{"id":269484,"date":"2026-01-29T03:57:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T03:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/269484\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T03:57:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T03:57:17","slug":"the-age-of-gyms-is-upon-us-and-with-it-a-fitness-boom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/269484\/","title":{"rendered":"The age of gyms is upon us and with it a fitness boom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/FmcrobeJlwqkXHzbkq5COQ0JIlozoGjYyM1zkTH5.jpg\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\nGyms serve as emotional valves from crowded buildings in urban centres. [Courtesy]\u00a0&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"card-text\">Last week, we mourned the scarcity of open spaces in urban areas; they are quickly\u00a0built up with high-rise buildings, either residential or office blocks.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>Covid-19 and remote working have both failed to kill the office. Did I hear we even built offices at home? But the word &#8220;officer&#8221; is slowly dying.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n                        Bold Reporting Takes Time, Courage and Investment. Stand With Us.\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    Unlimited access to all premium content<br \/>\n                    Uninterrupted ad-free browsing experience<br \/>\n                    Mobile-optimized reading experience<br \/>\n                    Weekly Newsletters<br \/>\n                    MPesa, Airtel Money and Cards accepted<\/p>\n<p>                                <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029Va0PRAYGk1Fo4ODHAg0b\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Follow The Standard<br \/>\n                                    channel<br \/>\n                                    on WhatsApp<\/a><br \/>\n                                <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Gyms serve as emotional valves from crowded buildings in urban centres. [Courtesy]\u00a0&#13; Last week, we mourned the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":269485,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[493,499,132218,103,61,60,132219],"class_list":["post-269484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fitness","tag-diet","tag-fitness","tag-gymfitness","tag-health","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-weight-loss-trends"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269484\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/269485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}