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  It’s been one of the big themes of the past year for committed and more casual fitness enthusiasts alike: recurrent lockdowns forcing our favourite gyms and leisure centres to repeatedly close their doors.  But now, many of us are asking ourselves a somewhat different question: with great numbers of people returning to these environments, just how safe are they?  You might have more reason for reassurance than you think  It’s completely understandable that even now, after significant numbers of us have been vaccinated to at least some degree and become accustomed to many restrictions in our lives to help lessen the risks, you may remain concerned about exercising in a gym with others.  After all, as Professor Jonathan Ball – a University of Nottingham virologist – told BBC Newsbeat late last year, there are some factors in gyms that can bring a certain degree of coronavirus risk: “You do tend to exercise quite vigorously, that means that you can brea...

  If there’s one thing that living for more than a year in a global pandemic may have caused you to feel, it’s guilt – that you haven’t kept on top of your fitness as much as you feel you should have done, even during times of lockdown and other disruption.  So, you might be eager to get back into an exercise routine, and to that end, you may well have been choosing from our extensive selection of active fitness wear and accessories here at Hybryd.  Not all of the things many of us think about exercise in the 2020s, however, is necessarily borne out by reality. So, with help from the experts, let’s look at just some of the persistent fitness myths that may be causing you to have less-than-helpful attitudes towards your own exercise regime.  Exercise for exercise’s sake is ‘normal’ and instinctive behaviour  If you’ve felt more than a little guilty about your fitness habits – or lack of them – over the past year, it’s worth bearing in mind that ...

One thing that workout enthusiasts across the UK – and at all levels – will be thankful for lately, is the resumption of in-person classes at their favourite gyms, after tough lockdown conditions were gradually lifted. And now, we know something about  how  eager Britons have been to don their  performance apparel   and head out to brick-and-mortar fitness venues.  As reported by  The Guardian , ClassPass – a company that enables people to access fitness classes around the country – said it had seen a 600% increase in its new member numbers in the space of a week.  The firm stated that two of its leading London fitness studios had reported a tenfold rise in reservations since the return of in-person classes. This compares with the digital-only reservations that represented the only option for exercise enthusiasts the previous week.  Intriguingly, however, the company said it was also continuing to see a high level of reservations for live-strea...