{"id":42946,"date":"2020-08-08T03:11:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-08T00:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nyc-gyms-dream-up-creative-outdoor-workouts-despite-closures\/"},"modified":"2020-08-08T03:11:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-08T00:11:00","slug":"nyc-gyms-dream-up-creative-outdoor-workouts-despite-closures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nyc-gyms-dream-up-creative-outdoor-workouts-despite-closures\/","title":{"rendered":"#NYC gyms dream up creative outdoor workouts despite closures"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#NYC gyms dream up creative outdoor workouts despite closures<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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August 7, 2020 |<\/span> 8:11pm <\/p>\n

\n Gym rats aren\u2019t sweating the pandemic anymore.<\/p>\n

Gov. Cuomo has stayed firm on keeping gyms closed in New York City to stop the spread of coronavirus. But that isn\u2019t stopping several headstrong owners, who are using the nice weather to their advantage and putting the \u201cout\u201d in workout by opening al fresco gyms. But it\u2019s far from your basic squats-in-the-park workout: Weights, machines and bikes are seeing the sunlight for the first time, being set up outside as full-fledged gymnasiums.<\/p>\n

Adam Sturm, the co-founder of cross-training studio BK Fit, has fitness fans lifting on the sidewalks of Bushwick and Bed-Stuy.<\/p>\n

BK Fit\u2019s first foray back to group classes started with small get-togethers in local parks but has since expanded to one full outdoor gym in Williamsburg and three \u201ccurbside locations\u201d outside their brick-and-mortar locations across the borough. Fit now offers 100 classes a week outside.<\/p>\n

The 2,500-square-foot outdoor East Williamsburg space he rented is anything but makeshift.<\/p>\n

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BK Fit<\/span>BK Fit<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWe have a pullup rig and the whole nine yards,\u201d said Sturm. Although the tricep extension and leg press machines were left indoors, the open-air studio has unique Olympic-style rings hanging from pullup bars. On sidewalks at the curbside sweat locales, patrons do box jumps inside cones so they don\u2019t get in the way of pedestrians.<\/p>\n

BYKlyn Cycle, owned by Amy Glosser, also expanded to a new space. Despite having to shut down her Park Slope studio because of the coronavirus, she said loyal spinners wanted to keep their memberships.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe put real money in here, which is a risk. We are betting that COVID won\u2019t close us down and people will behave and our numbers will stay where they are,\u201d Glosser told The Post.<\/p>\n

She\u2019s since transformed a dilapidated, 1,200-square-foot empty lot she purchased by the Barclays Center into BYKlyn Yard: 18 stationary bikes dot the turf-lined yard, which has some ambience during evening classes with lights strung overhead.<\/p>\n

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BYKlyn Cycle<\/span>Stefano Giovannini<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Although cycling classes won\u2019t be held if the temperature rises over 90 degrees or if it rains, Glosser hopes her bikers will continue after the summer ends.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven when it gets cold, I hope people put on sweats and come on over,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

To minimize noise and filter out buzz from traffic and passers-by, spinners wear SoundOff headphones so they can hear the teacher and the music at their own desired volume. This \u201csilent disco\u201d method has been adopted by other outdoor studios including Tracy Anderson\u2019s Watermill, LI, studio and SoulCycle\u2019s SoulOutside four Hamptons locations. The gyms sanitize headsets in between classes and allow riders to bring their own as well.<\/p>\n

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One Yoga Space in Montauk<\/span>One Yoga Space<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Anderson\u2019s al fresco spot, which will be open through September, has moved its bouncy \u201cSuper-G\u201d cardio floors outside \u2014 which helps lessen the blow to joints as members jump and dance \u2014 and added an overhead covering to keep the spot shady.<\/p>\n

Wooden platforms help elevate the workout experience \u2014 and enforce social<\/a> distancing. At One Yoga Space in Montauk ($30 a class), yogis practice on raised beds typically reserved for poolside loungers.<\/p>\n

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New York Pilates in Montauk<\/span>New York Pilates<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And at New York Pilates in Montauk, Heather Andersen and Brion Isaacs built their own platforms in the parking lot to elevate their pilates reformer machines off the ground, which not only spaces the 15 reformers for safety but puts exercisers in the path of the summer breeze off the water.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no possibility someone could get COVID at New York Pilates, that\u2019s my main concern,\u201d Andersen told The Post.<\/p>\n

She said members have been so grateful for the studio\u2019s return that they\u2019ve gotten emotional.<\/p>\n

\u201cSomeone literally cried that first weekend on the reformer,\u201d said Andersen. New York Pilates is currently working on attaining a parking lot permit in the city, while their five other locations remain closed.<\/p>\n

Now that all these summer hot spots are back in action, there\u2019s just one thing you need to add to your gym bag, says Andersen.<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t forget to wear sunscreen.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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