Helping New Yorkers live a healthy lifestyle is what it’s all about at Asphalt Green, a nonprofit organization with campuses in the Upper East Side and Battery Park City. Whether you’re swimming laps in each location’s pool, discovering a new class like AntiGravity Yoga, or sweating it out in a boot camp, Asphalt Green’s classes will help you work your way to fitness. As a community-focused organization [...]

Walking into EveryBodyFights Boston’s 15,000 square foot modern facility is equal parts impressive and overwhelming…in a good way! There are so many diverse classes to choose from, and at peak hours many of them are happening at once in the fitness rooms that surround the center’s two boxing rings. Fret not, though, because the friendly staff will point you in the right direction and even help you wrap your [...]

- By Caroline Callahan Janson

Get ready, get set, row! In case you’ve been tuned out of fitness world chatter of late, rowing may be one of the fastest growing workouts around. And CityRow, the clean, well-lit studio on the Upper East Side, is one of New York’s top spots to get acquainted with how and why rowing works.

Owner: Helaine Knapp

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- By Jenna Arndt, Instructor at SWERVE Fitness

At SWERVE, we love to ride hard, but we also give you five minutes of upper body work as a break for your legs before crossing the finish line a little stronger.  Though the weight is light, efficient repetitions start to add up, 2-5 lb. dumbbells start to feel more like barbells and you'll begin to notice results from [...]

Sixth Street Pilates believes that Pilates is for everybody with every body. This airy, intimate studio in the heart of the East Village focuses on giving individual attention to students in small group classes and private sessions. Improve your technique with instructors that have been certified at some of the top teacher certification programs in the country.

Neighborhood: East Village

Classes Offered: Reformer/Springboard – Beginner,  Intermediate [...]