Congratulations! You’ve decided to join the gym. You are now part of a club that is some 57.25 million people strong. With that many fitness facility-attending, exercise equipment-using people, it can’t be that difficult to do, right? Kind of. Not all gyms are created equal. There is a broad selection from which to choose. Big […]
There is a real nostalgia around agriculture. The hard day’s work where honest toil doubles for natural conditioning. For many exercisers, it embodies the hard-to-replicate au natural workout where exercise equipment is everyday work implements. Farming, even with the advent of mechanization and technological advancements, is still a physically demanding job. Most of the “workouts” […]
For those dedicated to burning calories and feeling healthy (or one of the other numerous benefits of exercise), trading the gym for a new destination can often derail an exercise plan. Whether it is a business trip or a family vacation, leaving the “safety” of your own fitness facility can set a finely tuned fitness […]
With the advent of the internet age, exercisers can now queue up their favorite TV shows on smart devices—or even some of the equipment in the gym. Thanks to innovations like Precor’s Preva, those TV programs can now be right in front of them. The personal viewing screen allows users to see their gains in […]
62,700. That was the number of people injured on exercise equipment, reported in a 2014 study by the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission. The internet is littered with videos of treadmill mishaps. Some are less likely to get a laugh than others. Most of them are a result of not observing best (or even […]
Limiting carbon footprints and becoming more energy efficient has predominated the business scape for a while now. Gyms are no different. Becoming more eco-conscious is something that fitness facilities and their clientele are now taking very seriously. It makes sense, really. After all, the fitness industry is dedicated to health and vitality. Gyms are perfectly […]
Gymtimidation. It may sound like a funny portmanteau, but for many gym-goers, it is cause for concern. It’s more than a clever marketing ploy because if you ask any gym goer, there is a pretty good chance that they have felt it at one stage or another of their exercising lives. As user-friendly as machines are, […]
So you’re into the second month of your New Year’s resolution to get yourself in shape. It’s around this time that your resolve starts to be a little less, well, resolute. There are a lot of reasons that it happens. Not seeing the type of results you want, lack of patience, real life getting in […]
The recommendation coming from the Department of Health and Human Services is that an adult engages in at least 150 minutes of moderate or 75 minutes of vigorous aerobic activity and that you strength train all major muscle groups twice a week. Those are generally accepted recommendations, but why are people getting up at ungodly hours […]
December 31 is fast approaching. And with it comes the almost inevitable “new year, new me” mantra. Part of the new you often involves some deep reflection in the bathroom mirror and a decision to trim some of that reflection. And you are not alone. There is a massive surge in the purchase of gym […]
