By the most optimistic of guesses, only about 30 percent of New Year’s resolutions to get healthy will succeed. And yet the global fitness industry has been filling classrooms more than ever, inventing creative, intense workouts that draw users over and over again

C’è anche l’offerta Training Mate nell’articolo di Bloomberg ($130 five classes) ma è più facile attrezzare una palestra che spostare tutti in riva al mare, che mi sembrano Liddell, Abrahams & friends nella famosa scena di Chariots of Fire.

Time isn’t an excuse. Studios now offer half-hour classes, often with more intensity and fewer breaks—think of Mile High Run Club’s Dirty 30 treadmill class or the fast-paced Four30 at Project by Equinox. “We are definitely seeing a trend toward shorter workouts.

But according to Metzl, the best way to stick with a workout is to find a place where you feel you belong. “Having fun and being part of a community are the most important factors: the whole point is to create a family within the four walls.

An exercise class called Precision Run is the most popular workout at Equinox fitness clubs nationwide. More than 500 sessions are offered at its locations every week, but that hasn’t been enough to meet demand ($36 one class).

It’s a workout that customizes the variables of treadmill running—speed, duration, incline, and recovery—to your own needs and style, and in a cool, immersive group setting.

Classes can have 30 to 40 participants, each on individual treadmills, as an instructor guides the 50-minute workout: runners determine their one-minute personal record (PR) to measure their progress and build subsequent sessions.

Treadmill running was the fastest-growing exercise trend of 2018: new equipment companies have redesigned the treadmill in a way that lets you run longer and faster without risking injury.

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