Internet reshapes fitness industry

Getting fit: A man doing weighted squats in a cube-shaped Supermonkey gym at an office building in Shenzhen, Guangdong province. — Xinhua

BEIJING: The omnipresent Internet is reshaping the fitness industry and pushing it to become more accessible, affordable and customisable.

In Beijing’s buzzing Sanlitun business district alone, more than a dozen gyms specialising in everything from spinning classes to yoga and even boxing can be found along a stretch of road only two blocks long.