The Round Up: August

Get one step closer to peak performance and pain-free living by honing in on your thoracic spine mobility.

“As high-performance individuals, members tend to get caught up in the strength side of fitness training, prioritizing pushing weight and regularly achieving new PRs,” writes Dan Hagen, a COACH X and Equinox Regional Personal Training Manager based in Chicago. “But to reach that top tier, you also need to be able to express movement really well — especially in your middle spine, known as the thoracic spine.” READ MORE

This 5K training program will help you set a personal best in just five weeks.

Created by Precision Run founder David Siik, the 5K training program is ideal for the end-of-summer season, when those smaller seasonal goals set back in June are being wrapped up but the lofty New Year goals are still on the distant horizon. If there’s a lull in your routine, finishing a 5K is the perfect achievement to strive toward. READ MORE

Personal training manager Danielle Perkins opens up about her career as a pro boxer — and the role Equinox played in her journey.

Perkins credits part of her success to the education she’s gained over the years as a Coach at Equinox. She knows how to program her training to prevent injuries, fuel herself properly in a sport that requires cutting weight, and recover with different modalities. “Education is definitely half of it, and the other half is application and understanding how to do things properly,” she explains. READ MORE