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It's been called "The COVID-19," not referring to the virus but weight gain during the pandemic. If that's happened to you, youre not alone. A recent nationally representative Consumer Reports survey found that nearly a third of Americans have packed on some pounds over the past several months.

If it's time for you to get into shape, Consumer Reports recommends the best smartwatches and fitness trackers that can help.

The Apple Watch has long dominated CRs ratings, in part because its easy to pair with the iPhone and has a very accurate heart-rate monitor.

The new Apple Watch Series 6 Steel Case (GPS & Cellular) is no different, but its on the pricey side at $750. For a less expensive option, consider the Apple Watch SE (GPS) for $280, which is near the top of CRs ratings.

Are you an Android person? The Samsung Galaxy Watch3 (GPS) for $400 is a great option, but its also expensive.

If you don't need all those smart features, then a fitness tracker might be a good option to keep track of your step count and heart rate. CRs top-rated fitness tracker is the Garmin Forerunner 235 for $170.

Another option high in the ratings is the Fitbit Charge 3 for $100, which CRs tests found was easy to use with both iPhone and Android.

No matter which brand or type of wearable tech you choose, Consumer Reports has some important advice. A smartwatch or fitness tracker is a lot like a gym membership: Its only helpful if you actually use it.

Just in time for the new year, Apple has launched its new fitness streaming subscription, Apple Fitness Plus. The service is designed for people with an Apple Watch and offers guided workouts on demand that can be streamed across Apple devices.

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Segmentation by Type: Strength Training Equipment, Cardiovascular Training Equipment, Others

Segmentation by Application: Gym/Health Clubs, Home, Others

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A national survey* from Planet Fitness Inc. found nine in 10 (91 percent) Americans with a resolution in mind are setting one specific to fitness in the New Year.

Among those doing so said its because they want to be healthier (72 percent), feel better about themselves (61 percent), reduce stress (54 percent), look better (53 percent), or make positive changes in their lives (53 percent).

The survey also found a balanced approach to exercise. More than half (54 percent) of those with health and wellness resolutions would like to stick with a fitness routine even if its exercising a few minutes a day to improve health and wellness. One in two (50 percent) of those with a health and wellness resolution is making one specifically about balancing their physical and mental health.

Motivation is one of the biggest obstacles to fitness and after such a difficult year, its more important than ever to break free from 2020 and start 2021 with hope and optimism. We encourage everyone to get moving and experience all the physical and mental benefits that exercise offers, said Jeremy Tucker, chief marketing officer at Planet Fitness. Planet Fitness will continue to provide a safe and Judgement Free environment for our members to support them on their fitness journeys and help them achieve their goals. We invite everyone into our spacious fitness facilities to see how committed we are to our members well-being in a clean and welcoming environment.

*The findings came from an online survey conducted by Kelton Global to 1,003 nationally representative Americans ages 18 and over. Additional findings from the survey are here.

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DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Global Health & Fitness Club (Gym) Market: Insights & Forecast with Potential Impact of COVID-19 (2020-2024)" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

The global health and fitness club market is estimated to reach US$96.6 billion in 2024, growing at a CAGR of 7.70% for the period spanning from 2020 to 2024.

The factors such as increasing per capita disposable income, growing urban population, increasing obesity, rising fitness clubs and gym, inclination towards health clubs for fitness are expected to drive the market. However, growth of the industry will be challenged by increasing physical outdoor activity, increased cost and increasing demand for home equipments.

A few notable trends include the rise of lifestyle-related illness, influence of social media, increasing number of health clubs and memberships, technology advancement, increasing healthcare costs, increasing health conscious audience and growing hybrid studios.

The global health and fitness club market is expected to grow in future owing to rising awareness among people to avail healthy lifestyle, increasing number of lifestyle-oriented diseases and rising incidences of obesity. In terms of geographical areas, America is the major contributor to the global health and fitness club memberships supported by growing millennial population and rising obesity.

Asia is the fastest-growing market for health and fitness club with attractive membership fees offered by fitness clubs and increasing spending on marketing and advertisement.

Key Target Audience:

Key Topics Covered:

1. Introduction

1.1 Fitness Clubs

1.2 Different Fitness Centers

1.3 Different Facilities and Services

2. Impact of COVID-19

2.1.1 Fall in Memberships

2.1.2 Gyms Bankruptcy

2.1.3 Rising Sales of Home Fitness Equipments

3. Global Health and Fitness Club Market Analysis

3.1 Global Health and Fitness Club Market by Value

3.2 Global Health and Fitness Club Market Forecast by Value

3.3 Global Health and Fitness Penetration Rate by Region

3.4 Global Health and Fitness Club Market by Region

3.5 Global Health and Fitness Club Membership

3.6 Global Health and Fitness Club Membership Forecast

3.7 Global Health and Fitness Club Membership by Region

3.8 Global Number of Gym by Region

4. Regional Health and Fitness Club Market Analysis

4.1 North America

4.1.1 North America Health and Fitness Club Market by Value

4.1.2 North America Health and Fitness Club Market Forecast by Value

4.1.3 North America Health and Fitness Club Membership

4.1.4 North America Health and Fitness Club Membership Forecast

4.1.5 Number of Gyms in North America

4.1.6 Number of Gyms in North America Forecast

4.1.7 U.S. Gym Market by Value

4.1.8 U.S. Gym Market Forecast by Value

4.1.9 U.S. Gym Membership

4.1.10 U.S. Gym Membership Forecast

4.1.11 Number of Gyms in the U.S.

4.1.12 Number of Gyms in the U.S. Forecast

4.2 Europe

4.3 Asia-Pacific

5. Market Dynamics

5.1 Growth Drivers

5.1.1 Increasing Per Capita Disposable Income

5.1.2 Growing Urban Population

5.1.3 Increasing Obesity

5.1.4 Rising Fitness Clubs and Gym

5.1.5 Inclination Towards Health Clubs for Fitness

5.2 Key Trends & Developments

5.2.1 Rise of Lifestyle Related Illness

5.2.2 Influence of Social Media

5.2.3 Increasing Number of Health Clubs and Memberships

5.2.4 Technology Advancements

5.2.5 Increasing Healthcare Costs

5.2.6 Increasing Health Conscious Audience

5.2.7 Growing Hybrid Studios

5.3 Challenges

5.3.1 Increasing Physical Outdoor Activity

5.3.2 Increased Cost

5.3.3 Increasing Demand for Home Equipments

6. Competitive Landscape

6.1 Global Market

6.1.1 Key Players - Revenue Comparison

6.1.2 Key Players - Market Cap Comparison

6.1.3 Global Gyms Brands by Client Base

6.2 The U.S.

6.2.1 Top U.S. Gyms by Number of Members

6.3 China

6.3.1 China Gyms Market Ranking

7. Company Profiles

7.1 Planet Fitness, Inc.

7.1.1 Business Overview

7.1.2 Financial Overview

7.1.3 Business Strategies

7.2 Town Sports International Holdings Inc.

7.3 Equinox Holdings, Inc.

7.4 The Bay Club Company

7.5 Gold Gym International Inc.

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American supermodel Hailey Bieber has become one of the biggest faces of the fashion world.

And now, the 24-year-old diva is spilling some of her best-kept beauty secrets, including her quarantine skincare routine as well as diet.

Speaking to Harpers Bazaar, the model explained how she has clung on to her healthy eating habits.

"I tried a plant-based diet for two months during quarantine. I felt great and I had a lot of energy, but it was not for me. I don't eat a strictly plant-based diet and I do still eat meat. I just don't eat a lot of it. I've picked up more fish, greens, and lentils, she said.

"My skin feels the best when I've been in the ocean. Salt water is the best skin healer for me, and I've found that nature can be the most soothing for my sensitive skin, she went on to say.

About her struggles of staying consistent with her healthy life choices during quarantine, she said: "It was very jarring to go from a busy lifestyle where I'm constantly moving to complete standstill, so I gave myself a quarantine workout routine."

"I used to be a dancer, so I love Pilates because it really elongates and strengthens my muscles. That's probably my favorite workout. I also recently started to box for some cardio. I found that remembering the combinations and learning how move your body in boxing has been good for mental health, she said.

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Chances are you gained a few pounds after staying indoors for most of 2020. Now that were entering a new year, its time to get active and burn your COVID belly before we start going outside again. Luckily, we have eight deals on fitness apps that will help you stay healthy in body and mind until that happens, and theyre 20% off at checkout when you use coupon code HOLIDAY20.

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Finding a fitness partner will help you both stay accountable, but thats next to impossible during this quarantine. Ally is here to help. It features Allie, an AI fitness assistant that uses your smartphone camera to monitor your form and track your performance. Allie also gives you real-time motivation and feedback so that you can hit that last rep.

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Jillian Michaels needs no introduction. Shes one of the biggest personalities in the fitness industry, and now you can train like her with The Fitness App. Your subscription comes with full access to over 800 HD workout videos along with audio-only workouts for outdoor exercise. You can customize every facet of your fitness plan, such as choosing basic to advanced workouts, swapping different exercises into your workouts, adjust transition times between workouts, and even play your own music with each workout.

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2020 has been an incredibly tough year for a swath of industries, one of them being the world of fitness studios. With Covid numbers on the rise, many longtime studio devotees no longer feel safe going to class. Or perhaps they cant even go to class: Last month, DC restricted indoor group fitness.

Several local groups have pivoted to stay afloat, either offering an open-gym format to remain operating or creating an open-air studio.

Some local spots, however, sadly werent able to make it through this year. We rounded up some popular studios that we said goodbye to in 2020. Dont see your former favorite spot listed? Send a message to mmontgomery@washingtonian.com.

In November, the H Street cycling studio announced that it would close permanently. The group opened the day after the 2017 inauguration, and had been hosting outdoor rides during the pandemic. SenatorKirsten Gillibrand and Representative Kathleen Rice had both been spotted there.

The boxing club opened in 1999 and bounced around different locations before settling in Northeast. It officially closed this year. In the era of boutique boxing workouts like Nuboxx and Rumble, it was singled out as one of the few old-school boxing gyms left in DC.

This Capitol Hill yoga studio was on track for a good 2020until the pandemic hit. In September, owner Alyson Shade announced that the studio would close, and hosted the last class at the end of October. Shade is now leading yoga and mediation classes, self-care coaching, and energy work sessions on her own.

Okay, so this was technically a national chain, but the two DC locationsone in Dupont Circle, one in City Centerwere popular with cycling fans. The cycling group officially closed all locations in September after filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Flywheel was founded in 2010 and had 42 spots across the country.

The U Street franchise of the national barre and cycle brand opened in 2016. However, after struggling to stay afloat during the pandemic, the DC location closed in November. The group continues to operate locations elsewhere in the country.

The downtown meditation and power nap spotwhose owner, David Turissini, made an appearance onShark Tank in 2018closed in September. While it will no longer be hosting classes virtually, the group announced on its Instagram that it will continue to offer corporate programs.

The Dupont Circle meditation studio officially closed in May, after suspending in-person classes starting in March. The spot originally opened in 2017.

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Experts say that fitness isnt about diet or exercise. It is about health. Our goal should not be a number on the scale or a certain size jeans. We should seek a body and lifestyle that are healthy.

What experts dont say out loud is that diet and exercise are synonyms for healthy. You cant reach healthy without the D and E words. Life isnt fair, and the bathroom scale doesnt lie. I found this out the other day when I pulled my scale my dusty scale out from under the bathroom sink, climbed aboard and discovered that either the scale was broken or I no longer fit into my jeans. The correct answer was B.

So, it was with great remorse that I crawled kicking and screaming back onto the fitness bandwagon. I gleefully fell off it about a year ago. For the last 12 months Ive let things slide. Its been a great ride, but now its time for me to get back to business the business of health. And that, my friends, includes those two favorite four-letter words: diet and exercise.

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In order to exercise, one must have the proper gear. I have gear; I just had a hard time remembering where I put it, since it hadnt been used in over a year. I reached into the far corners of my closet and there right next to a forgotten black leather mini skirt, pair of zebra-print Zubaz and a fanny pack were my sweatpants.

Like my scale, they were a little dusty and perhaps smelled a bit of mildew from sitting on the shelf for so many months. When I went to put them on, the elastic waist gave a weak crumbling sound as the fibers disintegrated beneath my fingers; it was a waistband that wouldnt snap back into place ever again.

Lucky thing, too, because the pants had shrunk since the last time I wore them. They were much tighter along my backside, and I didnt really need any elastic to hold them in place anyway.

When I exercise, I try not to employ any real calisthenics or moves that actual athletes might attempt. My goal is to get the benefits of exercise without moving too quickly or breaking a sweat. My movement of choice involves walking nothing more. This can be a taxing activity, aerobic, even, especially if your walk includes inclines or hills. Mine does, so it is very vigorous for a woman with broken elastic in her sweatpants.

The one good thing about exercise is that you only have to think about it once a day. The D-word diet is on your mind constantly. That is because eating is one of the most basic and simple pleasures of life. I dont think I could live without eating.

When it comes to food, there are healthy choices and there is junk; hence the term junk food. You know when youve chosen junk because your mouth will be filled with something that tastes good. It may even be a little greasy, creamy or cheesy. In the world of healthy diets, words like greasy, creamy and cheesy all mean one thing: junk.

Fried, frittered, frosted, battered, buttered or breaded are all to be avoided (junk). Anything that crunches and is not a fruit or vegetable is junk. Cheese is not your friend.

Meat should be white, but without any sauce that is white. Most fish is okay as long as it is broiled, boiled, broasted or baked.

Eat as much celery as you want. Chewing it burns more calories than it contains. You must not dip it in peanut butter or ranch sauce, though. Turns it into junk.

The whole diet thing certainly provides its challenges. Junk is rampant in my pantry, and you know what they say about too much junk in the trunk. At this point, I have my fair share.

Health can be pretty daunting. Lots of things (like cheesecake and walking uphill) can get in the way of fitness, but I am determined. I crunch another stalk of naked celery and think about tomorrow. I will not let the inclines get the best of me. Thoughts of chocolate will be banished. I can do this. I will. My sweatpants may be broken, but I am not.

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Goal-oriented fitness can have its moments. When youre training to make a team, beat a time or radically change an unhealthy lifestyle, numbers and dates are often worth shooting for.

But for too many of us, especially at the beginning of a new year, fitness goals trend too lofty and too specific. You want to weigh something in time for a wedding. Or lift something in time for the summer. You promise to get up every day before work for a new, expensive class. When these goals fall short, were wracked with guilt.And for most of us, that happens almost immediately at the beginning of this year, Strava identified January 19th as Quitters Day, the day people give up on their fitness resolutions.

Its a self-defeating process, and one that we cant afford to practice next year. In theory, 2021 should improve mightily on the disaster that was 2020. But the first few months are going to be tough. Gyms remain closed in much of the country, and WFH will persist until at least July. Fitness can help us push through this home stretch (it gave us everything this year), but it should be approached in a tempered, thoughtful way.

To that end: 21 reasonable resolutions for getting fit in 2021. You wont find gameplans here for maxing out on the bench press or winning a Memorial Day 5K. Each is a worthy pursuit, but there are so many other digestible, actionable, sustainable ways to improve how you move and feel on the day-to-day. From reading before bed to prioritizing nasal breathing to just hanging from a bar once in a while, here are our recommendations.

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In the text neck era, a daily dead hang will bring mobility back to your shoulders. The practice decompresses the spine and builds strength in the upper back. Install a bar at your house or go to the local jungle gym.

Exercise is often most effective when you dont realize youre doing it. Instead of committing to 100 push-ups a day (and never following through), put aside more time this year for tennis or golf, or try something new like wild swimming or gravel biking.

The only thing thats inherently childish about playing is that children are more likely to do it. Playing, in whatever form it may take shooting hoops, chasing your kids with a super-soaker is essential for mental health at all ages, and a crucial deviation from exercise measured in pain and progress.

Recovery toys get most of the coverage and deservedly so. Massage guns, compression sleeves and stainless steel ice balls are all dynamite innovations for addressing hot spots and preventing injury around the body. But dont forget free, soothing everyday options like stretching, meditation, self-massage and even skincare.

Its simply more important than ever. Find 45 minutes in your day where you can get a walk in. Make it non-negotiable. It will lead to sharper, less stressful afternoons. And youll pick up an easy 3,000 steps along the way.

On average, Americans spenda little over an hour each dayworking out. In the home workout era with discipline hard to come by that hour is in even more jeopardy. Protect it by sticking your phone in a drawer before you go sweat. It will yield better, more focused workouts.

We dont think too much about ear health, and thats a huge mistake. Damage done to the ossicles is irreversible. If you wear AirPods, train yourself to listen to them on low volume. Pumping 90-decibel noise (80% of an iPhones allotted volume) into your ears for just 10 minutes will put you on the path to tinnitus.

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This one could be as simple and specific as eat blueberries and almonds all day long. But roundly trading in salt and crunch for fruit and nuts is understandably difficult; to that end, get acquainted with our guide to Americas 25 healthiest snack brands, all of which have found to provide flavor without including overly-processed crap.

Nutrient-rich, goal-oriented drinksbelong in your daily routine. Identify something youre looking to get more of (veggies, blood flow, calm) and add something chuggable to your daily consumptions (8Greens mix, beet juice, cold-brew hibiscus tea).

Switching to a plant-based diet can trim your waistline, boost athletic performance, increase your libido and improve your sleep, while those who eat too much red meat are at an increased risk of death from heart disease, stroke and diabetes. Try to cut back next year. Thankfully, its easier than ever to pull it off.

There are a couple ways of looking at this. Try not to eat within two hours of heading to bed, and try not to observe a nighttime snacking ritual, especially if youve already eaten a satisfying dinner. The timing isnt exactly the issue; its more about the type of eating we tend to accommodate at this time of day carb-heavy fare that will impede your bodys ability to burn fat as you sleep.

When we breath through the nose, the nasal passageway humidifies and pressurizes the air. It produces nitric oxide, a molecule that screens air particles before they make it to the lungs. Once there, the lungs have an easier, more efficient time of circulating oxygen throughout the body. This isnt an easy switch (over half of Americans breath through their mouths) but its worth it.

This was a big year for bruxism, also known as teeth grinding or jaw clenching. Its a natural response to an age of constant anxiety, but it leads to terrible sleep and even tooth fractures. When youre stressing, take extra care to put space between your teeth and focus on your breathing.

We have to sit smarter next year, especially if WFH is going extend into the summer for many employees. The easiest way to protect your back is pick up a laptop stand. Our favorite Rain Designs $40 mStand raises your laptop a crucial six inches, keeping eyes level with the top third of the screen. This will help keep the posterior chain stacked (low back, spine, neck and head all vertical, arms locked in at a 90-degree angle).

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Cold-temperature exposure can help turn white fat (the inflammatory fat linked to heart disease) into brown fat (the naturally occurring fat that produces heat), though a process called thermogenesis. Your body has to burn more energy to stay warm, which jumpstarts your metabolism. Long walks or even runs this winter are your friend.

If that just sounds terrible, try to get your cold fix from the shower. In addition to catalyzing the cold sculpting described above, cold-water immersion has been linked to lowered blood pressure, immune system stimulation and happy hormones. Start by turning the knob all the way to cold for the last 30 seconds of your shower.

Fiction, especially. Reading about the lives of other people (even those who dont exist) has a tendency to pull us away from our own concerns, while fostering empathy and imagination. Its a potent tool just before bed, which will probably lead to better dreams.

Plus, a dedicated reading routine is a great way to reduce screen time. We spend an average of 10 hours a day beaming artificial light directly into our eyeballs. This causes eyestrain, of course, but it also suppresses the secretion of melatonin, a hormone released by the pineal gland that is commonly associated with sleep-wake timing.

Use the early days of 2021, when the sun is still setting around 4:30 and youre still working from the house, to implement an earlier bedtime. It doesnt have to be dramatic even just an extra hour a night could positively impact your mood, daily productivity, waistline and risk of disease.

Its a third of your life, assuming youre giving sleep its due. Aside from getting a new mattress, there are a ton of worthwhile products out there for optimizing your nightly sleep.

Behavioral activation refers to any positive activity thatnecessitatespresence of mind. Think: cooking, cleaning, gardening. Reclaiming otherwise onerous activities as opportunities to create can fill your brain with a feeling of accomplishment. And if weve learned anything this year, mental health is just as important to getting fit as the size of your biceps.

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Michelle Dorak does pull-ups during a workout class at the Park Hill CrossFit on Colfax on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020. Masks are required while inside the gym, and all exercise equipment is sanitized by each member of the class in order to follow safe practices. (Rachel Ellis, The Denver Post)

This year, the novel coronavirus crept into and transformed every aspect of our lives, including our fitness. In countless ways some surprising, and a few beneficial and potentially lasting it altered how, why and what we need from exercise.

At the start of the year, few of us expected a virus to upend our world and workouts. In January and February, I was writing about topics that seemed pressing at the time, such aswhether low-carbohydrate, ketogenic diets endangerathletes skeletal health; iffat-soled, maximalist running shoes might alterour strides; and how completing a marathon remember those? remodels first-time racers arteries.

The answers, by the way, according to the research, are that avoiding carbs for several weeks may produce early signs of declining bone health in endurance athletes; runners donning super-cushioned, marshmallowy shoes often strike the ground with greater force than if they wear skinnier pairs; and a single marathon renders new runners arteries more pliable and biologically youthful.

But concerns about shoe cushioning and racing tended to fade in March, when the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 a pandemic and we suddenly had new, top-of-the-mind worries, including social distancing, masks, aerosol spread and lockdowns.

The effects on our exercise routines seemed to be both immediate and stuttering. At that time, none of us knew quite how and whether to work out in these new circumstances. Should we still run, ride and stroll outside if our community had instituted stay-at-home restrictions? Did we need to wear a mask during exercise and could we do so without feeling as if we were suffocating? Were communal drinking fountains safe?

My first column grappling with these and related topics appeared on March 19. The experts I spoke with then were adamant that we should aim to remain physically active during the pandemic but avoid shared drinking fountains. They also pointed out, though, that many questions about the virus, including how to exercise safely, remained unresolved.

After that, our experience with and the research about Covid and exercise snowballed. A much-discussed April study, for instance, showed that brisk walking and running could alter and accelerate the flow of air around us, sending expired respiratory particles farther than if we stayed still. Consequently, the study concluded, runners and walkers should maintain 15 feet or more of social distance between themselves and others, more than double the standard six feet of separation then recommended. (Subsequent research found that outdoor activities were generally safe, though experts still suggest staying as far apart as is practical, and to wear a mask.)

Another cautionary study I wrote about in June tracked 112 Covid infections in South Korea that spring to Zumba classes. A few infected instructors introduced the virus to their students during close-quarter, indoor, exuberant classes. Some students carried it home, infecting dozens of their family members and friends. Most rapidly recovered. But the studys story was disquieting. Exercising in a gym will make you vulnerable to infectious disease, one of its disease-detective authors told me.

Thankfully, other science about exercising in the time of Covid was more encouraging. In two recent experiments involving masked exercisers, researchers found that face coverings barely budged peoples heart rates, respirations or, after some initial getting used to, subjective sense of the workouts difficulty. Moving felt the same, whether participants wore masks or not. (I use a cloth mask or neck gaiter on all my hikes and runs now.)

More surprising, the pandemic seems to have nudged some people to start moving more, additional research found. An online survey of runners and other athletes in June reported that most of these already active people said they were training more frequently now.

A separate British study, however, produced more-nuanced results. Using objective data from an activity-tracking phone app, its authors found that many of the older app users were up and walking more regularly after the pandemic began. But a majority of the younger, working-age adults, even if they had been active in the before times, sat almost all day now.

The long-range impacts of Covid on how often and in what ways we move are unsettled, of course, and I suspect will be the subject of considerable research in the years ahead. But, as someone who writes about, enjoys and procrastinates with exercise, the primary lesson of this year in exercise for me has been that fitness, in all its practical and evocative meanings, has never been so important.

In a useful study I wrote about in August, for instance, young, college athletes all supremely fit produced more antibodies to a flu vaccine than other healthy but untrained young people, a result that will keep me working out in anticipation of the Covid vaccine.

More poetically, in a mouse study I covered in September, animals that ran became much better able to cope later with unfamiliar trouble and stress than animals that had sat quietly in their cages.

And in perhaps my favorite study of the year, people who undertook awe walks, during which they deliberately sought out and focused on the small beauties and unexpected wonders along their way, felt more rejuvenated and happier afterward than walkers who did not cultivate awe.

In other words, we can dependably find solace and emotional and physical strength in moving through a world that remains lovely and beckoning. Happy, healthy holidays, everyone.

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