Tag Archives: fitness

Working Through

Christa Doran at Altira Fitness

The “pandemic 15” is real. …

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Long Run

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The word “family” is repeated every time I talk to a member of the New Haven Age Group Track Club. …

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Jumping for Joy

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If you’ve seen an episode of American Ninja Warrior, you know that obstacle courses aren’t just for kids. Rockin’ Jump of East Haven knows it, too. …

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Point of Return

Judy Alperin

A devastating fire one year ago scattered members of the Jewish Community Center of Greater New Haven. …

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In the Zone

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From a small gym and studio in Science Park, Charlie O’Connell is changing lives. At least, that’s what people tell him online while they view his live fitness broadcasts. …

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M&M

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The basement of 285 Nicoll Street is crammed with a hodgepodge of industrial machinery. High above is a harsh canopy of wires, girders and pipes. Large fish-eyed lights hang overhead, barely …

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Pole Positions

Jessica Gaus, PoleFly Aerial Fitness

There’s a stigma surrounding pole dancing—as though it’s an inherently indecent act, performed only in dark, seedy rooms by clothes-shedding performers for the benefit of watchers waving bills. …

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Working Out

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Spinning isn’t a ride in the park. You pedal a weighted flywheel, grunting, sweating, gasping. Blasts of high-energy music pump up your adrenaline. You push as hard as you can, moving nowhere, while someone at the front …

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Air Show

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A young woman in black and grey, with long brown locks tied back into a braid, is rising stepwise into the air. Torso muscles rippling, she hoists herself up sheets of chartreuse nylon fastened to a…

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Going Strong

Sarah Aldrich Pilates

At Sarah Aldrich Pilates, bodies get toned, strengthened and revitalized above gleaming hardwood floors and under cheery overhead lighting. In the afternoon, rays of sunshine wend their way through a dense downtown cityscape and into…

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