Fitness

The Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Exercise

By Rose Blan 2 months ago

You’ve decided it’s time to start exercising. Congratulations! You’ve taken the first step on your way to a new and improved body and mind

“Exercise is the magic pill,” says Michael R. Bracko, EdD, FACSM, chairman of the American College of Sports Medicine’s Consumer Information Committee. “Exercise can literally cure diseases like some forms of heart disease. Exercise has been implicated in helping people prevent or recover from some forms of cancer. Exercise helps people with arthritis. Exercise helps people prevent and reverse depression.”

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And there’s no arguing that exercise can help most people lose weight, as well as look more toned and trim.

Of course, there’s a catch. You need to get — and keep — moving if you want to cash in on the benefits. This doesn’t necessarily mean following a strict, time-consuming regimen at the gym — although that can certainly reap benefits. The truth is you

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2020 Fitness Trends

By Rose Blan 3 months ago

Fitness fads come and go, sometimes as quickly as the latest fashion or pop music. You may recall when fitness-based video games or vibrating dumbbells motivated people to get off their couches and into a workout. Now in 2020, a new crop of fitness fads is thriving – like goat yoga, with baby goats frolicking about while you shift into poses.

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But fitness fads don’t last long, which can threaten your commitment to exercising. “The biggest problem with exercise is staying with it. If you get bored with a fad or it disappears, you might become noncompliant,” says Walter Thompson, past president of the American College of Sports Medicine and an associate dean and professor of kinesiology and health at Georgia State University.

How can you avoid the fads and keep up with popular workouts? The answer, Thompson says, is following fitness trends – forms of exercise that

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24 Hour Fitness bankruptcy: Which gyms are closing?

By Rose Blan 3 months ago

24 Hour Fitness Worldwide Inc. sought court protection from its creditors, unable to keep up with debt payments after the COVID-19 pandemic shut down gyms nationwide.

The company will permanently close about 130 gyms, including 18 locations around the Greater Los Angeles area and Orange County.

For the record:

1:31 PM, Jun. 15, 2020An earlier version of this article included a list of gyms slated for closure that incorrectly described several as being located in Los Angeles County.

The fitness chain’s Chapter 11 petition was filed in Delaware, court papers show. Such a restructuring allows a company to keep operating while it works out a plan to pay its creditors and ease its debt load of $1.4 billion, plus lease obligations.

24 Hour lined up $250 million in so-called debtor-in-possession financing backed by its creditors to allow the company to continue operating as it starts reopening locations across the

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Fitness Jobs, Employment in Los Angeles, CA

By Rose Blan 4 months ago

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$3,500 – $5,500 a month

Sales and/or Personal Training or Group Training: 1 year

Gym Management: 1 year

Driver’s License

Easily apply Urgently hiring
  • Physical effort required for daily duties includes lifting heavy weights, squatting, bending, reaching, spotting & prolonged standing and walking.

Pasadena, CA 91101 (South area)



$19.17 an hour

  • No prior fitness work experience or fitness education is required.
  • Job Types: Full-time, Part-time.
  • Must be able to perform all essential physical aspects of the position which may include standing for long periods of time, sitting, constantly walking,…


Lightning Fit

Hermosa Beach, CA



$60,000 – $80,000 a year

Easily apply Responsive employer Urgently hiring
  • * Willing to work with team members to ensure a quality client experience and to ensure the Lightning Fit philosophy is met; working with all Lightning Fit…


VERT Physical Therapy & Fitness

Santa Monica, CA 90403 (Northeast area)



$15 –

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Coronavirus rules for reopening California gyms coming soon

By Rose Blan 5 months ago

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday said his administration will release guidelines “in a week or so” for allowing gyms, yoga studios and other fitness facilities to reopen, though stringent safeguards will need to be adopted to protect customers from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Newsom cautioned that the state directives will be tailored to the unique characteristics of each business, from large fitness chains to small studios, and will rely heavily on the advice of public health officials in each county.

The governor made the comments during an online roundtable with fitness professionals and business owners Wednesday morning, saying he hopes to allow them to be back in business as soon as possible.

“We also recognize your sector is multifaceted and we don’t want to be naive and just put out something that’s bland and that doesn’t meet your unique criteria and your unique considerations,” Newsom said.

The news comes as Dr.

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California gyms reopening: Gov. Gavin Newsom says guidelines for reopening CA gyms, fitness centers coming in ‘week or so’

By Rose Blan 5 months ago

SAN FRANCISCO — When do gyms reopen in California and what will they look like when they do? Gov. Gavin Newsom held a roundtable discussion on Wednesday to talk about reopening the fitness industry amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The participants shared how they are dealing with the crisis, how they are adapting their workplaces, and what opportunities they see to reinvent their businesses and our state’s economy.

Newsom says he hopes that within a week or so, the state can release guidelines for reopening gyms. But he also points out that the fitness industry is multi-faceted and he doesn’t want to be naive and just put out something bland that doesn’t meet the unique criteria and considerations.

In the meantime, some gyms and instructors have been able to switch to virtual, one-on-one classes to make money. “We’re continuing to work our mission virtually,” one fitness industry member said.

Breaking down

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Gym that opened during lockdown closes after getting 4 citations in 2 days

By Rose Blan 5 months ago

A Pennsylvania gym that reopened during the state’s stay-at-home order closed again after receiving four citations.

10X Fitness, in Lackawanna County, reopened on Monday. The gym had been shuttered since Gov. Tom Wolf ordered nonessential businesses to close their doors on March 19 to limit the spread of the coronavirus.

But Tuesday night, the gym posted on Facebook that it had decided to once again close.

“Unfortunately, due to citations, we will have to close our doors once again until further notice,” the post said. “In preparing to take this unprecedented stand, we did expect these consequences.”

The gym received four citations — two on Monday and on

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Weight-loss plans, video workouts, abs exercises, diet plans, beauty tricks, and health advice

By Rose Blan 5 months ago


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A New California: The future of 24 Hour Fitness clubs

By Rose Blan 5 months ago

A New California: The future of 24 hour Fitness

Tonight’s A New California is all about 24 Hour Fitness.

LOS ANGELES – We’re focused on fitness, specifically, 24 Hour Fitness. The chain that has almost 450 clubs, 22,000 employees, and some 3.5 million members have spent the last two months figuring out how to make the gym model work amidst the coronavirus crisis.  

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The club’s CEO, Tony Ueber, says they’re ready to reopen with modifications.           

“The most important is we’re going to open the clubs for an hour at a time; let people come in and workout, then we’ll close the club for 30 minutes in order to do a deep cleaning.  And then open it back up for another 60-minute segment,” says Ueber.

Ueber says the hour on, 30 minutes off will give cleaning

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Personal Trainer | MBI Fitness

By Rose Blan 5 months ago

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