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USTA Eastern Sectional Champs

The New Rochelle Racquet Club has some very exciting news regarding USTA League Competition. We are proud to announce that this past weekend the NRRC Volley Girls 3.0 Women’s 40+ are USTA Eastern Sectional Champions.  They will be advancing to the National Tournament Championships in Tucson, Arizona in October.  This is a tremendous accomplishment that has taken…

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What is Steel Club Training? Why Do It?

Steel clubs, like the ones from Onnit Academy, are a modern variation on an ancient type of fitness equipment from Persia and surrounding areas around 2000 years ago.  They were used by wrestlers and soldiers to enhance their overall strength, endurance and speed for competing and for better weapon management in battle. Benefits of Steel Club…

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Pine Brook Fitness Named Best of Westchester 2016

Every year, the editors of Westchester Magazine scour the community to find the best businesses that Westchester has to offer to compile the highly-anticipated Best of Westchester issue. We are proud to announce that Pine Brook Fitness has been selected as the Best Multi-Sport Family Fitness Facility in Westchester for 2016! We are so proud to…

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Music and Exercise

The Magical Feel Good Elixir or a healthy PED Mankind has always been fascinated by music. From the first Neanderthal beating a drum (or another caveman’s head) to soldiers keeping time marching into battle or as a way to celebrate a blessed event, music is ingrained in our culture. We have all been moved by…

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Team Rock are Regional Champs

The Regional Championship held at The Rock Club last Saturday was a blast! 141 climbers, 7 to 18 years old from all over New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Western Massachusetts tried their hardest on three, nails-hard championship climbs. Athletes who qualified in the top ten in their categories earned an invitation to the New…

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Walking: Add Some Extra Steps to your Day

The City of New Rochelle will celebrate the City’s first Walk to Work Day, tomorrow, April 29th. Come by the pop-up expo on the corner of North and Huguenot from 7am-9:30am for a goody bag from local businesses including The Studios at Pine Brook Fitness! Some of our fitness experts will be there to share…

Steel Strength Fitness Program

Steel Strength in an innovative training program developed by the fitness experts at Pine Brook Fitness that uses a combination of steel club and sledgehammer training. Steel Strength training improves coordination and challenges your core all while strengthening the body utilizing 3 dimensional movement patterns. Inspired by warriors, Steel Strength utilizes two distinct fitness tools,…

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Introducing Aut To Be Fit

In honor of Autism Awareness Month, Pine Brook Fitness has partnered with Priscilla Bill, mom of two children with one on the spectrum, to launch a program dedicated to providing children with autism a structured fitness program. Aut To Be Fit is a 45-minute class for children with autism that will involve music, singing, obstacle…

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Weight Training: Get the Facts

There have always been stereotypes associated with weight training and everyone seems to have an opinion on the topic that it can be difficult to know what to believe. To break through the chatter and get down to the truth about weight lifting, our Fitness Director, Steve DiDio, shares his thoughts on the most commonly…