Best of New York 2009 • Health & Self

• Warrior Fitness Boot Camp

  29 W. 35th St., nr. Fifth Ave., third fl.; 212-967-7977

  At the aptly named Warrior Fitness, two former Marines (Alex Fell and Ruben Belliard) order you through a Marine Corps–style obstacle course—scaling walls, climbing ropes, blister-inducing monkey bars. Each session includes lunges, push-ups, hurdles, and jumpsquats, plus Rocky-style sprints up multiple flights of stairs. A good portion of the drills are done with a partner. Fell and Belliard say that teamwork is part of the learning experience—or maybe they know you need support to make it to the end.

From the 2009 Best of New York issue of New York Magazine