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2021 will be the year people focus on overcoming their fitness fears, according to Mindbodys COVIDEdition: 2021 Wellness Trend Predictions.

The report is based on consumer behaviors of its thousands of fitness, spa, salon and integrative health businesses that run on its platform along with external consumer surveys.

Mindbody leveraged data from thetens of thousands of fitness, spa, salon and integrative health businesses that run on its platform, in addition to the1.3 million consumerswho use its marketplace. The company combined that data with external consumer surveys to develop the insights.Below are three of the findings that relate specifically to fitness.

COVIDhas forced Americans to prioritize their health and wellness. Fifty-nine percent of people surveyed said that they have become more focused on health and wellness since the pandemic started. Of those who are more focused, 60 percent said the pandemic has made them realize that they need to be healthier in order to withstand disease and illness.

Gym intimidation keeps some from working out. Of those that shared they are intimidated by going to the gym, 56 percent said they would feel more comfortable joining a gym or fitness studio if they were in better shape first.

With a new imperative on wellness and the acceleration of virtual offerings, 2021 may be the year where Americans are willing to break down any fitness barriers that have stood in their way in the past, according to Mindbody. How will they do so? Twenty-three percent of those who are intimidated said watching informative video tutorials would help, while 21 percent said that taking virtual classes first would put them at ease.

New virtual fitness options boomed during the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing fitness studios and gyms to continue to offer workouts and personal training while closed. Pandemic disruption and a new global wellness imperative have created a new wave of fitness defined by both in-person and virtual experiences.

Americans are forming new workout habits. Thirty-seven percent joined a live stream workout at least once a week. Forty percent exercise to pre-recorded fitness videos. Its now possible for people to stay home while trying any workout type from studios all over the world. Yoga is the most popular virtual workout of choice with an average of 60,000 classes being booked daily.

When virtual exercisers rushed in earlier this year, they quickly came to realize the benefits of virtual workouts (lower prices, no commute, increased variety, etc.), according to Mindbody. Even as in-person workouts are more accessible post-pandemic, many Americans will continue to incorporate virtual workouts for optimal flexibility and benefit.

Workdays are more fluid than ever before. Childcare, work and wellness are all happening in the same spaceand often at the same time. Americans are grabbing time to work out whenever they can, and its not always the longer sessions they used to log at the gym, according to Mindbody. Thirty-nine percent of those surveyed said their workouts are a half hour or less.

Snackable workouts give Americans a chance to exercise when they might not have otherwise. Mindbody said to expect that the popularity of these bite-sized sessions will increase in 2021.

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For many Americans, fitness studios are an important part of an active and healthy lifestyle, one that helps them remain resilient against infections, including COVID-19 and that has been linked to few if any outbreaks.

Closing them down seems to havereal downsidesandlittle discernible benefitin terms of COVID-19 numbers.

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Even so, Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser recently issued anorderthat banned indoor fitness classes and reduced the limit on outdoor classes to 25 people, down from 50. The order came as a shock to owners of fitness studios, who have been complying with health guidance and orders for months.

Its another example of government shutting down businesses, harming citizens, and imposing economic harmwithout any scientific evidencethat these actions keep residents safe or limit the spread of the virus.

Most would agree with the ban if government at least hadclear and persuasive proofthat fitness studios are hot spots for transmission of COVID-19 before. But the D.C. Health Department releasednew outbreak hot-spot datajust a few days agoand gyms and fitness studios are not even listed.

Yet, the mayors restrictions mean many studios in the District have been forced to close and lay off employees, adding to the economicstress our country is underand contributing to the10.7 million people unemployedin the U.S.

One fitness studio chain native to DC, [solidcore], practiced civil disobedience and stayed open, as it had after previous lockdown orders. Owner Anne Mahlum published aletterto Bowser, asking her to reconsider the order as it was not based on COVID-19 transmission data.

Disallowing group fitness wont change the COVID numbers for one simple reason: There has beenzero instances of community spreadingat [solidcore], or any other boutique fitness environment of which I am aware, she wrote.

David Magida, owner of Elevate Interval Fitness,agreed. I understand what the city was attempting to do. They were attempting to deal with bad optics and an assumed source of spread but the only thing they accomplished was effectively hurting small fitness studios without actually increasing safety.

Other studios took an adapt or die approach and chose to dramatically alter their business models and products. Orangetheory Fitness, a global chain with 12 locations in the District, changed its workouts from instructor-led classes to an open gym format to comply with the order.

Studio owners and employees were blindsided. Many said they had worked tirelessly to keep customers healthy by enforcing social distancing, sanitizing equipment, eliminating shared equipment, and limiting class sizes. Some even installed specialized air filters. Maddie Watkins, owner of 202Strong,saidthat working out in an indoor studio is safer than dining inside, as [clients] are masked the entire time and confined to specific zones.

The fitness industry is an important sector of the American economy, not just because it supplies jobs and incomes to families, but also because it encourages and facilitates an active, healthy lifestyle.

As Americans adjust to the societal changes brought on by COVID-19, exercise is essential to maintaining physical and mental health and boosting the immune system. In cities such as the District, where many urban apartment dwellers do not have space for personal exercise equipment in their homes, access to exercise facilities is even more importantespecially during winter months, when its more difficult to exercise outdoors.

Fitness studios should not be the target of government orders when they have been complying with local health and safety guidelines and have not been shown to increase the spread of the pandemic.

No activity involving other people is 100% safe, but customers and businesses were doing what they could to prevent transmission of the diseaseand it appeared to be working.

Responsible government policy protects the health and safety of the public. Given there were no known instances of COVID-19 outbreaks in fitness studios or gyms in the District of Columbia, the government is out of line to ban indoor fitness classes. Government should not preemptively ban activities that have not contributed to the spread of COVID-19, and officials need toshow their workbefore issuing harmful orders.

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You got a new fitness tracker or smartwatch for Christmas. Great! Now what?

Whether youve got the latest Apple Watch Series 6, a Fitbit, an Oura ring or any other one of the best fitness trackers or best smartwatches, itll come with instructions online or within a physical booklet to help you get the device (and you) up and running.

Youll need to download the accompanying app, pair your device with your phone, charge it up and learn how to use the basic controls. Exactly how you do these things will vary from device to device and we recommend you follow the step-by-step instructions and do those first.

However, most instructions get you started. But what comes next? Beyond the set-up steps, there are plenty of other things you need to know to get the most out of your new wearable so it can make a positive difference to your life and work for you, not against you. You dont want it to be a negative drain, a waste of money or another present that gets stuffed in a drawer somewhere and forgotten about.

Our advice includes the importance of a comfy fit, habit-setting suggestions, why customization is worth it, tips about goals and much more.

Of course, every wearable device is different, as is every person who wears one. But these are our suggestions that should give most people a better chance of getting on well with their new wearable device.

You just put it on and fasten it tightly, right? Sort of. Its very easy to strap any wearable on and start using it. But its important to be mindful about how it fits. Are the buckles digging in? Is the material irritating you a little? If it doesnt feel good now, you wont want to wear it in future.

You want a just right fit that isnt so tight it leaves marks on your wrist, but is tight enough for the sensors to work properly. For example, most wearable devices these days have a heart rate sensor built-in to the back. For this to measure bloodflow accurately, it needs to be close to your skin.

Play around with how tight you wear your new smartwatch or fitness tracker and, if you need to and its possible with your device, swap out the strap for one thats a better fit or made from a more comfortable material.

The key thing to remember when you get a new wearable device is: make it work for you. What we mean is there are plenty of devices that can track and do all kinds of things. Some people might love this and want to find out everything there is to know about their sleep, fitness levels, stress levels and much more. Others might just want to count their steps and take a look at heart rate data occasionally. Just because your device can do anything doesnt mean you need to track or care about everything. This can lead to you becoming overwhelmed, focusing on numbers that dont really matter to you and just extra stress you dont need.

A good place to start in defining what matters to you and what doesnt is to customize the stats you see on your apps dashboard. Its not possible to do this for every wearable. But some, like Fitbit, allow you to edit which stats are shown as you open up the app (take a look at the screenshots above). For example, with the Fitbit app you can customize your dashboard so you see nothing about calories. This is really handy if you want to feel generally fitter and healthier but dont want to focus on weight loss which can be problematic for some people.

One workout we do a lot at the moment is spinning. However, for the longest time its been the last activity in the exercise menu on our Fitbit Versa. Sure, we can just scroll down to select it. But it would only take a minute or two to move it to the top spot by using the Fitbit app, making things feel easier and more intuitive. If you have a wearable that has a screen and allows you to customize or make small tweaks to what you see on it, spend some time ensuring its exactly what you need in the order you need it.

This might not seem like a big deal. Who cares if you have to scroll two more times to find the workout you need? But its these small bits of friction that can make using tech feel more like a chore than a helping hand especially if they all start to add up. So taking the time to change these settings now and make them more you will help in the long-run.

We've tried a lot of wearables over the years. Sometimes we've had to take them off to charge them and immediately put them on as soon as the battery reaches 100 per cent. Others get left for days because we just keep forgetting amidst all the other jobs we need to do. Where you charge your wearable really matters.

Under a desk where its out of sight, out of mind? No good. In the kitchen near the coffee machine so we see it every time we go to get another hit of caffeine? Perfect. This will be different for everyone, but again, the goal is to make using your new wearable device every day easy. Because the buzz of excitement you feel to wear it right now is unlikely to last.

Picking the best charging place for your wearable device so you dont forget about it is part of a wider consideration about turning your wearable and wearing it, checking it and charging it into behavior that feels natural and habitual.

This is why we recommend borrowing some suggestions from habit-building theory to help. This doesnt have to be confusing or extensive. Instead, we can pick and choose what we incorporate.

Social scientist and researcher at Stanford University BJ Fogg is a big believer in the power of prompts. In his book, Tiny Habits, he explains that no behavior happens without a prompt. This is essentially something, anything, that tells you to do a thing now. He gives the example of a woman who would do the same morning routine, then write her priorities on a post-it note.

Prompts can be physical, like that example, maybe you could put a Post-it saying Fitbit next to your coffee machine or on your mirror? Or whats known as a context prompt, this is when youre prompted to do something because you associate it with something else in the example above, we had begun to associate making a coffee with strapping my tracker on.

Other prompts that Fogg recommends are: sending yourself a text message, writing on your bathroom mirror, setting an alarm with your voice assistant and sticking a reminder on your fridge. All of these could work well when it comes to prompting yourself to put on your new tracker.

The good news is, this simple prompt for one simple behavior can have a positive effect on other behaviors. Fogg writes: what had started with one Post-it turned into a productivity avalanche.

Most wearables can do a lot, but they cant tell you everything there is to know about your health and fitness. For example, many can track your activity and heart rate levels. But few have menstrual tracking features that are as good as apps like Clue and Glow. Whats more, some have nutritional tracking databases, but not many are as extensive as MyFitnessPal. That means you might want to sync up the apps you already use and love with your new wearable and its app. Simply put, youll want to get your apps to talk to each other so you can get more from each of them and find out more about yourself.

The way to do this is different for every wearable, but most have a section in the settings called apps or connections. Theres usually a list of supported apps here and you can select which one youd like to give permission to access your health and fitness data.

This is also a good way of revoking access to apps you dont want to access your health and fitness data. On that point, watch out for any apps trying to seek permission to access data that they just dont need. Always question whether an app really needs to know your step count or your location. If it's not obvious why a health app or taxi app, for example then don't allow it.

If you have a wearable with a screen then chances are you can have notifications from your phone also sent to your wrist. Some devices can only notify you of texts and calls. Others can send any app notification, including WhatsApp, email or Ring notifications, sent to the screen.

The question is: is this a good idea or a shortcut to panic? The answer is: it all depends on you. Personally, we like to have any notification that pops up on our phone screen to appear on the wearable too. Why this is good for us and our productivity is because of something called in-phone interruptions. This is the idea that if we look at our phones for one thing, theres a good chance well get distracted by something else. So the reason you looked in the first place takes much longer and can often be forgotten completely!

But just because this works for me doesnt mean its right for you. We know some people find sending all of their notifications to their wrists really panic-inducing and would instead like to keep it as a message-free space. Settings to turn them on, off or customize them are within your wearables app and tend to be easy to toggle on and off, so we'd suggest trialing them to see what you think.

If you have a fitness tracker because theres something specific you want to do and it'll help you, which most of the time there is, take advantage of the trackers goal-setting feature. This could be setting a step goal for the day or, if youre training for something and have a device built for fitness, particular distance or time goals. If you want to increase your fitness generally, you might want to set a goal of just five days of exercise a week, regardless of what it is.

We like to use wearables even when we dont have a super specific goal in mind, but therell always be something we're interested in hitting eight hours sleep, 8,000 steps, something like that. The key for us over the years has been to focus on one thing at a time. Our wearable tech can track a lot of things, but it can perform better when weve got one clear goal at once.

This is also the basic premise of Greg McKeowns book Essentialism. The idea is that, to achieve more, we should pursue less stuff and do it better. Theres a lot more to McKeowns essentialist view of life, but a few key things for us to remember when it comes to fitness trackers is: choose what to pay attention to (dont feel like you have to do everything), remove obstacles to make your goals easier and experience joy in the journey of getting things done.

This sounds good in theory, but what does it look like in practice? To us, its choosing one goal to set and think about at a time, editing an apps home screen so what ww want to focus on is there and what we dont isnt. Its also about making the customizations to the app and wearable screen mentioned above we want to remove obstacles. Finally, experiencing joy for us comes with less pressure and more games, fun badges and, importantly, ways to switch off when we need to which we'll come to soon.

A lot of the best fitness trackers these days are designed for 24/7 wear you just need to take them off every couple of days or every week to charge them up for a few hours. Thats why it might seem like this advice is a bit weird especially for a tech site. But its important to go without your tracker now and again for a few important reasons.

The first reason is itll lessen the chances your skin will be irritated if you give it a break every so often. Most wearables are specially designed to not cause irritation whether thats the strap or the body of the watch or wearable that sits flush to your wrist but we've noticed we can experience some mild irritation and itching. Especially with waterproof wearables that we wear in the shower our thinking is that soap likely gets caught behind it.

The second reason is itll lessen the chances that you become too reliant on your wearable. Wait a minute. Didnt we just cover how to create habits with putting on your wearable? Absolutely. But theres a balance here. The majority of people dont have issues with becoming too hyper-focused on their wearables and the data they collect, but there are cases of people becoming obsessed with sleep data (researchers have called this orthosomnia), as well as others having eating disorders triggered or exacerbated by the calorie and activity data thats so easily accessible.

When we wrote about the possible link between disordered eating and fitness trackers and wearables, Dr Carolyn Plateau, a lecturer in psychology at Loughborough University, recommended making peace with taking it off now and again. Maybe you make this regular. Like every Sunday youll leave it off or you realize you dont need to wear it at night. It doesnt matter when you choose, its just about proving you could wear it all the time, but you dont need to.

When we spoke to Dr Carolyn Plateau she told us people are less likely to have problematic relationships with devices when they're used to improve general wellbeing and to read a positive goal rather than one that feels more negative, i.e. losing weight. If you feel like you need to lose weight and have support and a healthy mindset, were not stopping you. But this is about doing whats right for you, choosing things that'll work in the long-run and not triggering bigger problems. So its worth considering your why from the get-go.

With all the focus here on goal-setting and habit-building, its also worth mentioning that fitness trackers can be used for awareness-building to begin with. What I mean is, maybe you dont know what your step or sleep goal should be because, where would you begin?

Our advice would be to use the tracker for a month to see where youre at now, whats possible and what you might want to achieve in the future. So much is said for constantly improving and upgrading, maybe you just want to watch, track or just for things to stay how they are and to aim for more balance instead. Theres no right or wrong way to use health and fitness tech.

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If you just unwrapped a new Apple Watch this morning, there are a variety of tips and tricks that can help you get the most out of your new wearable. Read on for some guidance on our favorite Apple Watch features for health, activity, customization, and more.

For many people, the Apple Watch is first and foremost a fitness-focused wearable. The key to this is a trio of rings each represented by a different color: red for move, green for exercise, and blue for stand.

By default, the green exercise ring closes when you log 30 minutes of intense activity, the blue stand or roll ring closes when you move around for at least 1 minute of 12 different hours, and the red move ring closes when you meet your personal goal for active calories burned in a day.

This year, however, Apple added the ability to customize your exercise and stand goals for the first time. Maybe youre recovering from an injury and 12 stand hours paired with 30 minutes of exercise is too much for your body to handle. People have also been calling on Apple to integrate rest days into the Apple Watch rings system, and feature at least gives users more control over their goals.

Heres how to change your Apple Watch move, exercise, and stand goals with watchOS 7:

The exercise ring can be lowered or raised in intervals of five, down to a minimum of 10 minutes or a maximum of 60 minutes. The stand goal can be changed in single-hour intervals, down to a minimum of 6 hours. You cant increase the stand goal beyond the default 12-hour mark.

The centerpiece of your Apple Watch is the watch face. On your watch face, you can add bits of information known as complications, including things such as weather, activity data, heart rate information, and much more. The easiest way to build an Apple Watch face is with the Apple Watch app on iPhone.

You can find the entire library of watch faces in the Face Gallery tab of the app, and as you build them, you can add faces to your personal collection. Once you create multiple watch faces, you can swipe between them from your Apple Watch, making it easy to adjust on the fly for different scenarios.

You can find apps built specifically for the Apple Watch in the watchOS App Store. Simply press the digital crown on your Apple Watch and look for the App Store icon. Here, youll be able to easily find and install dedicated Apple Watch applications without using your iPhone at all.

One of the ways I love to stay motivated with my Apple Watch is by sharing my activity data with friends and family. When you do this, you can see when your friends complete workouts, how much progress theyve made towards their goals, and when they earn new awards.

To share your Apple Watch activity data with others, follow these steps:

The Apple Watch is not only useful for deliberately tracking your fitness progress, but also for passively monitoring it in the background.

Fall Detection

One such feature is called Fall Detection, and it uses the gyroscope and accelerometer to detect if youve fallen, and more importantly, if youve fallen and cannot get back up. By default, Fall Detection is disabled for users under the age of 65, but you can manually enable it with these steps:

Heart

In the Apple Watch app on iPhone, you can also enable a suite of features that will allow your Apple Watch to help you look after your heart. Simply open the Apple Watch app on your iPhone and look for the Heart category. In this section, you can enable the following features:

Blood oxygen

If youre using an Apple Watch Series 6, you also have support for taking blood oxygen readings with your device. Apple Watch can also take measurements in the background so you have data to regularly reflect on. Simply open the Watch app on your iPhone, look for the Blood Oxygen category, enable the settings as you desire.

The Apple Watch makes it incredibly easy to stay on top of your notifications. Every time an app sends a push notification, youll get a tap on the wrist and hear a sound. For many people, however, this can actually be overwhelming and unnecessary.

To manage notifications on your Apple Watch, open the Apple Watch app on your iPhone and choose the Notifications category. Here, you can see a list of applications and manage notifications as necessary. My recommendation is to limit notifications as much as possible on your Apple Watch, otherwise, you might become overwhelmed.

One of the newest Apple Watch features is deep integration with APples new Fitness+ subscription workouts service. Apple Fitness+ offers access to a library of hundreds of on-demand workouts across popular categories such as running, cycling, HIIT, rowing, yoga, and more.

Apple Fitness+ features deep integration with Apple Watch, showing live data from your Apple Watch on the screen during your workout. Plus, if you recently got a new Apple Watch, you likely have 3 months of free access to the service.

You can find Apple Fitness+ in the Fitness app on your iPhone or Apple TV. Its also available on the iPad, and you can download it from the iPadOS App Store to get started.

Finally, you might be looking to complement your new Apple Watch with accessories such as charging docks and watch bands. Here are some of our favorites.

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If you're looking to test your fitness mettle, there's no better way to do it than with a military fitness test. There's a whole genre of videos showing otherwise fit folks getting wrecked by the gauntlet of physical challenges, YouTubers Buff Dudes giving a test a shot and getting totally savaged. One super challenging test via the U.S. Navy is the U.S. Navy's Physical Readiness Test. Now, bodybuilder and MH Next Top Trainer host Steve Cook, has given it a shot.

The Navy's PRT test consists of a 1.5 mile run to be completed as quickly as possible, along with 2-minute tests of situps and pushups, with scores calculated on how many reps a recruit or veteran sailor can successfully complete in the time frame. Final scores are based on all three events, and are scaled for a participants age and gender.

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"This is my first 'challenge' video since I got COVID 6 weeks ago," says Cook at the outset. "I felt pretty sick for the first 3 days, and I still can't really taste or smell very well. But we're back in the gym now."

Cook also notes he hasn't run at all since pre-COVID times, and that he probably trained less in 2020 than any other year.

"I'm not really in good shape,' he says. "I want to do this like a stress test. I want to see if I'm really that out of shape."

He warms up and gets to the 2 minutes of pushups and cranks out 73 reps, but with 40 seconds to go, he falls to his knees.

"That's the least amount of pushups I've been able to do probably since I was in sixth grade... ugh 2020," he says.

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Next, he hits the 2 minutes of situps. And he's able to do 61 reps.

"Whew, eye-opening. That's what this is. Good to know...you don't know where you're at until you test yourself," says Cook.

Next up is the 1.5 mile run, which he decides to do on a treadmill.

"I definitely am not thinking I will break 10 minutes on this. I'll be happy to get 11," says Cook.

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He gets to it, and ends up clocking in at 11:19.

"You know what, for the next month that's my goal. I'm training to get better at this," he says. "I need a good training goal. I've never been this out of shape I think in a long, long time...I refuse to accept that."

Cook's goals were to get an under 10-minute 1.5 mile run, 100 pushups, and 100 situps. He technically passed the test by its standardsbut not by his.

"I was not there today. I gotta get better...I will get better," he says.

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If you need some motivation to keep exercising, a little pre-planning can go a long way.

Are you struggling to maintain a healthy exercise habit?

Its pretty easy to start exercising or eating healthy, but sticking with it in the long term is a much more difficult task. You get busy. Youre too sore. Life happens. Sooner or later, the excuses start to pile up. You end up skipping a few days. Youll skip a week maybe even a few weeks and youre back at square one feeling defeated before you know it. Its a vicious cycle.

With a slight change of your mindset, some simple planning and a little motivation, you can finally start and keep a consistent workout schedule for good. Here are some tips on how to get started and maintain your new, consistent exercise routine.

CREATE THE ROUTINE

One of the best ways to start any kind of habit is to create a routine around whatever it is you want to start doing. Working out is no different.

For example, maybe you want to work out first thing in the morning before you go to work every weekday. You might create a routine where you get up, eat a small breakfast while listening to your favorite podcast, go work out, shower and then commute to work.

The idea is to get your mind and body so used to including a workout in your morning (or whichever time of day youd like to work out) routine that you no longer have to think about it. It should just come naturally to you.

PUT IT ON THE CALENDAR

Another way to make sure your workouts are ingrained in your schedule is to simply put them in it, just like you would for any other appointment.

Schedule time in your calendar every week for your exercise. Make this time non-negotiable and expressly for you. If a potential conflict comes up, try saying something like Im sorry, but I have plans or Thanks for thinking of me! Id love to do this another time. If you must make a change, reschedule your workout time for another day that week and stick to it. Treat your exercise appointments like any other essential appointments you cant miss and remember: you are your own boss.

COMMIT FOR 30 DAYS

Most of us have heard it takes anywhere from 21-30 days to build a habit that sticks. The key is to commit to the habit you want to create such as working out four times a week and give yourself a 30-day trial of doing that habit consistently. Tell yourself that, if you want to, you can go back to your old habits at the end of your 30 days.

At the end of those 30 days, make an assessment. Do you feel stronger? More confident? More energized? More fit? My guess is that youll decide you prefer the way you feel after working out consistently and will not want to return to how you were beforehand. If thats the case, congratulations youve just created a workout habit.

START SMALL

When you first start working out on a regular basis, its never a good idea to commit to six days a week of hardcore workouts. Why? Because youll be sore, exhausted, burnt out and possibly even injured before you know it.

A better tactic is to start small. Try out two to three exercise days a week for a few weeks to a few months. Only then, when youve stuck with the workouts for a while and feel like youre motivated to do more, should you push yourself to increase ether frequency or intensity of your workouts. Baby steps now equal massive success in the long term.

DONT MAKE EXCUSES

Just dont make excuses.

Are you traveling? You can still work out, even if all you have is a hotel room. Are you tired? Exercise will boost your energy, so try 10 minutes of movement and see if it gives you a little lift. You are the secret to accomplishing everything on your to-do list. Instead of finding reasons you cant exercise, start finding reasons you can. Stop with the excuses and start with the exercise. Youll thank yourself for it.

No matter how you go about it, the only way to really, truly keep a consistent workout schedule and establish exercise as a lifelong habit is to start. Stop waiting start doing. You are worth committing to. Keep challenging yourself to be good to you.

And dont quit. Never quit.

Mike Gartz is a personal trainer who owns I Hate My Trainer at 117 E. Reynolds St. Plant City.

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Sport and fitness goods are meant to be used by fitness enthusiast, athletes and fashion aficionados in order to maintain and improve their overall health. There has been significant rise in number of people joining fitness centers with figure stood up to 62 million in United States alone in 2018 and also the country accounts for over 47 billion sporting goods store sales supplementing the growth of sports and fitness goods market. Sport and fitness goods comprises of exercising equipment such as Cardiovascular and Strength Training Equipment. In addition, other physical fitness activities such as racquet sports, skating, swimming and others.

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Chapter 1 Global Sports And Fitness Goods Market Overview

Chapter 2 Global Economic Impact on Industry

Chapter 3 Global Market Competition by Manufacturers

Chapter 4 Global Revenue (Value, Volume*) by Region

Chapter 5 Global Supplies (Production), Consumption, Export, Import by Regions

Chapter 6 Global Revenue (Value, Volume*), Price* Trend by Type

Chapter 7 Global Market Analysis by Application

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The powerful combination of cardiovascular exercise and strength training can help a person build muscle strength and improve their heart, lung, and circulatory health.

Exercises that target multiple muscle groups are particularly effective. These include various exercises that require little to no equipment and can suit a range of fitness levels.

Here, we look at 13 of the best exercises for overall health and fitness. We explain what areas of the body each exercise primarily works and provide step-by-step instructions.

People can do the following exercises individually or as part of a circuit. Some require basic fitness equipment, such as dumbbells or an exercise ball, but people can do many of them with no equipment.

The American Council on Exercise recommend that people continue doing repetitions until they reach muscle fatigue or can no longer maintain proper form.

However, they note that endurance athletes, such as runners and cyclists, should stick to about 2030 repetitions rather than working to the point of muscle fatigue.

The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) recommend doing 812 repetitions of 810 strength training exercises on at least 2 days of the week.

The ACSM also recommend at least 30 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity a day, 5 days per week. Alternatively, they say that people can perform 20-minute sessions of vigorous physical activity on 3 days of the week.

Pushups work multiple muscle groups, strengthening the arms, chest, and shoulders.

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Bodyweight squats can increase lower body and core strength as they work the abs, buttocks, hips, thighs, calves, and shins.

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Lunges work the thighs, buttocks, hips, and abdominal muscles.

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Running is a form of aerobic exercise, and it can help improve cardiovascular fitness and bone strength. Jogging is a less intense form of running and may be best for beginners.

People can often improve their running endurance through interval running, which involves running for a certain distance or time and then switching to walking before running again. Alternatively, people can switch between running and sprinting.

Sprint interval training may help decrease body fat, increase aerobic capacity, and increase peak running speed.

Side planks help build core strength, which can help reduce lower back pain. Side planks work the buttocks, hips, and abdominal muscles.

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Planks strengthen the back and abdominal muscles and help build core strength.

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Once people feel strong performing this exercise, they can try a high plank. This move uses the same body positioning, but the person keeps their arms straight with their palms flat on the floor, directly underneath the shoulders.

Knee tucks work the abdominals, calves, and shins. People will need an exercise ball, sometimes called a stability ball, for this exercise.

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The glute bridge is good for the muscles in the back of the body, known as the posterior chain.

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This exercise helps strengthen the shoulder muscles. People will require two dumbbells.

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Dumbbell rows can strengthen the back and increase muscle growth. An increase in muscle strength also causes the body to burn more calories when resting. People will need two dumbbells for this exercise.

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A pike roll-out works the abdominal, arm, and shoulder muscles. People will need a stability ball.

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The Crow Stand is a yoga pose that improves balance and can help build wrist, arm, and core strength.

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Swimming uses almost all the muscle groups but is a low impact exercise. Therefore, it may suit people with certain injuries or health conditions.

A person should swim in a public pool or a safe, supervised environment, particularly if they are a beginner.

People can take a few steps to make these exercises more challenging as their fitness improves. These steps include:

People can also work alongside a personal trainer or fitness instructor. These professionals can safely increase difficulty levels and help people maintain proper technique.

Regular exercise is important for overall health and fitness. A combination of resistance and cardiovascular training is a powerful tool to help prevent many health conditions.

People can start slowly and increase the frequency of workouts or the number of repetitions and sets in each one as their fitness levels improve.

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To say that the pandemic propped up several unexpected challenges for the fitness industry would be an understatement. The primary shock for the industry in 2020 was the realization that it could be brought to a complete standstill, as seen during the COVID-related lockdowns.The viral outbreak also revealed the predicament of the urban middle class that comprises a majority of the fitness consumer base. Regular gym-goers were confined to their homes, disconnected from their trainers as well as their favourite stamping grounds.

The effect of the pandemic-induced disconnect upon the fitness players was no less disconcerting. While many small gyms and fitness centres owners were forced to shut shop completely, their larger peers fared little better with mass layoffs and widespread scaling-down of operations.

A major factor behind this sudden collapse was the low-to-zero adoption of relevant digital and fitness technology tools before the pandemic; they were embraced at scale only after the viral outbreak forced a closing-down of the physical spaces. However, in keeping with the go big or go home mentality that exemplifies the fitness space, Indian fitness service providers are rising to these challenges and adapting to the increasingly digital-first, post-COVID-19 world.

The evolving outlook of the fitness industry

Once the initial shock of the pandemic had passed, fitness brands quickly upgraded their existing digital infrastructure to drive user engagement and experience. Many premium brands have driven growth by bringing fitness home with live celebrity and expert trainer-led workouts.

But, while larger players in the space leveraged their considerable resources to adapt to COVID-19, the situation remained worrisome for medium-to-small players who lacked the big dollars and the patronage enjoyed by their more established peers. Thankfully, fit-tech companies stepped in to address the need-gap by providing fitness businessowners with innovative digital solutions to tide through these turbulent times.

As a result of this tech-led intervention, many fitness chains are now able to deliver wide varieties of bespoke virtual fitness programs to their patrons. Many gym owners are also opting for cloud-based gym management solutions with contactless technology to automate repetitive administrative tasks and create a safer workout experience for their members. Essentially, technology is helping them optimise resource utilisation, ensure adequate social distancing, elevate the fitness experience of their customers, and achieve more efficient operations.

The message is clear: the fitness industry is evolving in pace with the disruption, banking on new developments to navigate the choppy waters at present. Heres looking at some of the current and emerging fitness trends that will shape the industry for years to come

Online fitness programs and gym-based workouts to complement, not compete

Pandemic-induced lockdowns have changed how people exercise. As work from home and remote working pushed people to find ways to stay active, fit, and healthy, they realized how feasible, convenient, and easy it is to include online fitness classes in their daily schedules. These online fitness solutions gave users the flexibility to work out according to their convenience while significantly improving the choices available to them.

This convenience is something that most fitness enthusiasts are unwilling to let go of, even as they go back to physical gyms and studios. According to a recent study by Gympik, 60 per cent of fitness consumers were open to continue spending on digital fitness even after the gyms reopen while 52% were willing to pay more to avail hybrid memberships at their gyms. At the end of the day, the customers preference varied depending on how devoted they are to their fitness regime, as well as their specific fitness needs and sensibilities.

As the world moves towards pre-pandemic normalcy over time, people will want the option to choose between centre-based and online fitness as per their demand. This shift in consumer behaviour will result in online fitness programs complementing physical centre operations for gym owners in 2021. Doing so will provide their customers with more choice and flexibility while enabling them to amplify their reach. Fitness business owners currently struggling with revenue shortfalls and high operational costs will also benefit from a more viable, sustainable, and future-ready business model.

Holistic fitness plans to become a staple, as mind-body-soul becomes more popular

The pandemic has adversely affected the mental health of all; 64 per cent of the respondents to a recent survey felt that the COVID-19 situation has worsened their mental health. To counter this, the adoption of wellbeing-oriented digital apps focusing on mindfulness and meditation also boomed in 2020. The same survey revealed that 42 per cent of the respondents reported using them at least once every two days. Aligned with this trend, gyms are warming up to the idea of providing holistic fitness plans to customers that target ones overall wellbeing focused on mental and emotional health alongside physical fitness and nutrition. Brands that focus on such a holistic view of healthy living will continue to be in demand for the foreseeable future.

This focus on holistic wellbeing in 2021 will also drive a significant growth in workout routines designed with a mind-body-soul approach to fitness. These exercises will not only serve to make the body fitter but also provide the mental relaxation and soulful recalibration required for more comprehensive wellness. As more and more people look to break through the inertia, mental baggage, and emotional damage of spending almost an entire year in the lockdown, these exercises will find more favour with the new-age fitness consumer.

The use of wearable devices and connected technology will spike

As fitness-enthusiasts become more attuned to their fitness needs, they are embracing wearable technology and connected devices to track their workout metrics in real-time. Fitness centres are, in turn, harnessing the data generated by these devices to glean valuable insights and using them to enhance their patrons fitness journey through real-time feedback, updates, sharing offers, etc.

As a result of this data-driven shift to fitness, the demand for fitness wearables grew by 60 million units in 2020 according to a recent IDC report, a trend that is expected to continue well into 2021. We can expect gyms to tap into advanced technologies to deliver consistent, elevated, and personalised experience to members, thereby driving brand loyalty and enhanced member experience.

Touchless technology to gain momentum, as high hygiene standards become the norm

The novel coronavirus outbreak has people hesitant about sharing public spaces such as gyms; a recent survey by Gympik highlighted how only 8 per cent of fitness consumers felt it was safe enough to get back to physical fitness centres at present. In 2021, this shift in behaviour will drive the fitness industry to win back consumer trust by maintaining high hygiene standards in physical centres.

We can expect comprehensive facility sanitisation between workout sessions, as well as the emplacement of sanitisers at regular intervals, becoming the norm. Contactless and low-touch technologies will also be in demand to mitigate hygiene-related concerns by minimising the physical contact environment. Gym members and employees will be able to enter the gym or access their preferred sections without needing to punch into a biometric system, thus reducing the risk of accidental transmission. A seamless contactless payment infrastructure will also play an important role in making hybrid fitness businesses a success in 2021.

Growing awareness about lifestyle diseases and the rise in preventive healthcare amid the post-pandemic world will encourage more and more people to join the fitness wagon in the coming years. The expanding consumer base is expected to see an increased concentration of millennials and genZennials in it as the modern generations grow older and recognize the value of holistic fitness as the key to a healthy and happy life.

With the inoculation drive finally beginning in Britain, the pandemic will be relegated to history sooner than later. Once vaccinations become widely available, people will seek to engage in healthy social interaction as well as outdoor group fitness activities, driving the resurgence of pre-pandemic fitness trends. Considering these trends, the fitness industry, after tiding through a turbulent 2020, can look forward to 2021 with prospects of growth and rejuvenation.

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