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Not everyone can afford a personal trainer. That's where these fitness apps come in. USA TODAY''s Dalvin Brown puts them to the test. USA TODAY

Fitness centers across the country have shut down amid the coronavirus pandemic. But that doesn't mean all exercise is canceled.

In fact, online wellnesscommunities have existed long before quarantines were encouraged. There are hundreds of fitness influencers, workout apps andvirtual classes that can be accessed from a computer, phone or tablet at home, and with minimal to zero gym equipment required.

And today, at-home workouts are also inexpensive: Much of the leading online exercise brands are offering their services for free, at least for bit.

Here's a look at seven different types of workout programs that might interest the former gym faithful.

You like intensity and dumbbells:Sweat app

Australian fitness trainer Kayla Itsines'women's fitness app is hugely popular for good reason: Sweat, which is filled with her signature BBG (Bikini Body Guide) program, will give you results. (At least that's what fans before/after photos, shared on Itsines' Instagram,demonstrate.) These workouts will also be the cause of plenty of perspiration, so do keep up the social distancing. Her 26-minute exercises call for dumbbells and jumprope.

Bonus:The app (available in the App Store and Google Play) is free for seven days. After that, its $19.99 a month.

Adriene Mishlers yoga YouTube videos have more than 500 million views.Why? Well, she has a video for everything, from a long morning routines to a quick, post-run stretches and movementsfor neck pain. The instructor is down-to-earth and easy to follow, and her adorable dog Benji, who is seen sleeping in many of her videos, just adds to the mellow vibe.

Bonus: Adriene just uploaded a Yoga for Uncertain Times YouTube workout playlist which, like all of her videos, is completely free.

Whether or not you have a Peloton bike (which turned out to not be such a thoughtless Christmas gift after all) or treadmill, you can access the Peloton app for its running and spinning workouts. Peloton's motivating instructors (many of whom have huge followings) lead live-streamed classes where users can virtually high-five other participants.The Peloton app also offers bootcamps, guided runs, yoga andstrength training routines.

Bonus: Peloton is offering its app (available in the App Store, Google Play and Amazon Appstore) for free for 90 days. After that, its $12.99 a month.

Perky trainers Katrina Scott and Karena Dawn host live classes and have a library of hundreds of workouts that range from 10 to 40 minutes. Their goal: To help you boost metabolism and, yes, tone it up. You can do plenty of their efficient workouts (many of which are booty and leg-focused) with just a yoga mat. Youll be able to do even more with a dumbbell and resistance band.

Bonus: Tone It Up (available in the App Store) is now free until April 13. After that, its $14.99 a month.

Good news for people in cramped apartments with thin walls: Melissa Wood Tepperberg's classes involve small and precise movements that can be done anywhere. Need something even lower impact than the low-impact workouts? She offers guided meditations, too.

Bonus: The first week of workouts(available online and in the App Store) are free. After that, the program is $9.99 a month.

Sworkit emphasizes proper form over instructor spiels, with detailed descriptions of each fitness move. There are exercise playlists for adults, and also specific categories of workouts for children. And its a fun word, no? Sworkit technically stands for "simply work it," but we prefer to think of the word as ahybrid of circuit and workout.

Bonus: The app(available at the App Store and Google Play) offers free kids contentand is $9.99 a monthafter a 7-day trial.

After Orangetheory Fitness classes were closed internationally, the fitness franchise announced it would have the same team that designs its in-studio workout create at-home ones. Starting Tuesday, they began posting daily Instagram videos that feature several workout circuits and demonstrations.

Bonus: You don't need to be an Orangetheory member to watch the free IGTV videos, and you also don't need any equipment.

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For nearly five years, New Yorker Amanda Croce has broken a sweat about six times a week at a fitness class. Her preferred instructor is Akin Akman, a former pro tennis player and SoulCycle instructor and now co-founder of AARMY, a boutique fitness program in New York and Los Angeles, launched in 2019. Akman, with his signature deep voice and floppy hair, is among New Yorks top fitness celebrities, a sweat guru who is known as both a trainer and a motivational speaker. As Akin says, there are only good days or great days, Croce said.

But with the coronavirus impacting every aspect of daily life around the world, Croce said goodbye to her regular gym habits as classes shut down and social distancing became the norm for most individuals and businesses attempting to curb the viruss spread and abide by government bans on group gatherings. So on Monday, while socially isolated with her family in Connecticut, Croce opened up her phone to an Instagram Live and started streaming a bootcamp workout led by Akman instead. Its just one of a number of fitness programs and influencers pivoting to remote workouts, and in just under a week, its well on the way to becoming a new normal.

Across the board, virtual workout options have been popping up, from individual trainers offering free classes to studios organizing digital schedules. Check out fitness Instagram or YouTube and youll be bombarded with free content from instructors with avid followings: Rumble Boxings Noah Neiman has a bag-free workout; trainer Jen Selter live-streamed a mat class; Taryn Toomey is offering free at-home version of The Class; Australias super-influencer Kayla Itsines adjusted the routines on her popular program to be home-friendly. Most programs, from Physique 57 to Barrys Bootcamp to Orangetheory, have new free online options from official accounts and popular trainers individually not to mention widely-subscribed preexisting digital programs from Peloton and Nike Training Club.

Croce didnt have any gym equipment, just an old yoga mat thoroughly scratched up by her cat, and a few bricks and bottles of Chardonnay her mom offered her as weights. Still, she came away from the workout buoyant. Everyone was in the same spirit and cheering each other on, even though its through Instagram comments, she said.

Like most other gyms and fitness studios, AARMY closed training centers in New York and Los Angeles over the weekend, prioritizing health and safety in the face of the coronavirus threat, calling it a necessary measure in public statements. But Akman, co-founder and CEO Trey Laird and fellow celebrity trainer Angela Davis decided to take their classes online for the first time, delivering free, live-streamed cycling, bootcamp and specialized workout sessions over social media nearly hourly, starting on Monday, for the foreseeable future.

They are just one group going remote. And theyre reaching bigger audiences: in the first 24 hours, over 18 thousand people had viewed the AARMY classes, according to Laird. (In person, they can host about 60 customers per session; even with each instructor leading five sessions a day, their online reach is exponentially larger.) Recouping the lost incomeclasses start at $38wasnt a consideration at this time, Laird told TIME; they just wanted to get their content out there.

While coronavirus restrictions may be keeping people home, fitness has a role to play in keeping people healthy and happy; its no secret that working out can help manage anxiety. Croce turned to AARMY and other classes to keep her motivated while training for the New York City Marathon, finding the community in particular to be a powerful support. And while thats now out of the question, the online programs are making an effort to fill the gap.

The founders of online fitness site Ob consider what they do almost health work. Katia Pryce of DanceBody calls her classes a daily escape that people are hungry for, even though the ease of an online option doesnt replace the energy vortex of human-to-human connection and the importance of supervision that can be found in her studios in New York, Miami and L.A. (Every instructor said that students should pay close attention to their own bodies and limits while practicing remotely.)

Still, the move to online-only fitness is a shift thats happening very fast. How do you prepare for this? Akman asked, calling TIME from the AARMY facility in Manhattan, to which he was still commuting for filming. Luckily for the gym, AARMY had been planning on launching a digital component this spring. Theyve just expedited the process, and skipped building out a platform to go straight to viewers with the free content. It feels like a time in the world when you just need to put things out to be helpful and positive and inspiring, he said. Clearly, thats hit a nerve: theyve had viewers from countries as far as Spain and Tunisia. Its a nice surprise to see the world connected in a time thats so difficult, Akman added. The experience of the classes is pretty raw, just the instructor in an empty studio shouting encouragement at the screen, and sometimes responding directly to commenters, many of whom hes coached for years.

I started the class grumpy and alone, not wanting to do it, and not feeling accountable. But then it really felt like I was being held accountable, Croce said. The energy coming from the coaches was huge. The message of resilience and getting through tough times and getting through a challenge: thats something we all can use.

While AARMY has had to jump quickly into a new paradigm, some platforms were built for this from the beginning. Entertainment publicity pros Mark Mullett and Ashley Mills launched Ob, an online-only fitness streaming platform, in 2018. It has classes across four categories taught by celebrity instructors, all filmed in their New York studio and capped at 28 minutes. Inspired by the Jane-Fonda-style workouts of eras past, their goal has been to replicate the joy of early exercise videos; the contemporary twist is lighting reminiscent of the works of James Turrell. It had already struck a chord with millennials seeking a sleekly designed remote fitness experience, but amid the coronavirus their services are well-adapted for the moment.

Were very agile from a production and content perspective, Mills told TIME. When she was stuck at home over the weekend with her infant and a five-year-old, she realized they needed to put together kids programming. Within days, they had licensed music from Kidz Bop and released child-friendly exercise videos. And noticing a senior relative also struggling to find fitness options, they mobilized to put out senior workouts by the end of the week, with gentle activities that can be done while seated or with limited range of motion.

Movement right now is not only going to keep us sane, its going to keep our bodies healthy and help with our immunity, Mills said. We feel empowered, we feel of service. Its a terrible situation were all in, but we feel very equipped to serve people in the way that they need it. People are responding: Mullett said they were getting thousands of new viewers daily. Trust us, we wish we were on the phone with you under different circumstances, he said. But if youre looking for silver linings, the fact that people are trying something new and looking inward is pretty interesting.

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Still, adapting to this new reality can be exhausting. Professional dancer Katia Pryce founded DanceBody in 2013 and has been a star instructor ever since, with an Instagram following over 35,000. Students turn to her and DanceBody for cardio that mixes fun choreography with a serious workout. (And hit music: she licenses top songs for her dances.)

As her responsibilities as an executive have grown in the past few years, Pryce whittled down her active dancing hours to just a few per day. But now shes broadcasting six to seven live hour-long classes per day, after shutting down her studios for quarantine. Were gonna get really ripped this month! she told TIME. Pryce had freshened up her livestream service with a new app in January, so this timing was actually kind of perfect, she said. Still, its not exactly a dollar for dollar exchange; everyone understands that. Theres a million things online. She called this moment an anxiety diet for small business owners like her working to stay afloat. While the conditions of her salaried employees havent changed, she isnt able to pay contract workers for hours theyre not logging.

To tide her company over, shes trying to fill a niche with specialized dance classes and private virtual sessions. The upside for her business? New dancers who wouldnt normally commit to attending an in-person class are tuning in, including older viewers and men; she estimated online viewership had gone up 30 or 40% in the first three days. Were seeing more guys getting wrangled into it, because now whoever is quarantined in your home is forced to do your workout with you, she said. Standing in front of a mirror in a bright mirror [in the studio] can be kind of intimidating. Now people are really taking the jump. Its not clear how things will shake out when things go back to normal, but for Pryce, its an opportunity to play an important role. Someone recently said to me, This is basically your Super Bowl. Were working harder than we ever have been.

Shes not alone. Akin said today in the middle of the practice, Sometimes challenges make you focus on what you should be doing,' Laird told TIME. It brings clarity, Akman said. For fitness stars and their programs, its a chance to reach new audiences and convince a quarantined and inevitably bored population to commit to new habits. Nothing will replace the community of in-person sessions, Pryce insisted. But even Croce, a class devotee, recognized the benefits of virtual workouts, even after isolation ends; she can imagine tuning in when her schedule doesnt line up with the studio. As for the instructors? We are surviving, Pryce said. But we are hopefully really close to really thriving.

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Patients with prostate cancer who were getting ready to receive androgendeprivation therapy (ADT) saw sustained improvements in quality of life and their cardiovascular events risk profile after taking part in a supervised exercise program

The problem is ADT has several side effects, including increased body fat, decreased cardiopulmonary fitness and increased fatigue, study co-author Dr. Anthony Leicht, of James Cook University in Australia, said in a press release. These can increase the risk of a cardiovascular event and reduce health-related quality of life.

To assess whether exercise reduced the side effects associated with ADT in patients with newly diagnosed prostate cancer, researchers randomly selected 50 patients to either an exercise group (24) or control group (26). Patients within the exercise group completed three months of supervised aerobic and resistance training, which consisted of two weekly sessions for 60 minutes. Following the supervised exercise period, patients were instructed to take part in an additional three-month self-directed exercise program.

Patients in the control group did not receive any supervised exercise but were offered some supervised exercise sessions after they completed the study.

Difference in fat mass at three months was the studys primary outcome, which the researchers selected because body fat has a high likelihood of increasing during the first three months of ADT. Additional outcomes included cardiopulmonary exercise testing variables, fatigue and quality of life.

The study design, according to Leicht, was different than previous studies evaluating these measures.

What was important, and different from most other studies, was that the patients started the exercise program before the ADT treatment began, he said. Other studies have examined patients already undergoing treatment.

Patients within the exercise group had a mean fat mass of 24.3 kilograms (kg), which decreased to a mean of 21.7 kg after three months of supervised exercise. Their mean fat mass slightly increased after the next three months to 22.7 kg but was still lower than the mean fat mass after six months in the control group (24.1 kg).

Following the first three months, patients within the exercise group had reduced fatigue compared with patients in the control group.

The differences in cardiopulmonary fitness and fatigue were not sustained after patients stopped the supervised exercise program, but the exercise group showed a significantly better quality of life compared with the control group.

Older populations may stop their supervised exercise programs because of costs or other reasons, Leicht noted, and that within three months of stopping their exercise they will likely see reductions in strength and physical function. But there are options out there to help the patients maintain their exercise routines.

A more pragmatic approach such as home-based exercise or a shorter period of supervision with follow-on remote support could help get around these restrictions and provide measurable benefits to prostate cancer sufferers, Leicht said.

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Before we canceled in-person classes, we saw a small reduction in class sizes and a handful of canceled memberships," said Dani Leverington, Downtown Yoga studio owner. "That, along with the recommendations from our local leaders, signaled to us that we needed to help members feel safer while continuing to support them online."

On Thursday, March 17, Gov. Burgum issued an order that takes effect at noon Friday requiring restaurants and bars in the state to discontinue in-person service and ordered workout gyms and movie theaters to close in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

While maintaining health is the utmost importance during this time, these gym owners have a difficult job of providing a service without being in a physical location as their members. To still operate their business while still offering service to members, area gym owners use different strategies during mandated closings.

Shortly after President Donald Trump recommended limiting gatherings to 10 or fewer people March 16, many area gyms owned by national franchises chose to close their doors, cancel classes and suspend memberships. Here's how a few area gyms are handling the situation:

Orange Theory

With gyms in Fargo and Grand Forks, Orange Theory usually offers high intensity, interval training in group classes, but closed its doors March 17 to encourage social distancing.

Online workouts are posted daily at orangetheory.com.

Planet Fitness

Planet Fitness CEO Chris Rondeau released a statement on March 17 that all corporate stores would close its doors, and Fargo-Moorhead locations quickly followed with Moorhead closing its doors at 5 p.m. on Tuesday and Fargo following on March 18.

Membership fees were already deducted from accounts. According to Fargo and Grand Forks Facebook pages, they will take the following steps:

Find workouts streamed daily at 4 p.m. on Planet Fitness Facebook pages.

Other locally-owned gyms partnered with area government bodies have decided to close, but extend expiration dates of memberships.

Choice Health and Fitness

Owned and operated by the Grand Forks Park District, Choice Health and Fitness, a 162,000 square foot facility, closed to the public March 18 to 31.

During this time, all free programs and classes will be canceled, rescheduled and issue credits to those who have enrolled. According to a press release, paying members can expect these actions going forward:

Members with questions are encouraged to contact the membership department at info@choicehf.com or call 701-746-2790 ex. 208.

YMCA Cass Clay

After the recent discovery of COVID-19 in both Cass and Clay County, the YMCA Board of Directors at the YMCA of Cass and Clay Counties Fitness Facilities, including the Fercho and Schlossman Branches, decided to close Wednesday, March 18 starting at 8 p.m. through Sunday, March 29.

Yoga and other specialty studios have taken a multi-pronged approach to satisfy members while maintaining some source of revenue for its staff.

Downtown Yoga

Downtown Yoga, a studio located on Broadway in downtown Fargo, canceled all in-person classes and closed its doors March 17 and modified its schedule of classes. In addition to following adjustments to memberships, instructors have started to record and stream classes.

"Our members will also be able to access recordings of all these classes on a private Facebook group," said Dani Leverington, Downtown Yoga studio owner. "We'll be posting engaging 'yoga pose' challenges to our business Facebook and Instagram to keep members engaged and motivated during their time away from the studio. "

Leverington said most instructors have other jobs, but other gyms are not in the same situation.

"Although it's been stressful at times, we're doing everything we can to safely provide engaging, positive classes that will help our members deal with the stress and anxiety in today's world," she said.

Mojo Fit Studios

Mojo Fit Studios, with locations in Fargo and West Fargo, closed its doors March 17 through 31. Through a release on their website, Kristen Burbank, the studio's owner, asked members to be patient as they work through ways to operate their business with the current social distancing guidelines.

Although each gym's response differs depending on their size, length of operation, and/or type of service, most if not all, gyms have closed their physical locations and opted for online-only streaming classes.

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Beachbody on Demand has a variety of 40 programs led by different instructors. Alicia Betz/Business Insider

Exercise has always been my me time but while I enjoy working out alone, it's hard to get motivated without some sort of guide or trainer. That's why I've sworn by the at-home workouts offered by Beachbody On Demand (BOD) for years.

I've used BOD at varying levels of fitness, from when I was in the best shape of my life and ready for whatever the daily routine threw at me, to when I was 41 weeks pregnant and even thinking about working out exhausted me. No matter where I've been in my fitness journey, there's been a Beachbody program to match it.

Though working out can often feel like a chore, I've found workout programs on BOD that make me look forward to breaking a sweat it's completely changed my mindset on exercise. It's no longer a chore but something that clears my mind and makes me feel energized.

BOD streams its workouts via its companion app or website I tend to use its AppleTV app. The cost varies based on the length of your subscription, ranging from $8.25/month to $13/month. Beachbody offers a free two-week trial to new sign-ups, too.

Once you're logged in, you can sort classes by specific fitness level, time, type, or trainer. Beachbody is home to popular workouts like Insanity, 21 Day Fix, PiYo, and P90X, as well as popular trainers like Shaun T, Tony Horton, Chalene Johnson, and Autumn Calabrese.

In addition to the workouts themselves, many of the programs also include the following:

Some programs also have a dedicated modifier track so you can see what the modifier is doing at all times. This helps provide alterations to the routines to make them easier for someone unfamiliar with the workout.

There are workouts for every fitness level, including some HIIT workouts designed to induce a heavy sweat. Alicia Betz/Business Insider

Before each workout begins, text on the screen informs you of the necessary equipment required to complete the routine. Every workout has a warm-up and a cool down, and a trainer walks you through each move from beginning to end. Since the trainers all structure their programs differently, they also explain what you can expect in their respective classes.

Someone always demonstrates modified moves, even in the easiest workouts, and the trainers often walk around the set, showing proper form and giving motivational messages.

I'm fairly coordinated and find the moves in all workouts easy to learn. Programs that have more difficult moves typically have short companion explainer videos to help you more easily get the hang of them. My husband is more of a run-for-workout kind of person, so he tends to struggle with the moves, yet he's still able to master them in short order.

One aspect that draws me to BOD is the wide range of difficulty in the classes offered there are workouts that are approachable and challenging for any fitness level. Some of the more difficult programs, such as Insanity Max :30 and P90X, leave me drenched in sweat, cursing the trainer, and barely able to move by the end.

Others are decidedly easier, like Country Heat, a dance-inspired workout set to country music that I did while I was in my third trimester. I felt ridiculous but it kept me moving at the end of my pregnancy, and I never would've done that program in a gym.

Some of my favorite classes have been the cardio-centric Transform :20, the pilates- and yoga-based PiYo, and Core de Force, a program focusing on mixed-martial-arts. I also enjoy the Three-Week Yoga Retreat when I'm stressed or need to take a break from more intense workouts.

Workouts vary in length from 20 to 90 minutes, with most falling into the 30- to 45-minute range. In total, over 40 different programs are available, and I've tried roughly 20 of them. There are only a few I wouldn't recommend, either because they weren't challenging enough or I didn't click with the trainer. When that happens, I just pick a different program and continue on there's no sneaking out of the class trying not to be noticed or wasting an hour in a class I don't enjoy.

The real-time workout programs keep daily exercise engaging. Alicia Betz/Business Insider

One of the reasons people have a hard time with at-home video workouts is because they get bored watching the same videos over and over. The jokes get stale, the moves are repetitive, and it's easy to lose interest quickly.

Some of Beachbody's older programs are set up this way but increasingly, the company is coming out with programs using what they call real-time. These videos are still pre-recorded but there's a separate video for every single day of the program. So, if you do the upper body workout in week one of a program, the video for upper body in week two is different.

Most of the workouts are designed to be completed at home, so they'll often require minimal to no equipment. The most common equipment requirements are free weights like dumbbells and a yoga mat.

Occasionally, workouts require a chin-up bar, resistance bands, slides, or a step. Though I don't own any of these, I've always found ways to modify the workouts that require them.

Many of Beachbody on Demand's workout programs don't even require extra equipment. Alicia Betz/Business Insider

If you're used to working out in a gym or fitness studio, working out at-home will certainly feel like a big adjustment. But just because the setting is different, doesn't mean you won't be able to find something similar to what you're used to and Beachbody helps bridge that gap. Many of its workouts are even taught in gyms, so the likelihood you find something familiar to you is high.

For me, it provides the kind of variety I crave for my own personal fitness, offering me intense workouts when I feel up to it and more casual routines when I'm not. And there's something for everyone. With a diverse library of programs, Beachbody On Demand is a worthy solution for anyone looking to spend more time working out at home.

Pros: Over 1,000 workouts available, additional materials available with each workout program, accessible to every fitness level, cheaper than most gym memberships, many programs don't require extra equipment

Cons: Not as personalized as some other streaming workout services

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Participating in some type of consistent health improvement plan becomes more and more important as we age! Putting energy into improving nutrition, cardio respiratory endurance, muscular endurance, strength, mobility, and flexibility are great places to start! Now, to increase chances for success in your program, I like to encourage you to develop a purpose of why you're doing it, and use that for inspiration on your way to your goals!

Participating in some type of consistent health improvement plan becomes more and more important as we age! Putting energy into improving nutrition, cardio respiratory endurance, muscular endurance, strength, mobility, and flexibility are great places to start! Now, to increase chances for success in your program, I like to encourage you to develop a purpose of why youre doing it, and use that for inspiration on your way to your goals! Each area is difficult in its own right, so being prepared mentally may be the determining factor in whether you do, or do not follow through, on achieving your goals.

Exercising a little mental focus, planning, and preparation will take your program a very long way, because it prompts you to make well informed positive choices, that lead you the right direction.

Positive mental thoughts are necessary during our long days, hectic schedules, and unlimited stresses of life.

Exercise tends to get lost in the shuffle, due to the feeling of fatigue, and this is absolutely normal. It has been my experience that many times this feeling and reason we dont get our recommended amount of exercise, is not always physical. Instead many times it is because we give ourselves a reason mentally not to exercise, by accepting the thought we dont need to improve our health today! This happens often, so please dont let this stop your progress. Of course be smart, do not exercise or use this principle if you are injured or have health risks. But if you feel healthy and nourished, have no ailments, but just dont feel like exercising, I challenge you to overcome! You can reach a little further for your goals!

There are always many reasons that prevent us mentally from doing what is best for us. I heard someone once say there are no good reasons for not being on a program that keeps you healthy as you age, and I must say that I have to agree! Another good slogan says....if you fail to plan mentally, you might as well plan to fail.

Staying mentally strong, motivated, believing in yourself, and dedicating high proactive energy into sticking to, and following your program is the key to your success! You can absolutely achieve any health, weight loss, and fitness goal you set for yourself, if you just dont quit!

It all goes back to mentally setting your goals! If you have not done so for your health and fitness goals, now is the time to do it! Decide what you really want regarding your health, and take steps now to achieve them. You can do this! Just set short term, intermediate, and long term goals for your programs. The short term goals are important because they provide a focus and roadmap for your day to day activities. The intermediate goals are where you want to be at a specific time in the very near future, and are the catalysts that will ultimately get you to your dream goals! In my opinion everyone deserves their dream goals when it comes to their health, independence, and active quality of life!

Until next week keep up the great work, and please go out and make it a healthy and nutritious day! To get started on healthy weight loss, wellness, toning, and sports nutrition, call Reggies Personal Training and Nutrition, 104 E. Main, Shawnee, (405) 613-0237, or message me on Facebook at Reggies personal training and nutrition.

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Reducing your outdoor time as much as possible is essential to keep yourself and your family safe during the current coronavirus outbreak. If youre looking for the best way to workout at home, the updated PrimalThenics app is exactly what you need!

PrimalThenics, a bodyweight training program, announced an update of its popular app to provide individuals with a research-based approach to staying fit and healthy. Ideal for those looking for efficient at-home workouts, the app allows you to choose between mobility, strength and cardiovascular fitness training programs that you can complete anywhere, anytime!

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The latest announcement comes as more and more individuals throughout the world are looking for ways to stay active while minimizing their outdoor activities.

Regular exercise is a key factor contributing to your optimal mental and physical health. The current coronavirus outbreak has restricted outdoor workout possibilities for many, making indoor bodyweight training a good alternative to remain active.

PrimalThenics is a training program that features research-based bodyweight workouts for a wide range of health and mobility goals.

The newly updated app allows you to join a thriving community of both amateur and professional athletes who work together to train smartly and efficiently.

The workout sessions are delivered on a subscription basis and can be fully customized depending on the your preferences. All you need to complete your workouts at home is a towel and a water bottle!

To ensure high standards of training efficiency, PrimalThenics is based on a scientific approach that facilitates the rewiring of the brain-to-muscle neurological pathways.

Youll benefit from professional sessions with guests ranging from Olympians to doctors, professional athletes and fitness bloggers.

With the latest announcement, PrimalThenics continues to expand its range of high-quality fitness resources for individuals throughout the world.

A satisfied user said: PrimalThenics has built up my strength, mobility and flexibility to a point I have never experienced before. Core areas in which I lacked and saw as weaknesses are now strengths. This for me has been a complete turnaround in my performance and I am amazed at the improvements to my routine and overall quality of life!

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Falls are a major threat to the health and independence of older adults.

Each year, one in three older adults aged 60 and older experience a fall, and people who fall once are more likely to fall again, said Cindy Paustian, an instructor for Anytime Fitness, 3721 W. 13th St., in Grand Island.

Paustian will instruct a new comprehensive balance, mobility and fall prevention class at Anytime Fitness.

A certified health educator, certified Silver Sneakers instructor and senior fitness program instructor, Paustian said the class is designed to decrease age-related balancing problems, increase overall muscle strength, increase flexibility, range-of-motion, and experience an improved quality of life.

The class is designed for anyone who wants a multi-component fall prevention class designed to improve overall functional fitness and to understand fall risk factors, she said.

Those factors include medication interactions, chronic conditions, muscle weakness and vision loss.

Paustian said that falls are the leading cause of nonfatal injuries among older adults. She said 1 out of 10 falls cause serious injuries, such as a hip fracture or head injury, which requires hospitalization.

In addition to the physical and emotional pain, Paustian said many people need to spend at least a year recovering in a long-term facility.

Clinical research, along with a staggering number of falls resulting in serious injury or even death, has proven that balance, mobility and fall prevention classes sufficiency reduce chances of falling, she said.

Statistics from the National Center For Medicare and Medicaid Services report one-fourth of all Americans ages 5 and older fall at least once in their lifetimes.

In 2018, falls resulted in more than 3 million serious injuries, 850,000 hospitalizations and 29,000 deaths.

She said participants of the class would complete a Fall risk assessment before starting the course, understand the principles of appropriate balancing exercises, defining short and long-range goals and identify and/or modifying individual skill competency.

The class was supposed to start April 14 and meet from 12:15 to 1 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. However the starting date may be pushed back because of COVID-19 precautions.

Paustian said people are living older and falls will increase unless a serious commitment to providing effective fall prevention programs.

These fall prevention programs will reduce falls in older adults and help their health, wellness, and independence, said she said.

Rebecca Tidwell, general manager of Anytime Fitness in Grand Island, said the health club is geared to people of all ages.

We are geared toward everybody and we want to accommodate everybody, she said.

That is one of the reasons for starting the balance, mobility and fall prevention classes.

With people sequestered in their homes, especially the elderly, because of the coronavirus, that need for balance, mobility and preventing falls becomes important. That same philosophy applies also as people live longer and stay in their homes longer.

According to a study published in the Journal for the Royal Society of Medicine, one-third of people over 65 will fall at least once a year. Most falls occur on flat areas as falls on the stairs or in the bathroom are relatively rare. Of those who fall and lie on the floor for hours, half will be dead within six months according to the study.

The study also found the risk of falls is double in people with dementia. There is also an increased risk with depression. The more drugs an elderly person takes, the greater the risk of falls. Visual impairment is an important risk factor. Wearing the wrong kind of footwear, such as loose slippers, is also a factor.

It is that greater sense of wellness in peoples everyday life thats behind classes such as the balance, mobility and preventing falls classes.

The club is also offering another senior fitness program, Powerup N Tone Up, a Silver Sneakers multipurpose exercise program, from 8 to 9 a.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.

Our philosophy is let make healthy happen, Tidwell said. That is why we are bringing these classes in. We just dont want people just to come to our facility and then leave. We want them to have a sense of community and belonging to our facility. We want our members to invest in themselves and commit to feel fit.

For more information, call (308) 382-4700, or check Facebook and online.

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The 1950s marked a decade when Americans became really interested in exercise and fitness.

Television programs, the government, and new social norms created an environment where staying in shape was not only encouraged, but also expected.

With the recent return of 1950s workout staples like Bongo Boards, Hula-Hoops, and other calisthenic-focused exercises, I decided to spend a week trying out moves from the decade to see how they stack up against more modern routines.

To guide me in my vintage-fitness journey and provide some insight into what types of workouts were popular in the 1950s, I spoke to Conor Heffernan, assistant professor in the departments of kinesiology and health education at The University of Texas at Austin, and personal trainer Chris DiVecchio.

Heres what it was like to follow a vintage-inspired workout routine for a week.

Many women in the 1950s sought to stay or become slender through their new exercise routines, but they were seemingly not nearly as concerned with building strength or staying healthy, something many of the weight-lifting and cardio workouts I do today emphasize.

I also found that many workouts of the time seemed pretty simple and low-energy. For example, one popular fitness tool in the 1950s was a Bongo Board, which is designed to help improve ones balance.

Although some early iterations of this balance board debuted in 1952, it is still useful today, according to DiVecchio. He said it can stabilize muscles, which can act as a foundation for strength and power and help prevent injuries.

With this in mind, I began my workout by trying to stay upright on a Bongo-style balance board, which turned out to be a lot harder than expected.

After trying to stay upright for about 30 seconds, I did 30 jumping jacks followed by 10 minutes of Hula-Hooping, an activity that has unclear origins but was especially popular in the 1950s.

I actually felt myself smiling while hooping, and I was happy to hear that, according to DiVecchio, using this childlike piece of equipment can help shrink your waist size, burn calories, and increase your bodys mobility even if it doesnt build muscle.

Next, I decided to try and use dumbbells (which have been around for centuries) and a rowing-style machine (which have been around since the 1870s) to imitate some of the equipment that those in the 1950s would have had access to.

Although stationary bikes didnt gain mainstream popularity in the US until the 1960s, theyd been around since the early 1900s, so I decided to include some pedaling in my routine to finish off my workout.

Honestly, I didnt really feel like I got much of a workout on the stationary bike, and I was bored after just five minutes.

According to Heffernan, yoga found a resurgence of popularity in the 1950s, so I decided to dedicate a couple of days of the week to it.

During that decade, women would likely have been attempting yoga poses that were taught at community centers or salons from cosmetic pioneers, like Helena Rubinstein or Elizabeth Arden, who emphasized that yoga could help a woman take control of her physical beauty.

Im not one to choose yoga over a high-intensity workout, but I have to admit that I enjoy the calming and relaxing benefits from the practice.

I do 30 seconds of each pose, starting with mountain, standing bow, tree, eagle, triangle, leg lifts, camel, bow, and chair, as well as a few rounds of downward-facing dog.

I feel less stressed and more energized when Im finished.

Treadmills really started to gain popularity in the 1960s, but some US advertisements for them date back to the 1930s, so I figure they were probably part of some 1950s routines. I decided to incorporate this machine into my day-two workout.

After warming up with the balance board and one minute of jump rope, I put on one of my favorite workout playlists and start running. Im bored within 10 minutes, but it feels really good to get some of my extra energy out, and Im able to stay on the treadmill for around 30 minutes.

Ive finally broken a sweat, which is a relief. One of the most frustrating things for me so far this week is that I havent really felt like Ive gotten my heart rate up during any of these exercises.

It feels weird having such a relaxing workout planned for the day, but part of me feels happy about it because its been a stressful week at work, and Im looking forward to zoning out and concentrating on my breathing for at least 20 minutes.

To start things off, I decide to try to focus on balancing on the board. For some reason, its even harder than it was the first day, and Im having a hard time concentrating on keeping it steady.

After about five minutes of that, I return to my yoga moves. I again move into my mountain, standing bow, downward-facing dog, tree, eagle, triangle, leg lift, camel, bow, and chair poses.

Im surprised to admit it, but I wish my yoga session was longer so I didnt have to get back to being productive.

Although a part of me is enjoying taking the week kind of easy, I miss doing exercises that really get my heart rate up as well as strength-building moves.

To start, I crank up some music as I try to balance on the board for 45 seconds and then do 40 jumping jacks. I feel like Im getting a lot better at balancing and I am having some fun with it.

After doing 15 minutes of Hula-Hooping, I grudgingly head over to the stationary bike and set a timer for 45 minutes. Its weird how easy it is to zone out, and even though I stay on the bike the whole time, I dont really feel like I broke a sweat.

DiVecchio echoed my thoughts, saying that stationary bikes can create a false sense of action, adding that its typically not a good source for burning calories. However, he said that its a helpful workout tool for people who have back issues or knee, hip, or foot injuries.

When Im done with my workout, I check my abs, and am surprised to see a hint of definition, but its hard to tell if its from Hula-Hooping or from my previous core-centric workouts.

Even though theres something about Hula-Hooping that makes me feel like a kid again (in a good way), the minimal results make me feel like its not as effective of a workout as my regular ab exercises.

I know that plenty of people do yoga several times a week, but Im having a hard time getting excited about putting aside 20 minutes in my day for a yoga routine.

Today, I decided to switch up my routine by adding burpees to the list. Although Im not sure whether women in 1950s-era yoga classes would have done them, I just needed something to get my heart rate up a little.

Again, I warm up with a mountain pose, followed by tree, standing bow, downward-facing dog, eagle, and triangle poses. I then do 30 burpees until Ive worked up a sweat, and then I do some leg lifts, spine twists, and camel, bow, and chair poses.

I finish off with a relaxing happy-baby pose to stretch everything out.

I wake up feeling pretty excited to put this week behind me. Ive definitely had fun with some of this 1950s-era exercise equipment, but Im ready to start lifting weights and go back to focusing on more intense moves to help me build my strength and get my heart rate up again.

I begin by attempting one minute on my balance board followed by one minute of jump rope. Once Im warmed up, I head to the treadmill and decide to finish the week off strong with 45 minutes of it.

Im not full-on sprinting the whole time, and I definitely take breaks, but it feels like a good workout, and Im covered in sweat at the end of it.

There were a few things that I really loved about the 1950s-inspired workouts, including the fun attitude and the way that certain moves focus on balance and stability. DiVecchio said that this is actually something that modern workouts are lacking, and that weightlifting alone, without focusing on stability and balance, can actually lead to injuries.

It also can hold people back from being as powerful as they could be.

In order to be optimal in the strength and power, youve got to have good stabilization, so you sell yourself short with how strong and powerful you could be without it, he said.

However, I really didnt feel like I gained a lot of strength or muscle definition while doing these workouts, which makes sense since many 1950s-era exercise routines for women were focused on creating and maintaining an idealized slim figure.

I wont be following all of these moves and routines again, but I might just incorporate a balance board and Hula-Hoop into my next workout.

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Endorphinz will waive the upfront fees and deploy its team to assist with planning, program management, content, production, publishing and more.

TAMPA, Fla., March 19, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Fitness studios and gyms are closing their doors in an effort to bridle concerns over the spreading of coronavirus, while opening their screens in search of streaming opportunities. Endorphinz, a fitness streaming agency with integrated services, content, production and publishing, is deploying resources and teams to help fitness organizations continue offering exercise programs and fitness classes to members while they are practicing social distancing.

The Endorphinz team has worked with industry-leading brands for over 15 years and serves as a reliable streaming partner and fitness streaming expert.In support of finding a solution for the industry during COVID-19 public gathering closures, the company has joined together a majority of the streaming platform providers currently hosting fitness streaming brands to collectively assist club operators in deploying the right solution in a timely manner.For the next 30 days, the platform partners listed below will work hand-in-hand with the Endorphinz team to deploy viable solutions. Endorphinz will waive the upfront fees and deploy its team to assist with all program management, content production, publishing, and more.

"We have been servicing select partners in the fitness streaming market, and we were planning to roll out the full-program service model at IHRSA.In light of everything, I called all of the platform providers and asked them to band together to help our industry because people are going to need fitness at home through these tough times.I have opened up our resources and staff to assist brands in deploying the appropriate fitness streaming solutions, to provide education on the best practices and to assist in creating content," says Endorphinz partner, Mike Hansen.

In addition to fitness streaming program management, Endorphinz has built up one of the largest knowledge bases with fitness streaming research, consumer surveys, and best practices.The company is actively working on putting together educational guides and DIY services offerings to connect with professionals via a virtual model to support those who are in isolation.

"The team at Endorphinz is a great resource for insights and a reliable source of information and services for the industry," says Garrett Marshall of Xponential Fitness.

For organizations who require resources, setup or assistance with their fitness streaming programs and content, call 1-833-227-4469 or visit http://www.endorphinz.net/memberconnect.html. The company will also begin to release educational content viahttps://www.linkedin.com/company/Endorphinz.

For more information on the commercial content and streaming platform providers who are actively serving the fitness industry, please visit their websites and call Endorphinz for expedited service and procurement.

"Clubsneed to be thoughtful about what decisions they make today with their online content and the strategy they deploybecause the long-term and viable brands will require one of these commercial platforms while using social channels for top of funnel and promotion," says Endorphinz partner, Mike Hansen.

About Endorphinz

Endorphinz is building the fitness services company of tomorrow, to empower brands and artists in the digital age.The company offers the first fully integrated services of media production, publishing and talent fully dedicated to fitness streaming. For more information on Endorphinz, visit http://www.endorphinz.net.

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