Looking for inspiration on what to get the health-focused or nutrition-cautious friends and family on your gift list? You’ve found it! Below, our swim and fitness experts share their recommendations to help you explore some gift ideas for fitness enthusiasts: Gift Suggestion: TYR Big Mesh Mummy Backpack III Chris Lancaster, Aquatic Manager Why you suggest it: This
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Group exercise classes are a great way to try out something new in fitness. You can commit to just one class at a time, which offers you the flexibility to try out lots of different formats. The classes come with an instructor, so you aren’t on your own trying to figure out the dance steps
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There’s a lot you can track for your health these days; calories, steps, macros; even sleep. Should your heart rate be one of them? How hard your heart is beating can be a good indicator of your fitness, both inside and outside the gym. Using a heart rate monitor and heart rate training for workouts
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Stepping on the scale at the gym, in your home or at the doctor’s office tells you an important piece of information about your health: your weight. But that number alone has some limits. Two people of the same weight could be in two very different stages of health, after all. We are not just
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There are lots of ways to get in extra steps each day. You can park your car further away from work, take the stairs instead of the elevator, or fit in a quick walk at lunchtime. Here on the MIT campus, there are even more options: you can run the Charles River, walk the underground
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