GUN CONTROL
We peel open subway doors with the might of our heels, coerce our landlords into lowering our rents, and break a sweat on any piece of grass or concrete we find available (speaking of which, we’re going to Brooklyn Bridge Bootcamp tonight). It’s true, we rarely give our warrior selves a break. To keep it that way all summer long, we’re hitting up three affordable NYC weight training facilities that keep us panting, toned and our guns and wallets fully loaded.
Elissa’s Personal Best
Armed with an MS in Exercise Physiology from Columbia University, aerobics and Pilates certifications, hot pink hoops and a scrunchie to match, Elissa Hyman has been training her clients with such 80s signatures as leg lifts and clapping push-ups long before shiny leggings resurfaced at American Apparel (25 years long). The big haired decade makes its way to this 750-square-foot subterranean Upper East Side studio in the form of Inner Circle and Whitesnake so your $65-$75 one-hour training sessions make you feel less recessionista responsible and more so Jane Fonda rad.
334 East 79th Street, Suite LLD, 212-744-2378
Absolute Fitness
There are no frills, but there are calories and buns to burn during these 30-minute private sessions, led by husband-wife team, Rob and Jana Castillo, who have been offering New Yorkers affordable ($35-45) one-on-one strength training since 1996. You won’t get a chance to stare down the clock during these circuit, cross and target trainings where you’ll be doing weight training, medicine ball movement, balance ball stretching, and Pilates, as the effective method here is defined by minimal rest between sets. Not to mention, your coaches, well they’re not the easily distracted kind and will be counting your every move. Though they will allow you to request your favorite countdowns—40’s and showtunes being the favorite soundtracks around these parts.
124 East 40th Street Room # 20, 212.681.9724, http://www.absolutefitnessnyc.com/
Move Into Greatness
Our very own fitness expert, Colleen Wahl, offers classes in building bones without breaking down the pocketbook at her Move Into Greatness studio. Dynamofit, a weekly 60-minute six class series ($120) is rooted in Laban Movement Analysis and Bartenieff Fundamentals so that students learn movement literacy. You guessed it–no more cubicle-shoulder crunching. You’ll walk away with less pain and able to navigate your own weight room just as confidently as the Monster energy drink guzzling, body weight lifters do. Check out the schedule or request a slot especially for you and your buddies.
320 West 37th St, suite 1504, 585.507. 2967, www.moveintogreatness.com
