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- Hi, I'm Liz Segran

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and I'm a senior staff
writer here at Fast Company

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and I'm really struggling to stay fit

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during this quarantine.

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Before all of this started

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I was an OrangeTheory gym rat.

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I would go to the gym
three or four times a week,

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get a really powerful hour-long workout in

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and I felt great.

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But since the quarantine began

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I haven't been able to go to the gym

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and I've really struggled to
find other fitness routines

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that get me in as good shape
as I was before all of this.

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I've scoured the market
for various products

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that will keep me motivated

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and here are my three favorite ones.

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I've been really
intrigued by a new machine

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that's on the market called Tempo.

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It's kind of like Peloton or Mirror,

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but it's specifically designed

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for people who like
cross training workouts

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like OrangeTheory or Barry's
Bootcamp or CrossFit.

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The first thing that I noticed about it

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is that it is a beautiful
piece of hardware.

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It is a gorgeous machine

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that fits beautifully
inside anybody's home,

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and it is loaded with all of
the weights that you'll need

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to do a full body workout.

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The other cool thing about it

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is that you can do live classes

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the way that you would in the gym

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and your name will appear on a leaderboard

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with everybody else around the country

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who is joining that class with you.

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That allows you to feel
connected to other people

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at this time of disconnection

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and also adds a little
bit of a competitive edge

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that you might get when
you're actually in a gym.

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The other cool thing about it

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is that there is AI technology
built into the system

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that looks at your form
while you're working out

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and gently corrects you when
you're out of alignment.

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And I found that really helpful

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because that's the kind of
guidance that you're looking for

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when you go to a real gym.

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I tested a demo unit of the tempo

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and I found that it
totally transformed my life

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and I'm not exaggerating there.

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I have been doing
workouts every single day

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and it's really approximating

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the kind of workout that I used to get

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at a studio class in my gym.

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One thing that helps me stay
motivated when I'm working out

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is having really fun and
comfortable workout gear.

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And lately I found a
great brand called bandier

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that has created an entire
line of workout gear

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that is perfectly designed
for quarantine life.

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Since most of us are at home

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we want our workout gear to be comfortable

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so that we can go from workout
out, to making breakfast,

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to looking after our kids.

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We don't want too much compression.

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And so that's why I live
All Access by Bandier.

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They have launched an entirely new line

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that is perfectly designed
for my quarantine life.

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It sounds a little silly,

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but having new workout gear to wear

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really motivates me to wanna
keep trying hard to stay fit.

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During the quarantine it's so easy

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to spend all our time at
home on our computers working

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and I've found it really important

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to get outside and be in
nature as much as possible.

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And the thing that really
motivated me to do that

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was getting a Fitbit.

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Get in my 10,000 steps, be around nature,

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take in some fresh air.

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Every hour my Fitbit sends
me a little reminder,

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a little buzz, get off my
butt, walk around a bit,

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not be so sedentary,

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and I think that that's really
helping me during this time

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when I am just so homebound.

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The Fitbit is also connected
to a really great app

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that allows me to track what
I'm eating during the day,

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how many calories I'm burning,
what my heart rate is,

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and all of that is just giving me

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a lot of really good data

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about my general overall fitness.

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Ever since I started working out again

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and incorporating all of
these things into my life

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to keep me motivated,

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I have felt so much happier and healthier

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and I think that even though
it's a really tough time

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for all of us right now

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because we're so home bound and sedentary,

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anything that we can do to
boost our happiness levels

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is absolutely worth it.