Train in Manhattan

Where to sweat, and how.

The gyms, studios and coaches worth your money, the programming worth your time, and an honest word on which membership actually makes sense.

Members' gyms

The full-service clubs: pools, spa, towels, and a membership to match.

Members' gym · Hell's Kitchen · $$$$

The full-service club: a proper weights floor, a pool you'd actually swim in, and towels that smell like a hotel.

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One discipline, one room, one playlist, forty-five minutes.

Boutique studio · Chelsea · $$$

Forty-five minutes of treadmill and floor in near darkness. You'll leave humbled and slightly in love.

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Springs, straps and the long, slow burn.

Reformer Pilates · Flatiron · $$$

Slow, precise reformer work that finds muscles you didn't know were there. Then makes them shake.

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Hot, slow, or somewhere in between.

Yoga studio · West Village · $$

Hot, slow flow by the water, for the days your body asks for patience rather than punishment.

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Dark rooms, loud music, the pack.

Spin studio · Upper West Side · $$$

Candlelit rides, a cult instructor roster and a playlist you'll be texting your friends about.

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