FITNESS
When the weather outside is frightful, embrace the great indoors.
Bring
It In!
Forgo your routine treadmill workout. The latest ways to stay in shape stream on your iPad, adorn your wrist or unfold in your living room—and often involve a little friendly competition. BY KATE DALEY & JILL BUCHNER
Go Boarding
Want a wicked workout without water? The hottest fitness trend is going indoors. While traditional standup paddleboard (or SUP) yoga involves a local pond, lake or ocean, the Indo Yoga Board simulates the muscle-activating instability of water without the need to brave the elements. The bottom side has four arches that create a wobbly water-like surface to help target all of those mini muscles. The more advanced yogi can also place inflatable cushions underneath.
From $315, indoboard.com.
It’s made with scratchresistant glass!
Nike Studio Wraps
Wearable Tech
PHOTOGRAPHY, COURTESY NIKE (STUDIO WRAPS)
Keep Ballin’ Exquisite style isn’t only for Italiandesigned handbags. Technogym, the creator of high-end gym equipment, adds Italian flair to your at-home fitness sessions. Showcased in the health clubs of hotels like the Fairmont, these esthetically pleasing offerings include a treadmill that’s powered by your workout and a sleek washable, antibacterial covered Wellness Ball (above). Switch out your desk chair and start training your core all day long. Wellness Ball - Active Sitting, $242, technogym.com.
JANUARY 2015 | CANADIANLIVING.COM
Better Than Barefoot For those who dislike going without shoes in a barre session or worry about slipping during a steamy yoga class, these Nike Studio Wraps offer both hygienic protection and traction. Stretch foam supports your arches, silicone traction grips the ground and subtle padding cushions your heels. Plus, the slip-ons leave your toes free to grip and point. The pack comes with ribbons for a pointe-shoe effect and rubber ballet flats to wear over your wraps on the way to and from class. Studio Wrap Pack 2, $135, nike.com.
Launching early this year, the Apple Watch Sport measures the quality, frequency and quantity of your movements to give you a complete picture of your daily physical activity via your iPhone. A built-in sensor on the watch tracks your heart rate (read: intensity), uses GPS to monitor how far you’ve moved, counts your calories and tells you how much time you’ve spent sitting versus standing (take that, sitting disease!). At the gym, use the workout app to communicate with your watch so you can set goals and review a post-sweat-sesh summary. From US$349, apple.com.
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