Fitness startup with UNC roots sees opportunity in the pandemic

Anna Shuford, 23, started taking virtual fitness classes three times a week during the pandemic via Zoom. She loved working out in her living room and using wine bottles as weights. But she said links could be hard to access, the sound quality was poor and keeping up with the timing of Venmo payments was mentally taxing.  That’s when she realized there had to be a better and easier way to do things — for both the instructor and attendees.  Shuford’s solution is the startup BOOMROOM, an…