Things To Do In North Stamford

Fitness Together isn't your usual gym. The locally owned franchise doesn't boast ultra-chic titles, avant-garde workout rooms, or elitist trainers. What it does do is help each exerciser achieve sustainable results via its goal-oriented philosophy and proprietary triple threat of resistance training, cardiovascular exercises, and nutritional knowledge. The Aspire 8 resistance program sculpts clients' physiques over the course of eight progressive phases through a one-year period dotted with individual goals. Cardio Together presents personalized programs designed and tracked by a certified trainer, and Nutrition Together crafts a plan for healthy living that doesn't involve water imported from Canada’s fountain of youth and includes the help of one-on-one meetings with a nutritionist.

The supportive staff of personal trainers, boot-camp instructors, and nutrition coaches at Infinity Fitness may be quick to give clients technical tips regarding exercise, but they’re even quicker to give words of encouragement. This kind of engagement helps exercisers get the most out of the gym’s offerings, which include boot-camp workouts as well as private and semiprivate personal-training sessions that track results five different ways. As noted on the website, staff members view clients as “walking billboards” for their programs' effectiveness. In return, the staff asks only that clients work hard and stand for weeks at a time by the highway.

Eva-Maria Vaccaro leads private and duet workouts at her studio, All About You Fitness, and her private sessions are truly private. She not only gives her clients personal attention, but also ensures that during their workout, they are alone with her in the studio. In this setting, she facilitates fitness goals with custom workouts, drawing on her eclectic background. A certified Pilates machine and mat instructor, Eva also has earned a third-degree black belt in hapkido and taught more than 2,500 hapkido classes. She can blend Pilates core-strengthening, hapkido blocks and strikes, and other modalities such as kickboxing and balance-ball work to offer a unique body-conditioning workout to her clients.

A stone's throw from the North Salem Open Land and its 100s of miles of riding trails, Forget Me Not Farm helps riders become better equestrians. Trainers Joanna Benedetto and Caroline Flynn-Cote offer custom programs for both the horse and rider, focusing on individual attention for all clients. Private, semi-private, and group riding lessons are available for all experience levels and ages 5 and up. In addition to riding instruction, the facility?which boasts 24-hour personnel, along with expansive grass pastures and sand paddocks?offers boarding, leasing, showing, and meticulous care for horses in a warm and welcoming, safety-conscious environment.

Hailed by none other than the New York Times for eclectic dishes that combine “a homey touch with a dash of originality,” The Pine Social throws a sophisticated spin on traditional American comfort fare. Chandeliers cast a soft glow on tables situated side by side within the tavern-like restaurant and lounge, which anchors its menu on free-range meats, ocean-fresh fish, and locally sourced produce. The kitchen’s homemade sausage and slow-braised beef short ribs are not to be missed, based on their own merits as well as their shared ability to whet palates for the dessert menu’s warm apple spring rolls. Sips of aged scotch and spiked, hot apple cider thaw jaws frozen agape at the tavern’s dark-stained walls, rustic wooden accents, and plush furnishings. Light from high-definition TVs glints off the bar’s full-service spirits station, beside which guests can treat their ears to music that pours forth from live bands on Thursday and Friday nights.