The one thing keeping many people sane during lockdown was figuring out new ways to work out at home.
But as cities and states begin to reopen across the country, gyms and health clubs will be back up and running soon as well. So how do we navigate them safely?
To talk more about exercise in the time of COVID-19 is Dr. NiCole Keith - the new president-elect of the American College of Sports Medicine.
NiCole Keith, Ph.D., FACSM is a Research Scientist at Indiana University Center for Aging Research, a Regenstrief Institute Investigator, a Professor of Kinesiology at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs for the IUPUI School of Health and Human Sciences, and a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). She is the 2020-2021 ACSM President, serves on ACSM’s Exercise is Medicine and American Fitness Index Advisory Boards, and serves on several national ACSM committees. She co-founded Physically Active Residential Communities and Schools - a partnership between Indianapolis Public Schools, Eskenazi Health, and IUPUI that provides exercise opportunities to over 4,000 Indianapolis residents. Dr. Keith is the Vice President of the National Physical Activity Plan Alliance and has a focus on health equity. Her research examines healthy aging, physical activity participation, fitness, and health outcomes.