“I was not about to be one of those people who does two Barry’s classes in a row just to get the right workout in,” she says. According to Hoover, no other class or trainer has ever challenged her as much. During the pandemic, Nicely pivoted to virtual training and launched the Limit, where she leads dance-cardio, toning, and trampoline classes ($20 per live class, $25 monthly for unlimited streaming, $200 for one-on-one training). “She is a shining light, a cheerleader, a joyful presence, and a freaking Energizer Bunny,” says Hoover, who started working with Nicely in 2017. She also helped Gagosian gallery director Sarah Hoover deal with postpartum depression and lose 70 pounds after giving birth. Wang says, “I am the strongest and most flexible I have ever been, and the meditation and breathwork she teaches has given me tools to manage my stress.” While classes have moved online during the pandemic, “Jyll is amazingly attentive,” according to Wang, “and somehow the transition to virtual training has not limited her teaching in any way.”Ī former rockette, Beth Nicely has gained a celebrity following for her workouts, training celebrities like Nicole Kidman (they met on the set of The Prom, where Nicely was a choreographer), Jennifer Garner, and Sutton Foster.

The studio also holds two weekly community classes that are donation based. And she has succeeded, according to her client of two years stylist Rachael Wang, who says Hubbard-Salk has “created a uniquely inclusive and body-positive space that feels welcome to all.” Each 75-minute class ($12 each or $150 for an unlimited monthly membership) at Urban Asanas starts with meditation, active stretching, and warming up the hands, wrists, and feet before transitioning into a hatha- or vinyasa-flow series. Her intention was to make the practice accessible to people of all races, sexualities, and body types - filling a gap she noticed in the often exclusionary yoga scene. Jyll Hubbard-Salk taught yoga for over a decade before opening her own Crown Heights studio, Urban Asanas. Jyll Hubbard-Salk, Urban Asanas, 843 Sterling Pl., Crown Heights The gym also offers an infrared sauna and flotation therapy to help aid in recovery. “There’s a dialogue that goes beyond that hour of training,” says Ahluwalia, who explains that, pre-COVID, Cheuk would help him mentally and physically prepare for a grueling schedule of projects that often involved flying between multiple time zones several times a month. “I tend to be a loyal person,” says Ahluwalia, who was drawn in by Cheuk’s “genuine interest - on a human level - in what you want to achieve or build or do with your body.” Along with Cheuk’s constantly evolving and progressively challenging workout routines, Ahluwalia connected with the trainer’s holistic approach to fitness which includes equal focus on nutrition, recovery, and the mind (his rates start at $150 for a one-hour session). īefore he founded his own gym, S10 Training in the West Village, Stephen Cheuk worked at Gotham Gym and, before that, Equinox Printing House - and actor and designer Waris Ahluwalia has followed him every step of the way. Stephen Cheuk, S10 Training, 109 Leroy St.

“While other trainers want you to burn out by the end of class, Dino prioritizes your feeling present and grateful for the fact that you’re able to move your body,” says Ciucci. Malvone leads students through a progressively more challenging workout that starts with toning individual muscle groups and finishes with “a big cardio burst,” says Elinor Smith, an editorial and content consultant. After a few months of teaching his beat-driven cardio and body-weight sculpting classes at the Gibney Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center in Tribeca, Malvone moved his operation online when the pandemic struck (a digital membership costs $65 monthly or $650 annually). During his years as an instructor, and later a studio director, at the West Village location of Barre3, Dino Malvone cultivated a group of dedicated students, including actress Carla Gugino and makeup artist Ashleigh Ciucci, all of whom were eager to follow him when he launched a new workout concept, SaltDrop, in late 2019.

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