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A Wisconsin woman claims that her Fitbit tracker exploded and sether arm on fire.

Dina Mitchell had owned the Fitbit Flex 2 fitness tracker for just two weeks when the device caught fire while she was reading a book, according to ABC News.

I was literally just sitting and reading when my Fitbit exploded, Mitchell told ABC News. It was either defective or really mad I was sitting still so long I dont know. Either way, It burned the heck out of my arm.

She was treated the next day for second-degree burns, news station KTRK reported

Mitchell said she had no reason to believe there was anything wrong with the device before the alleged malfunction last week.

Fitbit includes a warning that devices haveelectrical equipment that could cause injury if not handled properly, but the company announced Tuesday that they plan to investigate the incident.

We are extremely concerned about Ms. Mitchells report regarding her Flex 2 and take it very seriously, as the health and safety of our customers is our top priority, the company said in a statement.

Fitbit said that this was the only report theyd received of a Flex 2 device explosion.

We are not aware of any other complaints of this nature and see no reason for people to stop wearing their Flex 2, the company said.

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FL fitness group celebrates 10 years, growth Forest Lake Times What began as Karissa Johnson's plan to connect with other moms in an effort to find time to work out has since transformed into a business built upon the mantra of inspiring and transforming women through a healthy lifestyle of fitness, fun and ...

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Norfolk woman tailors fitness training to help people fight Parkinson's disease Virginian-Pilot Kendra Lapointe calls her fitness clients warriors because they battle with Parkinson's disease. She tells them: Don't give up. If you are not moving, Parkinson's is winning. In addition to a full-time job, volunteer work and college classes ...

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Dozens of Southwestern Elementary School students gleefully ran around the school gym Monday, but this was no ordinary gym class.

The students, along with their parents, attended the schools National Fitness Night, a night meant to encourage families to get off the couch and be active.

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A simple scenario: You have been a runner for years and you are faithful to your three-days-a-week running routine and think you are in pretty good shape. A friend suggests you swim laps together and you are finding it hard to keep up with your less-athletic friend.

This is just one example that can happen when you think fitness means just doing only one single fitness activity. When you only do one fitness activity like running or cycling, for example, and you only work on the muscles involved in that activity, you may discover that you are far less fit than you think.

How can you overcome this fitness obstacle? Cross training.

What is cross training? An exercise regimen that uses many different physical activities to ensure total fitness. You may want to include activities for cardiovascular, strength and flexibility. Cardio activities that you can choose from, just to name a few, can be running, walking, swimming, cycling, elliptical and step aerobics. Strength training activities can include BodyPump, Muscle Strength & Sculpt and CXWorx (core strength). Activities for flexibility can include Pilates or Stretching and Beyond. You can find all of the listed exercises at your Columbus Family YMCA and many more. By using different muscle groups, you can reach a higher level of fitness. Listed below are a just a few benefits of cross training.

Using just one set of muscles repeatedly can also increase your risk of repetitive injury. According to ACEFitness.org, by spreading the cumulative level of orthopedic stress over additional muscles and joints, you can exercise more often and for longer durations without causing an overload on vulnerable areas of the body.

Cross training can include activities that develop muscular fitness, as well as aerobic conditioning. According to ACEFitness.org, an individuals muscular fitness gains will typically be less than if he or she participated only in strength training, the added benefits of improving muscular strength and endurance can be very beneficial. For example, research has shown that resistance training can help individuals prevent injury, control body weight and improve functional capacity.

Research has shown that many people drop out of exercise programs because they become bored or injured. Cross training is a safe and easy way to add variety to your exercise routine. Find something you enjoy.

The easiest way to get started in cross training is to start varying your exercise program from workout to workout by engaging in different activities or by just adding a new form of exercise such as strength training and/or stretching to your existing workout routine. You can concentrate on cardio during a workout session, strength training and core in another workout session, then flexibility in yet another. Keep mixing up your workouts so your body has a variety and you dont get bored with your workouts. If you are stuck in a rut and run out of things to do in your workouts you could always book a few sessions with a YMCA personal trainer to get you back on track.

As always, before you start any new exercise program please get approval from your physician.

Rachele Eller is a wellness coordinator and personal trainer/instructor at Columbus Family YMCA.

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Photo courtesy of Pacific Northwest Fitness: Former contestants in Pacific Northwest Fitness' Fit4Pride competition. PNW Fitness is at 401 Broadway Ave. E., and was formerly a Gold's Gym.

Capitol Hills Pacific Northwest Fitness (formerly Golds Gym) is now taking applications for its annual Fit4Pride campaign.

The gym picks 20 people from the community to take a 30-day challenge to meet fitness goals ahead of Seattle PrideFest by working with its trainer. Participants in Fit4Pride are then honored during PrideFest on Sunday, June 25.

Fit4Pride contestants will be trained in teams of two, and must complete two GGX classes per week, such as boot camp, Body Pump, Zumba and cycling. They also will be provided a personalized nutrition program they must track online, and will have to complete all personal training appointments.

Applications are due by May 10, and can be completed by visiting seattlepridefest.org/fit4pride.

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Forbes

The Boss Behind A Feminist Fitness Empire on How To "Own It All" Forbes Andrea Isabelle Lucas is the boss behind a rapidly-growing feminist fitness empire in the Northeast. Her first Barre & Soul studio opened back in 2013 and in late 2016 she launched her fifth studio, in Providence, RI. But Andrea's road to fulfilling ...

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Fitness trackers all come with goals that you can strive for on a daily, weekly or even monthly basis. Try setting your steps to 10,000 a day for good health.(Photo: julief514, Getty Images/iStockphoto)

With first quarter earnings behind us, it comes as no surprise that wearable technology continued to top the charts. It is estimated that 1 in 2 Americans has a fitness tracker now. To make sure youre reaping all the benefits and to ensure your tracker is paying the biggest dividends on your investment (time and energy), follow a few basic principles.

First, understand how your device works. Does your fitness tracker tell the time, test your heart rate and give you activity reminders? The first thing you need to know is what kind of accountability, or information you can expect from that little band around your wrist. Its certainly no replacement for a personal trainer but think of it as your fitness buddy that motivates you each time you glance at it. My No. 1 tip for users -READ THE INSTRUCTIONS. We all want to jump in and start playing with any new toy, but by reading the manual you wont miss out on any features.

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Next, have a working knowledge about heart rates or at least your own. If your tracker is really smart, it will calculate your heart rate (HR) for you. If not, you need to know how to calculate it yourself. Start by knowing your Maximum HR. This is the number you get when subtracting your age from 220. Next, calculate your training zones. For the best general results, you want to be exercising at 70 percentof your Max HR but not more than 90 percent Max HR. For example, a person who is 45 has a max HR of 175 beats per minute (220 45 = 175). Their ideal training zone is 123-158 beats per minute or Max HR x 70 percentand 90 percent(175 x 70 percent =123, 175 x 90 percent =158). This means our tracker needs to show 123 or higher to be working at an ideal intensity. If your HR reads lower than 122, its time to kick things into high gear!

If you want to see change, you need to set goals. Theres no doubt that if you set a smart goal youll achieve the gains you want sooner than if you just wish it to happen. Fitness trackers all come with goals that you can strive for on a daily, weekly or even monthly basis. Try setting your steps to 10,000 a day for good health. This might mean taking the stairs, getting friendly with the water fountain or printer at your work or even saying yes to a lunchtime walk. Most trackers also track your workouts, active minutes of exercise, sleep, nutrition, weight and even water intake.

Finally, set your tracker to send you reminders. This goes back to our first point of knowing how your device works. Consistency is key, so set your tracker up to give you activity reminders to keep you moving throughout the day. All you need to do is choose how many hours of the day youd like to keep active, and then let your tracker do the rest. By getting regular reminders with motivation and encouragement from your tracker, youll be surprised how much more conscious and aware you become of hitting your goals!

-- Angie Ferguson is an exercise physiologist from Fort Myers. She is a USA Triathlon Advanced Level 2 coach, Ironman Certified coach, Slowtwitch Certified coach, USA Cycling coach and has a Specialty in Sports Nutrition certification. For more training tips, read her blog at http://www.triathlontrainingisfun.com or contact her at http://www.gearedup.biz."

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Music-streaming company Spotify is looking to debut dedicated hardware, according to a job posting. The "Senior Product Manager" would work on a "category-defining product" akin to the Pebble Watch, Amazon Echo and Snap Spectacles, the posting reportedly reads.

The idea of Spotify-dedicated hardware makes a lot of sense, for more reasons than you might think. In fact, Spotify's already been dipping its toes into wearable and fitness tech.

The Samsung Gear S3 has a Spotify app that streams music and was originally intended to store music locally for offline playback. An updated app for Google's Android Wear platform was also supposed to offer more independent music streaming and downloading options, but hasn't arrived yet. The Android Wear Spotify app is pretty basic, and just acts as a remote. But it shows Spotify has been exploring ideas already.

Pebble Core, the Spotify wearable Pebble never made.

Before Pebble was sold to Fitbit, the smartwatch company was also working on a standalone, GPS-enabled Android device called Pebble Core. Its big feature was supposed to be Spotify, streaming music and also playing back locally stored tracks for workouts. Pebble Core doesn't exist, but the basic idea still could be interesting.

Lifebeam Vi, AI-enabled fitness headphones that already have some Spotify integration.

The Lifebeam Vi, a pair of fitness heart-rate enabled headphones I've been wearing over the last week, connects with Spotify to sync playlists for quick playback during workouts. According to Lifebeam CEO Omri Yoffe, whom I spoke with a couple of weeks ago, the longer-term goal is for Spotify's tracks to match up with your running pace to match your workout's intensity. Spotify could be developing that type of idea -- music that matches your workout -- in a future fitness wearable. It would be a great idea and something that doesn't exist right now.

Consider Amazon Echo and Google Home. They're speakers with music-forward functions that make the most of voice commands.Why not a Spotify-type device, or maybe a pair of AirPod-like headphones that could call up playlists automatically? If Spotify's job listing is looking at voice services, an Echo-alike seems like an obvious direction. But maybe fitness headphones are a good fit, too, if Spotify's able to develop headphones that could locally store music for runs and use a voice interface to interact.

Spotify's job listing mentions Spectacles, but I sincerely hope that doesn't mean music glasses. Instead, it's likely that the idea of a dedicated wearable, tied into one app, is Spotify's hardware goal. Much like Spectacles are a perfect extension of Snap, a Spotify band could be a wearable remote for Spotify's music service. If someone can explain why something for music would be on my eyes, please do.

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Jose Mourinho says he's more focused on winning the Europa League title than placing fourth in the Premier League. Jose Mourinho made wholesale changes from their Europa League win against Anderlecht and leave Burnley with a 2-0 victory. With Zlatan Ibrahimovic reportedly out until 2018, Craig Burley and Alejandro Moreno disagree on his future at Man United. Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho believes his team are in trouble with their piling injuries. Zlatan Ibrahimovic has single-handedly carried Man United in goal production, but who steps up in his absence?

Manchester United will monitor Ander Herrera's fitness ahead of the Manchester derby this week, sources have told ESPN FC.

Herrera played 90 minutes as United beat Burnley 2-0 at Turf Moor on Sunday, but he was left hobbling by the end of the game after taking a heavy knock on his ankle.

The midfielder is set to be assessed on Monday, although United are hopeful he will be able to shake off the problem in time to face Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium on Thursday.

Manager Jose Mourinho is facing an injury crisis ahead of a game that could see United leapfrog Pep Guardiola's team in the race for a top-four finish.

He will be without Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Marcos Rojo, who both suffered knee ligament damage against Anderlecht last week.

Juan Mata is another long-term absentee with a groin problem, while Chris Smalling and Phil Jones are doubts after missing the last seven games with knee and toe problems, respectively.

However, Mourinho has encouraged the pair to play to ease the burden on Eric Bailly and Daley Blind, his only two fit senior centre-backs.

"If I was Smalling or Jones, I would play Thursday, with anything, I would," Mourinho said after the game. "I wouldn't accept one guy to play nine matches in a row because I am injured. I would do a last push.

"If they have a crazy mentality like I have, they would [play on Thursday]. If they are safe thinking and they are surrounded by people with the same mentality they have, it is more time, more cautious. If it was me, nobody would stop me to play."

United are also sweating on the fitness of Paul Pogba.

The midfielder was forced off in the final minute at Turf Moor and Mourinho said afterwards he is unsure whether the midfielder will be ready to face City.

"I don't know," he said. "Dead he is for sure. If he's injured or if it's just the super accumulation of fatigue in the muscles, I don't know.

"But as I was saying, if he cannot play Thursday he cannot play Thursday. We play another one and we don't cry, like we didn't today."

Victory for United at the Etihad Stadium would lift them two points above City with five games remaining.

A fourth Premier League win in a row would also see United join third-placed Liverpool on 66 points.

Jurgen Klopp's side, who lost to Crystal Palace at Anfield on Sunday, do not play again until Monday when they visit Watford.

Rob is ESPN FC's Manchester United correspondent. Follow him on Twitter @RobDawsonESPN.

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