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Best Personal-Trainer Gym

  • Sitaras Fitness

    150 E. 58th St., twelfth fl., 212-702-9700; sitarasinc.com

    Before he opened his private training gym in midtown five months ago, John Sitaras studied with a pain specialist at Lenox Hills Hospital to develop a no-injury strength-training methodology. The process (from $150 per month) begins with several one-on-one assessments; then Sitaras develops a few different routines, focusing on weights. The routines are no-frills, but the high-design space is amenity-filled; members are handed bottles of VOS or Poland Spring on arrival and the locker rooms have giant terrazzo shower stalls and built-in keypads on lockers.

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