Fitness Classes in Verona

Since 2001, Stroller Strides' fitness professionals and buggy-bandying workouts have helped new mothers to overcome the struggles of staying in shape while caring for a wee one. Specially trained instructors helm a series of 60-minute classes, which consist of a warm-up and interval stations where limbs stretch resistance tubes in body-toning drills. Energizing indoor sessions utilize fitness stations and activities such as latin dance, while outdoor jaunts make use of benches and other environmental facets to augment maneuvers. Throughout the routine, engaging routines keep children from growing overly fussy or pranking classmates by tossing banana peels in front of their carriages.

After fist-punching his way through the U.S. Army's basic training program, bobbing and weaving through an amateur boxing career, and drop-kicking every last test that stood between him as his law degree, the poet-warrior Edward Rush opened a commercial gym in Washington, DC. He soon grew tired of folding towels for patrons who only wanted to use his gym as a place to read magazines or watch TV while they jogged, so he closed up shop, moved to NYC, and opened a personal-training gym and fitness laboratory. There, he earned the nickname "The Mad Scientist" for his grueling, inventive, and rewarding training method, called IFS.

For a quick, intense workout, students can turn to the gym's CrossFit classes. CrossFit incorporates a fusion of strength and cardiovascular conditioning exercises that grant bodies with sculpting, toning, and endurance-boosting benefits in less than an hour. In fact, many members hustle through the retinue of handstand pushups and Olympic-style power cleans on their lunch hours via the gym's power lunch program, which includes a paleo-diet meal delivery when the workout is completed. Whether over lunch, early in the morning, or at the end of an office day, students can attend classes up to six days a week and retire to well appointed locker rooms equipped with showers, towel service, and complimentary grooming products.

Malenna Saunders grabs her ROTC and Air Force experience by the horns when she leads intense indoor and outdoor boot-camp or fitness classes. Warrior boot camp prepares patrons to slay unwanted fat during a 60-minute romp through plyometric and cardio conditioning melded with strength training and calisthenics routines, and Bowery Babes boot-camp sessions cater to moms or three toddlers standing on one another's shoulders dressed as a mom. Meanwhile, kettlebell workouts and functional exercises tone everyday muscles.

Certified instructors helm other group fitness classes, such as Vinyasa yoga and Zumba cardio-dance classes, within studios fully stocked with workout-enhancing props. Patrons of all fitness levels shimmy into Zumba sessions to hip-shake away excess poundage, mastering easy-to-follow Latin dance moves, which can add spice to tired chimney-sweeping routines.

Having earned multiple certifications as a personal trainer and group fitness instructor, Samantha LaPella took the next step toward empowering her clients: she opened a studio that specializes in women-friendly workouts. There, she and her all-female staff approach exercise with moves from a wide variety of disciplines. They helm group classes that range from yoga to boxing to boot camp, augmenting their workouts with nutritional pointers. In an effort to boost coordination and confidence, they also plan dance-based sessions, including Zumba and the salsa-powered moves of Shake It Up. Embodying the vibrant, stylish spirit of its staff and students, the gym flaunts hot-pink walls and shimmering chandeliers, which double as retrievable trophies for the most advanced pole-dancing students.

Before they co-owned CrossFit Steam, Pat O'Keefe and Franco Monteleone were both All-State sports stars and fitness enthusiasts. They allied under a common mission: to cut monotony and ineffective maneuvering from gym routines. Now, as certified CrossFit Level 1 and CrossFit Football coaches, they guide guests of all backgrounds through ever-changing workouts, combining the competitive spirit of athletics with weightlifting, cardio drills, and gymnastics techniques.

In addition to classic CrossFit sessions, they host boot-camp classes that draw from the program's fundamentals. They also arrange CrossFit Football regimens—tested inside the industrial-style gym by Superbowl Champion Mark Herzlich—to enhance on-the-field performance and on-the-sidelines bear hugs. Their approach to fitness considers diet as well. On-hand beauty and wellness expert Claudia Colombo-Monteleone has worked with such celebrities as Jennifer Aniston and Julia Roberts on her way to becoming CrossFit Steam's board-certified holistic nutrition coach.