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9 of the best workout apps

May 17, 2025

Fitness and workout apps are becoming increasingly popular as more people work out at home. These apps can help by tracking exercise and encouraging users to develop healthy habits.

This article explores workout and fitness apps in further detail, including how they can help and how to choose one. It also provides a list of apps and discusses some health considerations.

A quick look at 9 of the best workout apps

Frequent exercising can help people maintain moderate body weight and decrease the risk of certain diseases, such as coronary heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. It can also strengthen the

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“Granny Guns” goes viral documenting competing journey for Ms. Health & Fitness

May 16, 2025

click to enlarge “Granny Guns” goes viral documenting competing journey for Ms. Health & Fitness

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Marlene Flowers believes that it is “never too late” to change your life.

“Granny Guns,” as she goes by on social media, is a 65-year-old auto shop owner and bodybuilder who says she had a wake-up call seven years ago.

“I have eating disorders and health issues. When I was 58, I had to get surgery,” says Flowers. “After that experience, I knew that I needed to make a change.”

So she did. Flowers first began working out and eating healthy. Then, three years ago, she decided to lift weights and discovered a

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64 per cent Indians don’t exercise: Study

May 15, 2025

We hear about the importance of leading a healthy and active life almost all the time, to the extent that you’d expect it would have changed the lifestyle of many people who lead a sedentary life. Well, the reality is far from what we perceive. While most Indians want to lead a healthy lifestyle, lack of motivation and time make it difficult for them to do so, according to a new research from market intelligence agency, Mintel. The sample group of the study was 3000 Indian adults aged 18 and above .
According to the research, it was found that

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Five trends in the UK’s health and fitness market

May 14, 2025

Digitalisation and rapidly changing customer expectations are transforming the consumer goods and leisure sectors. Amid this, the UK’s health and fitness industry is rapidly shifting its footing to make the most of this opportunity, and according to new analysis, it is succeeding.

A recent study on the trends sweeping through the consumer sector by CIL Consultants cited gyms and fitness providers as being one of the leading sectors when it comes to cashing in on a new, tribally aligned generation of consumers. Customers are happy to express a preference for companies, groups or values, and 57% of consumers would buy

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Rogan lampoons liberals for condemning health and fitness as far-right: ‘Eat donuts and vote blue’

May 13, 2025

Podcaster Joe Rogan joked that catering to the feelings of the “lazy and fat” was part of the Democratic Party’s strategy in Wednesday’s episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience.”

After talking about how the very concept of freedom has been derided by some liberals as a far-right concept, writer and standup comedian Bridget Phetasy asked, “Aren’t they connecting being healthy to the far-right now?”

Phetasy continued, “I’ve seen so many articles that are like ‘oh the far-right obsession with being in shape,’ like it’s a bad thing somehow.”

Rogan agreed and observed, “There’s a giant percentage of our population that

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Health & Fitness : NPR

May 12, 2025

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2019 Fitness Industry Trends Shed Light on 2020 & Beyond

May 11, 2025

UFIT is a global social change movement that helps health clubs build their capacity to welcome people of all abilities into the club. UFIT and the IHRSA Foundation provide training, support, and resources to help clubs change their culture to one of universal accessibility and inclusivity.

One such resource, “Creating an Inclusive Fitness Club and Sector” was released in 2019 by the IHRSA Foundation in collaboration with the Global UFIT Team consisting of the UNESCO Chair in partnership with IHRSA.

Support for UFIT grew in 2019 as eight GymPlus clubs in Ireland joined the UFIT Champion Program, and over 100

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22 Percent of Gyms Have Closed, $29.2 Billion Revenue Lost Since COVID-19 Hit

May 10, 2025

Twenty-two percent of US health clubs and studios have closed permanently since the COVID-19 pandemic began, and the US fitness industry has lost $29.2 billion in revenue, according to findings by the National Health & Fitness Alliance (NHFA).

Working with 11 membership billing companies and industry consultant Rick Caro, the NHFA, which is part of IHRSA, tracked COVID-19’s impact on gyms, consumer trends, closure rates, and reopening data.

The fitness industry has experienced 10 years of revenue growth prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and the mandated closure of health clubs in many states to try to stop the spread of

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