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Workouts to get you into music festival shape – Metro US

Workouts to get you into music festival shape

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If pulling out the crop tops and denim cut-offs has you wishing you started working on your summer body earlier, listen up. There are music festival-inspired workouts going on all over the city right now. We asked FitReserve founder and CEO Megan Smyth for the ones she is loving right now.

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Music Festival Ride
Peloton
140 W. 23rd St.
Pelotoncycle.com

If you aren’t at Coachella right now rocking out to a live DJ, you can at least spin to one at Peloton’s music festival themed class. The playlist is based on this summer’s hottest performers and the speed is timed to the beat.

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“Work” Rihanna Dance Class
Banana Skirt Productions
Multiple locations
Bananaskirt.net

Dance your way to your summer bod with Banana Skirt Production’s themed workout classes where instructors teach the moves to songs like Rihanna’s “Work,” Fifth Harmony’s “Work From Home” and Justin Bieber’s “Sorry.” Dancers of all levels are welcome.

Best of Coachella Wrap Up
Swerve
30 W. 18th St. and 21 W. 46th St.
SwerveFitness.com

Spin hard to The Chainsmokers, Guns N’ Roses, Major Lazer and basically everyone else your friends are posting in your Instagram feed right now. Hey, flower crowns aren’t a bad way to keep your hair out of your face.

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Noho Nights
Friday nights at Barry’s Bootcamp Noho
419 Lafayette St.

Barrysbootcamp.com/noho

Barry’s Bootcamp is known for their intense workouts and this one works the entire body; be prepared to burn roughly 1,000 in one hour. You’ll be pushed to the limit in the split 30-minute treadmill/30-minute strength training workouts, but special DJ sets by DJ Matt Maggiacomo will distract you from the pain — or at least will attempt to.

Plus, a few more:

Coachella-Themed Barre Class
Physique 57
Various locations
Physique57.com

Right now, Physique 57 is holding classes DJed by Caroline D’Amore, whose playlist is full of everyone performing at Coachella this year. Pulsing is a little bit more bearable when Halsey, The 1975 and Grimes are blasting through the studio.

WeFlowHard Vinyasa Yoga
Y7
Multiple locations
Y7-studio.com

Downward dogging to Drake? That’s exactly what goes on at Y7’s WeFlowHard classes. Instead of the quiet yoga you might be used to, here they blast beats. Flow has multiple meanings here.

Thrash the Beat
TMPL
355. W. 49th St.
Tmplgym.com

Prepare to go all out in this cardio dance class — you’ll leave soaked with sweat. An instructor leads the class in dance moves meant to make your body werk. Hey, you might as well have some fun while you’re getting your abs crop top-ready.

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