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Happy Wednesday! My week is off to a great start. I shared this with my Instagram subscribers, but over the weekend when my mom was in town we spotted a large group of people around my age gathered on the West Side Highway, about to head out for a run. When we passed them, I noticed a few of them were wearing sweatshirts emblazoned with “West Village Athletic Club” and I decided to do a little research. It turns out, WVAC is a local private member fitness club offering classes and community experiences!
As a new resident of the neighborhood, this sounded like a great opportunity to meet some likeminded people and get a good fitness routine going up here in the city. I hadn’t planned on joining a gym or anything like that, since I do Peloton strength and The Sculpt Society classes in my apartment, but I absolutely loved WVAC’s approach and thought I’d give it a try.
WVAC Membership
When you sign up for a membership, you train twice a week with the same “squad” and dedicated coach – this class is a combo of weight circuits + metabolic conditioning. In addition to that, as a member you get to opt into additional classes like Compound (strength classes with barbells/free weights), Strength Club (barbell-based resistance training), Brunch Burn (high intensity cardio), pilates, yoga and a running club!You get to do up to 5 of each aforementioned class per month! On top of all of that, members get to participate in community events ranging from post-workout coffee hangouts and happy hours, group trips, and other get togethers + parties throughout the year. To me, that is TOTALLY worth the membership fee! You can check out more about it here – there are also locations in Greenwich Village, the Meatpacking District and Williamsburg!
I had my first Squad training class yesterday, and loved it! It was very challenging, but everyone was very encouraging – I even grabbed coffee with a couple of other members and the coach after class! I’m so excited about this, especially as I lean into my life here in New York and look forward to making some new friends nearby. I’ll keep y’all updated as I continue to try the other classes and meet more members!!
