HAUTE LIVING SAN FRANCISCO JULY-AUGUST 2020 ISSUE

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BY STEPH KEAY

HauteWELLNESS

Jill Dailey, founder of The Dailey Method

Gyms and fitness studios across the Bay Area exercise their technological savvy to teach classes online. ON A REGULAR WEEKDAY BEFORE SHELTERING IN PLACE, I WOULD BE HIGH-FIVING

except I’m by myself and my classmates are simply tiny figures on the sidebar of the Zoom call.

Barry’s Bootcamp instructor Rio Hall as I entered the notorious Red Room at the franchise’s

Over the course of one week, I test out three virtual classes offered by companies around the

Palo Alto location. I’d grab my weights and walk down the rows of numbered risers along with

Bay Area in response to the closure of gyms and fitness studios during the pandemic: Barry’s

my classmates, locating our reserved spots for the exercise class ahead. But today, I’m sitting

high-intensity interval training (HIIT) classes, Smuin Contemporary Ballet’s dance lessons, and

cross-legged on a foam rubber mat in my backyard peering at Hall on the screen of my MacBook

The Dailey Method’s barre-inspired exercises. With a mat and water bottle in hand, I’m ready

Air. He starts the music, and we’re launched into our usual warm-up routine of jumping jacks—

to work up a sweat.

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PHOTO COURTESY OF THE DAILEY METHOD

WORKING (OUT) FROM HOME


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