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YMCA works to make wellness easy

ActivTrax creates custom fitness programs

Jessie Brown, right, gets familiar with exercise equipment Monday afternoon at the J.A. Walters YMCA with help from personal trainer Emily Young. Brown is using ActivTrax, which charts a workout tailored to them via a kiosk inside the gym or through a smart phone app.

0103WELLNESS3 — Jessie Brown, right, gets familiar with exercise equipment Monday afternoon at the J.A. Walters YMCA with help from personal trainer Emily Young. Brown is using ActivTrax, which charts a workout tailored to them via a kiosk inside the gym or through a smart phone app.

Change is hard. Staff members at the J.A. Walters YMCA in Gainesville have found that to be the case in more ways than one. Staff members worked Monday signing up new members, and crowds showed up early on what was an observed New Year’s Day holiday.