One of my absolute favorite workouts in New York is a Physique 57 class.
I first tried Physique last year and fell in love. The class moves really quickly, and before you know it, you’re almost done and doing the cool-down. My wallet is thankful that the studio is not right around the corner from me, or I would go a lot more than I do.
So when Ashley said she was setting up something with Physique and Well + Good for BlogHer, I was psyched.
All photos courtesy of wellandgoodnyc.com.
They could have given us any instructor, but we got to take a class from Tanya Becker, the founder. She had twins just a few months ago but still looks amazing.
I’ve taken Physique a handful of times, but this was the hardest class I’d ever taken there. I don’t remember the class as being slow, but I certainly don’t remember all the intervals we did this time. Meghann and I had run 5 miles in the morning and my legs were exhausted, so they started quivering quickly.
Oh, and Tanya and I had the same shirt on. I got mine hemmed because I had a short torso.
For a girl who moved to the city overweight, working a boring job and not knowing anyone four years ago, I had to pinch myself that I was getting to take a private class with a bunch of other bloggers with the founders of one of the hot fitness studios.
Great, you say. I don’t live in New York, and I can’t do this fancypants class you talk about.
Well! I have a giveaway for you. Just leave a comment below telling me what you’d like to see more of on this blog (or less of), and you can win a copy of The Physique 57 Solution, their book which has a two-week meal plan and detailed instructions for all of their exercises–AND a copy of the Physique 57 DVD, second edition. (Ballet barre not included.)
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Awesome giveaway! I have never tried the class and have always wanted to! I love that you are able to do reviews of fitness classes, it helps me decide if I want to do them as well!
I would like to see more motivational stuff about fitness. I miss your race recaps (but maybe that is because you are not racing just now...). I need a kick in the pants fitness/diet wise--yeah giveaways.
@Emily: I miss race recaps, too! I got a little burnt out on racing, though, and committing myself to things every weekend. Also, summer races kind of suck. But there will be more race recaps definitely come fall.
Tweeted it! :)
...and Pinned it!
I'd love to see more of the "in the city" side of the blog! I love hearing about all your NYC adventures, be they fitness related or not! :)
I am loving your MCM training week by week!
I'm a fairly new reader (found you through Meghann's blog). Would love to see more of your daily eats and fitness adventures. As someone who's lost a significant amount of weight myself, I'm always looking for new and exciting ways to keep the diet clean and the fitness dirty. You always hear about how challenging it is to lose weight, but I truly believe it's harder to maintain a weight loss. Looks like you're doing an awesome job of it! :)
I've been too cheap to take the class but I really want to. Maybe I should just go for it? Sounds like it'd be totally worth it :)
I'd love to see more of your healthy recipes! And like someone before me, love the MCM training posts! Thanks.
I never comment, but I am a regular reader! I LOVE reading more about your life in NYC (restaurants, etc) because I love your city.
I also tried a Physique class when I visited in June, and I LOVED IT!