness benefits.

NTEU's collective bargaining agreement with EPA said employees' access to fitness centers will continue under the agreement and any changes to that condition will be handled at the local level.

In addition, a memorandum of understanding signed in 2012 between EPA and unions in Region 9 says the regional office is "committed" to setting aside $40,000 for equipment-related expenses and the fitness center will occupy roughly 5,200 square feet in its office building.

"We expect them to comply with the MOU they signed in 2012," Sims said.

Fitness centers are spread throughout the agency to be used by employees. In a 2013 EPA blog post, Craig Hooks, then a senior agency official, said over 94 percent of EPA locations had access to a fitness center.

"It's in our basement. It doesn't have a running track or a pool. It just has some treadmills and weights," O'Grady said, referring to the fitness center in EPA's Chicago-based Region 5 office, which is used by other federal employees.

O'Grady said his understanding of EPA's plan is to end stipends for employees' gym memberships and also end supplement funds provided by EPA to the fitness centers. That will mean EPA employees will have to pay larger fees to keep those centers open.

"For the most part, they [fitness centers] will stay open. Employees will have to pay more. If they don't, they may close," O'Grady said.

EPA employees' gym benefits have grabbed Administrator Scott Pruitt's attention in the past. On "Fox and Friends" in April, he was asked about EPA paying nearly $15,000 for employees' gym memberships.

"Well, the gym memberships ended yesterday. It was quite something to hear about that out of Nevada," Pruitt said. "That was the previous administration that granted those gym memberships, rather expensive."

He added, "It was something that needed to end."

Conservative group Americans for Tax Reform dug up receipts for gym memberships that Pruitt was questioned over in his Fox interview. The documents showed that EPA's Las Vegas office paid $14,799.63 for the memberships.

The EPA inspector general has also looked into fitness benefits for employees in the past. In a report released this February, the agency watchdog found two transactions, totaling $14,985, were for gym memberships that were improperly paid in advance (E&E News PM, Feb. 17).

"There was a lot of press attention on that, and it grabbed the administrator's attention. That's what brought his attention to this issue in my belief," Sims said.

"What happened in Las Vegas may be a triggering issue for this."

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As I continue my quest to find 15 stocks for my Double Five Portfolio, I intend to keep going through companies that are on my watch list. Recently, a new company landed on my watchlist, and as I unpacked the story I knew I had to cover this stock next.

The company is Planet Fitness (NYSE:PLNT). Considering this gym brand operates in 48 states, it's likely you're already familiar with the name. Likewise, I've known about the company for about a decade. My first memory of the company comes from seeing a hilarious TV ad with a muscular man rejoicing over tying his shoes using the "bunny ear" technique. But knowing about a company, and knowing the business behind the company are different things.

Planet Fitness the public company

To fully understand this business, let's begin with a recap of its life as a public company. Planet Fitness went public on August 6th 2015, pricing at $16/share. Right before the IPO, the company announced it had opened its 1,000th location.

Full year results for 2014 included revenue of $280 million, 6.1 million members, and 33 consecutive quarters of same store sales growth.

At the end of 2016 revenue came in at $378 million -- up 35% in two years. There were 8.9 million members -- up 46% during that same time. And same store sales had grown for 40 consecutive quarters. Despite this growth in these important metrics, and despite some earning beats, at the end of 2016 the stock price was only up 25% from IPO.

What's holding the company back?

This question can be answered with a one word: dilution. A quick glance at the company's S-1 showed that this was a known problem with this stock from the very beginning. (See page 56)

"Investors participating in this offering will incur immediate and substantial dilution."

Before the IPO, Planet Fitness had received capital from private investors. As is the case typically in these situations, the IPO is not so much for to benefit the company as much as it's for these private investors to be able to "cash out".

This has been the case with Planet Fitness. Despite only claiming 35 million shares at IPO, the company had a total of 98 million shares (!) when including the shares held by these insiders. Since coming public, these insiders have been cashing in with a dividend and cashing out by selling shares in secondary offerings.

Add it all up and that's dilution to the tune of around 66 million shares and a special dividend that cost $271 million. Very insider friendly. Not exactly shareholder friendly for the rest of us.

But the important part of this story for investors is that the share dilution should now be over. According to the most recent secondary offering press release, these insiders no longer hold any shares of Planet Fitness.

Planet Fitness's opportunity in the next five years

Planet Fitness's business can be neatly divided into three parts:

The company operated 1,313 stores at the end of 2016. 95% of these locations were franchised, the rest naturally being corporate owned. Over the next five years, Planet Fitness is projecting 1,000 new locations. What would it mean for the company should it actually hit this projection?

For the sake of this analysis, I'm going to assume that all of these new locations are going to be franchised locations. This is based on the fact that Planet Fitness didn't open any corporate owned locations in 2016.

Let's take the full year franchise segment revenue and divide by the total number of franchised locations at the year's end. Let's also do that for each of the last three years and average that out. Here's what that looks like:

The average revenue that each franchised location generated was just over $86,000 for Planet Fitness. Modelling revenue this way obviously has its flaws, since locations opened in the fourth quarter of a year obviously generated less revenue than a location opened in the first quarter of that same year. So this number is naturally low. But this crude model gives us something to work from for analysis purposes.

The company now has over 1,300 franchised locations when including 1Q 2017 results, and is expecting to open 1,000 more locations from there. That equates to 2,300 franchised locations that we are projecting towards.

Using our crude model of $86,000 per franchised location and adding in 1,000 new locations, by the end of 2021 the franchise revenue segment could be generating $198 million. That would be up 70% from full year 2016.

Since most (if not all) of Planet Fitness's expansion is going to be via franchised locations, I'm not projecting any increase for corporate owned location revenue. However, given the company's 41 consecutive quarters of same store sales growth, I'm also not projecting a decrease. Keeping it a round number, that would be $105 million in revenue.

This is where this story gets interesting and tricky for Planet Fitness. If you're like me, you had no idea that this segment was the largest source of revenue for the company. All franchisees must buy their equipment from Planet Fitness. In addition to signing a ten year brand agreement, franchisees also agree to update all the equipment every four to seven years.

Both the franchise and corporate owned revenue segments have higher margins than the equipment segment. But the equipment segment will gain momentum over time with the rapidly increasing store count.

According to the first quarter call, 30% of equipment sales in 2016 was from equipment renewal. This concrete number really helps us be able to project what future revenue in this segment might look like.

For full year 2016, equipment revenue came in at $157 million. Given the 30% statistic we can calculate that $47 million of this revenue was from renewals. The other $110 million was from new stores. Since there were 195 new locations opened in 2016, we can calculate that each new location bought $564,000 of equipment.

We know from management that 500 new locations are slated to open over the next three years, with an additional 500 opening four to five years from now. If you split those openings evenly, then there are 250 new locations slated to open in 2021 which would generate $141 million in new equipment sales just for that year.

Projecting equipment renewals is the tricky part. First, we don't know how many locations updated equipment in 2016, nor do we know how much of the equipment got updated. There's a flexible window for stores to update equipment.

But here's what we can project. We do know how many locations have been opened, will be opened, and the earliest and the latest these can update their equipment.

*Estimates based on forecast. Actual yearly breakdown will vary

Based on these figures, it's not implausible to see equipment renewals making up 50% of equipment revenue in the near future. For example, in the year 2021 there will be 737 locations up for equipment renewal. Stores opened in 2014 could theoretically push equipment renewals back all the way to 2021. And stores opened this year could theoretically renew at the first chance. Without a doubt, all 737 locations won't renew in the same year. But it's not unreasonable for just a third of those locations to choose to replace their equipment in 2021. A third would be right around 250 locations renewing equipment -- the same number of new location openings.

Should that scenario play out, Planet Fitness would generate another $141 million just in equipment renewals, bringing the grand total for the equipment segment over $282 million.

Add up the three business segments from Planet Fitness and the company could report full-year 2021 revenue of $585 million. This may also be conservative as it doesn't account for the possibility of any same store sales increases along the way.

The big bears

I've read several recurring bear theses regarding Planet Fitness that I feel deserve to be addressed.

I've read several people state that Planet Fitness simply does not have the runway for 4,000 locations domestically. In one article, the author pasted a United States map of existing Planet Fitness locations and asked (dared?) their readers to find space on the map for the more than 2,500 locations yet to be.

While it may have convinced some, don't confuse a quick glance at a map to be on the same objective level as true market research. Not only has Planet Fitness done market research, but an independent third party has as well. Both agree 4,000 domestic locations is possible. A two second glance at a 4 inch by 2.5 inch map is just not on the same level of objectivity.

For the sake of argument, let's say that the real data, studies, and math was far from the actual market potential for Planet Fitness. Let's say the research was off by 25%. That would be pretty far off but yet would still give the company 3,000 domestic locations. In fact, the research could be off by as much as 40% and the company would still be able to open 1,000 new locations before hitting a wall domestically.

And that's just the thing. The 4,000 location runway is just for the United States. That doesn't include Canada or Latin America -- which are both massive and largely untapped markets.

Therefore it seems Planet Fitness does have a lot of growth left in front of it.

We've already seen how equipment sales for a new location are over $560,000. Since all the equipment has to be replaced, in theory equipment renewals would cost the same as what it cost initially. Equipment has to be replaced every four to seven years. That means each location needs to be putting away between $80,000 and $140,000 every year to be able to pay this expense.

Is that a reasonable number? Consider that when it comes to corporate owned locations, each location generates around $1.8 million in revenue annually. The EBITDA margin for these locations was around 39% -- $702,000 EBITDA. In its annual report, Planet Fitness claims that it has done surveys of franchisees and has found the numbers are roughly the same. Given this data, it seems that the franchisees will be able to afford equipment renewals.

Further adding to the argument that Planet Fitness franchisees can indeed afford to update their equipment is the fact that a full 93% of them operate at least three locations. What's more, over 90% of the new locations opened in 2016 were opened by existing franchisees. If the equipment renewal burden was too unreasonable, who would better know than the franchisees themselves? They would already be aware that the cost was too much and it doesn't seem likely that they would dig themselves further into a hole by opening more locations. The more likely reason that so many franchisees are opening new locations is because the economics are attractive, despite the need to constantly be renewing the equipment.

Therefore it seems that the franchisees in fact can meet their equipment renewal obligations.

It is quite a shame that Planet Fitness did major damage to its balance sheet with a one-time dividend that required the company to take on $271 million in additional debt. When adding up every contractual obligation, Planet Fitness has over $1.4 billion currently outstanding.

The bare minimum contractual obligation for 2017 is $96 million. For 2018 - 2019, the average annual obligation will drop to $71 million. However, much of the debt matures in 2021. Just paying the minimum over the next few years will leave a substantial amount of debt that the company won't be able to pay by then.

But then again, what public company pays off this level of debt in just five years anyway? Paying the minimum requirement and refinancing the debt when appropriate is quite normal -- if not expected. I have no doubt that the company will refinance when the time comes.

Remember, that a big reason the company is in this position in the first place is that early insiders were lining their own pockets. Now that they are out of the picture, perhaps Planet Fitness can start heading towards steadier financial ground. After all, that's the advantage of a mostly franchised model. Costs are light and recurring revenue streams are strong.

The real question for now is can Planet Fitness pay its very real required obligations over the next several years? For full year 2016 the company reported revenue of $378 million and EBITDA of $150 million -- a margin of 40%. Assuming revenue increases this year, the EBITDA margin could shrink considerably in 2017, and the company would still meet its $96 million in obligations with ease.

Therefore Planet Fitness is highly leveraged, but it seems that it can meet its financial obligations going forward.

Projecting the future price per share

Projecting price per share for Planet Fitness has to assume that the share dilution deluge is finally over. But that's not necessarily a given considering this company's history. An investment in Planet Fitness would have to be comfortable with this unknown.

To predict the future share price, we need to start with the revenue I've modeled for 2021 -- $585 million.

We've already seen that the EBITDA margin was 40% this past year. But it's safe to assume that this margin will actually drop slightly going forward as the less profitable equipment segment plays a larger part of the revenue mix going forward.

To try and break down segment level EBITDA margins for 2016, we can take two things as facts from management. First, practically all costs associated with "cost of revenue" relates to the equipment segment. Second, corporate owned location EBITDA was 39%.

Take the corporate owned segment revenue of $105 million and multiply by the 39% margin. That gives us $40.8 million.

Take the equipment segment revenue of $157 million, and consider the cost of that revenue was $122 million. That gives us a margin of 22% and EBITDA of $34.7 million.

Between these two segments we've accounted for $75.5 million of the total $150 million. That leaves $74.5 million EBITDA from the franchise segment. Considering revenue from the franchise segment was $116 million, the EBITDA margin is around 64%.

So here's what Planet Fitness EBITDA could look like for full year 2021.

Again, last year's EBITDA was $150 million. Considering the share price was $20.10 at the end of 2016, and remembering that the share count is currently around 98 million shares, then the market has been valuing this company around 13.1 times EBITDA.

Let's take our projected 2021 EBITDA. Assuming the market values Planet Fitness at 13.1 times EBITDA moving forward, then the price per share in 2021 would be $30.60. That's a 34% increase from today's price of $22.81.

My faithful readers know that I'm looking for stocks that double in a five year time frame. For that to happen with Planet Fitness, not only would my projections have to play out, the market would also have to value the company at 19.5 times my projected 2021 EBITDA. That's a scenario I find highly unlikely.

Despite liking a lot about Planet Fitness's future opportunities, I won't be adding Planet Fitness to my portfolio. While I don't see the company as a short opportunity, I also don't recommend buying shares. However, I would reconsider if shares fell below $15.

Disclosure: I/we have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours.

I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.

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Michelle Obama just gave us some fire fitness motivation.

Even though the former first lady is one very busy lady, she explained to her fans and 14.6 million Instagram followers how she stays motivated to keep healthy and fit...her friends!

She took to the social media platformto share some fitness photos and explain, "When I was at the White House, I often hosted bootcamp weekends for my close girlfriends. It didn't matter that we were all at varying fitness levels. Our bootcamp weekends were a reminder that if we want to keep taking care of others, we need to take care of ourselves first.And even though I'm no longer at the White House, I've continued this tradition and wanted to share some photos."

She continued, "Mygirlfriends have been there for me through all kinds of life transitions over the years including a pretty big one recently! and we've done our best to stay healthy together. Whether it's a bootcamp or a walk around the neighborhood, I hope you and your crew can find some time this summer to be healthy together."

Of course, even without this recent motivational post,Barack Obama's wife has always been a fitness inspiration. Not only are her biceps motivation on their own, she's alsospearheaded the nationwide Let's Move! campaign, which encourages children to lead healthy lifestyles that include balanced diets and regular exercise, since 2011.

As for her own fitness routine, she told Ryan Seacrest several years ago that she always tries to work out for an hour and a half in the morning, doing a variation of cardio and weight training.

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World number one Andy Murray will continue to play for as long as he remains fit enough to compete and is hopeful that his love of tennis could see him target a third Olympic title at the 2020 Games in Tokyo.

"So long as I'm fit and healthy and enjoying playing I'll do it as long as I can," Murray, who is making the final preparations for the defense of his Wimbledon title, told the Guardian newspaper.

"I don't want to stop in two years. I want to keep playing. Who knows where I am going to be in a few years," the Briton added. "When I go out, I'm really trying to get better and learn stuff and improve. There's a point to me doing it."

The 30-year-old, who will be looking to claim a record-extending sixth title at this week's Aegon Championships in London, believes a third straight Olympic gold medal is a realistic goal but is not taking selection for granted.

"I would hope to still be playing at the next Olympics," he added.

"I don't think that would be how I would judge when or if I'm going to stop, based on just trying to make it to the next Olympics.

"Maybe I might not even be in the Olympics ranking wise or there might be more British guys ahead of me at that time."

Murray opens his title defense at Queen's Club against British number four Aljaz Bedene on Tuesday.

(Reporting by Hardik Vyas in Bengaluru)

After his comeback was cut short by Tommy Haas in Stuttgart last week, Roger Federer is eager to get a win under his belt in the opening round of the Gerry Weber Open in Halle as the Swiss gears up for another tilt at Wimbledon.

LONDON Jo-Wilfried Tsonga returned emphatically to winning ways in the Queen's Club Championships in London on Monday, putting his shock first round exit at his home French Open firmly behind him.

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"In the last few years, Blink has carved out a much needed space in the industryone where all gym members can feel comfortable working out with a more approachable outlook on fitness," said Todd Magazine, President of Blink Fitness. "We're excited to finally come to Philadelphia and are confident residents will be receptive to the quality and value they'll find within our gyms. We look forward to continuing to build Blink's footprint here."

These first two openings in Philadelphia mark Blink's first new market ventures outside of the New York metro area since the company's launch in 2011. Blink Fitness plans for continued growth in the area with two additional gyms slated to open early 2018, with more Philadelphia locations to come.

The city of Philadelphia shares similar qualities to Blink's home in New York City dense neighborhoods and a variety of transit hubs with the option of commuting to and from the suburbs.

With its differentiated brand philosophy, Blink is on a mission to change the rhetoric around fitness. Blink's 2017 campaign, "Every Body Happy," featured real Blink members of all shapes and fitness levels to demonstrate how "fit" looks different on every body. The same survey revealed additional insights reinforcing the need for this fresh perspective on fitness:

The brand new gyms will provide Blink's signature Feel Good Experience. Specifically, Blink is committed to providing a modern and colorful design, elevated customer service, relentless focus on cleanliness, energizing music and confidence-boosting training programsall while offering memberships at a low cost (starting at just $15 per month).

Blink's goal is to reach 300 gyms in the next five years through franchising and continued corporate-owned growth.

As part of Blink's commitment to philanthropy, the grand opening celebrations will include the donation of 50 one-year memberships, worth more than $10,000, to local non-profit organizations that serve the communities where the gyms are located.

Blink South Philly at Whitman Plaza Opening June 19 @ 12pmAddress: 330 W. Oregon Avenue Square Footage: 14,000 sq. ft. Phone Number: 215.383.2540 Hours: Monday-Thursday: 5AM 11PM Friday: 5AM 10PM Saturday-Sunday: 7AM 7PM

Blink Academy Road at Shelly Plaza Opening June 22 @ 12pmAddress: 8194 Frankford Avenue Square Footage: 13,500 sq. ft. Phone Number: 215.383.2536 Hours: Monday-Thursday: 5AM 11PM Friday: 5AM 10PM Saturday-Sunday: 7AM 7PM

About Blink FitnessFounded in 2011, Blink Fitness is a premium quality, value-based fitness brand with more than 70 locations open or in development throughout New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and California. Blink Fitness puts Mood Above Muscle which celebrates the positive feeling you get from exercise, not just the physical benefits. Eachgymemploys the company's signature Feel Good Experience that highlights enthusiastic staff members, a clean environment, an open, spacious, and colorful design, energizing music and fitness training that is motivating and affordable.

For more information about Blink, visitblinkfitness.com. Franchising details are available onblinkfranchising.com. Blink Fitness has franchise opportunities available nationwide with a focus on the following markets: Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Miami, Tampa and several areas of California, Connecticut, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

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About Radius GMRRadius Global Market Research (www.radius-global.com ) is one of the largest independent market-research companies. For more than 50 years, the business has partnered with global marketers to develop insight-based strategies that drive brand performance. A superior level of senior team involvement is the hallmark of Radius GMR's approach. Radius GMR is based in New York. Global operations include London-based Radius Europe, Radius MEA in Dubai, and Radius Asia in Beijing.

This survey was conducted online within the United States by Radius GMR on behalf of Blank Fitness from May 10 17th, 2017 among 4,704 adults 18+ with 409 completes from LA DMA and 423 from Philadelphia DMA. The sample is representative of US census. The survey was conducted utilizing an online panel of respondents. A complete survey method is available upon request.

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Woman, 69, carjacked at Columbia fitness center Monday The State Police are investigating the armed carjacking of a 69-year-old woman at a Garners Ferry Road fitness center Monday. The incident happened just before 7 a.m. Monday at the Planet Fitness on the 7500 block of Garners Ferry Road, according to the Columbia ... and more »

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Family Fitness complaints climb; BBB weighs in Fox17 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. Alyssa Walters, 20, said her two-year membership at Family Fitness on Plainfield Avenue ran its course when it ended two years ago. She said there were no problems. That's until Credit Karma sent her an email two weeks ago ...

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A new Stanford University study looks at the accuracy of seven popular fitness trackers on the market, compared to results of tests that doctors use.

The good news is that these trackers are found to be largely accurate when it comes to measuring heart rate. The bad news: they are way off when it comes to calculating the number of calories burned.

As fitness trackers gain popularity, many users are taking data from their wearables to their doctors even though the information yielded are not always accurate. How are doctors dealing with this information?

Anna Shcherbina, a graduate student in Biomedical Informatics at Stanford University; one of the co-authors of the new study published in the Journal of Personalized Medicine looking at the accuracy of seven popular fitness trackers

Neil Jay Sehgal, an assistant professor of Health Services Administration at the University of Maryland School of Public Health

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Arsenal are expected to appoint Australian fitness expert Darren Burgess into a new role as director of high performance in a significant addition to the Premier League clubs backroom staff.

Burgess is close to agreeing a deal with Arsenal in a move that has been driven through by chief executive Ivan Gazidis who promised fans earlier this year that changes would be made and that manager Arsne Wenger, has rubber-stamped.

The highly-rated Burgess will report directly to Wenger but is expected to be given a wide-ranging brief to include overall control of medical, fitness, psychology and performance analysis at the club, as well as working with the academy.

In fact, it appears that Burgess planned role encompasses everything apart from player recruitment and scouting, and is a sign that Wenger has won his battle to ensure Arsenal did not appoint a director of football.

Burgess worked at Liverpool from 2010 to 2012, where the players rated him highly. He then returned to Australia, where he had previously been in charge of fitness and conditioning for the Socceroos national team that reached the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa.

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