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Apple offers a robust fitness platform for those already inside its walled garden. Unlike some other manufacturers (Im looking at you, Samsung), Apple Fitness is far from an afterthought. In fact, through Apple Health, Apple helps to enable seamless synchronization between a wide variety of sources.

That said, getting started with fitness tracking on Apple can be a somewhat confusing process. What is Apple Health, and how is it different from Apple Fitness? Do you need an Apple Watch to get the most out of it? And just what is Apple Fitness Plus? This is your complete guide to fitness on Apple. Read on to learn more.

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Well start with Apples Health app, unhelpfully called Apple Health. The Apple Health app made its debut on the iPhone in 2014. Its goal is to provide a central hub where users can see data from a wide range of sources.

Lets say you have three fitness trackers (maybe a running watch, Oura Ring, and Fitbit), a MyFitnessPal account, and a HIIT workout timer that you like to use. Maybe you also mediate with Headspace from time to time. And did you know your iPhone also tracks things like steps? It will even look for things like walking asymmetries using the in-built gyroscope.

All these collect data, some of which overlaps. Thats where Apple Health comes in. It syncs with the most popular health apps and stores all of that data in a single spot.

See also: The best Android diet apps and Android nutrition apps

Apples nomenclature can be confusing for those new to fitness on Apple. You may be wondering, for example, how the Apple Health app differs from HealthKit?

The simplest way to explain this is that the Health app is the user-facing app that displays all of your fitness information from various sources. HealthKit, meanwhile, is the underlying framework and set of APIs that allows developers to interact with that data. Using HealthKit, developers can make sure that their information is shown through Health and access data from other apps with permission, of course.

For the most part, you can let the Health app do its thing in the background while you use various other tools. Once youve created a profile, youll be able to set up most health tracking apps, so they automatically share their data with Apple Health.

When you open the Health app, you will be greeted first with a Summary page displaying things like step count, energy burn, recent activities, and more. Youll also see some trends and totals at a glance. For example, you can see how your step count compares to previous days. This summary is curated for you based on machine learning algorithms. Youll see data like exercise minutes, vitals, and more.

Hit the Browse tab at the bottom of the screen, and youll be able to view more information regarding a specific category. For example, you can see more about your sleep, your heart rate, your respiratory rate, and more. Any of these expanded pages will also give you the option to see data sources. This way, you can see precisely where Apple Health is getting the information.

Whats great about the Health app is the sheer breadth and depth of information on offer. Because Health pulls from so many platforms, gadgets, and your phone itself, youll be able to see data you dont get elsewhere. That includes information relating to hearing (how is your headphone exposure?), mindfulness (when did you last meditate with an app like Headspace?), and even handwashing.

Apple Health is detailed, but it could use a UI refresh.

While I love the way all this information is displayed in one spot, I personally feel like the UI could use some work. It would also be nice to see some graphs showing relationships between these different data points. Wouldnt it be great to see how something like mindfulness practice could predict sleep quality?

You can also opt to fill out more data about yourself by clicking the profile icon in the top right and choosing Health Details. You can add your Medical ID here, too. This is useful in the event of a medical emergency.

Hit Show All Health Data, and youll be taken to a page with more detailed information. Whats here depends on the devices and apps you use and whether they support Apple Health.

While many apps sharedata with Apple Health far too many for us to list here there are a few that work particularly well. Here are some of our recommendations:

And if youre wondering which fitness trackers support Apple Health, the answer is pretty much all of them. If youre investing in a new device and are a fan of the Health app, you may wish to double-check. However, its a safe bet that if the product has been around for a few months, it probably syncs to Apple Health.

Also read: The best fitness trackers you can buy

Apple Fitness, meanwhile, is Apples fitness tracking app for the Apple Watch. On the Summary page, youll find your metrics for the day alongside trends and workouts, including workouts pulled from the Apple Health app.

The Apple Fitness app is simple and streamlined, revolving around three main measurements. These are illustrated by the famous rings, which gradually close throughout the day as you get closer to your targets.

There are three rings:

Each time you close a ring, youll be rewarded with a little celebration on your wrist. You can then go back and see how you did on all three scores over previous days.

While the Apple Watch measures things like your heart rate, that is not shown here. This keeps things simple, which may or may not be to your tastes.

See also: Apple Watch Series 6 review | Apple Watch SE review

At the bottom of this page, youll also find an Awards section. Tap Show More to see the awards youve been granted and those you have yet to achieve. Just like chasing achievements in video games, these awards can incentivize you to push yourself and hopefully see your health improve as a result. Its also nice to have your commitment to standing more be recognized, even if you arent chasing one particular badge.

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Apple Fitness Plus (aka Apple Fitness+) is another offering from Apple with a highly generic name. Apple Fitness Plus is quite different, however. Rather than tracking data, Fitness Plus is a fitness platform that offers a catalog of guided workout videos for $9.99 per month or $79.99 per year. You need an Apple Watch to use Apple Fitness Plus as this is what enables the unique selling point: personalized recommendations and automatic tracking.

See also: What is Apple Fitness Plus? Here is everything you need to know

You can access Apple Fitness Plus through the App Store or via an Apple TV, but it can also be found by tapping the Fitness+ tab in the Fitness app. Theres a one-month free trial, so theres no harm in checking it out.

Apple Health (as well as Apple Fitness and Fitness Plus) is a unique proposition compared to offerings from other fitness tracker manufacturers. Rather than collating data from a single source, the Health app provides information from a wide variety of sources.

This highlights Apples biggest selling point regarding health and fitness: its versatility and support for third-party apps. Out of the box, the Apple Watch is a fairly basic fitness tracker (albeit nicely made and with on-point accuracy). Its by choosing from the gigantic range of third-party apps that the Apple Watch really comes into its own. Suddenly, the Apple Watch can do things that not many other fitness trackers can, like play music based on your heart rate. Through Apple Health, all this unique data is stored in one convenient spot.

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The big competition for Apple Health, though, is Google Fit.

Like Apple Health, Google Fits main job is to keep all the data from your various fitness apps and platforms in a single spot. This information is combined to provide Move Minutes and Heart Points. These scores result from collaboration with the American Heart Association and, essentially, represent activity and exercise.

See also: Google Fit guide: Everything you need to know about Googles fitness platform

While your choice of platform will likely be dictated by your operating system (Health is only beneficial for iOS users), there are also some more differences between Google Fit and Apple Health. On balance, Apple Health offers a more comprehensive list of metrics and provides more detailed trends and progress. For example, Apple Health supports data relating to diet, alcohol level, blood glucose, and more.

But with its Move Minutes and Heart Points, Google Fit functions as more of a fitness platform in its own right. It is also possible to integrate Google Fit data with Apple Health.

So, thats your total guide to Apple Health, Apple Fitness, and Apple Fitness Plus. Its a powerful toolset that empowers iOS users to do more with health and fitness data. But what do you make of the platform? Do you use Apple Health or Google Fit? Let us know.

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GREENFIELD Now under new ownership, The Body Shoppes fitness center is focusing on personal training while continuing the gyms 35-year legacy.

Co-owners Steve Ferry and Ryan Trusevitch, both fitness trainers, now run the fitness center under the name FRST Strength @ TBS. The building also houses Cypress Physical Therapy, making it the only full-service fitness facility in the area, Trusevitch said.

We are still under The Body Shoppe, Trusevitch noted. We are part of that legacy that The Body Shoppe created.

Its been here for 35 years, Ferry said. We want to try to keep it that way.

Trusevitch and Ferry previously worked as trainers at The Body Shoppe. In a recent restructuring of the company, the previous owner Liz Dolby sold the fitness gym portion to Trusevitch and Ferry. Cypress Physical Therapy is owned separately, but the two businesses aim to complement one another, Ferry said. Dolby is now a managing partner of the Cypress company.

People that come for physical therapy can transition into training with us to get a better idea of movement, Ferry said. For people who need a little extra help, or are coming in from an injury, then we can connect with physical therapy.

Ferry, originally from the Worcester area, started working at The Body Shoppe in 2016, while studying exercise science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Trusevitch, originally from the Boston area, relocated last winter, having recently been certified for personal training. He was hired at The Body Shoppe that summer, when it reopened after the business shutdown of the spring.

By that time, personal training was seeing a sudden surge in popularity.

We have thrived in the pandemic. I think thats what says the most about the product that we put out here, Trusevitch said.

I think personal training exploded because people want to work out in an environment that makes them feel comfortable, Ferry said. A lot of people like that concept because they dont have to come into a gym, wondering whats going on and being confused and not getting the guidance they want especially during a pandemic, when everything is a little uneasy.

Now, in addition to personal training service, various fitness classes and nutrition counseling, the gym has also been offering online coaching since the pandemic began, Ferry said.

Having a personal trainer helps you to be accountable, motivated and safe, Ferry said.

I think (exercise) is the most transformative thing that a human being can do for the mind and body, Trusevitch said. I heard a doctor say recently that its the only mood stabilizer you can take that works in minutes and has long-lasting results.

The gym, at 306 High St., is available only by appointment, due to capacity limits amid the pandemic. Contact the gym at 413-774-2138.

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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) A new festival coming to Grand Rapids will have participants breaking a sweat in area parks.

Business, tourism and city leaders are teaming up with SweatNET Grand Rapids for Grand Rapids Fitness Fest, which will run April 30 through May 9.

City parks will host food trucks serving up healthy meals and activities from dozens of area gyms and fitness instructors, including dance, boxing, yoga, pilates and kayaking. All events will follow state requirements for crowd capacity, social distancing and sanitation.

Visitors can get a $20 pass for unlimited access to all events or pay for each session, where space is available. The unlimited pass goes on sale April 12 at http://www.GRFitnessFest.com.

The city has waived park reservation fees for class providers to curb costs. So far, the following groups have signed up to lead sessions:

Athleta, Gazelle Sports, Lululemon, Habit of Health and Moosejaw also plan to support the festival in some manner.

Groups still interested in leading a Fitness Fest event should contact Berlyn Buter by April 5.

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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. Grand Rapids Fitness Fest is coming to the city at the end of the month, featuring dozens of local gyms and fitness entrepreneurs at parks.

A $20 pass that provides unlimited access to all events as well as the kick-off event will be available here starting April 12, a news release said Thursday.

Drop-in options will also be available, but only in limited quantities.

The outdoor classes will be held from April 30 to May 9.

Theres no costs for the providers to conduct their classes and the City of Grand Rapids has waived park reservation fees to keep costs down.

Those who operate group exercise classes and interested in providing programming may contact Berlyn Butler at berlyn@sweatnetgrandrapids.com by Monday.

All partners and providers will follow state requirements on crowd capacity, social distancing and sanitation.

Our community is at its best when it is active, vibrant and together, Mayor Rosalynn Bliss said. We are excited to be able to offer our residents this opportunity to get fit while enjoying our beautiful parks and public spaces.

Classes will be offered from the following providers:

Studio Barre

Pure Barre

The Barre Code Grand Rapids

TITLE Boxing Club - Kentwood

Strike Back Fight Club

CKO KICKBOXING

Title Boxing Grandville

Spoke Cycle and Strength

The Dailey Method Eastown

Over The Top Academy Of Dance

4G Athletic

Hamilton Health

Life Addicts Studio

IMPACT Fitness + Wellness

D1 Training Grand Rapids

TRV|FIT SW Grand Rapids

Burn Boot Camp Grand Rapids

Yoga Fever

F45 GR, Hudsonville, Rockford

VSJ Fitness

Motive Training

Poppin Fox Fitness, LLC

Club Pilates Breton Village/Knapp's Crossing

Pilates in East

Flirt Fitness

Nicole Hensch

Yess Jess Yoga, Ayurveda & Pilates

Flip Dog Yoga

Feral Yogi

Lunar Cycle

AM Yoga

Kula Yoga GR

Heights Yoga Project

Hello Yoga

Zeal Aerial Fitness

Flirt Fitness

EAU Dance

Latinx Zumba

Trevor Higley Coaching

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An exercise center is raising the barre on fitness in Bismarck by catering to fitness enthusiasts who love a different type of workout.

Pure Barre in Bismarck opened two years ago, and despite the last years hang-ups with the pandemic, theyre back and stronger than ever.

Pure Barre fitness is a combination of pilates, ballet, and yoga. Its designed to target major muscles and get them to fatigue in order to create long lean muscles.

With the shutdown, owner Mary Logan says they had to pivot like everyone else and she appreciates how the community has supported its unique style.

Logan says, We are unique, a barre concept exercise is very different than some traditional types of physical fitness. We have our own vocabulary, you move your body in a different way.

One Pure Barre student says this routine has become a part of her lifestyle. She started classes when Pure Barre opened two years ago and encourages anyone to check it out, no matter what fitness level youre at.

Christina Lahren, who attends Pure Barre Classes says, When I joined Pure barre it was just kind of like the community; the teachers, the support, the class size was really nice. You feel super supported every time you come in. Its one of those things you can go at your own pace.

Logan says Pure Barre resumed in-person classes with some social distancing restrictions but now people are using their own discretion to wear a mask or not.

For more information on Pure Barre, go here.

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You cant believe everything you read on the internet, especially when it comes to fitness and weight loss. In fact, as In The Know previously reported, a 2002 report from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Partnership for Healthy Weight Management scrutinized 300 weight loss advertisements and found that 40 percent of them contained a claimed that was almost certainly false.

If youre looking for some fitness facts you can put your faith in, one expert taking charge online is Tony Coffey, owner of Bloom Training. The 25-year-old coach uses his TikTok platform which boasts 244,000 followers and counting to dispel harmful fitness myths, share delicious and nutritious recipes and help users navigate all the unvetted claims on the internet.

Recently, Coffey spoke with In The Knows Phoebe Zaslav and revealed three surprising fitness facts everyone should know.

Lifting heavy weights is typically thought of as bulking up instead of slimming down but thats just not the case, Coffey explained. That comes more with your diet. Adding heavy weights will give you that lean, toned, defined look that most people are looking for when they look at fat loss.

Some dietitians and weight loss programs claim that weight loss depends on what you eat. However, Coffey says that its not what you eat so much as how much you eat that matters. In other words, its all about a calorie deficit.

If youre not losing weight, thats the one reason why youre not, Coffey said. Its not because youre not eating organic enough. Its not because youre not eating too many carbs or sugar. Its because youre not sitting in that calorie deficit.

Just remember that if you are trying to lose weight to do so in a healthy manner, keeping in mind your right to enjoy eating. Counting calories can be harmful for many, but if you are going that route, make sure you are eating enough to fuel your body. And if you want a more holistic approach to eating, consider intuitive eating, which integrates intention, emotions and rational thought into eating rather than calorie counting.

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Increasing your protein intake can help almost anybody, Coffey noted. According to the fitness guru, protein can keep you full, maintain your lean body mass and build muscle. The Cleveland Clinic notes that some high-protein foods to add to your diet include lentils, greek yogurt, chicken and cottage cheese.

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The SPAC boom has shown no signs of stopping, and it now has its sights set on the health and wellness industry.

SPACs, or special acquisition groups, have grown so rapidly that the number of companies filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission quadrupled in 2020, according to Insider data. In recent months, these blank-check companies which are designed to take growth-stage companies public by bypassing the traditional initial public offering process are increasingly showing intent to target companies ranging from connected fitness to health food and lifestyle media.

According to Avery Spear, a data analyst specializing in initial public offerings at Renaissance Capital, the virtual fitness market has been a rising target for SPACs looking to capitalize on the sector's meteoric growth amid the pandemic. "The success of some of the big fitness IPOs like Peloton and then Mirror, which was acquired by Lululemon, demonstrate a growing appetite for high-growth home fitness," Avery told Insider.

At the same time, a spate of newly formed health and wellness-focused SPACs indicate swelling demand for what Spear described as "better-for-you investing." She cited the pandemic as a major catalyst in investments in such companies as consumers "become more conscious of healthier trends like healthy foods, fitness, and wellness."

"The SPAC trend doesn't seem like it's going to be going away anytime soon," Spear said. "It provides a great opportunity for companies that maybe were considering an IPO but decided this just wasn't the right time, or companies that had been beaten down by the pandemic that are now looking for access to public markets, like your more traditional fitness companies."

Here are the six biggest blank-check companies focused on health, wellness, and fitness to watch for in 2021.

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IPO Price: $3 billion

Among the rising health and wellness-oriented SPACs, Athlon Acquisition is the most explicitly focused on the fitness sector.

According to its S-1 filing with the SEC in December 2020 , the blank-check company plans to target "businesses in the health, wellness and fitness sectors and the products, devices, applications, and technology driving growth within these verticals."

Athlon Acquisition was formed by Causeway Media Partners, an investment firm focused on growth-stage sports, fitness, and media brands. Its current portfolio includes companies like the digital fitness platform Freeletics, the corporate wellness platform Peerfit, the sports apparel company Tracksmith, and the athletic events company Thrill One.

"Consumer health, wellness, and fitness businesses are supported by strong global growth trends as consumers increasingly commit to living a healthy lifestyle," the company stated in its S-1. "Consumers are seeking tools and services to more effectively monitor, maintain, and improve their health and to achieve a diverse range of objectives, whether nutritional, athletic, fitness, or daily wellness related."

A woman teaches a class for Beachbody. Terry Wyatt/Getty Images for Beachbody IPO Price: $3 billion

Myx Fitness and Beachbody entered into a three-way merger with the blank-check company Forest Road Acquisition Corp. in March, with Beachbody becoming the parent company.

While Forest Road had broadly noted targeting brands in the "technology, media, and telecommunications" sectors in its S-1 filed in November 2020, the decision to team up with Myx and Beachbody indicates a clear focus on fitness. Myx is a Peloton competitor that specializes in digitally connected stationary bicycles, while Beachbody operates an array of streaming fitness platforms and nutrition products.

"The SPAC route was an efficient way into the public markets, to let us raise capital and take advantage of significant growth opportunities in this unique period in time of disruption of in-home fitness and fitness in general," Beachbody CEO Carl Daikeler told Insider earlier this year.

Though the newly formed company has not indicated any further acquisitions at this time, its formation reflects the growing value of the virtual fitness market and the potential for using SPACs to bring these companies public.

Hu founder, Jason Karp. HumanCo.

IPO Price: $250 million

HumanCo Acquisition Corporation was formed in November 2020 by Jason Karp, founder of the clean-label chocolate company, Hu, which was sold to Mondelez for $340 million in February. Fresh off a cash infusion, Karp wanted in on the SPAC boom, and so teamed up with the investing firm CAVU Venture Partners to create HumanCo.

While health food brands will be likely targets for HumanCo, the SPAC's target range is quite vast. According to its website, HumanCo's "primary investment universe is within consumer and technology markets, including food & beverage, household products & personal care, beauty & wellness, fitness, and nutrition."

"We intend to focus on the industries that complement our management team's background, and to capitalize on their demonstrated ability to identify and acquire businesses focused on health & wellness and related industries in the United States," HumanCo wrote in its S-1 filing in November 2020.

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IPO Price: $225 million

True to its name, Aspirational Consumer Lifestyle Corp. plans to focus on "identifying businesses with premium brands that offer an aspirational lifestyle experience to consumers" which the company refers to as the "aspirational lifestyle space."

The company filed with the SEC in September 2020, and has already received a significant buzz from Wall Street after announcing its February 2021 deal to bring the private aviation company, Wheels Up, public.

While Wheels Up doesn't fall in the category of health and wellness company, there has been speculation that the broadly defined SPAC may target brands such as Goop, the lifestyle company owned by LVHM and founded by actress Gwyneth Paltrow.

The blank-check is led by chairman and CEO Ravi Thakran, who is also a managing partner of the private equity firm, L Catterton.

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IPO Price: $250 million

Waldencast is led by former Anheuser-Busch InBev CFO Felipe Dutra, and former L'Oreal executives Michael Brousset and Hindi Sebti, who held the positions of group president and general manager, respectively.

While the company is looking for a "target business in the health, beauty, and wellness industries," it noted in its S-1 that it may seek opportunities outside of these categories.

"Our ambition is to build a global best-in-class beauty and wellness operating platform by creating, nurturing, and scaling conscious, purpose-driven brands," the company states on its website.

BrightSpark Capitol co-founder Marla Beck (center) at the 2016 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner. Larry French/Getty Images

IPO Price: $200 million

BrightSpark Capital, which filed with the SEC in March, describes itself as a "blank check company targeting health, wellness, and beauty consumer businesses." The SPAC was co-founded by retail executives Helena Foulke who formerly served as CEO of Hudson's Bay Company after spending 25 years in various leadership roles at CVS Health and Marla Beck, co-founder of Bluemercury.

According to its S-1 filing, BrightSpark intends to target "differentiated, digitally forward" companies and brands with "deep customer loyalty, who understand consumer needs." The filing indicates a specific interest in digital health companies.

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PHILADELPHIA, March 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --New studies show that the COVID-19 pandemic has led tounwanted weight gain and increased isolation and loneliness even for healthy people. The TeamUp Fitnessplatform aims to help cure both problems by encouraging people who are trying to maintain a healthy lifestyle and connecting them socially with like-minded people.

A peer-reviewed study published recently on the JAMA Network and cited in The New York Timesconcluded adults under shelter-in-place orders gained more than half a pound every 10 days -- roughly 2 pounds per month. A peer-reviewed study from University of Cambridge medical school professors published last month said people are at risk from isolation from social distancing and could benefit from intervention strategies.This is why the TeamUp Fitness app is so important for the social connections the platform provides, along with the many features to keep a person motivated and inspired to drop the extra pounds.

Frank Peperno of TeamUp Fitness said those new trends exacerbate what is already a serious health problem. "The American Heart Association found more than 42 percent of U.S. adults have obesity, and it is widely known that obesity can worsen the outcomes of COVID-19, increasing the risk of hospitalization and even death," said Peperno, Chief Marketing Officer at TeamUp Fitness."The TeamUp Fitness app is the perfect platformto connect people who are passionate about fitness and nutrition but are also looking for a partner to keep them motivated."

TeamUp Fitness is a social, lifestyle, and fitness connection dating platform created to bring the fitness community together.

Among the platform's features is the "Let's Connect" feature where members can connect with nutritionists to get an expert opinion on the best diet for them. Members can also connect with fitness trainers from around the world who are available to provide workout tips and regimens based on your fitness goals. Having a fitness trainer helps people be accountable to their goals and also be sure that they are doing the right types of workouts that have the potential to meet those goals, rather than wasting time on an unsuitable workout routine. Having a team of experts, including nutritionists, trainers, and like-minded fitness gurus, is the way to lose weight and even get back in the dating scene.

The TeamUp Fitness app is free to download on the Apple Store or Google Play Store.

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After the shock of COVID-19s arrival in Minnesota last spring, and the virus ebb over the summer, the pace of new cases of the disease picked up during the fall.

Unlike the early days of the pandemic, when all but the most essential aspects of public life were closed, things were open. You could go to a restaurant or a movie theater. And after months and months of exercising outside, many Minnesotans were anxious to get back to their gyms. Gyms, many of which took a financial hit as they weathered shut downs and as patrons canceled their memberships, were anxious to bring them back.

The question was how to navigate these spaces: how safe were they in the midst of a pandemic transmitted mostly through shared air?

After noticing clusters of cases at a couple of Twin Cities Life Time fitness clubs, researchers at the Minnesota Department of Health decided to investigate further to try to determine, to a greater extent, how many cases of COVID-19 might be tied to the facilities. According to an MDH report their findings underscored the risk inherent in going to gyms. But the study, whose findings Life Time disputes, also shows the difficulty of tracing the origins of the vast majority of the states COVID-19 cases.

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Life Time investigation

MDH investigators have been asking people who test positive for COVID-19 whether they went to gyms and fitness centers since late August, after gyms came up frequently in case interviews.

Between September and February, MDH notified 83 gyms and fitness centers of COVID-19 outbreaks in their facilities, totaling approximately 1,330 individual cases. (For gyms and fitness centers, an outbreak is defined as seven positive cases from seven different households where someone attended the same gym within a 28-day period.)

Among the 83 gym outbreaks, 24 were at Life Time locations, 13 were at LA Fitness locations and 10 were at Planet Fitness locations (a full list of gym outbreaks can be found here).

MDH epidemiologists took a deeper dive into two of the Life Time outbreaks. The report looked at an outbreak at a Woodbury Life Time, the third MDH had identified in the facility, that occurred with onset dates between November 7 and 30. It included 13 cases identified through contact tracing. The report also looked at an outbreak at a Lakeville Life Time, also its third (there was later a fourth), with onset dates between Nov. 15 and Dec. 7 and with 14 cases.

Unlike other settings, where reservation lists are rarely complete enough to do in-depth follow-up investigations, gyms present an opportunity to match much more detailed membership data to the states case information. In order to determine whether there were more cases among people who had attended these locations, MDH used data on birthdays, names, emails and phone numbers to compare positive tests in the states system to patrons who attended those locations between November 14 and 20 and employees on site from November 1 through 30 in an effort to find cases that werent identified in interviews.

Life Time was quite vocal and willing to share data. And so we took them up on it, said Carlota Medus, a senior epidemiologist supervisor at the MDHs foodborne diseases unit.

Through this process, MDH identified 168 additional people, including employees and patrons, who tested positive for COVID-19 and had been at the gym during the time period in which they were likely exposed or already infected; 98 at Lakeville and 70 at Woodbury.

Of 47 in that group asked about gym exposures in the case interview process, 20 said they had gone to the gym, and 25 denied going to the gym. Two reported unknown. Among 10 employees who were interviewed, six reported Life Time as their employer, and four did not.

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That wasnt particularly surprising to MDH. People often imperfectly recount their activities to case interviewers. Also, as Minnesotans become increasingly weary of the pandemic, MDH has said people seem more reluctant to name a specific setting for fear of the consequences, for example, for their friends, their sports team, or their gym.

More surprising, Medus said, was how many people went to the gym when they shouldnt have. Of the 168 cases identified through the study, 88 attended the gym during the period they were likely to have been infectious, 57 visited after they reported symptoms of COVID-19 and 49 visited after they were tested for COVID-19.

In the report on the Life Time investigation, MDH concluded that the data affirm gyms pose a substantial risk of COVID-19 transmission, especially because people often go frequently and exert themselves, giving COVID-19 an opportunity to spread between households.

They also concluded the Life Time data show case investigations only turn up a small number of the total cases tied to a setting. Since the cases identified only include people who were tested, and not people who didnt get tested because they were asymptomatic or for other reasons, MDH said the cases it turned up in its analysis are likely an undercount. The department acknowledged it likely missed some cases where MDH and Life Times data didnt match but referred to the same person.

The iceberg was a lot larger than I personally expected. I expected to find more cases, but not that many, Medus said.

Medus said MDH has communicated those numbers to Life Time. But between the limitations of the outbreak data and questions about things like market share and ventilation across gyms, MDH cant draw conclusions about whether those facilities are less safe than others.

Theres a lot of things that we dont know, and how they play into these numbers, she said. Its hard to say if we should be very concerned or just concerned.

Life Time takes issue with the conclusions in MDHs report. Natalie Bushaw, Life Times senior director of public relations and internal communications, said MDHs definition of an outbreak does not adequately link the time of the visits within the outbreak period or confirm transmission within the clubs by showing when people may have been within close enough contact to transmit the virus.

MDH-identified outbreaks in both Life Time locations date back to September, but the outbreaks the MDH report looked at happened in November, when COVID-19 cases in Minnesota were at some of their highest levels. That means the disease could have been picked up elsewhere in the community and not at the gym, Bushaw suggested.

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She also said the number of cases identified represent a very small number of members who visited the facilities within the investigations timeframe.

Jason Thunstrom, vice president of corporate communications and public relations, said statistically, Life Times large clubs are more likely to see more people with positive COVID-19 cases than smaller clubs simply because they have more members. As of November, Life Time said it had 23 clubs in Minnesota with 120,000 members.

Number one, youve got probably the equivalent of 50 or a hundred or 150 average-sized clubs or gyms. And number two, given the size of our facilities and [the] just massive number of members we have, he said, using an analogy, is somebody more likely to come into a Home Depot and stub their toe on an aisle end cap than an ACE Hardware?

He said Life Time is an industry leader in taking precautions to reduce the spread of COVID-19, including symptom screening temperature checks, requiring masks except in pools and showers since theyve been required while working out and cleaning equipment.

Life Time has been vocal in asserting that gyms like Life Time can be safe amid the pandemic.

As COVID-19 cases in Minnesota were rising and threatening to overwhelm hospitals in the lead-up to Thanksgiving, Gov. Tim Walz ordered a four-week closure on gyms, indoor dining and other settings.

In response, Life Time CEO Bahram Akradi sent a letter to members that challenged the states rationale for closing gyms, including its evidence of spread in health clubs.

In it, he argued that gyms posed a smaller transmission risk than other settings, using data on outbreaks from the Minnesota Department of Health to support his case: At the time, the state had found 48 outbreaks in fitness centers, totaling 747 cases, at that time, 0.003 percent of the states cases. (MDH has said that cases detected in outbreaks represent a significant undercount because of the limitations of finding them through case interviews.)

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[Health] clubs are NOT the problem, THEY ARE THE SOLUTION to maintaining public health. They are, in fact, the safest environments people may visit as compared with other forms of retail, entertainment, or any other place, at this time, he wrote, asking members to contact Walz to express their desire to keep fitness clubs open.

Akradi also hosted a press conference outside one of the companys clubs.

If the facts supported that closing our healthy way of life places would be beneficial to the public, we would be doing it voluntarily, immediately, he said.

Life Time is not alone. A gym trade group, the International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association has compiled its own evidence and is arguing gyms can be safe.

But theres also scientific evidence beyond Minnesota that gyms can present a risk of transmission, particularly if people are careless about masks (currently required in Minnesota gyms) or about coming to the gym when they might be sick.

A March Centers for Disease Control report found that all 10 people who attended a stationary cycling class in Honolulu last summer with an instructor who had COVID-19 became infected afterward, and also identified secondary infections.

The instructor was pre-symptomatic at the time of the class. The rooms doors and windows were closed, and three fans were running to cool the participants. None of the participants wore masks, and all of their bikes were at least 6 feet apart from each other and the instructor.

Another CDC study found 55 out of 81 people who attended a high-intensity workout class in Chicago at some time within a period of about a week tested positive for COVID-19. Classes were held at 25 percent or less capacity, participants were six feet or more apart and brought their own equipment. Twenty-two of the 55 people who tested positive attended the class on the day their symptoms began or after. Of 58 people who reported information on their conduct during class, 84 percent who tested positive for COVID-19 reported infrequent mask use during class, compared to 60 percent of people who did not test positive.

In Minnesota, gyms were allowed to increase their capacity from 25 percent to 50 percent mid-March. Public health officials say people should take precautions if they go, and not attend if theyre at high risk for severe COVID-19 complications.

Gyms are risky environments just by the nature of working out, Medus said. Youre working out, youre breathing hard. If you are infectious your virus is shared very efficiently. If youre not infected and the person relatively near you is, youre breathing harder so youre that much more efficient in taking it in.

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