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Drawbacks of Online Workouts
While convenience is a big advantage with an online class, you may miss out on the connection, contact and accountability that an in-person class brings, says Richard Cotton, a spokesperson for the American Council on Exercise and the chief exercise physiologist for www.myexerciseplan.com. Still, if you try out an online class, be sure to check out the instructor’s qualifications, he says.
Outdoor fitness classes, by contrast, can add endless variety to a workout, and the group dynamic brings camaraderie and motivation, says Deborah Strougo, director of marketing with RoadFit, which runs group outdoor fitness classes. “Once you learn how to ‘see’ things in the natural environment and use them as gym props -- street curbs, benches, hills, stairs, etc. -- you have the tools to workout anywhere- especially when traveling,” she says.