Here's the gear that trainers say is helpful to have at home, plus ways that Hollywood is working out now:
From celebrity-led workouts to L.A. gyms pivoting to virtual classes, staying fit while staying isolated is as easy as clicking"play."
In April, during coronavirus stay-at-home orders around the world, Chris Hemsworth's 1-year-old Centr fitness app grew its audience by 300 percent, adding hundreds of thousands of users. On YouTube, average daily views of content with "workout at home" in titles shot up more than 200 percent from March 15 to 30 compared to the rest of 2020. Workout gurus are adjusting to the changes in the world as people stuck at home look for ways to stay motivated, fit and healthy.
Here's the gear that trainers say is helpful to have at home, plus ways that Hollywood is working out now.Most trainers say effective workouts can be done using body weight alone. "Your best tool is your own body," says Michaels. "Bodyweight training is highly effective and arguably the most functional way to train by far."
However, "if I was to select my ideal home survival kit," says Rob McGillivray of West Hollywood's Retrofit gym , which has launched an at-home YouTube workout series, "it would include a pair of Bowflex adjustable dumbbells, a 65-inch fitball — which doubles as a support bench — medium-to-heavy Spri Xertube resistance bands and a jump rope, which is a great, inexpensive and contained cardio alternative to the pain of the Santa Monica stairs.
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