your weekly nyc fitness and wellness guide: july 6 - 12
The $160k Ammortal recovery chamber comes to Manhattan, free public workouts, and our take on some of the biggest World Cup watch zones.
Good morning! We’re writing this from the woods of northern Maryland as we celebrate our brother’s engagement. (Congrats Noah and Rachel!) Even as the heat wave hit this week and people went out of town for the long weekend, NYC still didn’t slow down. And there’s a lot more to come this week.
This week: The $160k Ammortal recovery chamber comes to Manhattan, free public workouts, and our take on some of the biggest World Cup watch zones.
on the radar: this week’s fitness and wellness events
Monday July 6: Vital Run Club x Rocki Equipment Club Vintage Run (Williamsburg), 7PM, free
Vital Run Club just keeps hitting it out of the park with their partnerships, and we’re stoked to see this one with vintage sportswear resellers, Rocki Equipment Club. Following the 5K run, you can browse and buy their curated selection.
Tuesday July 7: Vivobarefoot x Othership Runner’s Night (Williamsburg), 8PM, $35
Barefoot shoe brand Vivobarefoot and Othership are teaming up to host a monthly runner’s night series, and this is the first. It’ll include a 5K run, post-run movement assessments, 3D foot scanning, and then a night of recovery in the sauna/cold plunges. Considering Othership is usually around $64 for a drop in, this is a pretty good deal. But if you just want to go run, that part is free.
Wednesday July 8: Salomon Store Grand Opening and Morning Miles (Flatiron), all day, free
We attended Salomon’s soft opening this past week, but they’re going big this Wednesday for a grand opening. The day starts with morning miles—a 4.5-mile route around Flatiron district—or you can just stop by after 10AM for the smoothie bowls, coffee, electrolyte bar, NYC charm kits, and a DJ (of course).
Wednesday July 8: Touching Grass Yoga Tour (Downtown Brooklyn), 6PM, free
New York Yoga Club specifies that they’re a club, not a class, but they still lead free and affordable yoga around the city. Their Touching Grass series exists to get you off your phone and get moving, and its free with an RSVP.
Thursday July 9: Salomon x Rebecca Kennedy Workout (Flatiron), 7AM, free for S/PLUS members
Salomon is hosting a handful of events this week, and this one seems worthwhile (though you have to join a lottery and be selected, plus sign up as a free s/plus member on Salomon’s website.) Join Peloton instructor & Salomon partner Rebecca Kennedy for a shoe guide and strength session. Rebecca will guide the group through mobility, standing core, and a short city walk, followed by a light brunch and coffee bar hosted by L’Appartement 4F.
Friday July 10: Brooklyn Grange Rooftop Yoga (Brooklyn Navy Yard), 9AM, free
You guys have been gobbling up this free rooftop yoga series whenever we include it, and this one on hasn’t reached capacity yet. As a reminder: An urban farm hosting casual rooftop yoga sessions. Surrounded by greenery, beautiful views, whats not to love.
Saturday July 11: Usal x Geller Public Sounds (Astoria) 4PM, free
Outdoors club Usal is partnering with Geller, a synth artist who hosts free shows in public parks. This is the first time the Public Sounds series is coming to New York, so grab a free ticket, bring a blanket over to the Socrates Sculpture Park on the waterfront in Astoria, and vibe with some friends.
Saturday July 11: Seaport Fit x Joe Holder Strength and Conditioning Class (Seaport), 930AM, free
There are a lot of free workout classes across public spaces in NYC all summer long, but we don’t cover all of them because they’re questionable in terms of quality. However, here’s a good one: We mentioned Seaport Fit’s free summer workout series with Nike trainer Joe Holder, and we love that this one is a sport-inspired strength and conditioning class. You don’t even need to bring a mat—just show up with workout shoes and water.
Saturday July 11: esférico x Créate x Joga Diodo (Williamsburg), 12PM, free
Got the footy bug? Join local movement collective esferico for a day of collective play. They’re co-hosting with Create (a creatine brand), which will be giving away goodies. Even if you’re hesitant to play, you can hang on the sidelines.
we think you should know…
This week, we went to scout out a couple of the big World Cup watch zones that aren’t just bars.
Perhaps the biggest is adidas’ Home of Soccer at Brooklyn Bridge Park. We visited on a Monday afternoon for the Germany vs Paraguay game, and the space was lightly filled (with mostly Germany fans, which checks out because… adidas.) The main watch area with a giant screen may be the most lively, but we spent most time in the beer garden with picnic tables and smaller TVs, where we met people from Ecuador, Argentina, Bermuda, Brazil, and other countries. People were very social and had friendly rivalries going with strangers. There’s also shopping area with so many jerseys, and a 3v3 soccer pitch where you can sign up via a QR code to play. (You don’t need to be good, and there was only a short line after the game had ended around sunset.)
We snagged free tickets online the day before, when they went live. They usually fill up before the day of, and I expect them to get even harder to snag as games get more high stakes. Overall, great vibes, big screens, extremely well produced, and a fun place to watch with people visiting from around the world.
We also checked out House of Goal, a pop-up soccer festival in Industry City put on by Footballco and Modelo—among other partners. Although this past Friday was their opening day with watch parties for the Argentina vs Cabo Verde and Ghana vs Colombia games, they had yet to open the full festival space, and everyone congregated in a large industrial room with a makeshift bar, very little branding, and big screens. Views were good no matter where you sat/stood. We stayed after the game and walked over to the pitch area, where a massive stage was set up for a Reggaeton Rave. They had big DJs from Puerto Rico and the DR mixing reggaeton and electronic music, so it was super high energy and packed.
The PR rep told me that they had over 12,000 RSVPs for the first weekend alone (get your free ticket on the website), and she walked me around to show the other activations (which are now open), like digital gaming and a marketplace. There’s also a 5v5 soccer pitch and plenty of food vendors outside between two tall buildings.
Overall, it seemed more thrown together than the tight production of the adidas grounds, but it does potentially offer more engaging events, like a ticketed live podcast convo between Trevor Noah and Ochocinco, and a film festival.
Other places we’ve been eyeing:
Hudson Yards has free watch parties on the Public Square and Gardens and a friend said it was “chaotic and full, but fun.”
The Time Out Market in Dumbo has transformed into a Portugal House fan zone, which could be a fun spot to watch today’s 3PM game.
Socceria, a new futbol cantina in Greenpoint by the team behind Taqueria Ramierez, looks very lively, but you should probably snag a Resy if you want to catch a game there.
Football Cafe in Bushwick had people pouring into the streets for last week’s Mexico game—and they’re proudly unaffiliated with FIFA and free of influencers.
happenings around town
This week I went to the opening of the new programming for 113 Spring, an experiential wellness space in SoHo, that offers something different than the (quite honestly) overdone contrast therapy experience. Through January, guests can drop by to check out the space or book sessions from the The Energy Exchange program, which has Traditional Chinese Medicine offerings like a 1:1 Energy Mapping session or Yang Sheung tea ritual designed by practitioner Zoey Xinyi Gong.
113 Spring is the only place in the city right now that you can experience the Ammortal Chamber, a $160K multimodality recovery pod used at athlete training centers. Sessions are expensive—$95 for 25 minutes—but I tried the “energizing” session last Monday and it was transportive, with red light therapy, gentle vibrations and a molecular hydrogen inhalation, which is emerging as an anti-inflammatory therapy. The short session left me feeling like I had taken a low dose of psychedelics.
NYCRuns, which hosts the high energy Brooklyn Experience Half in April, just dropped a new series of three 10K runs on Governor’s Island. They all follow the same course around the perimeter of the island (so you’ll get excellent views of the city), but we’re most drawn to the Ice Cream Social run in early August. If you register for all three, you’ll only pay fees for two of them.
Nike just dropped the registration for its 2026 Project Moonshot, a 16-week training program designed around the NYC marathon but open to anyone training to hit a big goal. For the first time, the online aspect (which includes a training program, nutrition/recovery guidance via a weekly newsletter) will be open to everyone, but in-person events will require registration and have a capped capacity.
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