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"All bodies are good bodies." Mirna Valerio is encouraging other women to feel confident in themselves, while redefining what fitness looks like. USA TODAY

A 24-hour gym is opening in Yorktown Heights.

24 Hour Fitness will join two other gyms, Club Fit and Orange Theory, in an area around the Jefferson Valley Mall.Opening in a space next to the entrance of the former Sears location, 24 Hour Fitness will have over 37,000 square feet of fitness amenities.

"We're looking forward to opening our doors to the Yorktown Heights community," said general manager Alphonso Zimbaldi in a release. "Our club is conveniently located at Jefferson Valley Mall in the heart of Yorktown Heights, in close proximity to local businesses, restaurants, and shopping."

The 24 Hour Fitness location in Yorktown Heights on March 10, 2020.(Photo: Heather Clark)

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The gym will have cycle studios, classes, a basketball court, cardio machines, strength machines, free weights, an indoor lap pool, whirlpool and sauna.

A grand opening celebration will be held on Saturdayfrom 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. with tours of the club, prize drawings, studio classes, group training demos and more.

With the news of the coronavirus rapidly changing, please check with the gym before heading out to see if the status of the event has changed.

Go:24 Hour Fitness, Jefferson Valley Mall, 600 Lee Blvd., Yorktown Heights. 24hourfitness.com.

Heather Clark covers business openings and closings throughout Westchester, Rockland and Putnam counties. Keep up on the latest comings and goings by joining our Facebook group at What's going there Westchester, Rockland, Putnam. Contact Clark via email, hclark@lohud.com, or phone, 845-546-3615.

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COVID-19, better known as the new coronavirus, had been officially reclassified from an infectious disease outbreak to a worldwide pandemic, according to a March 11 announcement from theWorld Health Organization (WHO).

The symptomatically flu-like virus has affected every continent but Antarctica since it was first detected in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019. As of 6 p.m. EST on March 11, there were approximately 126,000 confirmed cases and 4,600 related deaths globally. That includes 1,300 cases and 37 deaths in the United States.

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The full extent of the virus's economic impact globally and within the United Statesis not yet clear. However, its day-to-day influence is palpable in the form of event cancellations, school closures and evolving public health warnings. Many industries are feelingits effects, especially the fitness industry, whose businesses revolvearound sweat and tight-knit communities.

Many health club operators have undoubtedly been asked difficult questions in recent weeks by both members and employees.

Is it safe to come into the club?

What are you doing to sanitize the club?

What should I do if I feel sick?

At the same time, club operators are asking their own questions.

Will I lose my members?

Will I lose revenue?

How do I make my members feel safe?

The good news about coronavirusdespite its new pandemic labelis that it can be suppressed and controlled unlike any disease before it, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a March 11 statement. To do so only requires a marriage of resources and resolve, he saidwhich, for club operators, can come in many forms.

It is important to remember that viruses are excluded from standard commercial general liability insurance policies, according to Jennifer Urmston Lowe, national accounts manager for Sports & Fitness Insurance Corp., Madison, Mississippi. This means that members cannot receive settlement payouts for claiming they contracted a virus at their club.

It is very difficult to track where a virus comes from, so it would be difficult to prove that someone caught a cold or the flu or the coronavirus from their gym, Urmston Lowe told Club Industry. However, a fitness facility should still focus on cleanliness at all times to ensure their facility is safe from germs year-round.

Viruses are also not a covered cause of loss under a standard commercial property insurance policy, she said. Therefore, a club will not necessarily be eligible for business income-related insurance coverage even if that club experiences reduced business because members are fearful of contracting a virus. Policies must stipulate covered causes of loss in order to trigger business income coverage, which then replaces losses sustained during a fixed period of restoration.

Specially written non-damage business interruption insurance policies can provide coverage for negative events that are more acute in nature, according to Nir Kossovsky, CEO and director of Pittsburgh-based Steel City Re, a firm that specializes in corporate reputation measurement and risk transfer. These events could include cyberattacks, software errors or supply chain issues. However, these policies are not widely offered and require great attention to fine print.

"It doesn't really matter what your insurance policies say or dont say, Kossovsky, who is also a former practicing medical doctor,told Club Industry. The issue is liability, not insurance. Liability is your problem. Insurance just kind of helps you with your problem, but it's still your problem. And your problem often manifests in a court of law where there's an allegation of liability and someone is seeking to extract financial compensation for an injury. Insurance's job is only to try and soften that blow."

Kossovsky said that liability and culpability are often confused for one another. Culpability is a third partys belief that you should have done something but didnt. Conversely, liability is a third partys belief that you owe them for being at fault.

Culpability is linked to reputation, Kossovsky said. And the anger associated with culpability can last a long time. 'You could have, you should have and I'm not coming here again.' Liability usually ends up in court. 'I was hurt, you owe me something and Im going to try and collect.'

Managing risk is often preferable to transferring risk, which is what a club operator does when they sign an insurance policy, Kossovsky said.

During the coronavirus pandemic, the goal of club operators is to manage the risk of an infectious disease. Although this task may seem daunting, its primarily a question of resources and resolve, as Ghebreyesus said in his March 11 statement.

First, club operators must meet with their businesss governing body, which may include investors, owners, managers and other stakeholders. Kossovsky recommends this body outline expectations for management, allocate additional resources if needed (such as cleaning supplies) and implement incentives (such as paid bonuses) to motivate all club employees to help manage the risk at hand.

Managing expectations is often the key to protecting ones reputation. To this end, Kossovsky suggests seeking legal counsel to update all club waiver forms.

"Give members an appropriate notice that you cannot guarantee their safety in an environment where there is inherent risk, he said. Anybody who uses a health club has to sign some sort of waiver acknowledging that there is inherent risk in using the equipment. Well, today, there is inherent risk in being next to somebody. Period. And the gym is covered with surfaces that can sustain this virus. In a moist environment, which gyms tend to be, viruses will last longerin a steam room, sauna or bathroom.

Its not enough to simply clean your club more often, Kossovsky said. You must ensure your members see and understand your efforts. Double down on common sense and common courtesies. Consider issuingnew surveys that solicit member feedback regarding cleanliness, and then act on the feedback.

Have extra crew with special uniforms who say, 'Hi, we're the special cleaning crew that is here specifically to make this place safer for you, he said. "You cant guarantee safety, but you can do everything in your power to make things safer. If someone gets a bug, odds are they got it from somewhere else. Not here. This environment is cleaner than your average environment. This is going to be the standard in a court of law.

Staff members at The Claremont Club, Claremont, California, are not only thoroughly sanitizing their club; they're providing members with evidence. A March 4 video posted to the club's Facebook page shows an employee using a specialized EvaClean Protexus Cordless Electrostatic Sprayer to disinfect each of the club's door handles. This high-end disinfecting device claims to cleansurfaces three times faster and more effective than traditional methods. Plus, its touchless. No towels or wiping required.

The staff at Club Greenwood, Greenwood Village, Colorado, issued a letter to all members reassuring them that they are activelymonitoring the coronavirus and carefully cleaningall areas of the club. Additionally, the letter includes a list of best health practices that members can adopt to keep themselves and fellow members safe. These practices include avoiding the club when sick, covering coughs with tissues or sleeves, regularly handwashing for at least 20 seconds and disinfecting equipment after each use. The letter explains where to find hand sanitizer and sanitizing wipes throughout the club, as well as how to greet, acknowledge and even help fellow members and trainers without bodily contact.

Similarly, Gainesville Health & Fitness, Gainesville, Florida, issued a March 10 memo to members that, instead of avoiding the topic, addressed coronavirus-related concerns head-on. The memo explainedthat Gainesville staff members have placed twice as many hand-sanitizing stations around the club and have also increased the number of manual chemistry checks theyre performing in all aquatics areas, even specifying their goal of maintaining a free chlorine level of 1.0 parts per million to prevent waterborne illnesses, as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

While many club companies are elevating their sanitation practices, equipment and technology vendors can also educate the industry from their respective positions of expertise.

Sanitation solutions company Citron Hygiene, Markham, Ontario, Canada, recently hosted a webinar about the coronavirus and emailed a follow-up PDF to all registrants.

The PDF includes a wide array of information about the virus, as detailed below.

See the CDC's website for more information on the coronavirus, including case statistics, prevention tips and travel guidelines.

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Flywheel itself has assured regulars via email that they use commercial-grade cleaning products and have taken extra precautions to sanitize studios. Plus, we just dont really high five any more, she said.

In some cases, business has been above average, like at the popular Brooklyn bookstore and events space, Books Are Magic. I will say that in this fuzzy in-between time where people are staying home, but not in their houses, the bookstore is crazy busy, Emma Straub, the stores co-owner, said. It has been busier than usual every day for the last week and people are stocking up.

It feels a little bit like the grocery store and were selling all the chickpeas and the anchovies so people can stay home and make their Alison Roman recipes when theyre in quarantine, she added.

Its the larger events that have taken a hit. Usually, she said, between 20 to 50 people dont show up to big ticketed events, but she estimates an additional 20 or 30 people have called ahead and said, listen, I want a refund or whatever, please send my book to me because Im not feeling well. Books Are Magic had to cancel one event, but only because the guests, two childrens book authors, had been planning to fly into the city and decided not to travel.

With group gatherings now clearly under suspicion, if not outright avoided (what, I ask you again, constitutes a large gathering?), one-on-one appointments might be the next question mark.

Carrie Lindsey, an aesthetician based in Fort Greene, still hasnt seen mass cancellations. Shes reassured clients of her own CDC-recommended health practices, like biking or driving to work instead of taking public transportation. Since in recent months, Lindsey has become well known for her face sculpting massage, which involves massaging inside the clients mouth (while wearing surgical gloves, of course), she is wondering whether she should be bracing for a hit. But so far, cancellations have been limited to two in the last four days. One was on April 26, the sculptural facial lifting treatment, Lindsey said. And then I had a client who had reached out from Italy that booked in the summer and they canceled.

Before it becomes necessary to stop booking appointments, Lindsey continues to clean all of her implements with ultraviolet lights and pays extra attention to doorknobs and other high-traffic areas in her offices with straight alcohol.

As for the mouth-focused facial massage, she said [Yakov Gershkovich], the guy who trained me, [taught me that] once the gloves go on, its like youre a doctor going into surgery. I dont touch anything once my gloves are on except for going straight into the mouth. If they touch anything, its contamination. The gloves have to come off and I have to glove up again.

As for what news will impel her to postpone her appointments, Lindsey said shed follow the CDC and New York state of emergency guidelines. Plus, just in case, she has a friend whos a scientist in France and Ive emailed with him. And Im like, Will you tell me when?

I appreciate these reassurances of sanitation and best CDC-recommended practices from local businesses. Theyre facing potentially huge losses already, even before potentially stricter measures go into effect, and Im anxious over to what extent I should treat business as usual. But now that the novel coronavirus has been declared a pandemic and more and more health experts are suggesting that more stringent precautions be put into place in the U.S., I wish my local pilates studio didnt have to be the arbiter of that information.

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The veteran-owned gym has become the site of peer-to-peer meetings in which veterans counsel each other from an empathetic standpoint

James Mahurin resembles a Viking, or maybe Tormund Giantsbane of "Game of Thrones" fame. Once on patrol in a village in Afghanistan, when he squatted with his fists on the ground and launched himself through a barricade, a Special Forces teammate said he looked just like a silverback.

"It stuck," Mahurin says.

He owns Silverback Fitness, a gym on 443 Franklin St. in downtown Fayetteville, with his wife Jill. They offer everything from functional training to Krav Maga self defense to Jiu Jitsu to meditation.

And the silverback has a softer side.

The Mahurins gym has become the site of peer-to-peer meetings in which veterans counsel each other from an empathetic standpoint that isnt available anywhere else.

"Right now its SF guys that were either in 3rd (Special Forces) Group with me or coming from the SF community," Mahurin says. "Guys have been able to get things off of their chest talking to a teammate while theyre working out or while theyre doing stuff in here because we spend so much time in the gym working out.

"Its a way for them to let things out and not necessarily be in everyone elses face."

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A veteran who asked to be referred to only as Tom frequents the meetings even though injuries keep him from working out.

"Ive tried a number of things going through therapists and psychiatrists they havent been where I have been, they havent done what we have done. They dont know what we go through mentally, physically, the struggles we have," Tom says.

"We understand each other. He (Mahurin) understands me as a brother. Its a family. Its not patient-client, its not in a timeframe.

"Its comforting to know that you have somebody like that in your corner."

Marhurin was introduced to peer-to-peer groups in 2011 while in treatment for post-traumatic stress.

The group was effective, but during a span of nine months in 2018, nine of Mahurins veteran friends committed suicide.

The no-man-left-behind mentality kicked in hard, and he organized local peer meetings.

The group ultimately made its way to Silverback.

"I dont want anybody in the SF community or in the Fort Bragg community to think that theyre alone in this," Marhurin says.

"You can be in a room of 100 guys that are going through it and think youre the only one."

Tom knows the feeling.

"I think it took the war to slow down for everyone to realize the effects it really had on us. It took that for us to realize something is going on, something is wrong. Thats what happened to me," he says.

"When everything stopped, I was like, I need help. This is not me. I became depressed. Im an extrovert but I became an introvert.

"I would go weekends without speaking to anybody. I would do anything to stay at work as long as I could because thats where my friends were."

His marriage fell apart. He doesnt know the exact amount of combat deployments hes had, but its somewhere between 17 and 19. His total deployments are closer to 22.

"For a couple of years, I was gone two hundred and some odd days with training and everything," Tom says.

"It became my happy place. It became where I wanted to be, where I was more comfortable.

" Ive done 20 years of damage. It needs to be undone," he says.

"It is a struggle, every day."

So, every day, Mahurin calls.

And Tom talks.

The words havent always come easily. Therapists, psychiatrists never broke through.

"They want to help, but that person has never stepped in Iraq. That persons never seen their buddy die. That persons never taken a life," he says.

"Thats fine that you want to help but how are you going to sympathize with me? How are you going to help me out if you cant understand where Im coming from?" he says.

"Heres some breathing techniques," he adds in mock tone, having been given that advice too many times.

"Groups like this, this is what helps us," he says of Mahurins gatherings. "This is how we have spent our military career. We dont know anything else, we know us. Weve spent more time with us than we have our own family."

Mahurin understands.

"My goal with this is just to make sure that somebody has a place to go and that they know they have a place to go," he says.

Tom and Mahurin are physically imposing, intense, tough, strong. They are elite soldiers.

But they know mental health is as valuable as physical health, and the two are a natural fit.

After a couple of years training in his gym, Mahurin started to customize workouts.

"A lot of guys from the unit I was in were coming back with injuries (roadside bombs), gunshots, parachute accidents they were finding out they werent in the shape theyd been in and their bodies didnt move the same. So we started doing what we call adaptive training," Mahurin, who has 30% use of his left arm, says.

"Weve had success with it, so now we do work with a lot of veterans."

The Mahurins started training clients in globo gyms and soon realized they wanted less restriction, so they opened a small gym at Marketfair Shopping Center on Skibo Road in 2010.

In their own space, the Mahurins began to develop a Caveman training regimen along with a supportive community of clients.

Functional training workouts are designed to strengthen muscles that make everyday activities easier and safer.

On Thursdays, Jay Andrecht, Tracy Giordano and Denise Renfro power through 45 minutes of constant motion jogging, lifting, jumping through 10 reps of pull-ups, curls, rows and more in a session emphasizing power. Other sessions focus on endurance, speed and agility.

"Theyre all here for different reasons," Mahurin says.

Renfro will be 58 next month, a long way from her days of running track at Indiana University, but she says shes never felt more fit.

"Its the best gym because you just come and work out, you dont have to worry about any of the other stuff, theyre responsive if youre hurt, they adapt your workout, whatever it takes, they work with you," she says.

Renfro has been a client of the Mahurins for a decade. Giordano has been coming about three years.

Functional training helped her run a half-marathon despite a chronic condition.

"Im a type-I diabetic so its really important for me to adjust to my condition because my sugars would drop out and it felt like i was literally hitting a brick wall but, together, we figured it out," Giordano says.

Earlier in the week, 10-year-old Nadia Bruce bounced around the gym during Krav Maga class, based on a self-defense and fighting system developed in Israel.

"I like getting to learn how to defend myself even though I kind of already do because I fight most of the boys in my class," Bruce says.

"It teaches me how to be safe."

Her mother, Natascha Bruce-Roman, is a case manager at Sentinels of Freedom, a nonprofit that helps wounded veterans complete their higher education.

She says Mahurin has been accepted for a scholarship toward a functional medicine coaching degree.

"Hes expanding what he can do here at the gym, which is great," she says.

She helped Mahurin transition out of the military in her previous job with the U.S. Special Operations Command Care Coalition, now the Warrior Care Program.

"I thought I got rid of him," she jokes before taking a serious tone. "Hes phenomenal. He does a lot of great things for the community and his fellow green berets and the veteran community as a whole."

Sunday Life editor Monica Holland can be reached at mholland@fayobserver.com or 910-486-3518.

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There is nothing quite like a workout to blow away the cobwebs and make you feel good. It also helps lower your stress levels and boosts self-esteem. Exercise produces chemicals called endorphins, which are chemically similar to morphine. Athletes call these feelings of euphoria the runners high, but its not just runners who get a buzz from their workouts; gym-goers do too.

Unfortunately, because of the recent outbreak and prevalence of the coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, some gyms are shutting their doors to prevent the spread of this disease. Exercisers are also avoiding gyms as the CDC recommends social distancing as a way to avoid contacting it (1).

Does this mean you have to give up exercise for the foreseeable future? Absolutely not! However, you may need to take some precautions and make some changes to your workout to keep fit and healthy during the coming weeks. Whether you continue going to the gym or choose alternative forms of exercise, weve got the coronavirus workout advice you need!

Gyms are high-risk areas for contracting and spreading coronavirus. Over the course of an average day, dozens if not hundreds of people come and go, and are often in very close proximity. Those users share workout equipment and may even come into contact with one another. This is the ideal environment for spreading any disease, and that includes COVID-19.

If your gym stays open, and you choose to attend, you should be aware that there is a risk of infection. However, there are plenty of things you can do to keep this risk to a minimum.

Weve taken the advice of both the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) into account to create these coronavirus guidelines for gym goers (2 & 3).

One of the easiest ways to contract any disease is to touch an infected surface or person and then touch your own face something that most people do hundreds of times per day without realizing it. Washing your hands breaks this chain.

Wash your hands with hot water and antibacterial soap when you arrive at the gym and BEFORE starting your workout.

Sweating heavily? Good for you! But dont wipe your face with your hands. Instead, use a towel and avoid touching your face with your bare skin. This will be hard because its something we all do unconsciously.

Why not reinforce this new habit by punishing yourself with ten push-ups whenever you catch yourself doing it!

Hand sanitizers contain alcohol and other germ-killing ingredients. They are usually easy to use gels. Apply a thin layer before starting a new exercise. Thanks to the high alcohol content, they dry quickly and shouldnt leave you with sweaty hands.

Gyms should supply hand sanitizer but, if yours doesnt, carry a bottle with you and use it often.

The gloves that protect your hands from calluses could also harbor and become a breeding ground for germs. Wearing gloves makes it much harder to sanitize your hands too. Leave your weight training gloves at home. A few calluses are preferable to being ill.

We know that COVID-19 can be spread by water droplets in the air such as from a cough or sneeze so it stands to reason that it could also be spread via contact with sweat. Protect yourself and your fellow gym-goers by sitting or lying on a gym towel and not directly on the upholstery.

Also, place your towel on any gym mats you use.

As an added precaution, why not wipe down any gym equipment you use with an antibacterial towelette? Keep a pack in your gym bag.

Everyone coughs and sneezes from time to time. This doesnt mean you have coronavirus, but its still sensible and polite to cover your nose and mouth if you have to do it at the gym. Cough/sneeze into a tissue and then toss it in the trash. Keep a pack of tissues with you at all times for this purpose.Wash or sanitise your hands immediately afterward to avoid accidentally spreading any germs. Also, for the sake of your fellow gym users, turn your face away from those around you. If you get caught without a tissue, cough/sneeze into your sleeve rather than into your hands.

This is a no-brainer! Bring your own water from home, and dont share drink bottles.

Asking for and providing a spot brings you into close proximity with other gym users, increasing the risks of transmission. Ask yourself if getting an extra rep is really worth becoming ill. Instead of getting a spot, why not use a training system like drop sets that you can do without help. You could even do a couple of cheat reps.

The CDC recommends staying two meters away from other people to avoid accidental contact and transmission. Given youll be breathing hard during your workout, we recommend you increase this distance to three meters or about ten feet.

This may mean leaving treadmills empty or moving your bench and dumbbells to a quieter corner of the gym, but these are small sacrifices that could help keep you safe.

Large gatherings in confined spaces are a leading cause of disease transmission. Thats why so many sporting events, concerts, festivals, and shows are being canceled all over the world.

If you can, go to the gym when you know it will be quietest. Ask the staff at the gym what their off-peak hours are.

Saunas, steam rooms, plunge pools, juice bars, changing rooms, and any other communal area is best avoided until coronavirus is under control. Because of moisture, heat, high foot traffic, and a host of other reasons, these places are potential breeding grounds for germs and viruses.

Go to the gym, train, and go home. This will reduce your potential for infection.

The symptoms of COVID-19 are high fever, a persistent cough, shortness of breath, and muscle aches. If you experience any of these, you should avoid the gym and seek medical advice. If you have been in contact with anyone who has these symptoms or has been diagnosed with coronavirus, you should also stay away home.

You may be asymptomatic, but that doesnt mean you cant infect other people. In this instance, NOT sharing is caring!

To prevent the spread of coronavirus, gyms MUST be extra vigilant and do their utmost to keep their facilities clean and safe. That includes providing hand sanitizer and antibacterial sprays for the equipment, as well as increasing the amount of cleaning done. If your gym is not taking the appropriate precautions to keep you safe, it may be time to find somewhere else to train.

Please remember thatjust because YOU follow these guidelines does not mean that other people will. Because of this, there is still a risk that you could contract COVID-19 at the gym, even if you take all the recommended precautions. For some exercisers, this may mean skipping the gym and working out elsewhere is preferable.

Want to skip the gym during this worrying time? No problem. There are lots of ways you can maintain your fitness, stay lean, and even build muscle while maintaining social distancing. Here are just a few of our favorite non-gym training methods.

A lot of exercisers think that bodyweight exercises are only suitable for beginners. Not true! Providing you crank out enough reps, only take short breaks between sets, and choose the more advanced versions of your chosen exercises, they are useful for more advanced trainers too. Push-ups, pull-ups, single-leg squats, handstand push-ups, body rows, planks, hanging leg raises each one of these will serve you well if you want to work out at home and dont have any exercise equipment.

Suspension trainers like gymnastic rings and TRXs allow you to work virtually every muscle in your body using nothing more than your bodyweight. By lengthening or shortening the straps and changing the angle of your body, you can create an entire library of exercises that will help you maintain or even build muscle. Suspension trainers also make regular bodyweight exercises such as push-ups and Bulgarian split squats much more challenging.

When it comes to convenient home workouts, resistance bands are hard to beat. With a good set of bands, you can replicate virtually every exercise you usually do in the gym. Resistance band exercises do feel different from free weight and machine exercises as they get harder as you approach lockout, which is when free weight exercises usually start to feel easier.

However, this is a very small sacrifice to make, and it may actually improve your free weight lifting performance when you get back into the gym. Thats why powerlifters do things like band squats and deadlifts.

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Old-school strongmen and bodybuilders used to do a lot of odd object lifting. That means they trained with things other than barbells and dumbbells. Barrels, tires, rocks, sandbags, water jugs, hay bales, logs if its heavy, it can be used for strength training. Take a look in your yard or garage and see what you could use to stay strong.

A lot of CrossFit workouts involve going to a CrossFit gym, known as a box, and using equipment. However, several great CrossFit workouts use nothing more than your bodyweight. Most of these workouts are good for endurance, conditioning, fitness, and fat loss but, if you are new to this kind of training, you may also find them useful for maintaining and building muscle. Here are ten of the best bodyweight-only CrossFit workouts.

Going to the gym makes working out pretty simple. Everything you need is right there in front of you. While you SHOULD follow a workout program, even if you just move from one exercise to the next, youll still achieve some benefits.

Exercising at home isnt so easy, and you may need some extra guidance and instruction. The good news is that there are thousands of free workout videos to follow on YouTube. Here are nine that I made a few years ago, most of which require little or no exercise equipment.

With social distancing being the watchword for avoiding coronavirus, exercising outdoors has never been such a good option.

There are lots of ways you can take your workout outdoors, including:

Its unlikely that youll be able to replicate your regular gym workouts outdoors. Still, at least youll be able to do something that will do your body good while keeping your risk on infection to a minimum.

Here are a few FAQs to ensure you have as much information about COVID-19 and exercise as possible. If you have more, you should check out the WHO and CDC who have very comprehensive webpages hat contain everything you need to know about dealing with the current health situation.

According to the WHO and CDC, wearing a face mask is unnecessary. The virus is transmitted more by touch than inhaling anything harmful. Touching an infected surface or person and then touching your face is the most likely cause of infection. A mask will only protect you if someone sneezes or coughs right next to you. Providing you are practicing social distancing, masks are unnecessary.

Also, non-infected people using (and even stockpiling) masks means there are less available for the emergency cervices who ARE in much closer proximity to infected people 24/7. You should only wear a mask if you are infected, and then you wouldnt be at the gym anyway!

If any of these readily available remedies for coronavirus actually worked, it would not be the serious health risk is clearly is! There is currently no vaccine for this virus and avoidance by social distancing and good hygiene are your best forms of defence. Keeping your immune system in good shape by eating healthily is never a bad idea, but things like vitamins and minerals are not, sadly, miracle cures.

Currently, infected people are being asked to self-isolate for 14 days if they have contracted coronavirus, but you should seek medical advice because this may change depending on the latest WHO and CDC research. Just because you feel okay does not necessarily mean you are not still infected. Going to the gym too soon could mean spreading the virus.

Because coronavirus affects your respiratory system, potentially impairing your ability to breathe, if you are infected, intense exercise could make things much worse. Exercise if you are healthy, taking all the proper precautions to prevent infection. But, if you are unwell, you should rest up and let your body heal. Do not try and sweat it out, either by exercising or with saunas. If you already have a high temperature, this could be very dangerous.

COVID-19 is undoubtedly a risk to public health, but that doesnt mean you have to give up working out. In areas where the risk and incidences are low, you may be able to continue working out at the gym as usual, albeit by taking the necessary precautions. You could also choose to skip the gym and work out alone to reduce your risk of infection.

Its important to remember that being fit and healthy will strengthen your immune system, so regular exercise and eating healthily are more crucial than ever. But, if you have any symptoms or are worried that you may have contracted the virus, your first port of call should be a doctor.

Stay healthy!

1) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:Implementation of Mitigation Strategies for Communities with Local COVID-19 Transmissionhttps://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/downloads/community-mitigation-strategy.pdf

2) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html

3) World Health Organization:Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) advice for the publichttps://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public

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All fixtures have been postponed until April 3rd at the earliest, with the situation under constant review.

The Black Cats players are expected to have some time off at the beginning of next week. This had been the plan even before the postponement, with Sunderland not due to play next weekend.

Manager Phil Parkinson said last week that they had already been told not to travel abroad in that period.

They will then face a delicate balance in preparing for a return to action, whenever that might be.

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Embleton has suffered an immensely frustrating season far after making his breakthrough in pre-season fixtures.

He suffered a serious hamstring injury during the Carabao Cup win over Sheffield United and suffered a number of setbacks as he began to return to training.

Parkinson, however, hopes that this time he is ready to make a sustained push for senior action.

Embleton returned to training last week, and the Black Cats boss was expecting him to come into contention for the clash with Shrewsbury on April 4th.

Crucially, he believes the one benefit of the 20-year-olds extended lay-off is that it allowed to him to undergo crucial strength and conditioning work.

His footballing ability is not in question.

If and when league action returns, and providing he suffers no further setbacks, Parkinson is adamant that he will have a role to play.

Ive said to him many times that there is a moment in him before the end of the season, he said.

Hes got that bit of craft and intelligence.

Thats what Ive seen in the footage Ive watched from Grimsby games, Ive seen a lot of those games where he has just shown that killer pass and that moment of quality.

Games at this stage of the season are defined by key moments and I feel hes got those in him.

As it stands, Wright remains unlikely to return to Sunderland action this season.

Wright made an excellent start to his Sunderland career but suffered a serious knee injury late in the 1-0 win away at Oxford United on February 15th.

Parkinson admitted at the time that it did not look good and days later confirmed that he would be missing for a period of eight to twelve weeks.

That all but ended his campaign, leaving only the faint possibility of a potential involvement in any play-off campaign.

Of course, any extension to the season could change the picture.

For now, he remains on Wearside as he recovers, with his Bristol City contract expiring at the end of June.

Robson has not featured in a matchday squad since a potential loan return to Grimsby Town was blocked on deadline day in January.

Parkinson subsequently revealed that he had missed two weeks of training in the second half of February due to a thigh problem.

He is now back with the first-team squad as he pushes for more action.

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The Whoop fitness band, which measures a users heart rate variability and offers insights into everything from workout intensity and recovery to sleep performance, was initially designed for elite athletes. Its now going mainstream. Last May, the company launched the Whoop Strap 3.0, which boosted battery life from two days to five, and upgraded its app to allow users to access a new Strain Coach feature that helps them maximize performance without overdoing it.

Whoop is the first fitness product to tell you to rest and not exercise, says Whoop founder and CEO Will Ahmed. The new app also lets users overlay data on top of video and photos to analyze (and share) performance, and assesses different stages of slumber. (Sleep is the new steps, Ahmed says.) These analytics are key to Whoops business model: The company offers its fitness tracker for free, but charges $30 a month for a subscription.

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Is breakfast still the most important meal of the day? We used to know the answer to that question, right?

And now we're not so sure.

As a registered dietitian, I always recommend starting the day with a healthy breakfast. And during the past 20 years, I've never met a nutritionist who has suggested skipping it. The morning meal can boost energy, control cravings and weight, and improve focus and performance.

When planned well, breakfast can also add important nutrients to your diet, such as protein, healthy fats and calcium, explained Cordialis Msora-Kasago, a registered dietitian and spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

But popular intermittent fasting regimens often banish breakfast in an effort to improve health and lose weight. In a recent New York Times article, Mark Mattson, a neuroscientist at the National Institute on Aging and at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, explained that most people trying to lose weight should strive for 16 calorie-free hours, and that "the easiest way to do this is to stop eating by 8 p.m., skip breakfast the next morning and then eat again at noon the next day."

Mattson, who for the past 30 years has consumed all of his 2,000 calories between 3 p.m. and 8 p.m, recently told me that once your body adapts to skipping breakfast, you don't get the negative side effects of doing so.

But there is a way that you can have your breakfast -- and your fast, too.

The science behind breakfast

Complicating matters in the breakfast debate is that current research on breakfast and weight control is conflicting. For example, a recent BMJ review that analyzed 13 studies on the meal concluded that "the addition of breakfast might not be a good strategy for weight loss."

The BMJ study used many small and extremely short-term studies, and wasskewed toward those including a very poor quality breakfast, explained Tamara Duker Freuman, a New York City-based registered dietitian who closely follows the research literature on meal timing in terms of disease risk.

"If the intent was to settle the breakfast debate once and for all, this was not the study selection or design that was going to do it."

What's more, these findings are a stark contrast from other research, which suggests that when you front-load your calories by eating a big breakfast and a smaller dinner, you have a much better chance of shedding pounds -- and you are likely to reduce your risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, too.

That's because eating most of our calories earlier in the day is more in sync with our bodies' circadian rhythms, which influence metabolism and decrease the risk of weight gain, compared to eating more calories later in the day. Circadian rhythms may also help explain why breakfast skipping is associated with increased risk of weight gain -- even among those who consume comparable amounts of calories in a day.

Indeed, a small recent study examined differences in diet-induced thermogenesis -- or calories expended as the result of processing and storing food -- among people consuming larger breakfasts and smaller dinners versus smaller breakfasts and larger dinners. What it found was consistent with these earlier findings: Participants who ate a big breakfast rather than a large dinner -- both with identical calories -- had 2.5 times greater calorie-burning benefits compared to when they swapped their meal pattern around. Blood sugar and insulin levels were diminished after breakfast compared to dinner as well.

"What we've seen from very large cohort studies conducted over years and even decades is that people who eat breakfast are more likely to have lower BMIs and a variety of better metabolic health outcomes -- particularly related to reduced risk of type 2 diabetes" and cardiovascular disease, Freuman said.

Just this week, a meta-analysis published in Clinical Nutrition concluded that eating breakfast regularly may promote cardiovascular health and decrease all cause mortality, while skipping the morning meal increases the risk of cardiovascular disease and death.

But this doesn't mean that every breakfast skipper is destined to gain weight or develop heart disease or type 2 diabetes, nor does it mean that a particular individual who skips breakfast and is perfectly healthy must start eating breakfast. "I think the takeaway is that if you are a breakfast skipper who struggles with blood sugar, triglycerides or cholesterol, or weight despite consuming a reasonably healthy diet -- it may be worth considering establishing a daily, healthy breakfast habit and pulling back a bit on the nighttime intake in tandem," Freuman said.

How to fast and have your breakfast too

Following a daily fasting regimen that restricts eating during a certain time window doesn't have to mean eliminating breakfast. For example, you can stop eating at 7 p.m. and not eat again until at least 7 a.m. the next morning, and you will still get the benefits of a 12-hour fast while fueling your mind and body with important nutrients to start the day, Msora-Kasago explained.

Eating earlier will mean eating in sync with your circadian rhythms, which is favorable for weight control, and at the same time you will avoid the trap of nighttime nibbling, where calories can pile up without you even realizing it.

Breakfast before exercise?

Should you eat or skip breakfast before exercising? Some research has revealed that you can burn more fat if you exercise on an empty stomach.

But depending on your needs, it may not be a wise decision to do so. "Some people are able to work out in the fasted state and not feel ill effects, but others may feel weak, dizzy or unable to complete their workout," Msora-Kasago said.

"I always advise my clients to eat before exercising," said Wendy Sterling, a board-certified sports dietitian. "I work with athletes, and my job is to help them gain a competitive advantage by maximizing every workout.

"Skipping breakfast could mean they might be working out on a 14-hour fast, depending on when they ate last. Performance suffers greatly, and they look sluggish and tired," said Sterling, who is the team nutritionist for the Oakland A's.

A healthy breakfast

When choosing a breakfast, look for a meal that includes protein, which will promote satiety and decrease daytime snacking, Msora-Kasago said.

A healthy breakfast should also include whole grains, healthy fats, a fruit or vegetable, and a calcium-rich food or beverage. Msora-Kasago recommends a veggie egg scramble with cheese and avocado on whole-grain toast; hummus on a whole-grain bagel with tomatoes and cucumbers and low-fat milk; and oatmeal with some almonds and low-fat milk and berries.

Keep in mind, if you tend to wake up and not feel hungry, you might be eating too much during the evening. Simply cutting back on nighttime snacking may give you more of an appetite for breakfast.

Or, if you're not up for a full meal in the morning, you can also try eating smaller portions of what you would normally eat, or pick something quick and easy like a small handful of nuts with dried fruit to give your body something to get your day started, Msora-Kasago added.

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Definite Wellness is bringing a whole new meaning of health to residents of Tullahoma and surrounding areas. Owner Candi Kinney has been a nurse practitioner for three years. She graduated from MTSU and was previously an RN for 3 years.

When I was a nurse, I worked at a hospital. I did not like the concept that patients would come in really sick and all we would do was put a Band-Aid on them and send them home fast. I did not like the fact that some patients were so chronically ill, so I decided wellness care was a better fit for me, Kinney said. I want to make it to where patients can come in here, address the issues they have going on and we stop it from getting to that point where it becomes chronic.

The office, located inside of the Coker building, houses two exam rooms, an office, and a main room with a front desk and chair where intravenous (IV) therapy is administered.

Kinney offers eight total signature IVs including the energizer, the glow, the fighter, the quencher, the athlete, the classic, the Candi cocktail and the morning after.

People can also come in and create their own IV by looking at the menu and all that I have to offer, she said. IV add-ons include B12, Calcium, Zinc, Mag-nesium, Vitamin C, B-Complex and Glutathione for an extra charge.

She also offers injections including B-12, lipo shots, Toradol, Vitamin D and Zofran.

Benefits of wellness care

I am all about things that make and keep you well. When you come in and get a B-12 or Vitamin D shot, that is going to keep you well because when either one of those is low, it can cause a lot of problems. That is what got me started with wellness care, Kinney said.

What got me started in IVs was the interest that people have in them today. This trend is huge out west. There are IV bars everywhere and I thought This is really good for recovery, athletes, dehydration and more. It is so interesting that this is something I can do, Kinney said. I signed up for an IV hydration class and decided to start offering it.

I had a man call me the other day who was so sick and asked if I could come to his house and give him an IV. I went to his house and gave him two bags of IV fluids and he texted me the next day telling me how much better he felt, Kinney said. It is also good for athletes, especially those who are into CrossFit or running marathons. Coming here is a good way to prepare your body for that and it is also a great way to recover from them. It is replenishing.

One of my friends came in and told me that she was so stressed out and wiped and needed some help, so I gave her an IV. A few hours ago, she said she felt fantastic, she added.

These IVs are not just for running marathons. There are a lot of benefits if you are big on working out. I am a former football player, so every spring I start working out again. I was very skeptical of the IV trend, Kinneys husband and business partner Eugene said. I was telling Candi how sore I was from a workout and asked her if she had anything to help me. She gave me an IV called the athlete. After I got it, I felt okay but was not that impressed. However, the next morning I was so surprised to be up and ready to go workout again.

Athlete Jordan Sheffield receiving intravenous (IV) therapy to feel replenished.

As a person who has struggled with weight my whole life, I do not believe in easy, quick fast out there diets. I can put anyone on a low-calorie diet and give them HCG shots and they will lose weight, but it will not be sustainable, Kinney said. My patients need to have a sustainable lifestyle. I advocate a whole food diet, 30 minutes of exercise and 60 ounces of water per day. If you do that in conjunction with what I offer, it is going to get you to your goal weight. However, it is up to you to maintain it.

With weight loss, I do a couple of different things. I offer three different weight loss programs, Kinney said. I distribute phentermine here in the clinic so it is like a one-stop shop.

The first option, Tier 1, is a 12-week program that includes one visit each month with Kinney, a 30-day supply of phentermine if qualified, six bi-weekly fat-burning lipo shots and one Slim IV each month, totaling at $600.

Tier 2 is a 12-week program that includes one visit each month with Kinney, a 30-day supply of phentermine if qualified and six bi-weekly fat-burning lipo shots, totaling at $285.

Tier 3 is an a la carte program that includes monthly visits with Kinney as well as a 30-day supply of phentermine if qualified, totaling at $50.

I have had four patients now that have hit their goal weight, Kinney said. One reached hers in only four months and another met her goal weight in two to three months.

You are allowed to take phentermine for six months and then you are required to take a break. I have other medications such as Topamax because it is an appetite suppressant that you can take that for a whole year, she said.

I usually do not treat patients under the age of 18, Kinney said. If you are 16 or older and you come in with a parent, I can treat you.

Kinney has a large menu of signature IVs, wellness shots and injections.

When a customer comes in, they are instructed to fill out paperwork and Kinney reviews the forms with them. If there is no conflicting medical history or a contraindication, Kinney administers the IV the same day. There is no additional charge for coming in to receive an IV. A customer will only be charged for how much the IV costs. She also does sport, D.O.T. physicals and walk-in sick visits that do require a $75 fee.

I treat simple things like ear infections, UTIs, sore throat, flu and strep for much cheaper than an urgent care visit would be, she said.

Kinney also offers bioidentical hormone replacement therapy. This is typically for middle-aged people for replacements of estrogen, progesterone and testosterone, she said.

This is one of those shops where people need this, they just do not know that the services are here, she said.

For more information about Definite Wellness, visit http://www.definitewellness.net, their Facebook page Definite Wellness, their Instagram @definitewellness, or call 434-0439.

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Building the best home gym requires you to get the best home gym equipment this shouldn't come as a surprise. The problem is, there are so many different equipment to choose from and it requires so much research to know which ones are the best, many people give up before even making the first steps.

Even here on T3, we have dozens of home gym buying guides which would take hours to pore over. To save you from staring at the screen for hours reading them all, we decided to create one, ultimate guide that lists all the best home gym equipment, from all categories, giving you the very best and most affordable models in each.

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What sort of home gym equipment you should buy first depends on your fitness goals and of course, the available floor space. If your aim is to build muscle and haven't got much space, you's better get a weights bench and a dumbbell set. Same goal but more space? Get a barbell and a multi gym as well.

If you are into cardio but have limited space and limited budget, you might want to consider getting a foldable indoor rowing machine. Have a bit more space? Get an indoor exercise bike. Got even more money and space and also couldn't care less about the downstairs neighbour? Get a treadmill.

If you are really ]on the budget and live in a small rented apartment, you can still build a home gym by getting an ab roller, a door pull-up bar and a set of resistance bands. No budget is too short and no home is too small to build the best home gym!

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What is the best home gym equipment for you depends on your fitness goals. Everyone have their own personal goals, let it be because they want to lose weight fast or tone up, maybe both. You shouldn't get a pull up bar if your aim is to lose belly fat and no need to invest in a treadmill if you want to build muscle mass.

If you have some money to burn on home gym equipment and your aim is to build functional muscles, get the Assault AirRunner Curve Treadmill. It might be an investment at the beginning, but this wonder-machine can help you lose fat and build muscle too. It has a commercial grade belt and doesn't require any electricity either.

Should you want to build muscle mass at home, get the Bowflex SelectTech 1090 dumbbells. Dumbbells are the single most versatile home weights you can have and with them, you can work out your whole body. The Bowflex SelectTech range is said to provide best-in-class dumbbell workout experience, a pair of them replacing more than 20 dumbbells.

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The best home weights, but cost as much as some fitness machines

Weight spread: 2-22.5kg or 4-41kg

+Space saving design+Feel like regular dumbbells+High quality

-Premium price tag

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Modular dumbbells have a lot of advantages over regular, single-weight dumbbells, in a home gym environment. They take up much less space and it is also more convenient to switch between weights. And when it comes to modular dumbbells, nothing compares to the Bowflex SelectTech dumbbells, being one of the most coveted home gym equipment in general.

These beasts from Bowflex pack 2-24 or 4-41kg in each dumbbell, depending on the model you go for, with weight selection as easy as spinning a dial. When paired with a simple weights bench, they offer an effective alternative to a gym floor, yet don't require an entire rack to house.

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There are other modular dumbbell brands and models, of course, but Bowflex's SelectTech range wins by offering an experience similar to classic dumbbells and merging this experience with the convenience of the dial switch. the different weights are not colour coded, though, so pay attention which setting the dial is on before you try to lift the dumbbells of the plastic holding tray.

Overall, a great solution for those who like to push on with intensive 'drop set' workouts or for those who are tight on space. In fact, our only real reservation is the price, which will make you sweat before you even try to lift them.

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Get one pair at the time as you progress

+Rubber coating for less floor impact and noise+Great value for money+Knurled steel grip

-There is no option to buy a range, only in pairs

If you prefer and have space for storing multiple dumbbells, opt in for the Mirafit Rubber Dumbbell Set. You can buy them as you go along and the weight range is pretty good so it will see you through many years of home exercising. You can go from 5 kilo all the the way up to 35 kilo per dumbbell in 2.5 kg increments.

Needless to say, to buy all the different weights would not only take up significant amount of space but it would also cost quite lot, too, so be considerate before you decide to buy another set. It's best to check what weight range you use in a gym most often and get the corresponding weights for your home gym.

The Mirafit Rubber Dumbbell Set as the name suggests has a rubber cover on the plates so they make less sound as you throw them down on the hard floor in the living room (please don't throw weights around). The rubber coating also helps the dumbbells stay in place once they are on the floor. The handles are knurled, making them easier to hold without the weights spinning as you perform your barbell curls. Which is pretty much the only exercise you will do with these weights, let's face it.

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The best kettlebells you can get

Weight range: 4kg to 28kg

+Top quality+Comfortable handle

-Heavier versions are expensive

TRX kettlebells are the best we've ever used for full-body workouts

Kettlebells are probably almost as versatile as dumbbells and even better, most kettlebell exercises are less stationary, helping you build functional muscles as a result. Just like Bowflex with modular dumbbells, TRX is the household name in the world of kettlebells.

Its premium line of kettlebells are all beautifully finished and each one has been put through a "premium gravity cast moulding process", which is said to increase durability. It also results in that lovely, flat bottom, which makes its easier to rest the kettlebell on the floor when switching hands during an arduous squat push press routine.

The different weights have colour coded handles, making it easier to distinguish them and pick up the correct one, even if the side with numbers on facing away from you. The available weight range is between 4-24 kg, although for anything heavier than 16 kilos, you will have contact TRX directly. Not like a 16 kilo kettlebell is not enough for most two handed kettlebell exercises.

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Best cheap kettlebell for beginners

Weight range available: 2kg to 10kg

+Gets the basics right+Bargain price

-Only go up to 10 kg

The Opti Kettlebell range manages to offer decent quality for a very reasonable price: the lightest, 2 kilo Opti Vinyl Kettlebell costs as little as 5.99 at Argos. Granted, not many people will be able to have a proper workout using a single 2 kg kettlebell, but still, it can give you an idea just how well priced Opti kettlebells are.

On the downside, the heaviest Opti kettlebell you can get is the 10 kg variety and if you are planning on doing some demanding kettlebell swing sessions, a single 10 kilo kettlebell might not cut it. You can, of course, do more reps with smaller weights and eventually get a 12 or even 16 kg kettlebell if you think you can't possibly do more than a 100 reps with the 10 kg Opti Vinyl Kettelebell.

The Opti Kettlebells are compact and quiet and the different weights have different colours too. Not just the handles, the whole kettlebell has been coated with coloured vinyl, making them striking looking and the handles a bit slippery when your palms are sweaty. For the price, though, we are not complaining.

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Two in one: best AND most affordable weight bench for home

Max load: 260kg (incl. user)

Dimensions: 125x55x43 (Flat) to 117cm (Highest Position) cm

Foldable: No

Adjustable: Yes

+Gym-grade equipment for less than a membership+Adjustable

-Cushion on the thin side

Despite the reasonable asking price, the Mirafit Heavy Duty 260kg FID Weight Bench still packs a solid frame, constructed from 7cm x 5cm steel tubing. It also boasts premium extras such as the small wheels at the back and grab handle at the front for easy manoeuvrability around the sofa or the debris on the garage floor.

Working your pecs from all the different angles won't come easier than this. The Mirafit Heavy Duty 260kg FID Weight Bench has six backrest angles and four individual seat angles that allow a great selection of positions from which to perform gun-busting routines.

As versatile as the Mirafit Heavy Duty 260kg FID Weight Bench is, it doesn't come with a weights rack, so unless you add one the bench is more suitable for use with a dumbbells and other one handed weights.

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55 different exercises all on one machine

Weight stack: Dual, 160lb (73kg) each

Type of movement: Cable motion/User defined motion

Bench: Optional

+Massive weight stack+Gym-grade home equipment

-Bench is extra 500

The Life Fitness G7 multi-gym is a professional-grade setup for private use, featuring hefty dual weight stacks, fully adjustable twin pulleys and a chin-up bar, making it one of the most all-encompassing system that you can own and giving you the ability to workout almost every conceivable muscle group in the body.

With the Life Fitness G7 multi-gym, you can perform 55 different exercises but you will need definitely need some floor space to house this gargantuan beast of a home gym equipment. It measures over two-metres tall, around two-metres wide and the same depth, which is quite a lot of floor space to take up. It's not cheap either.

In fact, buying a Life Fitness G7 multi-gym will set you back 2500/$2999 and that price doesn't include the optional weight bench, adding that on will cost an extra 500/$500.

However, the US-built contraption is designed and constructed to last for many years and that hefty initial outlay does include free installation, a training DVD with two workout routines, an exercise book with over 60 exercises and a bunch of pulley attachments to ensure you hit every muscle that counts. Also, it removes the need to workout near people. Money well spent, then.

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Full upper body workout

Weight stack: Single, 57 kg

Max. capacity (high pulley): 65kg

Max. capacity (low pulley): 145kg

Maximum user weight: 135kg

+Solid build+Integrated preacher pad

-Supports only one type of leg exercise

With a 57kg weight stack and a pulley system that equates to a maximum resistance of 150kg on the leg developer pads, the Weider 8700 home multi-gym offers great bang for the buck and is great for anyone looking to pile on the mass at home.

A chunky construction and comfortable pads make up for the fact that the amount of adjustability on the back pad is limited (no flat press here), but it's still possible to conduct all manner of exercises without the space typically required by free weights and barbells.

The Weider 8700 home multi-gym is best for upper body workouts since there is really only one leg exercise you can do with it: seated leg extensions. Given the low price tag, cutting some corners are to be expected, so we are not all disappointed after all.

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