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The NordicTrack Vault brings the gym experience into your home with a next-generation smart mirror and corresponding weights that let you match the instructors form during workouts.

On-demand iFit video instruction, along with hidden premium fitness gear stored within the Vault, makes this a unique product for your home gym. Users are encouraged to check their form by comparing their reflections with the iFit trainers form, shown on the video touchscreen inside the 60-inch mirror.

The Vault is a gateway to iFits library of workouts for all levels and abilities. Workouts categories include HIIT, yoga, strength, recovery, stretching, and mobility with an ever-growing library of workouts designed specifically for the Vault.

Home workouts correlate with a more active lifestyle, so with the Vault in your home, youll have to run excuses by your own reflection. Need more motivation? Check out the GearJunkie x NordicTrack Adventure Grant to help prepare for your 2021 adventures. It includes $7,500 cash, a NordicTrack machine of your choice, and a yearlong subscription to iFit.

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In short, the Vaultis an all-in-one fitness studio with top-notch training equipment and access to iFit workouts led by elite trainers. To start a workout, pull out the door that pivots to allow you to work out from different parts of the room. With the door pulled aside, the steel-framed base rack is revealed, andthe weights, bands, and included towel are all within reach.

Set within the Vault is a24 x 60-inch mirror, speakers, and a 32-inch touchscreen that (through Wi-Fi) connects you to the iFit system. iFit is the interactive connected fitness platform that works together with Vault to deliver the immersive, award-winning experience iFit is known for. Put differently, you can also access iFit on machines by brands like ProForm and Freemotion.The Vault works in conjunction with the iFIt system and puts its library of workouts and recovery routines at your fingertips.

A 2008 study found that people with home gym equipment were73% more likely to start exercisingthan those without.Beyond just having the equipment at home, following along with instructors on a large screen, tracking your personal performance over time, and being able to find a class on your own schedule should keep things interesting.

Buying a Vaultincludes aniFit Family Membership for one year, which can support up to five user profiles (valued at $468). Thisindependent fitness program has evolved considerably over its 20 years in service and offers a variety of workouts led by a team of personal trainers. The iFit workouts include full-body and muscle-specific strength training, high-intensity interval training (HIIT), sculpt tone, mobility, pilates, yoga, mindfulness, and more.Workout programming is created to safely and effectively deliver maximum results.

Adhering to an instructor through a workout means youre less likely to let yourself off the hook by skipping your weak spots, and the structured routines are meant to warm up and activate the body before pushing its limits.

Proper form is important when lifting free weights, which is where the smart mirror should help.The Vault allows users to look right at the instructors leading them through the movements and motivating them to help get the most out of their workout.The Vault recreates the in-person personal training experience that is user-focused and engaging.

Free weight exercises are more versatile than gym machines designed to hit one muscle group. Having to control the free weight at all times activates stabilizer muscles, which can improve biomechanics and prevent injury as well as burn more calories.

Following the growing library of interactive workouts makes it easier to keep your routine fresh. And lets be honest, youre more likely to try new workouts at home, where you can fail and find weak spots away from the eyes of classmates looking into the same gym mirror.

Anyone who has thought about giving up on the gym or is stuck in their fitness routine should consider the Vault asa low-profile, highly versatile base for at-home fitness.

The Vaultretails for $2,999 equipped with a full suite of premium weights and other fitness accessories, or you can buy a standalone version for $1,999. Both include the 1-Year iFit Family Membership, which can support up to five user profiles (valued at $468).

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Manduu, the groundbreaking exercise concept that utilizes electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) technology to deliver an incredibly effective and efficient exercise regimen for adults of all ages and fitness levels, is opening a new studio in Little Rock, Ark., at 17200 Chenal Parkway, Suite 230.

Manduu is the first FDA-cleared, whole-body EMS system in the United States. The 15-minute, low-impact workouts are tailored to each clients unique fitness abilities and goals. The gentle, yet intense EMS routine greatly reduces the risk of injury while increasing muscle and burning fat.

I am excited to bring the health benefits of Manduu to the citizens of Little Rock, said Jay Snider, co-owner of the Little Rock franchise. Ive met several people who have lost weight, built muscle and fought off serious medical conditions thanks to Manduu, and I cannot wait to help create similar success stories with our clients.

The Chenal studio is Manduus first location in Arkansas and is celebrating with a grand opening event Thursday, January 28, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Recently, Manduu announced expansion into several new markets, including Birmingham, Ala., Boca Raton, Fla., Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Naples, Fla., and Charlotte, N.C. Manduu anticipates having 75 studios open by the end of 2021.

Arkansas is the eighth state to welcome Manduu, and Im thrilled for this franchise to become part of the Little Rock community, said Jason Ritzen, CEO of Manduu America. Manduu is so much more than just a place to exercise, its a lifestyle that helps people safely and effectively live healthier lives.

For more information, and to sign up for a free introductory session, visit Manduu.com.

About Manduu

Manduu is a groundbreaking exercise program that uses electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) technology to deliver an incredibly effective, highly efficient workout in 15 minutes that yields the results of a six-hour workout in a traditional gym. The first FDA-cleared, whole-body EMS system in the U.S., Manduus ultra-low impact workout is gentle on joints, muscles and tendons, and each session is personally tailored for adults of all ages and fitness levels. To learn more and schedule your free first session, visit Manduu.com.

To learn more about franchise opportunities, visit Franchise.Manduu.com.

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KENS 5 visited EnergyX Fitness' downtown studio and talked to Owner Alison Galvan about what you can expect.

SAN ANTONIO Fitness is always one of the most popular New Years resolutions, and if youre looking to break a sweat, even when the temperatures are cooler outside, one local fitness organization might be something to add to your bucket list.

EnergyX Fitness is a locally owned studio featuring high intensity workouts, personal training, nutrition counseling and group fitness classes with up to seven people.

Classes you can also do outdoors.

So, KENS 5 did exactly that; we visited their downtown studio and talked to Owner Alison Galvan about her business and what you can expect.

"We have outdoor classes here at our Hemisfair location, which has been so great. We have a ton of space out here. We bring our rowing machines out, we bring our kettle bells out, so youre not just having to do body weight exercise," said Galvan.

We wanted to get a feel for beginner workouts that will also leave you with a burn. And that's what we did! Take a look:

Here's a list of the workouts seen above:

If you want to sign up for a class, you can visit EnergyX Fitness' website here. They have two locations:

The classes are smaller because of COVID precautions, so they told KENS 5 youll want to sign up sooner than later to get your spot before it fills up.

Get your sweat on in one of a variety of classes to choose from. Weather your goal is cardio, strength, HIIT, or yoga, we've got a class for you! Check out the class descriptions for more details.

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I have a lot of thoughts during my Peloton workouts, including, but not limited to: "The instructor's workout set make it mine. Now." and "How the hell are the coaches still managing to speak through such intense cardio?" That brings me to my latest query: "How often are these instructors actually working out when they're not teaching classes?" I know I can't be the only one who's curious about their daily routines. These people have a job that literally requires them to be on their A-game all the time, so staying hydrated, fueled, and motivated is of the utmost importance. I can't say I wouldn't enjoy being pantsless on the couch 99.9 percent of the time I wasn't recording in the studio.

But when I spoke to Jess King, Peloton cycling instructor, and Anna Greenberg, Peloton yoga and meditation instructor, I quickly realized the Peloton instructor lifestyle is an active one literally all of the time. King and Greenberg took me through their typical schedules, shed light on their meal plans, and even revealed some personal workout goals for 2021.

King wants to deepen her Pilates practice and improve her handstand, while Greenberg's wellness intentions are a little less specific. "I don't have a set schedule of what days or how often I do each type of workout. Instead, I like to listen to my body and do what feels good (which always includes rest days of doing absolutely nothing!)," she told POPSUGAR.

Ahead, get to know the ins and outs of King and Greenberg's workout and healthy lifestyle regimens, and learn the motivational words that keep them strong. Hopefully, these two will inspire you, just as they inspired me, to get active, but also to take this new year day by day and listen to what your body is asking of you.

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I come from an Army background. My dad was a Colonel so, yes, I am a warriors daughter. I am a graduate from National School of Drama and then I made my way to Mumbai.

I did a lot of fashion shows as a model and showstopper in Mumbai. I also did a bit of theatre and shows. It was a film called Policegiri with Sanjay Dutt that gave me a good break.

I dont know what else I wouldve been. Honestly, that question has never occurred to me.

What I have learnt from my life is that no medicine, no therapy can save you if you dont want to be okay. That call has to come from you, from your inner voice. I have been to Benaras and used to spend lot of time at the ghats to search for my soul; last year I also went to Sadhgurus ashram, there I spent 20 days, which also helped me.

Yes, I have two sets of love birds at home. After my father passed away last year, I was all alone at home. There was complete emptiness and then I brought them home. They brought a lot of positive vibes in my life.

My hobby is to write poetry. So far I have written close to 200 poems. I am also a kathak dancer. I have learnt belly dancing too and am a fitness freak.

I am keen on web series. I have received a few offers, but most of them needed a lot of skin- show, which I am not comfortable with. Web series have some great content and I am eagerly waiting for the right offer.

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ST. CLOUD --This is the time of year when many people start to give up on their fitness goals as they are not seeing the results they are looking for. However, it may not be just your diet or exercise program preventing you from reaching your goals.

Jake Hutt is the Client Manager at Rejuv Medical. He says when they see clients struggle it's often times because of some other underlying factor, which is were their clinic side of the building comes into play.

I see a lot of clients that are very dedicated to their nutrition and exercise plan and they still struggle. A lot of times it's not their fault but it's something with their genetics, hormones or their is an imbalance somewhere and at Rejuv we have ways to overcome that.

He says things like blood work, functional medicine, supplements, physical therapy are just a few options they have to help better diagnosis what could be holding you back.

He says another option would be consider adding supplements into your nutrition plan.

If you're trying to lose weight there are some supplements you should be taken to help promote that. Or if you have some hormonal or thyroid issues there are some supplements you can take to help balance that more naturally.

He saysRejuvcarries their own line of pharmaceutical grade supplements geared to boost your immune system, weight loss, vitamins, and recovery.

Hutt says as for their medical services many of them are covered by insurance. He says because they strive to be an all in one facility they work closely together on the medical and fitness side to help answer any questions or concerns you have to help you improve your quality of life.

The WJON series "Socially-Distance Fitness" features opportunities for people to focus on their well-being to create a healthier you.

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Children and the most disadvantaged in society have been put at the heart of a golden reset for sport and activity, with Sport England announcing a new 10-year strategy to transform fitness levels and tackle obesity. As part of the plan, an additional 50m of support will be given to help grassroots sports such as netball and rugby recover from Covid-19 in 2021.

The announcement is part of a concerted effort to tackle activity levels that dropped markedly in the global pandemic and to address growing sporting inequalities.

Nearly 14 million adults in England did less than 30 minutes of exercise a week between mid-March and mid-May last year, with the spring lockdown causing unprecedented falls in activity levels. The number of children who met the governments guidance for an hour of activity a day dropped by more than 100,000, according to Sport England.

The organisations chief executive, Tim Hollingsworth, told the Guardian he was confident the new strategy could make a real difference. The last year has presented huge challenges, he said. But it has also given us a golden opportunity to reset how we deliver sport and physical activity in our communities and to rethink how we help people to find a way to get involved.

He added: At the heart of all this is a ruthless focus on providing opportunities to people and communities that have traditionally been left behind, and helping to remove the barriers that stop them from playing sport and being active.

However, Sport England says its new strategy will work to get the nation on its feet through a combination of targeted investment, innovation and the use of new technologies.

Crucially, the report promises to particularly help those who have traditionally been left behind, pointing out that: Right now, the opportunities to get involved in sport and activity and reap the rewards of being active depend too much on your background, your gender, your bank balance and your postcode. Were determined to tackle these inequalities and unlock the advantages of being active for everyone.

The sports minister, Nigel Huddlestone, welcomed the proposals and said they were part of the government placing sport and physical activity at the heart of its coronavirus recovery plan.

The sector has responded to the significant challenge of keeping people active, he added. I am confident they will continue to drive up activity levels, help to tackle obesity, and build the foundations for both young people and adults to have more active lives.

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For many, exercise is a means to an end, namely better health and in a perfect world, perhaps there would be a way to skip that middle step with some sort of pill or injection. Now scientists at the University of Southern California (USC) have studied a hormone that the human body releases during exercise, and found that administering it to mice improves their fitness and overall health.

The hormone in question is called MOTS-c, and its role in exercise was identified a few years ago by the same researchers in a similar study in mice. One of the unusual features of MOTS-c is that its not encoded by the main genome in our cells but the mitochondria, which have their own smaller genome.

Mitochondria are known as the cells energy source, but they are also hubs that coordinate and fine-tune metabolism by actively communicating to the rest of the body, says Changhan David Lee, corresponding author of the study. As we age, that communication network seems to break down, but our study suggests you can restore that network or rejuvenate an older mouse so it is as fit as a younger one.

In the new study, the USC scientists investigated MOTS-c in both humans and mice. The team had 10 healthy (but sedentary) male human volunteers, aged in their 20s, exercise on a stationary bike, then rest for four hours. The researchers took samples of their skeletal muscle and plasma before, during and after the exercise, and after the rest, to measure levels of MOTS-c.

Sure enough, the team found that in skeletal muscle the MOTS-c levels significantly increased by 11.9 times after exercise, and although they trended back towards the baseline over time, levels were still higher than previously even after the four-hour rest. MOTS-c in plasma was also elevated by 50 percent after exercise, and dropped to baseline faster.

With that link in mind, the team next investigated the hypothesis that exercise triggers the release of MOTS-c, and that the hormone itself is responsible for some of the physical benefits associated with exercise. The researchers injected MOTS-c into mice of three different ages two-month-old young mice, 12-month-old middle-aged mice, and 22-month-old elderly mice for two weeks, then had them perform physical challenges.

In all age groups, the treated mice performed significantly better than controls in tests on a rotating rod and a treadmill. Intriguingly, the elderly mice appeared rejuvenated by the treatment, improving their grip strength, gait and walking abilities.

The older mice were the human equivalent of 65 and above and once treated, they doubled their running capacity on the treadmill, says Lee. They were even able to outrun their middle-aged, untreated cohorts.

In a follow-up experiment, the team investigated how the MOTS-c treatment affected mice under metabolic stress. Mice were fed a high-fat diet then treated with MOTS-c twice a day, at different dosages. After seven days of treatment, the animals had improved insulin sensitivity, which lessens their risk of diabetes. The animals also gained less weight on the high-fat diet than untreated mice.

After 10 days, mice on the higher dose of MOTS-c were running further and burning more energy than untreated ones. In fact, 100 percent of the higher-dose mice were able to complete the final treadmill test sprinting 23 m (75 ft) per minute whereas only 16.6 percent of mice in the lower dose and control groups managed the feat.

While theres still plenty of work to be done before this could be adapted to a treatment for humans, the researchers say that the results are promising. In particular, it could help older people stay healthier for longer.

Indicators of physical decline in humans, such as reduced stride length or walking capacity, are strongly linked to mortality and morbidity, says Lee. Interventions targeting age-related decline and frailty that are applied later in life would be more translationally feasible compared to lifelong treatments.

The research was published in the journal Nature Communications. The team describes the work in the video below.

See how they run: Exercise protein doubles running capacity & extends healthy lifespan in old mice

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Jan. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Staying fit is often seen as a radical activity not because exercising is particularly revolutionary, but because those who are serious about working out are often extremely intense as they do so. This has led to terms like gym rat and fitness freak. This aura of fanatical commitment is harmless enough in most cases. However, it does have the potential to deter less ardent individuals i.e. those who lack the willingness to live at the gym from joining the fitness crowd.

Enter Dance2Fit. The fitness brand started when founder Jessica Bass James decided that "she needed a fitness program that fit into her hectic schedule." The go-getter's solution? To launch her own, more accessible fitness option. Thus, Dance2Fit was born. From its inception, Jessica Bass James' young brand was centered on two things: dancing and exercise. Combining the two infused her routines with a dose of high-intensity fun that immediately made them attractive to a much larger audience.

It didn't take long before the fitness-guru-in-the-making found out that she was most definitely not the only one interested in fitting exercise into a busy schedule. Before long, Jessica Bass James had built a community in the hundreds of thousands that spanned across the entire U.S. and was even beginning to catch on around the globe.

Throughout this journey, Jessica Bass James maintained a sense of community and fun at the heart of her brand's message. While fitness was always a priority, the goal was to get there by combining her "love of dancing and healthy lifestyle to create an uplifting experience that anyone can enjoy at their own pace." This inclusive message was reinforced by the fact that members could follow Dance2Fit's workout both via live stream as well as in physical locations where they joined fellow Dance2Fit members and followed along with a certified instructor.

By combining accessibility, fun, and a passion for a healthy lifestyle, the Dance2Fit brand has managed to redefine the fitness culture. Jessica Bass James has brought healthy pursuits right into the living room of Americans everywhere. Gym nuts and cardio fanatics no longer corner a fitness market that has begun to evolve thanks to Dance2Fit's 700,000 (and counting) loyal members connected via a tech-driven network that spans across multiple parts of the globe.

With so much momentum already behind it, the sky's the limit for the Knoxville-based brand as it continues to bring people together, both physically and remotely, all in the name of exercise, health, and getting their groove on.

Please direct inquiries to:Teri Mussington(954) 779-8259[emailprotected]

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Trainers are ready to help you break a sweat

by: Calvin Lewis

ALLOUEZ, Wis. (WFRV) For many this January, fitness has been a New Years resolution and its either gone well or not so well.

There is good news! Those at Pro Fitness in Allouez are helping people accomplish their fitness goals by breaking a sweat. Despite the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, those at the gym have seen a steady number of members. All of the necessary safety precautions and Covid protocols are in place with mask wearing a must and sanitizer on deck.

Theyre offering a variety of classes, from in-person at the gym to even virtual. Members can log on to the groups virtual workout and break a sweat from the convenience of their own home all the while receiving positive feedback from their trainers.

One of the important things about changing behavior is surrounding yourself with people that exhibit the behavior you wish for, says Doug Vaniten, Personal Trainer & Owner of Pro Fitness. So if you want to be a better runner, join a running group. Surround yourself with that environment. Its going to be a lot easier and youre going to make a lot of friends along the way.

Pro Fitness are open seven days a week. You can check them out online right here.

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