Originally founded as a training gym for boxers, Peter Welch’s Gym has evolved into a community center where boxing newbies can train alongside world-class fighters. This old school boxing gym is located in a South Boston warehouse, and offers strength, conditioning, and technique classes for fitness enthusiasts of all ages and levels. Put your boxing gloves on to start learning from the highly skilled, hands-on coaches at Peter Welch's Gym, [...]

Jivamukti Yoga School is one of the largest and oldest yoga studios in the United States. This 12,000 square foot facility is the birthplace of Jivamukti Yoga – a practice that incorporates five tenets: scripture, devotion, kindness, music, and meditation. Bring your practice into the studio’s spacious classrooms, and enjoy the Zen vibe that comes from stained glass paneling and high ceilings. After you om, stay awhile for delicious [...]

- 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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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 [...]

- By George Foreman III, Co-founder of EveryBodyFights® & Creator of BoxFIIT™ 

Boxing fitness can challenge and strengthen you both mentally and physically. Here are 10 reasons to try it for yourself:

1. Full Body Workout: Boxing fitness will engage your upper body, lower body and core which will improve strength, endurance, agility, power and balance. When done properly, boxing fitness can burn up [...]