BY STEPH KEAY
HauteWELLNESS
Jill Dailey, founder of The Dailey Method
Gyms and fitness studios across the Bay Area exercise their technological savvy to teach classes online. ON A REGULAR WEEKDAY BEFORE SHELTERING IN PLACE, I WOULD BE HIGH-FIVING
except I’m by myself and my classmates are simply tiny figures on the sidebar of the Zoom call.
Barry’s Bootcamp instructor Rio Hall as I entered the notorious Red Room at the franchise’s
Over the course of one week, I test out three virtual classes offered by companies around the
Palo Alto location. I’d grab my weights and walk down the rows of numbered risers along with
Bay Area in response to the closure of gyms and fitness studios during the pandemic: Barry’s
my classmates, locating our reserved spots for the exercise class ahead. But today, I’m sitting
high-intensity interval training (HIIT) classes, Smuin Contemporary Ballet’s dance lessons, and
cross-legged on a foam rubber mat in my backyard peering at Hall on the screen of my MacBook
The Dailey Method’s barre-inspired exercises. With a mat and water bottle in hand, I’m ready
Air. He starts the music, and we’re launched into our usual warm-up routine of jumping jacks—
to work up a sweat.
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PHOTO COURTESY OF THE DAILEY METHOD
WORKING (OUT) FROM HOME
