Health & Fitness
Boulder Named Among Top 10 U.S. Places To Get Fit In 2020
Hoping to get rid of the ol' holiday belly? If you live in Boulder, you have one of the best chances of getting fit, according to a report.
BOULDER, CO — Boulder was named among the top 10 Most Fitness-Friendly Places for 2020 in a new report. The sixth annual SmartAsset study analyzed 317 metro areas across five metrics: percentage of residents who walk or bike to work, fitness professionals per 10,000 workers, fitness establishments per 10,000 establishments, percentage of restaurants that are fast food and average hourly wage of personal trainers.
Boulder was ranked No. 10, despite having some of the highest hourly wages — more than $25 — for a personal trainer. The report shows that the city offers many cost-effective options for getting fit.
Report highlights:
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- Boulder does particularly well for its relatively high percentage of residents who walk or bike to work, at 9 percent, ranking sixth out of 317 metro areas.
- Boulder has an exceptionally high number of fitness professionals per 10,000 workers, at more than 54, ranking fifth out of 317 areas.
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Fort Collins was ranked No. 9 in the report — the city outperformed Boulder in the Number of Fitness Establishments Per 10,000 people category.
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Five of the metro areas in the top 10 are in Western states: Oregon, Washington, Montana and Colorado.
Fitness-friendly Places for 2020:
1. Bend- Redmond, OR
2. Iowa City, IA
3. Wenatchee, WA
4. Ann Arbor, MI
5. State College, PA
6. Bloomington, IN
7. Missoula, MT
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