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A Class for Every Yoga Mood AT a recent yoga class at SLT studio in Midtown Manhattan, Erin Jacques was putting her students through a grinding cardio routine of lunges, push-ups, side planks and squats.
The hard-bodied women, having entered the studio armed with their Stella McCartney Falabella bags (or the equivalent fashion statement), were now drenched in sweat, hearts pumping to blasting Eminem, Nicki Minaj and One Direction. Ms. Jacques’s class is aptly named Hardcore Yoga. |
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Cardio, Strength Training And Pilates Rolled Into One Lauren Glassberg, Eyewitness News NEW YORK (WABC) – Want to get more out of your workout? Now there’s a fun routine that can help you reach your goals. S.L.T. is a three-letter workout that can make a girl cry. The letters stand for strengthen lengthen and tone. The class is only 50 minutes, but it’s precisely scheduled to get your body working. Everything is done on or around the Megaformer, an exercise machine similar to something you’d see in a pilates class. Amanda Freeman opened SLT after taking similar classes on Megaformers in Los Angeles. Each set lasts a minute, and you work just about everything. There are thousands of moves made difficult by springs in the Megaformer. They create the tension. The more springs, the harder the move. (Copyright ©2012 WABC-TV/DT. All Rights Reserved.)
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SPX Fitness: We Tried It! If you like Pilates sessions on the Reformer, then you’ll love SPX Fitnessclasses on a Megaformer. I recently tried one at SLT: Strengthen, Lengthen, Tone here in New York City. The studio describes the classes as “the love child of Pilates, cardio, and strength-training”—and I totally agree. During the 50-minute small-group session (only 10 students per session) I did lunges, hydrants, rows, side planks, and more—all on my own Megaformer. (The machine resembles a traditional Pilates Reformer, but it has more springs and pulleys, a longer gliding carriage, and two sets of bars.) Thanks to the quick pace, my heart rate spiked up and I was sweating. And by the end of my last set, my legs were shaking—a sign of a good workout in my book. To find a gym offering SPX in your area, visit to spxfitness.com.
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Meet The Megaformer: The SLT Workout Is Like Pilates On Crack Last week, in a fit of misguided exercise bravado, we agreed to try out SLT—a.k.a. Strength, Length, and Tone—the latest exercise craze to cross the country from Los Angeles, opening its first New York City studio in midtown a few weeks back. We should have known we were in trouble the minute we walked into class—everyone else, all four other people in the room, were talking animatedly about how they’re Tracy Anderson-devotees. Us, well, we’re better versed at the walk-to-Momofuku-Milk-Bar-once-a-week school of fitness.
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Fall Into Shape Vital Juice co-founder Amanda Freeman brings her popular hybrid workout from Los Angeles to midtown. Similar to classes like SPX Fitness or Pilates Plus, Freeman calls her incarnation “SLT,” short for Strengthen, Lengthen, and Tone. The 50-minute class ($40) is a mix of cross-training, cardio, and Pilates that’s done on what Freeman describes as a “souped-up Reformer.” Opening September 6.
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Be In The Fitness Know The Situation can have GTL (gym, tan, laundry). There’s a much hotter acronym in town: SLT (strengthen, lengthen, tone). And until yesterday, it was available only on the west coast.
This is a VBD (very big deal). The amazing workout is so powerful that one of Vital Juice’s co-founders scheduled cross-country trips around it. And finally…she launched a studio in NYC!
SLT boasts 50-minute classes on the legendary Megaformer™ machine (think of a souped-up Pilates Reformer with more straps, bands and cutouts), which targets the entire body while developing long, lean muscles. The workout is a mash-up of cardio training, weight-bearing activity and Pilates. Our muscles shook even during the warm-up. And we loved this oblique toning Mermaid Crunch exercise. Ready to Megatransform your workout? Send this email to a friend for a chance to win a spot in a free Vital Juice-reader only SLT class on September 12 at 7PM. Classes are limited to 10 people and winners will be chosen at random. Check out the schedule here.
SLT in NYC…OMG.
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Souped-Up Pilates Following in the footsteps of Barry’s Bootcamp, another boutique LA-import has just hit New York. This time, it’s in the form of SLT (Strengthen Lengthen, Tone), a Pilates-meets-cardio-and-strength-training workout brought east by Vital Juice co-founder Amanda Freeman. We can’t wait to see if New Yorkers love the method, done on Megaformers (Pilates Reformers on steroids), as much as they love Barry’s. Stay tuned for a Q&A with Freeman next week!
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SLT: Amanda Freeman Brings Her Favorite Workout To New York After tiring of the fact that her favorite workout was not available in New York, last week fitness aficionado Amanda Freeman opened the doors to New York’s newest boutique fitness studio, SLT (Strengthen, Lengthen, Tone).Don’t be confused by the name: it’s not a barre workout. SLT’s studio is lined with Megaformers, an uber-modern version of the Pilates’ Reformer. And the workout, which has huge following in Los Angeles, is described as what would result if “cardio, strength training, and Pilates had a baby.”
We caught up with the Freeman, the co-founder of healthy newsletter Vital Juice, to find out why she decided to bring the method to the Big Apple:
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Fall 2011 Beauty And Wellness Guide Sweat, push, and balance away extra pounds at the just-opened SLT (Strengthen Lengthen Tone). Health guru Amanda Freeman’s studio is the first in NYC to use Sebastien Lagree’s resistance machines and method (responsible for all those hard bodies in L.A.). Beware the mermaid crunch; you’ll be sore (in a good way) for days.
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4 New Ways To Fall Into Shape Marisa Tom / SEPTEMBER 21, 2011 9:00 AM / Read More: Physique 57, Circuit Of Change, NYC Fitness Classes, 2011 Fall, Equinox NYC, SLT, Equinox Printing House Gym Three words: don’t slack off. Just because your beach bummin’ days are over (and therefore, bikini-bod-in-training goal diminished) doesn’t mean you should relax or forgo your good fitness habits. Why not spice it up instead? Keep your workout stamina up by incorporating new classes and new studios into your stay-fit schedule. With an LA-transplant Pilates reformer class and an Equinox Printing House takeover debuting this Fall, here are four fresh ways to keep your Summer shape. |
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SLT's Founder Amanda Freeman Shares Her Fall Fitness Tips Posted September 22, 2011 8:00 am by Marisa Tom
I already shared four new fitness fab ways to keep your motivation up and your Fall-to-Winter slump far from view. Now founder of SLT (37 W. 57th St. #703, 212-355-1737) Amanda Freeman — and in my opinion, a mastermind behind the ultimate slim, trim, and toned look — shares her top three tips for maintaining your Summer bod priorities, as the leaves start to change. |
