by Downtown Magazine | Jul 22, 2021 | Culture, Fitness, Health, Lifestyle, NYC, Wellness
By Lalaina “Lala” Duncan WHEN NEW YORK LOCKED DOWN FOR THE COVID-19 pandemic last year, I was on vacation and figured I could improvise until things lifted — which had to be in a few weeks tops, right? “Workouts in the sand!” I decided, taking advantage of...
by Grace Capobianco | Jun 10, 2021 | Featured, Health, Lifestyle, NYC, Wellness
Dogpound trainers run individualized Virtual Personal Training (VPT) via FaceTime, Zoom, Google Hangout, and more. With the recent pandemic closures, our routines have switched from in-person to virtual. Without our NYC average of 8800 steps per day, our...
by Downtown Magazine | Apr 16, 2020 | Art, Fitness, Health, Nutrition, NYC, Wellness
I sit here with sun rays beaming through my window, and I look out over the vast new luxury high-rises and newly present nooks and crannies that weren’t visible as recently as this time last year. With every change of a season, as cliché as it may be, I’m always...
by Dan Metz | Mar 17, 2020 | Featured, Fitness, Health
By Lala Duncan, a personal trainer at THe DOGPOUND Photo credits Wilfred Gachau @wilfred.gachau We all know that, when it comes to being healthy, fit, and strong, there is no better way to achieve this than to lift weights. Yet still, with all the science-backed...
by Downtown Magazine | Dec 9, 2019 | Featured, Fitness, Health
Written by Samantha Robinson, a personal trainer at The DOGPOUND Alright, New Yorkers, it’s December now, and you all know what that means. Whether you like it or not, the cold weather is fully upon us! Let us take a moment to make a hot cup of cocoa and take out...