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Options abound to fit in fitness | News, Sports, Jobs – Altoona Mirror

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The start of a new year is usually the time many people vow to lose weight and get in better shape.

Some will join a gym, but others are discovering they dont have to leave home to exercise, even if they want to participate in what appears to be a group exercise class. With the help of online streamed fitness workouts, people can take part in classes with others led by a trainer or even get sessions led by their own personal trainer.

Its a simple matter of cause and effect, courtesy of the millennial generation, which represents the age group of 20 to 36, according to a recent story in Shape, a fitness magazine.

Millennials are more committed to eating right and exercising than any other generation (76 percent exercise at least once a week) and have been a driving force behind the serious boom in the fitness industry over the past decade, the story stated.

The millennial age group has been slower to marry and start a family, but thats changing. More than a million women in the 20-36 age group worldwide have had babies in recent years, the story said.

So, what happens when an exercise-crazed segment of society starts a season of parenthood? Expect to see an uptick in home gym equipment, streamed fitness content and on-demand workouts. It makes sense. The less flexible your schedule becomes, the more youll be relying on fitness to come to you, versus trekking all over town to chase down your favorite studio instructor, the article stated.

But local fitness instructors said the traditional approach to getting in shape still has merit.

Jennifer Hatch-Miller, fitness director and sales director at the Summit Tennis & Athletic Club in Altoona, said working out at home has advantages such as convenience but exercising at a gym has many more benefits.

A fitness center can offer amenities such as workout equipment and the services of a personal trainer, plus options like maybe a sauna and pool, Hatch-Miller said. There are also the added benefits of the relationships you can build with others at the gym who can help keep you accountable, she said.

Of course, you can work out in the convenience at your home, but then you will notice there are many distractions and interruptions, Hatch-Miller said. As a wife, mom of three girls and three fur babies and working full time, going to the gym keeps me more focused and accountable.

Hatch-Miller said its especially important for moms to take time for themselves and also to take care of themselves.

Being the best mom to my kids and wife to my husband is my main goal in life, but I cannot be the best for them if I dont focus on my own health, she said. I have equipment at home, but I never get the chance to use it. I find myself doing other things around the house to catch up. By going to the gym, I have my workout ready, and I feel like I get a better workout. I have lots of space and the friends I have made over the years are a plus.

It also helps when the fitness center has a kids area so that her children can play while she works out, Hatch-Miller said.

Having a gym with a kids room is also beneficial so I know my kids are also having fun and they arent trying to climb all over me while I work out, she said.

Ray Ross, co-owner of another local fitness center, Gorilla House Gym in Altoona with his wife, Angela, said he and his wife support any type of exercise, as long as people do something to stay fit.

Time is of the essence, schedules are busier than ever, and people work a variety of hours that might not fit a (gyms) hours, Ross said. At Gorilla House, we applaud all fitness and even offer group challenges that include workouts you can do at home with little or no equipment. In a day and age where sickness and disease are so prevalent and a lot of it can be controlled by movement, we have to encourage everyone to get exercise any way it fits their schedule.

Ross said if people couldnt make it to a gym because of time constraints and stream workouts at home, thats OK with him, just so they get their bodies moving.

If that means an (exercise bike) at home or some (workout video), great, he said. Just move it. Stay healthy. We need a healthy society.

But the ideal is to make it into a gym because it offers the wide range of equipment and sense of community that Hatch-Miller mentioned.

I feel gyms like mine will be around for a long time for two reasons, Ross said. One, it can be difficult to find room and expensive to fill a home gym with fitness equipment. And, as humans we are always looking for a pack. Gyms offer community and community is having common goals, attitudes, and interests. We have our work, and home and a third place. Gyms are often the third place for many people.

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