A selection of articles to inspire a high-performance lifestyle.
It’s time to speak up in your group fitness class.
Being vulnerable about discomfort, injury, and fatigue with your class instructor is a superpower. If you tell them upfront you have a shoulder injury, they can pop over to you during certain overhead movements, ask how you’re feeling, and quickly provide modifications as needed to reduce discomfort — both during class and as you recover throughout the week. There’s no benefit from suffering in silence. READ MORE
Grip-strength exercises may add years to your life.
Struggling to open the lid on a jar of pickles or carry your groceries from your car to your house is, at the very least, mildly annoying. But these subtle signs of poor grip strength may actually hint at your overall health and longevity, too. According to an October 2019 review in Clinical Interventions in Aging, good grip strength is an accurate gauge of current health and fitness and future physical, emotional, and mental well-being. On the other hand, poor grip strength is associated with early death from any cause. READ MORE
The possibility of “bulking” — or gaining muscle mass — shouldn’t deter you from lifting heavy.
“Resistance training is always worth incorporating into your exercise programming. It enhances bone health, is linked with a reduced risk of all-cause, cardiovascular disease, and cancer-specific mortality, and may even support brain health, research suggests,” writes Soi Kumpant, a COACH+ at Equinox Studio City. “Considering you naturally begin to lose three to five percent of your body’s muscle mass per decade starting at age 30, lifting weights is essential to, at the very least, offsetting those declines.” READ MORE
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Next-Level Wellness at Domino
An inside look into The Spa offerings at Equinox’s new Domino Club. READ MORE
Forged at EQX: Maria and Akeem
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Hit the Slopes Without Fear
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The Case for Self-Powered Treads
Step on a manual treadmill to progress your power and strength. READ MORE