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2008-08-30 12:52 PM

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Subject: Manhattan Sports Club?

Wondering if anyone can steer me in the right direction for some spinning / swimming while I am in NYC for a brief visit?  

I usually bag the workouts while I'm there but this time thought I'd try to stick to my program.  I was going to go the Google route but then thought I'd try the friendly peeps at BT.

I'm staying right in Midtown on W. 49th / Lexington.

Am looking for something suitable for a country bumpkin midwesterner ;-) 

Thanks!!! 

 

 

2008-08-30 8:31 PM
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If you're on Lexington, wouldn't that be East 49th? Best bet for both would be Asphalt Green, which has a great pool/fitness center. It's also in a nice, safe residential neighborhood. Drawbacks are it's out of the way vs where you're staying and it might be pricey. You could take the subway there then do a swim/bike workout, then run home (probably like 2-3 miles) and tell everyone you did a triathlon in NYC!
2008-08-31 7:12 AM
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>>If you're on Lexington, wouldn't that be East 49th?<<

:-) Ha, not reference to country bumpkin....i know the 49th and Lex is correct so it must be East

Thanks.  I'll check it out.

2008-09-02 9:27 PM
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NY Health & Racquet Club on Park and 57th St. has a pool.  Granted, AsphaltGreen has a 50 meter pool.

I have no idea if you can do a daypass to NYHRC (or AsphaltGreen for that matter).  You could always do what we did - jump in the Hudson at 99th street and swim to 79th St.  Then again, that's on the West Side.

Aside from the sportsclubs, you're 9 blocks from Central Park - you can do a run of pretty any distance you want in Central Park.  Plus, they do have bike rentals, but they wouldn't exactly be workout bikes, more like beachcombers. 

2008-09-02 9:32 PM
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The other thing to check is that your hotel may have "privileges" to a local sports club, I'd check with the concierge.  NYHRC is your best bet for a pool nearby your hotel and AsphaltGreen is your best bet for a kick azz 50 meter pool, if you don't mind the hike to 90th St.

2008-09-03 7:01 AM
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condorman - 2008-09-02 10:32 PM

The other thing to check is that your hotel may have "privileges" to a local sports club, I'd check with the concierge.  NYHRC is your best bet for a pool nearby your hotel and AsphaltGreen is your best bet for a kick azz 50 meter pool, if you don't mind the hike to 90th St.

OMG, it's 50 meters! Now I'm seriously envious. I have  50 meter for summers only, and really it's so much nicer doing your workouts!

Thanks for the tips.  I'm kinda gung ho with this HIM plan I started and wanna stick to it even though I'm a brief vaykay.

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