Happy New Year and New Body… or Get Back The Old Body! If you’re like most of us December jingles left some January jiggles, but luckily there have never been so many workout choices to burn off those lingering lbs.
Every January we offer a month’s worth of options in what we call the 31 Days of Fitness. With the boom in at-home fitness offerings from luxe high-end equipment like the Peloton bike and Mirror interactive home gym, to streaming fitness classes from Classpass Live and Obe, to workout apps like Aaptiv and Asics studio, we’ve decided to make our 2019 theme the 31 Days of Digital Fitness. As usual, your fearless editor will be sampling a different workout every day and highlighting all the fun and effective ways to get all our 2018 bodies into 2019 shape.
So here we go! Most all of these classes are offering free trials right now so why not join us and give one a try! If you’ve got Roku, Apple TV, or Google Chromecast, the workouts can be synced with your TV too.
January 1: CLASSPASS LIVE. After a New Year’s Day run this morning, I decided some strength training would be the perfect compliment to my cardio. I signed up for the Classpass Live trial offering unlimited classes free for 1 month. Classpass revolutionized the fitness industry with a subscription service that allows members to book and take thousands of different classes at the most popular fitness studios. Now those options are available at home streamed live or on demand from wide selection of Classpass’s own workouts, as well as classes from other studios. I opted for Full Body with Alex Redelico, a compact 35 minute workout with light weights that flew by and hit all the major muscle groups. Alex was the right mix of pep and push, and I’d take this class again – definitely if pressed for time! Classpass Live is $19/month with free 1 month trial.
January 2: PELOTON DIGITAL. Peloton brought the concept of studio cycling into the home with its sleek bike and integrated tablet on which live and on demand classes can be streamed. For those who don’t have the room or the dollars for the Peloton bike, Peloton Digital offers those same classes online and on an app which can be used on any indoor cycle. Running, strength, bootcamp, yoga, and other workouts are also available. I kept it basic with a cycling class this morning, setting up my phone on a spin bike at the gym. I took Cody Rigsby 45 min 90’s Pop Ride, a solid spin workout with a great playlist that kept me going for 45 minutes – something I would never do on a bike on my own at the gym. Personally, I wouldn’t trade the group cycling experience of a Soul Cycle for a cycling app – I’d love to take a live class with Cody! – but next time I’m traveling I’ll be looking forward to the indoor bike at the hotel gym with the Peloton Digital app. Peloton Digital is $19.49/month. Sign up now and get 2 months free.
January 3: GLO. What is better than a 30-minute yoga class? A 15-minute class! Although the shorter the better a yoga class for me, Glo lets you customize the style, level, duration, mind and body goal to suit your personal preferences – all in the comfort of your home! Presented on a clean and simple set, the moves and flows are easy to follow, with different amounts of instruction given depending on the level chosen. I opted for a compact 30-minute Vinyasa Flow with MC Yogi that moved quickly through a series of core-energizing sequences and got the yoga job done in no time! For you true yogis fret not, there are 90-minute classes too. Glo is $18/month with 15-day free trial.
January 4: P90X3. P90X and Tony Horton first came to fame in 2005 on infomercials that dominated the late night and Saturday morning airwaves. These bootcamp style workout dvds have gone on to multi-million dollar sales, delivering results his devotees swear by. Produced by Beachbody, the company that is also behind many of the other top-grossing home workouts like “Insanity” and “Piyo” among many others, P90X and the entire library of Beachbody workouts are now available on Beachbody on Demand. I checked out Tony’s CVX this morning from his P90X3 series of 30-minute workouts that promise “extreme results”. Left sweating in my living room after a non-stop series of fast-paced, full-body, multi-lateral moves, I get why these workouts are so popular and effective. If you don’t have a lot time to spare, the P90X3 series delivers a workout of concentrated intensity that will have you feeling like you did double the work in the half the time. Beachbody on Demand is $39/3 months with 14-day free trial.
January 5: OBE | OUR BODY ELECTRIC. Dance cardio fans, obé is the workout to stream for you. Offering 14 live classes daily and a library of 500 on-demand, obé workouts are 28 minutes long and structured on three pillars: Define, Sweat, and Flow. Classes include Sculpt, Strength, Power, Dance, Circuit, HIIT, Yoga, Yoga Sculpt, and Restorative Stretch, and are filmed in a kind of Tokyo-style neon cube of undulating colored light. My buddy Glynis and I doubled up this morning and streamed two different classes: Sweat/Dance with Megan and Flow/Yoga with Saya. I haven’t done “chasse” or “grapevine” in years and am happy to see what we called “aerobics” are still alive and well. The Flow class that followed was a nice combo of yoga stretches with weights – a perfect compliment to the dance workout – and the two classes together left ready to replenish with some Avocado Toast and Bloody Marys on a rainy Saturday morning. Obé classes are $27 with 7-day free trial.
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