BIG things are happening at The Rise this week! Per the usual, today’s workout in Washington Square Park was a sweaty and fun time, filled with more than enough high fives and smiles. If you didn’t make it out to Monday’s workout, make sure you come out to Bryant Park this Wednesday. Alex Denis of CBS…
Last week, I gave you a little history lesson about how The Rise was born. This week, I turned to my fellow Risers to learn about how they found out about The Rise. These are their “origin stories”: “I got an email from the Spartan Race about a championship screening to be done the second…
When you attend your first workout with The Rise, you might think that we’ve all been friends forever and just decided to start working out together. In reality, most of us found each other through a friend, a google search, a chance encounter or just by accident. Before I get to how some of my…
Boot Camp at Bryant Park FitClub has been a huge success by all counts. Sweat? Check. High fives? Double check. Burpees? All the checks! So what happens at Boot Camp? It’s 30 minutes of fat-burning, core-building chaos. It’s hilarious exercise mayhem. You’re up. You’re down. Burpees. Pushups. Squats. Sprints. Situps. More burpees! There’s no telling what…
Most people sleep in on a holiday . We at The Rise are not “most people.” Despite the fact that Monday was Memorial Day, we came out to Washington Square Park for an extra special workout. On Wednesday, we were back at Bryant Park and Friday was the day of “reckoning” on the Williamsburg Bridge….