By Chris Granville In a select area of Manhattan’s Upper East Side trainer Nikki Tissington has recently opened a beautiful boutique training studio that caters to the neighborhood’s exclusive cliental. As I made my way over to Thrive Studio I recalled the tiny apartment I rented on the same block years ago. The click clack …
Fit Factory 153 West 27th Street, Ste. 201 New York, NY 10001 (212) 206-7652 Contact: fitfactorynyc@gmail.com It was a crisp autumn day as I headed down to Chelsea and rounded the corner of West 27th Street for a visit to the recently opened Fit Factory and the opportunity to meet owner Jasmine Graham. Occupying …
Hype Gym 480 Second Avenue New York, NY 10016 (646) 201-9387 Contact: info@hypegym.com It was an unseasonably hot September day as I went downtown to Kip’s Bay for an opportunity to visit Hype Gym. It was a relief to get into the air conditioned lobby of the residential high-rise where Hype occupies a ground floor …
WORK TRAIN FIGHT 636 Broadway, #204 New York, NY 10012 By Chris Granville Nestled amongst the lofts of NoHo is a unique private gym called Work that aims to match the neighborhood’s lively downtown spirit. I recently had the opportunity to chat with Work’s founder Alberto Ortiz in order to learn what it is …
By Chris Granville Upon first arriving at Fitness Results in the Flatiron District, I found myself transported from the crowded Fifth Avenue block below to a tranquil setting that seemed part art gallery, part meditation chamber, and part fitness studio. And indeed, as I began to learn in my discussion with owner Jeff Shammah, they …
Velocity Sports NYC 133 East 58th Street, 6th Floor New York, NY 10022 (212) 593-3278 By Chris Granville I’ve trained as an athlete and couldn’t wait to check out a workout at Velocity Sports Performance NYC, a gym well-known for training top college, high school and youth athletes, as well as adults looking for a …
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Tribeca Health & Fitness 105 Chambers Street New York, NY 10007 (212) 732-9466 By Chris Granville It’s not often I get downtown these days, and when I made the trip to Chambers Street to meet Mike Sperber, manager of Tribeca Health and Fitness, I was reminded of how chaotic the narrow streets are in this …
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Steel Gym 146 West 23rd Street New York, NY 10011 (212) 352-9876 I’d heard a lot about Steel Gym before I headed to Chelsea to meet with owner Ken Hunt. It’s won numerous awards and has made the “best of” lists of a number of publications, including Muscle and Fitness magazine, which ranked it …
As1 Fitness 1845 Broadway, 3rd Floor New York, NY 10023 On a freezing evening in January, I headed over to As1 Fitness on Columbus Circle, hoping for an invigorating 65-minute class to warm me up and help me shake the bone-chilling cold that had set in on the walk over from work. The studio, whose core focus is on group fitness classes, had invited me to join a group class …
Core Fitness 12 East 86th Street New York, NY 10028 (917) 293-9241 On a recent overcast afternoon I found my way to the Upper East Side to visit Core Fitness, one of the oldest private training gyms in the city. Core, in a fantastic location at 86th Street and Fifth Avenue, has been …
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