Health Beat: Fitness Thrives on Main Street in Manayunk
Main Street in Manayunk bustles with a slew of fitness and aerobics establishments offering a wide range of physical activities. From Awakenings Pole Fitness to hot yoga, the nearly mile-long...
View ArticleHealth Beat: Five Things You Didn’t Know
Philadelphians pursue health and wellness in a variety of ways. Trends come and go as people try new things and officials implement new laws to help keep people fit. Here are a few things you might not...
View ArticleHealth Beat: People Helping People Get Fit
In a city crawling with food trucks and fast food restaurants there exists an active, bustling community of health and wellness practitioners working towards changing social attitudes and health...
View ArticleAmateur Sports: Perry O’Hearn and Philly Phitness Unconventionally Find Success
Philly Phitness provides not only a space to receive one-on-one training sessions but a place for trainers to establish their businesses by being an alternative to franchised gyms. Perry O’Hearn is the...
View ArticleHunting Park: Esperanza Trains Young Martial Artists
A line of children stood stiff as boards as Tony Gonzalez carefully examined their stances. Students who did not listen to instructions did pushups. Students who arrived late did pushups. No, this was...
View ArticleAmateur Sports: Five Ways to Dance Yourself into Shape
A 2012 Albert Einstein College of Medicine study found that dancing once a week can improve brain functionality, which is why it is no surprise dance fitness has become one of the most popular ways to...
View ArticleAmateur Sports: ClassPass Changing the Way Philadelphians Exercise and Stay Fit
It has been three months since innovative fitness service ClassPass launched in Philadelphia, and the program has already had an impact on changing the fitness scene in the city. CEO and co-founder...
View ArticleSpruce Hill: New Muay Thai Kickboxing Academy Seeks to Empower the Community
Amateur Muay Thai fighters and partners Kate Allen and Charlie Cottone envisioned a Muay Thai kickboxing gym where people from all walks of life are welcomed without discrimination or intimidation of...
View ArticleNorthern Liberties: Dancing Towards a Better Future
Living Arts Dance and Fitness Studio was started by Jaquetta Colson. Originally form Washington, D.C., Colson studied dance at the Duke Ellington School for Performing Arts as well as the prestigious...
View ArticleStrawberry Mansion: Fitville Offers DIY Outdoor Exercise Equipment, Training
With summer approaching, more people will be taking their fitness outside, be it in parks or on the streets, on bikes or on feet. But if you’re searching for somewhere out of the ordinary to flex your...
View ArticleNorthern Liberties: Fitness Trainer Takes the Extra Steps to Bring Strength...
John Edwin, founder of Strength Personal Training and co-owner of Strength Academy in Northern Liberties, works everyday to help people achieve a healthier lifestyle and reach out to the community...
View ArticlePoint Breeze: PBRs Will Run For Beer
When Jill Booth decided to set down roots on Manton Street in Point Breeze, she didn’t expect to – quite literally – start a community-wide movement. “My friend, my sister and I were going for a run...
View ArticleHealth Beat: People Helping People Get Fit
In a city crawling with food trucks and fast food restaurants there exists an active, bustling community of health and wellness practitioners working towards changing social attitudes and health...
View ArticleAmateur Sports: Perry O’Hearn and Philly Phitness Unconventionally Find Success
Philly Phitness provides not only a space to receive one-on-one training sessions but a place for trainers to establish their businesses by being an alternative to franchised gyms. Perry O’Hearn is the...
View ArticleHunting Park: Esperanza Trains Young Martial Artists
A line of children stood stiff as boards as Tony Gonzalez carefully examined their stances. Students who did not listen to instructions did pushups. Students who arrived late did pushups. No, this was...
View ArticleAmateur Sports: Five Ways to Dance Yourself into Shape
A 2012 Albert Einstein College of Medicine study found that dancing once a week can improve brain functionality, which is why it is no surprise dance fitness has become one of the most popular ways to...
View ArticleAmateur Sports: ClassPass Changing the Way Philadelphians Exercise and Stay Fit
It has been three months since innovative fitness service ClassPass launched in Philadelphia, and the program has already had an impact on changing the fitness scene in the city. CEO and co-founder...
View ArticleSpruce Hill: New Muay Thai Kickboxing Academy Seeks to Empower the Community
Amateur Muay Thai fighters and partners Kate Allen and Charlie Cottone envisioned a Muay Thai kickboxing gym where people from all walks of life are welcomed without discrimination or intimidation of...
View ArticleNorthern Liberties: Dancing Towards a Better Future
Living Arts Dance and Fitness Studio was started by Jaquetta Colson. Originally form Washington, D.C., Colson studied dance at the Duke Ellington School for Performing Arts as well as the prestigious...
View ArticleStrawberry Mansion: Fitville Offers DIY Outdoor Exercise Equipment, Training
With summer approaching, more people will be taking their fitness outside, be it in parks or on the streets, on bikes or on feet. But if you’re searching for somewhere out of the ordinary to flex your...
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