Avenel, NJ Health and Fitness

Brooklyn Bridge Boot Camp's founder Ariane Hundt, whose classes have frequented the media, runs courses centered around simple-yet-effective moves geared toward challenging camp neophytes and gym buffs alike. All width-whittlers can expect classes to combine cardio-pumping jogs with strength sessions as Ariane and her staff of certified personal trainers turn unassuming benches, fences, and naturally occurring ThighMasters into accompaniments for toning moves that use body weight and other instruments for resistance. Each one-hour workout torches up to 800 calories, and most bodies appear noticeably slenderized after a quintet of classes.

NYC Dental Associates calms canines and mellows molars with its gentle and effective cleaning services. Get mouth-soldiers in line with an exam from one of NYC Dental Associates' experienced dentists. Chompers are examined for hygiene and alignment, and then scraped and hosed down during a rigorous cleaning. To ensure that no dental lice are hiding under the bedsheets of your enamel, NYC Dental Associates will conduct a full-mouth x-ray exam, as well as a cosmetic consultation to determine if your bite-bullets would benefit from cosmetic bonding, implants, fillings, veneers, whitening, inlays, or onlays. At the end of your visit, you and your teeth will be left refreshed, revitalized, and ready to take on whatever hard candy life throws at you.

Arthur Murray Dance Studio has been a leading name in franchise dance since 1912, when the entrepreneur began selling mail-order dance lessons. Expanding his reach, he enlisted teachers to spread his signature dance lessons on first-class steamships and skyrocketed to fame in the '30s after introducing the public to such dances as the Lambeth Walk and the Big Apple. By the 1950s, Arthur and his wife, Kathryn, were hosting their own highly popular TV show on ABC, the Arthur Murray Dance Party, which ran for 12 years. Today, Arthur Murray's team prepares students for rug cutting at special events and weekend nightclub jaunts. Clients who arrive to lessons partnerless will be paired up with other classmates as the instructors assess their current skill level and make recommendations on the most appropriate program. Throughout lessons, instructors teach the foundations of two to four dances from a long list of styles that range from Latin to country-western, helping students to learn basic step patterns, timing, and the ability to lead or follow.

Winner of more than 100 mixed-martial-arts competitions, Tiger Schulmann shares his pride and love for fighting and self-defense with both adults and children in gyms across five states. From first-time grapplers to expert muay thai fighters, students of all fitness and experience levels are welcome to dive into a class at Schulmann’s. At more than 47 locations, adults can take classes in kickboxing, MMA, and jujitsu—the last of which instills students with the skill and confidence to take down opponents of any size, strength, or telekinetic ability. Kids, meanwhile, can learn martial arts for fun, or gain useful experience in bully prevention; the kids’ classes help victims immediately identify and safely diffuse situations when pitted against an aggressor.

The bold red and black hues of CKO-Edgewater's fitness facility inspire intensity in exercisers pummel hanging heavy bags with kicks and punches. In each class, students burn calories and tone physiques under the tutelage of an enthusiastic instructor and their sidekick, an actual side kick. Or, students can work with staff one-on-one in 30-, 45-, or 60-minute personal training sessions that can incorporate weight training as well as kickboxing techniques.

The lime-green and grape-purple walls perfectly echo the vivacious spirit of classes at The Mind, Body & Soul Studio. Instructors lead everything from boot camps and core-strengthening workouts to Zumba and belly dancing, and the intimately sized space fosters a supportive rapport in virtually every session. These classes help attendees live healthier and more active lives by incorporating cardio work instead of just showing them places to abandon vegetables on the edge of town.