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Gym goers in Arlington, Virginia, will soon take spin classes on an open air training terrace instead of peddling away indoors.  Gold’s Gym will open a turf-covered outdoor promenade for classes and training sessions at a new location that’s set to open over the Rosslyn Metro station in early 2021. Renderings of the 1,400-square-foot terrace show space to use...

The lack of health resources in Black communities has been a growing concern that has only magnified with the pandemic. Coach Percell Dugger is the co-founder of “Fit for Us” which advocates for Black fitness professionals and under-served communities through consulting services to provide better opportunities for industry success.

Kiandre’a Pound is the mother of mini-trainer Kynsley who’s gone viral for adorably motivating her mom to complete her home workouts.

Social distancing rules can make exercising a challenge for a blind runner who needs a volunteer tethered as a guide.

Jacob Gise opened a Body Fit Training franchise in Santa Monica, California, in November. By March, the flagship U.S. studio of the global chain had just become profitable.

When CrossFit athlete Brooke Ence was tapped to compete in the new reality game competition “Ultimate Tag,” she was given the nickname “The Boss.” Ence is an entrepreneur in real life and has also appeared in movies like “Wonder Woman” and “Justice League.” She talks about coping with injuries and offers some advice for everyone about staying motivated during tough...

Celebrity fitness trainer Patrick Murphy discusses the importance of maintaining a healthy lifestyle during the coronavirus and how good hygiene, taking vitamin C and exercise are essential habits to stay in shape.

Fitness Trainer Shaun Jenkins and his partner Sharon Mussalli discussed their global fitness and social media campaigns, The King’s Run and The Legacy Project, which are designed to create positive and uplifting narratives of black men and children of color.

As states across the U.S. lift coronavirus lockdowns, gyms are starting to reopen their doors – within limits. We talked to David Thomas, Director of Infectious Diseases for Johns Hopkins Medicine, and Natalie Bushaw, spokeswoman for Lifetime Fitness, to find out how safe you should feel at the gym.

Ashley Everett may be Beyoncé’s Dance Captain, but even she needs inspiration to work out consistently. Now she’s inspiring her Instagram followers to come along on her fitness journey with this “fit-choreo” routine and others like it.

Want to work out at home but don’t have all the equipment? All you need is two cups and some water to do this workout.

When Indian entrepreneur Neha Motwani realized Google searches for “fitness near me” were growing almost 40% year on year in her home country, she saw a business opportunity. “The gyms and studios themselves did not have a website and did not have the ability to be discovered online, because uniquely for the Indian market, the organized players only constitute 4%…

A man in Ohio decide to build a whole gym out of logs after the coronavirus pandemic forced his gym to close.

News4’s Erika Gonzalez previews the NBC4 Telemundo 44 Health and Fitness Expo with holistic health coach Maggie Grant, Director of the George Washington University Hospital Breast Program Dr. Rachel Brem, GW Hospital Director of Communications and Business Development Susan Griffiths, Executive Co-Director of Consumer & Corporate Responsibility at Green America, Sr. Director of Marketing Communications at UM Capital Region Health…

Grace Brown’s schedule at West Potomac High School in Northern Virginia is filled with all the usual academics, and she’s packed in Latin, chorus and piano as extras. What she can’t cram into the 8:10 a.m. – 2:55 p.m. school day is gym class. So she’s taking that one minus the gym, and on her own time. The 14-year-old...

News4’s Molette Green talks to personal trainers from Northern Virginia about how you can stick to your fitness goals in 2020.