Exercise and Fitness

Tai Chi Hero, Sequel to Zero, Suffers from the Juxtaposition

Sadat X's New Workout Plan (Or How To Work Off 9th Wonder's Mom's Famous Pie)

Editor's note: In Tweets is Watching, Phillip Mlynar asks local artists questions based solely on the contents of their Twitter timeline. Sadat X notched his place in hip-hop history as part of the Brand Nubian crew who coined the tail-end golden-era classic One For All. Since then he's also droppe ... More >>

Hold That Pose: Federal Judge Rules That Bikram Yoga Cannot Be Copyrighted

Quietly, after more than ten years of contentious lawsuits, Bikram Choudhury's copyright on the specific sequence of Bikram yoga has been overruled by the federal court. For the past year Bikram and his lawyers, the media, and the yoga community, have been focused on the legal warfare involving Greg ... More >>

The Hot Yoga War's Messy End: Why Yoga to the People Won't Be Teaching Bikram Yoga Anymore

Greg Gumucio sat behind the desk of his 27th street hot yoga studio in Manhattan eating a glazed donut. He wore a tight burgundy v-neck with the words "Yoga to the People" pulled across his chest and wore a large watch with a bright red band. Pop music played over the speaker system. See More: ... More >>

Panera Bread's CEO Has Intense Workout Routine

If the CEO of a million-dollar bakery business can find the time to exercise and lose weight while constantly having to think, talk, and breathe food, anyone can. The Wall Street Journal has an article out featuring Panera Bread CEO Ron Shaich. It's tough running a restaurant chain with more than ... More >>

Paul Ryan's Workout Routine Is More Important Than Syria

Since Mitt Romney tapped Paul Ryan's Workout Routine as his running mate Aug. 11, details have emerged that the vice presidential candidate has a grueling workout routine. "Fresh from a workout at a hotel gym in Iowa" and wearing "exercise shorts and a University of Wisconsin baseball cap pulled d ... More >>

Paul Ryan Has Amazing Biceps!

As many had guessed by the ripples under his shirt, Paul Ryan--Mittens' choice for Vice President--has bulging biceps and looks great with his limbs out. He's a devotee of a certain fitness regimen that keeps your body fat low and your muscle tone high.

Big Government Doesn't Like Yoga!

Turn up the steam in that hot yoga session because this controversy is getting hot. That was a terrible pun; I apologize. But seriously, there's a bit of a conflict going on between New York State and the yoga studios. About three years ago, Albany threatened to force yoga studio instructors to ... More >>

The Hot Yoga War

Two yogis battle over the fate of a tradition (and a pile of money)

LET'S GET PHYSICAL

Neon Lycra and headbands 
never looked this good

LET'S ZUMBA

Exercise with a view of the Manhattan skyline

14,000 New Yorkers Do Sun Salutations In Times Square For Summer Solstice

We don't know about you but just thinking about Times Square immediately gives us a calm and relaxing energy. OK, so maybe not, but it was good enough for the 14,000 New Yorkers who showed up in Times Square today to participate in the 10th annual Mind Over Madness event.The yoga-thon is in celebrat ... More >>

HANGING ON

Active Child hit Mercury Lounge

Vegan, Gluten-Free 'Nibblers' Are a Happy Accident

How many times have you thrown together a dish based solely on what you happened to have in the fridge? That's exactly how Carrie Firestone came up with Nibblers, a vegan, gluten-free dessert sold in cafés like The Bean and Teany. "I had some ingredients in the fridge -- some dark chocolate that w ... More >>

'Modified Presents' w/ Klute

Regulators Say Bikram Choudhury's Yoga to the People Suit Won't Stand

​According to regulators at the U.S. Copyright Office, hot yoga guru Bikram Choudhury's lawsuit against free yoga chain Yoga to the People isn't valid because yoga poses count as "exercises" and not "choreography" and thus cannot be trademarked. In an email contained in a YTTP response to th ... More >>

Yoga to the People Takes on Bikram Choudhury on Facebook

​As was reported last week, free yoga studio chain Yoga to the People is being sued by Bikram Choudhury, the inventor of Bikram yoga, for "stealing" poses. Choudhury, who is very litigious, and his lawyer sent in an undercover yogi into the YTTP hot yoga class to confirm Choudhury's suspicion ... More >>

Bikram Choudhury Sues Yoga to the People for Yoga Plagiarism

Ever popular for its philosophy of affordability, if not for the crowding that can happen in its free-yoga-love studios, Yoga to the People is being sued by a powerful enemy, yoga guru Bikram Choudhury, the man behind -- obviously -- Bikram yoga. Bikram, if you don't know yoga, is a 90-minute progra ... More >>

WALK THIS WAY

See the fall colors and get in shape

Young Male Model Is Extremely Shy

Oh, look at this strapping young fellow! His name is Clark Cord, and he is very handsome -- handsome enough to be a model (in fact, he is a model, having just won the VMAN model search). In order to keep his model-esque physique, Cord must work out in public, in the city, which means he must also t ... More >>

A Thousand Zumba Fanatics Converged on Midtown Today. We Were There.

Esther Zuckerman​A little after 7:30 a.m. this morning, women and men in neon workout gear were lined up in front 35 West 48th Street. Fifteen minutes later, a car pulled up in front of the building, and out stepped actor Ryan Reynolds, who kept his tanned head down and walked into the buildin ... More >>

At LTO, Ayinde Howell Will Stage a Very Vegan Pop-Up

​In recent weeks, LTO has been something of a haven for enthusiastic and fickle carnivores, with the likes of the Fattys, Leah Cohen, and Eddie Huang slinging meat from various corners of the globe in rapid succession. But now LTO is throwing the vegans a bone, as it were: from June 10 through ... More >>

BARE IT ALL

From the ankles down, that is

Get Fit For The Summer

The 5 Worst Yoga Positions to Catch Your Boss In

​As much as we respect and adore our bosses and even our sniveling coworkers, there are certain things that should be kept to a minimum among people who slave away together on a daily basis. One of those things is yoga. There are several reasons for this, among them, spandex, sweating, a lack ... More >>

PUMP IT UP

Get fit the Russian way (vodka not included)

New York Lands Six Spots in The Hill's 50 Most Beautiful on Capitol Hill

He's not on the list, but we're sure he would be if he worked on the Hill.​The Hill released its annual singles ad-style "50 Most Beautiful People" list last week, and politicks heralding from New York represented our good lookin' state with swagger and, um, some flair as well. Like any "M ... More >>

Can You Exercise to Sleigh Bells? An Interview With An Actual Fitness Instructor

I mean, it looks like exercise, right? Sleigh Bells photo by Rebecca Smeyne​Since the apocalyptically cheery Brooklyn duo Sleigh Bells first emerged in the fall of last year, critics have been drawn inexorably to sports metaphors (ahem) as a way to describe the band's signature brand of bombas ... More >>

WALK HARD

Get in shape with a weekly stroll

Two Terrible Aughties Trends Collide: Introducing Yoga for Foodies

gbsk/flickrYoga for Foodies: namaste meets bon appetit.​Last week, Fork in the Road brought you news of cupcakes for dudes. This week in crossovers gone wrong, it's Yoga for Foodies. Wellness expert and yogi David Romanelli (a.k.a. Yeah Dave), who is known for his yoga-and-chocolate and yoga-a ... More >>

Daily Mail: Madonna's Scary Sinew Fault of Gwyneth Paltrow's Trainer

​Madonna's arms spurred headlines today when news outlets got a load of a photo that appears to reveal the star's once healthy looking guns have taken on reptilian sinew. The Daily Mail thinks they might be the fault of fitness guru Tracy Anderson. "Perhaps she [Madonna] needs to rethink ... More >>

City Says Fat Kids Lag in Learning; We Suggest the Prince Fielder Approach

Mike Bloomberg, whose Administration has made education a priority, has bragged on rising test scores, greater matriculation into CUNY schools, and especially the shrinking achievement gap between minority students and white students. But what about the achievement gap between physically fit and phy ... More >>

SHAPE UP, NEW YORK!

Start your day with fitness classes outdoors

Will Run for Food

Based in the Bronx, some of the most successful athletes you've never heard of live to run away with your club money

Nintendo’s Wii Fit Ignites Yet Another Fitness Fad

Helping the world forget we once loved ThighMasters too

The True Shape of Curves

Introducing a newer way to work out

Getting To Abs

Skilled chef moonlights in the gym

The City as Spa

Surviving New York in summer—and fall, winter, and spring— without blowing your budget

On the Waterfront, a Movement Choir and the City's Ordinary Wonders

Escapes From New York

Northern Retreats Offer a Little Karmic Healing and a Lot of Yoga

A Room for One's Womb

Baby om meets the postpartum body

Listings

Opening to Yoga

Going to the Mat

The Real Cost of Keeping Fit

Yoga to Go

The Spy in the Gym

Club Members Ripped About Electronic Surveillance

Hempstead: A vast waistland

The Body Electric

Home-Gym Gadgets and the Shape of Things To Come

Dangerous Moves

Is 'Yoga Therapy' an Oxymoron?

Growth Spurt

Sutton gym's most popular workout is for tots