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A new fitness class which consists of nothing but SLEEPING could be heading to Devon very soon. Here is what we know so far.

David Lloyd Clubs, which has a centre in Exeter, is currently trialing an innovative new workout which consists of nothing but climbing into bed and sleeping for 45 minutes (could this answer the prayers of every tired parent in Devon?).

'Napercise' was trialed for the first time last weekend at David Lloyd in Sidcup and depending on the success of the trial David Lloyd Clubs will also look into rolling out the sessions to more of its clubs across the UK in the future.

The class consisted of a 45 minute sleep session, which was designed to help reinvigorate the mind, body and even burn the odd calorie for those that took part.

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'Napercise' arrives in the wake of research revealing the 'tiredness epidemic' across the UK, with 86 per cent of parents admitting to suffer from fatigue, with 26 per cent regularly getting less than five hours sleep a night.

The frantic, stress-inducing nature of modern life means that few of us seem to get enough sleep, and if you're a parent, regularly getting your full 40 winks becomes even more of a luxury. With this in mind, family fitness brand David Lloyd Clubs is launching 'Napercise' a new type of wellbeing class for exhausted parents that consists of nothing but climbing into a bed and having a sleep.

A spokesperson for David Lloyd Clubs said: "According to our research, 86 per cent of parents admit to regularly suffering from fatigue which is alarmingly high when you consider the important role getting a good night's sleep can play in our overall mental and physical wellbeing.

"Here at David Lloyd Clubs, we're always looking for new ways to tackle the issues that everyday families face, which is what 'Napercise' sets out to do. Filling an exercise studio with beds might look unusual, but if it proves to be a success, we're definitely excited at the possibility of rolling out the programme to more of our clubs down the line."

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Upon arrival guests will find the spin-bikes swapped for single beds, and upbeat workout tunes ditched in favour of atmospheric sounds, to create the perfect environment for the soporific sessions to take place.

The studio temperature will also be dropped to a level that promotes calorie burning during sleep. Napercisers will be invited to curl up in one of the beds and indulge in some restorative mid-afternoon shuteye, before continuing on with their day.

The development of Napercise is inspired by past academic studies into the important health benefits that napping in the day can bring. This includes helping boost alertness, alleviate feelings of anxiety or stress, and improving your mood.

Kathryn Pinkham, Dreams Sleep Expert and founder of the Insomnia Clinic added: "Sleep is a lot more important than people realise. We tend to focus on the short-term effects such as being tired or lacking concentration, but it is also essential for our long-term physical and mental wellbeing too.

"In addition to a lack of sleep bringing with it a higher risk of developing anxiety or depression, when we are sleep deprived we lack the energy to exercise regularly, and also the mental clarity to make good decisions about the food we eat, which could negatively impact our physical health in the long-run."

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Strava Inc., maker of a fitness tracking app that caters mostly to outdoor athletes, has just announced a new feature: Athlete Posts, a kind of blogging platform within its existing app that lets select athletes write extensive stories and publish photos. The move is clearly a part of Stravas desire to turn the app, which for a long time was used predominantly by cyclists, into less of a niche fitness app and more of a social network by traditional social network standards.

Athlete Posts, to start, will only be available to 36 select athletes, including professional athletes, former pros, and a triathlete who has completed 50 Ironman races in 50 days across all 50 states (really, this is a thing). The idea isnt for them to just post a couple notes or photos about their epic adventures, something you can already do in the Strava app; but to write about training tips, suggested gear, or even more personal stories. One of the examples Strava gives is Food Hacks for Traveling Athletes. Eventually, the plan is to roll Athlete Posts out to all Strava users, sometime later this summer.

Its a feature that borrows heavily from pretty much every existing social network (with the exception of Twitter, which has held fast to its 140-character limit) and the goal behind it is clear: to get users more engaged in content within the app so that theyre more inclined to use the app, feed the data beasts, and maybe even upgrade to a premium account. The $7.99 per month subscription is one of the ways Strava makes money; the other is a service called Strava Metro that involves Strava selling user data to urban planners and departments of transportation that want to better assess traffic and commute patterns.

San Francisco-based Strava wont say how many users the app has, or how many of those users pay for the app versus those who use the free version. But it has said it gains a million new members every forty-five days and that each week approximately eight million activities are uploaded to the app. And Strava, to its credit, is still a privately-owned fitness company at a time when many of its competitors have been snatched up by big-brand apparel companies.

But Strava is still primarily an app for outdoor sport enthusiasts or people aspiring to be one; it boasts of having more than 600 professional athletes on its platform, Olympic champions have used it to track gold-medal wins, and even non-professionals tend to get highly competitive in the app. So Strava either has to double-down on its current audience and extract more value from those users; or strive to become a household name among non-enthusiasts. Athlete Posts seem like it could potentially help with both.

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Fitness and weight loss trial to target breast cancer BBC News A 1m pilot scheme hopes to reduce the risk of women developing breast cancer by helping them lose weight and become more active. Women over 50 attending screening will be asked to take part in the trial ActWell in Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and ... Drinking Boosts Breast Cancer Risk for Black Women, TooArizona Daily Star all 35 news articles »

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Visiting the Arctic might sound like an extreme way to change up your routine, but visiting Arlington-based ArCTIC could offer a cool breath of fresh air for your health and fitness regimen.

Sometimes maintaining personal wellness can seem like a hassle, which ultimately saps your motivation. For example, relying on one business to provide personal training, another for nutritional coaching and yet another for injury prevention and rehabilitation gets old quickly. Arlingtons Coaching-Training and Injury Center (ArCTIC) provides a whole-package solution to make staying healthy and fit easier.

The doctors at Schreffler Chiropractic launched ArCTIC, and they bring decades of combined experience to the new center. They provide individual client care to prevent both new injuries and flare-ups from existing problems. If an injury does occur, the doctors are fully equipped to assess, treat and manage the issue.

ArCTIC also has certified running, inline skating and personal training coaches, in addition to a registered dietician. Bringing together all of these professionals at one location creates a unique one-stop shop for sustaining a fit, healthy lifestyle through personal training and coaching.

Lets face it, our lives are busier than ever. That makes the temptation to resort to frozen or packaged foods really tempting. But what you eat has a huge impact on how your body performs daily, both physically and mentally. ArCTICs nutritional coach can help to improve your relationship with food through discussions of what, how and when to eat to maximize your personal performance. Plus, you can get ideas to simplify eating healthily and avoid the draw of unhealthy food when youre on the go.

Running is a high-profile activity that millions of people around the world enjoy, but only some know how to do properly. ArCTICS running coaches aim to help both beginner and seasoned runners reach their goals, but more importantly, they help to achieve such goals without injury.

Another calorie-burning yet sometimes overlooked exercise for which ArCTIC provides coaching is inline skating. The activitys lateral movements help to offset the repetitive, straight-ahead movements of many other exercises. Inline skating isnt quite as intuitive as running, though, so coaches can help you master proper moving, turning and stopping to optimize performance and avoid injuries.

Trying to figure out exactly which wellness plan is best for you can be overwhelming. But a fitness assessment using the state-of-the-art FitQuest determines exactly which exercises best suit your needs for improving personal weaknesses and imbalances.ArCTIC is the first and only business in the country to own this measurement tool, and the centers personal trainers use it to completely customize your training program.

Do you feel like solo wellness programs arent for you? Maybe being among peers during exercise boosts your motivation? Not a problem. To complement its one-on-one personal training and coaching, ArCTIC often provides group training sessions, such as before local races. Right now, for instance, the Master the Miles program helps clients train to run an upcoming summer 5K or 10K. Another option is the Fitness Inline Training (FIT) Program that helps inline skaters train for a half marathon.

ArCTIC also provides services to other fitness facilities, such as the recent partnership with OrangeTheory Fitness. The six-week weight loss challenge incorporated ArCTICs FitQuest testing, and it promoted improvements in participants overall fitness and wellness beyond just the numbers on a scale.

Conquering fitness challenges and keeping your wellness on track has never been easier than by taking an integrated approach with ArCTIC.

Contact the experienced doctors and coaches online or by calling 703-465-1213 to set up your first appointment.

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We're now just a day away from the next quarterly report out ofPlanet Fitness (NYSE:PLNT), but the discount gym operator is already starting to bulk up. Shares of the 1,313-unit chain soared 11.6% last week.

There was no company-specific news fueling last week's surge. On Tuesday, it did confirm that it would be reporting its first-quarter numbers a week later -- after this Tuesday's market close -- but announcing an earnings date is rarely a cause for bullish celebration. Last week's rallywas enough to send the stock north of $20 for the first time in more than a month.

Image source: Planet Fitness.

We know where analysts stand ahead of Tuesday afternoon's report. Wall Street pros are holding out for $91.07 million in revenue through the first three months of 2017, 9.3% more than it served up a year earlier. Single-digit top-line growth may not seem so impressive, but Planet Fitness has already had two slower quarters in its brief publicly traded tenure.

Analysts are expecting a profit of $0.16 a share, well ahead of the $0.09 a share that it posted during last year's first quarter.

Planet Fitness already told investors about a meaty milestone that it hit earlier this year. The franchisee-fueled gym business announced in early April that it had topped 10 million active membersby the end of the first quarter. Planet Fitness had just 8.9 million members at the end of December and 8.3 million by the end March last year. The spike in accounts -- growing faster than the gym count -- makes it highly likely that Planet Fitness will post another period of positive same-store sales growth. Success on that front would extend that streak to an enviable 41 quarters of positive comps.

The first quarter is typically a good time to be a gym operator. It's when New Year's resolutions to get into shape translate into new sign-ups. A million of the 1.6 million net additions that Planet Fitness scored a year earlier occurred during the first three months of 2016.

The seasonality of the registrations doesn't make the first quarter Planet Fitness' strongest period. The first quarter has been the weakest or second weakest quarter in terms of revenue for Planet Fitness over the past couple of years. Folks sign up during the quarter, but the low $10-a-month rate of the basic membership plan keeps folks around long after that.

Planet Fitness is expanding quickly. It expects to go from 1,313 locations at the start of this year to more than 1,500 by year's end. It's making the most of the retail landscape, as superstores and other big-box concepts falter to give Planet Fitness leverage in negotiations with desperate landlords.Membership rates are growing even faster, making it easy to wonder if analysts are being too conservative in expecting single-digit top-line growth. The stock's big gains heading into Tuesday's report may suggest that a lot of the potential upside is already baked into the stock price, but clearly there is room for another positive surprise out of the gym industry disruptor.

Rick Munarriz has no position in any stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool recommends Planet Fitness. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.

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Countdown Fitness in Greenwich: Intensity means results

It is usually safe to assume workouts promising results from just 30 minutes per week are too good to be true.

Greenwichs Countdown Fitness stands apart.

On his website, Countdown Fitness owner Anel Dzafic readily admits the claim sounds a little fishy. About 90 seconds into working out with him, the fierce burn of his ultra-slow, high-intensity exercises clears up any doubts.

Intensity means results, said Dzafic, who lives in Stamford. The mind has to get to the point of, I quit; I dont want to do this anymore, for there to be results.

Dzafic has made a career of training anyone from children and 90-year-olds to professional athletes and pregnant women, he said, since learning whats become his Countdown Fitness model from a gym in Manhattan. For a little more than a year, he has been working with Connecticut clients, using Rick Stebbins Performance Therapy in downtown Greenwich near the Metro-North train stop as a home base. Stebbins offers his space as a place where personal trainers, like Dzafic, can run their businesses.

By July or August, Dzafic hopes to have all his business moved to Greenwich, he said. His roster of Connecticut clients grows and his wife prepares to have a baby. Countdown Fitness lends itself to the regions busy lifestyle, Dzafic said. His $95 sessions last for 30 minutes, and he typically meets with clients once a week so they can slot a quick workout into their schedules.

Dzafic emphasizes that to see results, clients need to eat well and many work out on their own, but his method has proved so successful he has barely advertised to build his brand. My clients are my billboard, he said.

Here is how it works: Dzafic asks new clients to provide information on their health, eating habits and goals. He assesses their fitness level on upper body, lower body and core through simple exercises they do very slowly 20 seconds per rep, to be exact. For a legs machine, he counts to 10 while the client pulls up the weight and then transitions them fluidly into resisting the weight as it falls back down for another 10 seconds. Without pausing, he keeps counting and the exercise goes on, forcing the client to work past their breaking point.

People will ask me if they can do this on their own, said Countdown Fitness trainer Madison Hughes. After they try it for the first time, they usually realize why you cant.

Dzafic said overcoming the mental barrier to get through the workout is so tough he needs Hughes to train with him because it is practically impossible to force yourself, he said.

Ive had an NFL athlete tell me this is the hardest workout theyve ever done, Dzafic said.

The personal trainer was drawn to this workout method largely because, even though it is difficult, it is extremely easy on your joints and anyone any age can do it, he said.

Watching how working out with Countdown Fitness has helped people reach their fitness and health goals is the most fulfilling aspect of his job, Dzafic said.

In the coming years, Dzafic hopes to own his own space for Countdown Fitness in Greenwich, hire more trainers and continue growing the business.

Contact the writer at mbennett@greenwichtime.com

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NBC 4 New York & Telemundo 47 To Host Fifth Annual Health & Fitness Expo, Presented By Quest Diagnostics EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ For the fifth consecutive year, NBC 4 New York / WNBC and Telemundo 47 New York / WNJU are teaming up with the four-time Super Bowl champion New York Giants for the annual FREE family-friendly Health & Fitness Expo, presented by Quest Diagnostics. One of the Tri-States largest and open-to-the-public health events, the Health & Fitness Expo will be held at MetLife Stadium on Saturday, May 6 and Sunday, May 7 from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM each day.

NBC 4s lead sportscaster Bruce Beck and Telemundo 47s lead sportscaster Veronica Contreras join New York Giants Linebacker Mark Herzlich and Offensive Lineman Justin Pugh as co-hosts of the health and fitness-focused event, which attracted more than 50,000 visitors in 2016, an increase of 20 percent over the previous year. Beck, Contreras, NBC 4 New York and Telemundo 47 anchors and reporters, as well as active and retired Giants players, will all be on hand throughout the weekend to meet attendees and sign autographs.

The Health and Fitness Expo is one of WNBCs most important community events. Not only is it free and open to the public, but our Expo is filled with a number of fun experiences designed to promote a healthier lifestyle. It is also the only Tri-State event where visitors can tour the Giants locker room, get an up-close view of four Vince Lombardi trophies and meet their favorite WNBC on-air news personalities, said Eric Lerner, President and General Manager of NBC 4 New York.

New for 2017, visitors will be able to obtain their Passport to Health presented by Quest Diagnostics by completing a series of health-themed activities such as fitness tests and health screenings across MetLife Stadium. Visitors completing all passport-related activities will be eligible for giveaways and special prizes to be awarded Expo weekend.

As the Spanish-language home of the FIFA Confederations Cup Russia 2017 and the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia, health and fitness are very important to Telemundo 47 and the communities we serve. Whether your sport of choice is futbol or football, our free Health and Fitness Expo will offer local families an action-packed weekend of activities designed with their health in mind, said Cristina Schwarz, President and General Manager, Telemundo 47.

Visitors will have the opportunity to walk on the actual field where their favorite players play, and will even have access to exclusive locker room tours. While on the field, visitors can access two Zipline towers and participate in a number of activities designed with their health in mind, including scaling a rock wall, running the 40-yard dash and joining the Giants Experience presented by Verizon where fans can participate in football-themed activities on the MetLife Stadium field.

For the fifth straight year, Quest Diagnostics, a proud partner in health of the New York Giants, is the presenting partner of the NBC 4 New York & Telemundo 47 Health & Fitness Expo at MetLife Stadium. Quest will again be on-site offering attendees 18 years and older complimentary health screenings at the Quest Diagnostics Health Center, located inside the MetLife 50 Club within the Stadiums main Great Hall. With their highly trained medical staff, Quest will be offering testing for cholesterol, vitamin D, kidney function and blood sugar level. Each attendee who participates in the free testing will receive their test results directly through the MyQuest mobile health app and online health management system.

Visitors can enjoy healthy cooking demonstrations throughout the weekend and meet with on-site experts to discuss integrative approaches to disease prevention, healthy dieting and nutritional information. The mega-yoga activity, Zen in the Zone, presented by HackensackUMC Fitness & Wellness Powered by the Giants, also invites a crowd of 1,000 yogis to practice yoga on the MetLife Stadium field for the fourth consecutive year.

Separate stages will include the FitnessAge Challenge, a program that reveals your fitness age and the Family Fun Zone, featuring workouts designed for kids and their families. Visitors can participate in virtual winter sports at the Expos Champions Village. The American Heart Association will offer a circuit for kids to test their fitness and health knowledge on the concourse. USA Football will demonstrate their Heads Up Football program, teaching safe tackling techniques and proper equipment fitting on MetLife Stadiums Kids Field, located on the Plaza. Soccer fans will also be able to participate in a clinic lead by FA Euro.

Rain or shine, visitors can participate in the dual NBC 4 New York / Telemundo 47 New York Interactive Weather Center. Participants can see how they look in front of a simulated weather broadcast, meet meteorologists and weather anchors from both stations and tour two new weather vehicles: StormRanger 4 / CazaTormentas 47 a first-of-its-kind mobile Doppler weather radar truck and StormChaser 4 / BuscaTormentas 47, a military-spec sports utility vehicle which can travel directly into the storm.

Further and in service to the Tri-State community:

The NBC 4 New York & Telemundo 47 Health & Fitness Expo at MetLife Stadium is produced and managed by Network Events, an event development, marketing, sales and management firm specializing in the production of large-scale consumer events for media partners and professional sports teams. For more information on Network Events, Inc., please visit http://www.networkevents.tv.

Additional updates on the NBC 4 New York & Telemundo 47 Health & Fitness Expo presented by Quest Diagnostics will be offered in the coming weeks. For more information, please visit http://www.nbcnewyork.com/expo.

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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. Youve probably seen them on social media. Your friends and family who have gotten involved in some type of remote sales situation. Theres Rodan + Fields, Stella and Dot, LuLaRoe, and Beach Body, to name a few.

Stacey Faircloth is a local Virginia Beach woman working as an ICU nurse on the night shift. About five months ago, she started on a fitness journey that has turned into a business opportunity.

It just kind of evolved, says Stacey. [I realized] this has been life changing for me and I want to show other people that theyre not stuck in this spot.

Stacey became a Beach Body coach, inspiring others to adopt a healthy lifestyle with her.

I view myself as an encourager, says Stacey. I check in. I just encourage you to continue making that progress and we kind of support each other in this little network that we have. Thats really how it started, they have all these great programs but instead of just leaving them on the shelf, they made this network of coaches to encourage people to give a support system for each other so that were all in it together.

The coaching is mostly done through Facebook, where Stacey checks in with her team and shares her own fitness journey.

For me, I work out, I eat better and I help encourage other people, says Stacey. I mean, it was a no brainer.

Plus, some extra cash cant hurt.

Im excited about where its going to go. Just the other day, I paid for our familys season passes to Busch Gardens.

This side gig has already changed Staceye life in a number of ways, and shes hoping that only continues.

Eventually, I would like to have the financial freedom that I dont have to go to work as a nurse, that I can go to work as a nurse solely because I love to do it not because I financially have to do it.

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Don't have time to work out, you say? Don't have access to a gym or equipment, you say? If those are your reasons for not improving your cardiovascular fitness, check this out: New research from McMaster University shows that ten minutes of stair climbing -- ten minutes that includes warming up, cooling down, and recovering between sets -- measurably improved cardiovascular fitness.

Researchers tried two different protocols:

Both workouts were performed three times a week for six weeks.

The results? Both protocols, each involving a total time commitment of 30 minutes a week, increased cardio-respiratory fitness, one metric that is linked to a variety of health benefits, including longevity. (Or, in my case, likely one of the factors that helped me survive a heart attack.)

Best of all, it's an extremely efficient way to improve your health. After all, we're talking thirty minutes a week, all in.

"Interval training offers a convenient way to fit exercise into your life," says Martin Gibala, professor of kinesiology at McMaster, "rather than having to structure your life around exercise."

Keep in mind, "climb vigorously" means different things to different people. If you're in good shape, you may need to sprint up and down. If you're just starting out, "vigorously" may mean more of a jog. The goal is to get your heart rate up. (For more on interval training, check this out -- including how it can help turn back your body's biological clock.)

And there you go: Now you have no excuse to not improve your cardio fitness. All you need is a flight of stairs and ten minutes, three times a week.

No matter how busy you are, you definitely have that.

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WESTBROOK -- If your daily workout is a bit mundane then you might want to see what they're doing in Westbrook.

The Fitness on the Water gym is trying to distinguish themselves by offering some alternative ways to burn off calories from stretch bands to surf boards.

"We just want to stay really cutting edge and stay on top of what's going on in the fitness industry," said fitness instructor and club manager Dana Brown.

Brown, a 20 year veteran of the fitness business, was teaching aPilates based Barefoot Band class where students pull colored bands down from the ceiling and integrate them into their workout. "When you pull the bands down you engage your entire core," she said.

Also popular in the upscale fitness space are Pound-Fit classes where the participants pickup drumsticks and use them to give their workout a bitmore tempo. "It's unique, it's different, you're not just sitting on a spin bike or getting on a treadmill,"saidDonna Scott, amanager at Fitness on the Water.

The most intriguing class is the newSurfSet workout whereyou hop atop an indoor surfboard and combine yoga and Pilates while trying to find a balance. Scott added, "working out needs to be fun, otherwise you won't go."

Saturday is National Pilates Day and, as part of their Westbrook fitness location'sgrandopening,Fitness on the Water will offer free classes and workshops for those who want to try it out.

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