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From bare bones CrossFit boxes to luxury boxing gyms, theres no shortage of fitness options in the Boston area. In this series, well introduce you to exciting new openings and revisit old favorites to showcase the best of the citys fitness scene. Think your favorite sweat spot deserves the spotlight? Email tips@boston.com and tell us why.

Heartbreak Studio is a boutique fitness spot nestled within Heartbreak Hill Running Companys Cambridge location. The classes focus on group treadmill running utilizing hills, sprints, and intervals to increase distance, stamina, speed, and cardiovascular health.

Opening date: September 2016

Price: $15 for your first class, 5-class pack for $125, 4-classes-per-month membership for $65Vibe: You wont see any inspirational slogans on the walls, but you will find lights that change colors when class is in session. The gray interiorco-owner Dan Fitzgerald calls the studio the cavelend a certain kind of focus to your workout and provides a nice backdrop for the lights. Youll feel like the star in your own movie. When the shades go down at the end of the warm-up, the room goes from bright, natural light to all gray, and its time to work, Fitzgerald said.

Wow factor: Fitzgerald has trained more than 2,000 marathoners over the last 15 or so years, and his running team was named the USA Track & Field New England Club of the Year in 2016.This studio is for runners, by runners. Classes are designed by Fitzgerald and tailored to all athletic abilities and running experiences. The specific aim is to make every runner better at every speed, Fitzgerald said. Know before you go: Bring warm-weather running gear, your running shoes, and a water bottle. Theres a water bottle filling station and full-service locker rooms with Skoah products.

(Heartbreak Studio in Heartbreak Hill Running Company; 294 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge)

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Everyone knows that exercise is good for you, both for fitness and health. Exercise can improve your strength, endurance and flexibility. These results can be realized relatively quickly, depending the type and intensity of exercise you do. As a general rule, if you start an exercise program today, you should expect to experience some improvements within a few weeks.

That may mean running or walking at a faster speed, lifting heavier weights or coming closer to touching your toes. Aside from these improvements, participating in exercise should help you feel better doing everyday activities with fewer aches and pains.

Being active can also help you lead a longer, healthier life with a lower risk of developing chronic conditions including high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol, diabetes and obesity. Regular physical activity can also reduce your risk of having a heart attack, stroke or developing many types of cancer. And even if these conditions do occur, they are likely to happen later in life and be less severe. While it is relatively easy to see results in strength, flexibility and endurance, it is difficult to see the improvements in health that come from regular exercise.

Take blood cholesterol, for example. A cholesterol test really includes several different measures of blood lipids including LDL and HDL cholesterol. LDL is called bad cholesterol because it tends to contribute to atherosclerosis, the process in your arteries that leads to many heart attacks and strokes. HDL has an opposite effect, reversing cholesterol deposits in arteries, so it is called good cholesterol. Changes in diet and certain medications, including statins (Lipitor is an example), have been widely used to lower LDL cholesterol and, to a lesser extent, raise HDL.

Exercise is also recommended to improve blood lipids, too. However, the effect of exercise is far less impressive than even a single medication. For example, some statin drugs can lower LDL by as much as 50 percent, which can have a huge impact on heart attack risk. By contrast, daily exercise might only lower LDL by 10 percent.

There arent as many ways to raise HDL, but regular exercise can increase HDL by about 10 percent. This is dose-related, so higher doses of both drugs and exercise can have a bigger effect. But the amount of exercise most people are likely to do will have a modest effect on blood lipids.

Some people, including many physicians, see this less potent effect as evidence that exercise simply doesnt work as well as drugs for improving blood lipids. Thats true, if you just look at the numbers. But the health benefits of exercise on these blood lipids goes beyond the total LDL and HDL.

It turns out that HDL and LDL exist in different forms. Some subtypes of LDL are more atherogenic, meaning they increase heart attack risk to a greater extent than others. Similarly, HDL comes in different subtypes, too, some of which can reduce the risk of heart attack more.

It is becoming clear that exercise can shift the prominent subtypes of HDL and LDL to the more beneficial types. This means that even though exercise may not result in significant changes in the total LDL or HDL on your blood lipid test, it can make LDL less bad and HDL better, reducing your risk of a heart attack or stroke.

Similarly, exercise also seems to have beneficial effects on blood vessels and blood glucose beyond the numbers your doctor monitors for hypertension or diabetes. So, even if your test results dont change much, know that the benefits of exercise go beyond the numbers!

Brian Parr, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Department of Exercise and Sports Science at USC Aiken where he teaches courses in exercise physiology, nutrition and health behavior. You can learn more about this and other health and fitness topics at http://drparrsays.com or on Twitter @drparrsays.

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Now that Google has officially launched Android Wear 2.0 and released its own smartwatches made by LG, its time for the rest of the Android Wear partners to launch new models. And the first one out of the gate is Huawei, which is refreshing its Huawei Watch from 2015 with two new, sportier models.

The Huawei Watch 2 and the Huawei Watch 2 Classic are loaded with connectivity and new features, including LTE (in the case of the Watch 2), GPS, heart rate sensors, and NFC for Android Pay. They have much chunkier designs compared to the first Huawei Watch, and are significantly thicker and bulkier, despite having a smaller 1.2-inch circular display than the prior models 1.4-inch screen. They measure about 12.6mm thick, which is nearly two millimeters thicker than the prior version.

Both versions have two buttons and include microphones and speakers. Huawei says the 420mAh batteries inside them provide up two days of life, or double the first generations stamina. A new, low-power watch mode will allow the watches to last up to 25 days, though it reduces functionality to just telling the time and counting steps.

The Watch 2 is made of plastic to support its LTE connectivity (a Wi-Fi-only model will also be offered), while the Watch 2 Classic has a metal chassis. Both versions have interchangeable straps, and the Classic model has a unique hybrid strap that has a leather top and rubber underneath to protect against sweat damage. Both watches support IP68 water resistance.

The new heart rate sensor will continuously track heart rates, and both watches come loaded with Huaweis Fit program that personalizes a training program based on goals and prior performance. A version of the same program debuted on the Huawei Fit fitness tracker last year.

Its clear that Huawei is targeting a different consumer this time around, focusing on someone that prioritizes fitness features above aesthetics or general smartwatch uses. But that may leave fans of the first model that were looking for an updated watch that could be worn every day or even with a suit disappointed. The LG Watch Sport, made in partnership with Google, had a similar fitness focus, while the Watch Style offered fewer features than even Huaweis first smartwatch attempt.

Both watches are also distinctly masculine, in both size and appearance, and those with smaller wrists will likely find them uncomfortable. Huawei says that its female-focused Watch Elegant and Watch Jewel will remain available for the time being.

A Porsche-designed version of the Watch 2 is also coming, featuring a Porsche Design logo and special watch face.

Huawei says the Watch 2 will first be available in Spain, France, Portugal, Italy, Germany, and China starting this March. In April, it will come to US, UK, Holland, Belgium, Switzerland, Ireland, The Nordics, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, Russia, India, South Africa, Poland, Austria, Saudi Arabia, Japan, and UAE, and Malaysia will see it starting in May. Pricing will begin at 329 (~$347) depending on features and model.

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Lawyers Katie Carlson and Tyler Gernant (letter, Feb. 15) claim that Neil Gorsuch is not appropriate for the Supreme Court, yet they use no examples to bolster their argument.

We are not convinced and that record shows that Gorsuch is the wrong choice for the Supreme Court." What in his record shows this? He earned his JD from Harvard Law (where he received the prestigious Truman scholarship) and a PhD from Oxford, where he received another prestigious scholarship, the Marshall.

While there, he met his future wife, a Brit. She moved with him to the U.S., so that makes her an immigrant.

He also is a professor at Colorado where one of his students, a self-described liberal said, I think hes dedicated to the truth, to justice, to the justice system. I may not always agree with him but I do think he gives all voices a fair hearing, and thats all you can ask of a judge." He has clerked for two Supreme Court justices, Byron White and Anthony Kennedy.

He has been praised by an Obama administration solicitor general, Neal Katyal, who called him an extraordinary judge and man. He also has been praised by Obamas ethics czar (the three were classmates) Norm Eisen.

He was confirmed to his current appeals court seat without a single negative vote against him by the U.S. Senate. He has written opinions that vigorously defend the duty of the court to interpret what the law is, without bowing to the executive branchs interpretations. None of his rulings have been overturned. He has already hit back against President Trump when he slammed the courts for the recent overturning of his orders.

So, I ask Carlson and Gernant, please restore my faith in the schools that granted your JDs and cite reasons and examples of his unfitness.

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Amy Sowder, For the Poughkeepsie Journal 7:18 p.m. ET Feb. 25, 2017

Lisa Masi, a wildlife biologist with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, uses snowshoes along a wooded area near Fahnestock State Park in Kent.(Photo: File photo/The Poughkeepsie Journal)Buy Photo

Personal trainer Michael Polito shows how you can exercise outside in the winter using calisthenics. Alex H. Wagner/Poughkeepsie Journal

A stretch of warm weather has made it pleasurable to exercise outdoors. Sorry for the reality check, but its not quite March, which means there is plenty of cold weather ahead.

When temperatures drop below 40 degrees, followed by snow, ice and wind, we tend to hole up in our homes, turning into cozy hermits. Thats nice and all, but theres a time for Netflix bingeing on the couch with a blanket and a cat, and then theres a time for brisk, heart-pounding exercise outdoors in the bracing cold even when its snowy. Or especially when its snowy.

Its great to get outside in the elements, to connect with nature, says Michael Polito, a personal fitness and strength trainer in Poughkeepsie.

Michael Polito, pictured at Spratt Park in the City of Poughkeepsie. (Photo: Alex H. Wagner/Poughkeepsie Journal)

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You can still go running outside in the winter, as long as you have good socks and good gloves and earmuffs to keep you warm.

But dont overdress for outdoor activity, says Polito. He focuses on old-school street fitness and is a certified progressive calisthenics instructor.

Michael Polito performs an L-sit on the parallel bars at Spratt Park in the City of Poughkeepsie. (Photo: Alex H. Wagner/Poughkeepsie Journal)

If youre running outside, dress for temperatures at least 10 to 15 degrees warmer. When you stand still outside in the clothing, you should be a little cold, Polito says. Your increased body temperature when you exercise will do the rest. Just keep a spare jacket in the car. And cover your extremities, which get cold the fastest. Oh, and bring water and a good attitude.

Look at what the kids are doing outside, kicking a soccer ball or throwing a football in the dead of winter, and use them as an example, Polito says. They dont care; theyre just having fun. We can learn from them.

Now go outside and play. Yes, even in winter.

Don't curtail a run just because it's winter.(Photo: File photo Seth Harrison/The Journal News)

Why its good for you: Its great cardiovascular exercise, no matter your pace or distance. You dont need to be a marathoner to get the benefits, Polito says. If you can run, then run. If you cant run because your knees are hurting you, walk. Do the most your body can handle. Speed-walking is a great low-impact cardio exercise. Mixing it up in the same session (walk-run, walk-run) burns even more calories than a steady pace because your body has to continually readjust.

Where to do it: Dutchess Rail Trail, a 13.4-mile multi-use linear park running through Poughkeepsie, LaGrange, Wappinger and East Fishkill, with a direct link to Walkway Over the Hudson and the regional trail network.

What you need: Running shoes or cross-training shoes, warm socks, gloves and a hat, headband, or earmuffs, along with moisture-wicking, warm athletic clothing.

Details: There are nine entrances, but the trailhead in Poughkeepsie is at the Morgan Lake trailhead parking lot by Creek Road and Dutchess Community College, 53 Pendell Road, Poughkeepsie; 845-298-4600, dutchessrailtrail.com.

Michael Polito performs an elbow lever at Spratt Park in the City of Poughkeepsie. (Photo: Alex H. Wagner/Poughkeepsie Journal)

Calisthenics use your bodyweight. Examples include push-ups, pull-ups, squats, lunges and planks.

Why its good for you: You dont need anything, its free and convenient, Polito says. Youre not connected to a machine which does the work of stability for you, so youre using more stabilizing muscles, and it makes you work harder. Its strength training, and if you do your repetitions fast with only small breaks between sets, it can be a cardio workout too.

Where to do it: In your yard or free neighborhood park, like Spratt Park, which also has pull-up bars.

What you need: Nothing except adequate clothing and a water bottle. Polito recommends you drink cold water before going outside, and hot liquid when you return indoors.

Details: Spratt Park, 121 Wilbur Blvd., Poughkeepsie, 845-451-4100.

Why its good for you: The key difference between walking and hiking is the terrain. In hiking, youre navigating different terrain types, so youre building stability in your legs and ankles as you traverse uneven pathways and rocks, going uphill and downhill. It works everything: balance, legs, hips, and its good cardiovascular exercise, even though in a way, youre just walking, Polito says.

Make sure youre taking time to rest before you attempt another hill. Sit on a rock, have a little picnic and just look down and enjoy the view. It can be good interval training as well, when you stop and start repeatedly, which boosts your metabolism.

Where to do it: Mount Beacon Park has the highest peak of the Hudson Highlands and can be steep, but it has switchbacks and a beautiful view at the top of the Hudson River.

What you need: Hiking boots or thick-sole rubber work boots, warm, weather-resistant outerwear clothing, gloves, water, snacks, cell phone, an extra jacket and a backpack to carry it all. Hiking stick or poles for extra stability are optional, but nice.

Details: Mount Beacon Park, 788 Wolcott Ave., Beacon, scenichudson.org/parks/mountbeacon.

Why its good for you: Its great to get outside in the elements, to connect with nature, says Carla Bueti, a certified bootcamp instructor at Westchester Adventure Bootcamp.Snowshoeing requires lifting your legs higher to land with your whole foot with every step, so youre using more of your quads and core muscles than you do with simple walking, says It will challenge your balance more than exercising indoors, especially if you find terrain that goes up and down.

Bueti says, Its challenging, and its cardio that can get your heart rate up. You can go at your own pace, and you can make it harder by going on steeper terrain or easier by staying on flat land.

Where to do it: Fahnestock Winter Park

What you need: Waterproof hiking boots, active winter outerwear, gloves, and most importantly, snowshoes, which are between $45 and $160 at Amazon, R.E.I., and Eastern Mountain Sports.

Cross-country skiing is one of the many outdoor winter activities at Fahnestock.(Photo: NYS Parks/Courtesy photo)

Details: Fahnestock Winter Park has miles of trails and rents equipment, including snowshoes, but also and cross-country skis. There's also an onsite warming hut. 1570 Route 301 in Carmel. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekends and holidays, and 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays, subject to change based on the weather. Call in advance: 845-225-3998. Fahnestocks winter trail fees are $12for adults, $10 for senior citizens and those under 17. Snowshoe rentals are $15 adults, $14 seniors/juniors or $7 per hour. For more information, visit http://www.roberts-1.com/fwp/.

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Why its good for you: It strengthens your lower body, working leg and glute muscles you dont normally use, Polito says. Ski areas offer trails for every level. Stick to green trails if youre a beginner, and if you want something much harder, do the double-black diamonds trails.

Where to do it: Belleayre

What you need: Come wearing waterproof snow pants, a winter jacket and waterproof gloves; you can rent the skis, boots, poles and helmet at the facility.

Details: Belleayre Mountain Ski Center,181 Galli Curci Road, Highmount, 845-254-5600 or 800-942-6904,www.belleayre.com

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Have you ever tried to push throughan intense workout, only to find thatyou just couldnt make it without stopping several timesto rest?

It may certainly feel likedefeat when youre standing there out of breathwith your hands on your knees, but new research suggests that starting off slow is the way to go. The benefits of graduallyimprovingfrom low levels of cardiovascular fitness to intermediate levels over an extended period of time can add years to your life.

Out of more than 10,000 adults who participated in doctor-prescribedexercise stress tests between 1991 and 2009, the researchersspecifically examined those who underwenttwo exercise stress testswithin at leasta one-year period. After a followup period of aboutnine years, almost 10 percent of men and just over 7 percent of women had passed away.

When the researchers analyzed data fromthe two stress tests taken a year apart, menwho improvedtheir fitness levels by starting at a low-level baseline and moving to intermediate or high levels showed a decreased mortality riskofabout 44 percent. For women who went from low fitness levels to intermediate or high levels, mortality riskdecreased by about 37percent.

Thefindings suggest that while low fitness levels are an important risk factor for early death,initially low fitness levels arenot the problem. Theyonly pose a riskif there is no improvement overones lifetime.

Previous research has shown that lack of exercise is a major cause of disease. When people introduce physical activityinto their lives, it essentially prevents or delays disease. This likelyhelps to explainwhy those who improve their fitness levels tend to live longer.

The good news is that you dont necessarily have to sell your soul to the gym and become super fit to experience the longevity benefits. While intermediate fitness levels will vary from person to person, most people should be able to recognize when theyve reached itafter several weeks or monthsof maintaining a safe but challenging enough exercise regimen.

It can be helpful to record the steps you take, the time in which you complete a workout, the weight you lift, the number of reps you can do and even the number of breaks youtake. As your body adapts to the physical stress of exercise, youshould be able to see improvements in your cardiovascular and muscular strength.

If youre currently at a low fitness level but want to start exercising to improve your overall health, there are a few important things you need to consider to make sure its effective and sustainable:

Taking it slow and steady isnt very exciting, but its the right way to build serious habits. Once exercisebecomes ingrained into your lifestyle, you can bet that youll reap the benefits later on in life.

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