Category Archives: Harlem fitness

Sweet Enuff Helps Kids Prevent and Manage Diabetes and Obesity in Harlem

amy jordan and first lady michelle obama

The problem is getting so bad that they had to create a new word for it: Diabesity. It means that so many people in the United States are becoming overweight and obese that they are developing Type 2 diabetes at an earlier age and risking getting all of the dire complications that come along with the disease. Continue reading

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Running and Walking in Historic Harlem

Four men finished today’s Percy Sutton Harlem 5K Run in less than 15 minutes, overcoming humidity and a hilly first mile to add to the historic neighborhood’s legacy as a home for trailblazers. Continue reading

Harlem Workout Tips from Big Steve

Hi everybody, I’m Big Steve, an original English bloke with my roots in Barbados. I have been into sports and working out ever since school. Also I’ve been running a few health clubs in London. Continue reading

HW Pick: Vibram Fivefingers Bikila Sports Shoes

Minimalist running barefoot running is here. The typical human foot is an anatomical masterpiece of evolution with 26 bones, 33 joints, 20 muscles, and hundreds of sensory receptors, tendons and ligaments. Continue reading

Manhattan’s Physician Group Opens Patient-Centered Medical Home in Harlem

Manhattan’s Physician Group (MPG) has opened a multi-specialty medical practice at 215 West 125th Street, between Adam Clayton Powell Jr. and Frederick Douglass Boulevards in Harlem to provide coordinated health care with increased access and convenience for all residents in the community.  Continue reading

Asali Yoga Studio: Sweet Honey in Harlem

By Yolande Brener

Asali means sweet honey in Somali.  Erica Robinson, the founder of Asali Yoga, had a friend create her logo of a bee resting on a lotus leaf before she knew she had a space to open her new yoga studio on 135th Street and Frederick Douglas Boulevard. Continue reading

The Marc “The Ras” Rasbury Show: Sports, Sports and More Sports

Join host Marc “the Ras” Rasbury as he talks about the London 2012 Olympics; the shootings at the basketball tournaments in Harlem; Penn State football and life after Jerry Sandusky; another year where we ask if the NY Yankees can go all the way; the NY Giants are still giants in the NFL and do the NY Jets have enough quarterbacks to win it all.

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Free Summer Fitness in Fort Tryon Park

Introducing more fitness classes for the summer: New children’s dance classes, parent & me yoga extended to the end of July, Qi Gong (Tai Chi) extended to the end of August, and much more! Continue reading