Browsing: Fitness
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The Austin Fitness Community and COVID-19
How local gyms and studios are navigating business during COVID-19. No one anticipated what the world would become only three months into the new decade. As…
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How to Get Your Kids Excited to Exercise
Clean your room. Eat your broccoli. To a child, the command “get some exercise” sounds a lot like another chore to complete. Kids instinctively love to…
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Five Tips For Exercising In the Heat
Don’t let high temps kill your workout vibes. Texas is known for its blazing hot summer temperatures. Which can also be dangerous when proper precautions are…
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The Importance of Slowing Down
As the clock reaches 8 a.m., basketball practice begins. Students from the University of Texas rack their balls and gather around their coach. Geoff Rich, assistant…
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Choose to Move with Austin Fit and Camp Gladiator
Austin Fit and Camp Gladiator are teaming up to encourage folks to keep moving even while we’re social distancing! CG is offering a 6-week Choose to…
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Five Ways Exercise Keeps Your Spirits Up During Tough Times
As the nation suffers through another week of COVID-19 social distancing, you probably noticed a lot of changes. A simple trip to the grocery now entails…
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Austin Fitness Goes Virtual
Austin fitness businesses aren’t shut down — they’ve just simply moved online. As social distancing due to the increasing spread of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) has…
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How Long Should a Good Workout Last?
Do you have to spend hours on a treadmill to get an effective workout? If not, how long do you need to move to get the…
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Workout: YMCA at Camp Moody Outdoor Bootcamp
As the first days of spring bring mild temperatures and more colorful landscapes, it’s an inviting time to take your exercise outdoors. Whether you’re looking for…
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Improve Your Posture
Posture is a vital component of your overall health. Aligned posture creates harmony and balance in all aspects of being — physical, mental, emotional and spiritual.…
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Get Hip to Prevent Knee Injury
Enjoying sports and an active lifestyle motivates us to stay healthy and prevent injuries, if possible. Knee injuries such as injuring the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL)…
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How to Have Good Gym Etiquette
Are you a diehard gym rat? Maybe you merely enjoy pumping iron or taking a class a few times per week. The way you behave when…
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15 Fun and Free Ways to Improve Your Fitness
Does your “new year, new you” resolution involve getting into the best shape of your life? Perhaps you’ve found yourself waffling well before Punxsutawney Phil pops…
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New to Austin: The Atomic Outpost
How many times have you waited all day to get your workout in only to get caught in traffic or stuck at work? Now you’re late,…
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Going Ankle Deep
Everyday we ask a lot of our feet and ankles without realizing it. Whether you are standing and walking frequently with your work and home life,…
Events
Statesman Capitol 10,000 Warm-UP
A Q&A with Race Director, Jeff Simecek For more than four decades, the Statesman Cap10K has been a much loved annual event in Austin. What began…
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Workout of the Month: Mod Fitness
MOD Fitness owner, Marnie Duncan and Director of Training, Brittany Shimansky put together six moves with a mini band that you can take on the road…
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How Long Should a Good Workout Last?
Do you have to spend hours on a treadmill to get an effective workout? If not, how long do you need to move to get the…
AFM
Running Shoe Review 2020
Each year, members of the running industry head to Austin for the Running Event — a conference and trade show for running specialty stores and brands…
AFM
Winter Sport Prep Workout
If you’re anything like me, your favorite vacation involves heading to the mountains and hitting the slope. It’s the time of year again and many people…
