Health Clubs

December 3, 2023

The Daily Routines of Fitness Instructors

The life of a fitness instructor involves 4 a.m. starts, too much coffee, exercising for work, exercising for fun, and working in some “me” time. For […]
February 24, 2021

What Was the Vertical Club?

One of The Vertical Club’s aerobics teachers leads a co-ed class in 1984.Credit…Marilynn K. Yee/The New York Times The Way We Worked Out As we listlessly […]
July 23, 2020

An Upended Fitness Industry Sweats Over Black Lives Matter

Before the pandemic changed the way we work out, possibly forever, Sarah Levey was among the boutique fitness industry’s fastest-rising stars. She and her husband, Mason […]
November 14, 2019

Social Climbing Has a Whole New Meaning

On a Friday evening last spring, Zack Woodruff picked up two college friends and drove seven hours down Interstate 65: through Indianapolis, bourbon country and the […]