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Gym membership is a pretty personal thing. Everyone is looking for something different. But like being a member of anything, when you find “your people” you’re there for the long haul. Crunch Flatbush [https://www.crunch.com/locations/flatbush] is quickly establishing itself as not just another fitness option
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via Wanderlust FestivalThe world’s only mindful triathlon returns to Brooklyn on Sunday, September 9th. Combining three mindful activities—a 5K run (or walk), DJ-powered yoga class, and guided meditation—in Prospect Park, Wanderlust 108 [https://wanderlust.com/108-events/brooklyn/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_
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Via MentalFloss.com [http://mentalfloss.com/article/28681/mister-softee-jingle-has-lyrics]June 21st [https://www.almanac.com/content/first-day-summer-summer-solstice] is the official start of summer, but we all know that the summer rhythm usually begins before that. For you, maybe it’s after Memorial Day. Or the beginning of Summer Fridays [https:
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via Crunch FlatbushRegular readers of this site have no doubt heard of Crunch Flatbush [https://www.crunch.com/locations/flatbush]. Over the last year, you: * Learned about one of their inspiring members [/meet-deidre-ferrell-crunch-flatbush-member-extraordinaire/] * Got some advice for navigating the onset of cold weather [/fall-back-love-fitness-fall-crunch-flatbush/] and The [/taking-step-holidaysand-anotherand-another/] Holidays [/resolved-theres-no-year-like-year-get-moving/]
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Photo provided by Crunch FitnessDo you have some specific fitness/health goals you have been thinking of working towards? Today is the day to get started! Why put off until tomorrow what you can do today? If you are like me, you may be wondering exactly how you can tackle
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Photo via Lakeside BKLYN [https://www.facebook.com/LakesideBKLYN/photos/pb.544203558987337.-2207520000.1439867979./682222005185491/?type=3&theater] Looking for something to do with the whole family this week? There are a lot of great kid-friendly events coming up in the area, and we’ve selected some of our
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Photo via Prospect Park [https://www.facebook.com/ProspectParkBrooklyn/photos/a.10154344561790385.1073741836.10150099384115385/10154344582420385/?type=3&theater] It’s summer time and that means there’s a lot going on in Prospect Park [http://www.prospectpark.org/] this month — whether you want free concerts, hiking, roller skating disco
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Photo via Prospect Park [https://www.facebook.com/ProspectParkBrooklyn/photos/pb.10150099384115385.-2207520000.1428337394./10155428628260385/?type=3&theater] The temperature, if not the precipitation, is starting to agree with us, and if, like us, you’re itching to shed some layers and get outside, Prospect Park [http://www.prospectpark.
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Ladysmith Black Mambazo. Photo by Shane Doyle, via Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts.Congratulations, neighbors – you’ve (almost) survived the week that Juno was going to end the world [/?s=juno] – but didn’t! To celebrate avoiding the apocalypse, you can indulge in the green fairy [https://www.facebook.
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When Martina Nevermann opened Pilates on Rugby [http://pilatesonrugby.com/] seven years ago, it was a small, but passionate, operation, one born of our neighbor’s love for both the community and exercise sans the stress of organized sport. At first, there were a couple mat classes a week, held
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Photo by Jean Henrique Wichinoski / FlickrState Senator Martin J. Golden is partnering with yoga instructor Cathy Shroder to host two health and fitness events in Marine Park near the Carmine Carro Community Center, 3000 Fillmore Avenue. The beginners’ yoga class, with opportunities for more advanced practice and featuring short yoga-nidra
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If one of your goals for the new year is to start running, don’t miss the new Couch to 5k sessions [http://www.prospectpark.org/calendar/event/shape-up-nyc-group-run] in Prospect Park. The group class meets every Monday evening at 7pm on the porch of Lefferts Historic House [http://www.
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Steve Lin demonstrates his Tai Chi mastery.Looking to decrease stress [http://www.stresstips.com/the-top-ways-to-reduce-stress/] and get into shape without burning out your body or wallet? A local Tai Chi master is offering free classes to neighbors on the sidewalk in front of his home. Steve Lin, a championship-level
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The Proposed Harbor Ring Source: SI Live via harborring.orgHave you ever rode your bicycle around the neighborhood and wished that someone had designed a route that would let you ride around the city, the boroughs and parts of New Jersey in a single, all-encompassing loop? Well, crazy exercise person,
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Paul Kiem taught local kids about bats, crickets, and cicadas on Wednesday evening in Fort Greene Park. (Photo by Antonia Massa)As dusk settled over Fort Greene Park on Wednesday, local parents and their bug spray-slathered children gathered around the big rock outside the tennis courts, ready to learn about
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Spring Into Yoga [http://www.springintoyoga.org/]‘s donation-based classes begin this Saturday, June 8, at the Prospect Park Peristyle [http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2012/06/building-of-the-day-prospect-park-peristyle/] . The all-age, all-level classes are taught rain or shine by certified instructors, and have a $10 suggested donation with mats available to