News — Gym

With spring in full swing and summer right around the corner, beach weather is nearly upon us. The COVID-19 pandemic, which has kept so many of us indoors for the past year, slowly but surely dissipates, making a safe trip to the beach not only appealing but imminent. If your fitness routine has taken a bit of a backseat with gyms closed and working out at home often difficult, you might be less-than-enthused about the state of your body. Shedding that “quarantine 15” will be hard work, but with the right mindset and exercises, you can rebuild your regimen in...

After months of the 2020 COVID-19 quarantine we’ve all (hopefully) found our new and improved socially-distanced fitness routines. You may have been a Barry’s Bootcamp fanatic, an Equinox lover or done the ClassPass route and made your rounds at all of the major boutique fitness studios in town — no matter what, things have changed. Whether your thing is weightlifting, running, swimming, cycling or a combination of all of the above, you’ve had to make some adjustments to your routine to abide by the stay-at-home safety guidelines. Some people have opted to just workout outside, others run with some sort...

Increasing resistance in your workout is an important step in continuing to build stamina and strength, whether that’s ramping up the incline on the treadmill or (safely) racking a few more weights on the barbell. But with some exercises, it can be difficult to find ways to add a difficulty factor without just increasing your reps. For example, you may find yourself wanting more out of your squats or pullups. That’s where a dip belt comes in. A weight lifting dip belt may look pretty similar to weightlifting belts that are designed for providing support to your back, but they...