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BowFlex has filed for bankruptcy — should you still buy its home workout equipment?

If you’ve been on the lookout for new home workout equipment, you may have been tempted by BowFlex weights, smart treadmills or exercise bikes. However, in March 2024, the company filed for bankruptcy and is up for sale. So, is it still a good idea to buy BowFlex equipment?

Years ago, this wouldn’t have been much of a question — weights are essentially plates of metal, after all — but BowFlex, the company behind BowFlex equipment and Schwinn machines, made its name with smart equipment that syncs data to your phone and integrates with an app.

So, while the company

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Actress Gautami Kapoor Sends Thank You Note To Her Fitness Inspiration Shilpa Shetty

Published By: Dishya Sharma

Last Updated: March 23, 2024, 13:43 IST

TV actress Gautami Kapoor is a fitness enthusiast. (Photo Credits: Instagram)

TV actress Gautami Kapoor is a fitness enthusiast. (Photo Credits: Instagram)

While sharing the video, Gautami wrote, “The ramp you walk on is the ramp you own!!!! Failed the first attempt but tried again!!!!! If I can do it, so can you!!!”

Celebs have always been a motivation to their fans for achieving health and fitness goals. TV actress Gautami Kapoor, known for her roles as Jaya in Kehta Hai Dil and the lead role in Ghar Ek Mandir, is a hardcore fitness enthusiast. She frequently shares her

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RYZE+GRIND Fitness | Business | clevelandjewishnews.com

Ten years ago, Todd Dery wasn’t a group fitness person. He barely had lifted any weight in his life. Then one day, a friend dragged him into a bootcamp class.

“I would see people coming out of this class, soaked in sweat and looking exhausted. But they looked so happy. I was intrigued, but scared.”

What happened that next hour was a “transformative experience” according to Dery. Five minutes in, he didn’t think he was going to make it. But he kept going, feeding off the energy of his peers. When it was over, Dery knew he would be coming

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Free fitness group ready to get community moving

A NEW fitness group in Penistone will be setting its members ‘homework’.

Organized by Steve Dickinson, the group will begin on April 4 at 6.30pm at the Trans Pennine Trail, by the skate park on the showground. Anyone is free to get involved and pick up a new or develop a forgotten skill.

Steve said: “Basically it’s for anyone in the community, whether you’re starting to run, want to get back into it, or are intermediary.

“It’s for all levels – we’re aiming to do five kilometers eventually but that will take a while. For the first few weeks we’ll

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‘Buy the Dip,’ Says Stifel About Planet Fitness Stock

Everyone loves a bit of drama and luckily there’s usually enough supply on Wall Street.

The latest palaver has Planet Fitness (NYSE:PLNT) in the spotlight, with the fitness chain’s shares slipping recently and the company facing a potential boycott after an incident involving a trans member at one of its gyms.

So, what exactly happened? Last week, a woman encountered a transgender individual in the women’s locker room at a Planet Fitness branch in Alaska. After taking a photo, she raised her concerns with the staff and later shared a video detailing her experience, along with the picture, on social

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Suryakumar Yadav fails to get NCA clearance; faces another fitness test on March 21

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Suryakumar Yadav will miss Mumbai Indians' first game of the season

Suryakumar Yadav will miss Mumbai Indians’ first game of the season © BCCI

Suryakumar Yadav has suffered a temporary setback as the National Cricket Academy (NCA) has not cleared him to participate in the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL).

A known Twenty20 specialist, Suryakumar underwent a fitness assessment at the NCA in Bengaluru on Tuesday. However, the NCA management is understood to have withheld clearance, preventing him from fulfilling his IPL commitments with the Mumbai Indians for the time being.

The immediate fallout of this decision is that Suryakumar will be unavailable for the opening match, without a

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Scottish assistant John Carver on Grant Hanley’s fitness

Hanley quietly withdrew from their squad ahead of friends against Northern Ireland and the Netherlands over this international break after David Wagner expressed his concern over a loss of sharpness.

The 32-year-old has just returned from a long-term Achilles issue but missed City’s trip to Stoke at the weekend and has been pulled out of team training altogether to work on a new individualized conditioning program.

That has led Hanley to withdraw from Scotland duty, and assistant John Carver expressed worry about his condition when quizzed after Tuesday’s press conference.

“It’s a concern because he’s one of our squad,” said

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Liverpool’s injury list, suspensions and availability

​​​​​​Last updated on March 15

Thiago Alcantara

Thiago sustained a muscle injury when he made his first appearance of 2023-24 as a substitute in the defeat at Arsenal on February 4.

Jürgen Klopp was asked before Liverpool’s Emirates FA Cup fifth-round tie versus Southampton whether there was a timescale in place for Thiago’s return and if he would play again this season.

Klopp on February 27: “There’s no timescale. I don’t know, to be honest. It’s a couple of things [that] he has to do now from a medical point of view and then I don’t know if that

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