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 Roosevelt Island Power Walk: Retreat into the woods and enjoy a brisk walk around the greenery and marshes of Roosevelt Island. Elevate your heart rate to a good fat burning level and reduce the risk of injury from jogging or running. Several modifications can be made to increase your activity level and help you burn calories faster. Beginner – Intermediate.
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 Stairs from Hell, Part 1: With the luxury of elevators and escalators, don’t forget to train the leg muscles. Stair climbing is a weight-bearing exercise and greatly improves leg strength. This class provides a great outdoor substitute for lunges, squats, and the stair-climbing machine. Beginner – Intermediate.
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Outdoor Total Body Sculpt: A complete, full-body workout that challenges each muscle group and keeps the heart rate elevated. Tone your muscles while rotating between a mix of resistance exercises. Feel confident you’re improving balance, increasing strength, and burning away calories. Various outdoor locations are available. Beginner – Advanced.
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 Boot Camp: A military-style workout that includes fundamental exercises like push-ups, sit-ups, and good old-fashioned jumping jacks. Use this as a substitute for strength training or to provide a baseline for your current fitness level. In addition to building lean muscle mass, you’ll improve your aerobic endurance with a blend of mild running and traditional calisthenics. Beginner – Advanced.
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Potomac River Loop Run: Improve your running with this 3 to 4 mile scenic course on the banks of the Potomac River. Along the route you can see the Lincoln Memorial, Arlington National Cemetery, and the Kennedy Center. Some minor hills provide more of a challenge than the flat C&O canal. Multiple pace groups or intensity levels can be arranged for larger classes. Intermediate.
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 C&O Canal Running Workshop: The packed dirt of the C&O canal provides a great, flat surface for exercise without the usual impact on joints, especially the knees. Mile markers help gauge your progress as you run longer distances. Or choose a shorter stretch of ground and work on intervals. Any combination of running exercises is available with the additional option of calisthenics or resistance training. Intermediate – Advanced.
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 Stairs from Hell, Part 2: Master Part 1, and move on to the more advanced stairs class in Part 2. Flash back to the days of running bleachers and the dramatic effect it had on your agility, strength, and endurance. Now, consider possessing that same fitness level again. Don’t stop short of muscular perfection. Learn to sprint faster, elevate higher, and endure harder workouts with this class. Intermediate – Advanced.
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Vinyasa Yoga by Pari: Verve Vinyasa Yoga invites us to harmonize our body, breath and mind as a way to experience wakefulness and compassion in our daily lives. The path of vinyasa yoga involves physical exercises that enhance our cardiovascular system, strengthen our muscles, improve our digestive activity and cleanse our entire body. It also includes breathing exercises that soothe our nervous system and meditation that develops mental clarity. The combination of these three aspects results in a sense of well being, confidence, open-heartedness and patienc
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