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Great Escape: Get Physical With Exercise

Many local gyms offer one-day guest passes. You can feel like a million bucks without spending a dime. And for non-gym exercise options in New Rochelle, consider our many parks, karate and yoga centers and dance studios.

If you are always saying you need to make time to exercise, make this week a week to start. It is a good time to begin a physical activity. If you plan what you want to do perhaps you can finally have the workout routine you have always wanted.  

If you have always wanted to try karate, see what it is all about at . Interested in rock climbing? If so, on Rhodes Street may just be what you'll love the most.

If yoga is more your style, take a class at . If you are more the team sport type,  offers indoor tennis for members. There are a lot of dance studios around town that offer adult classes, too, and personal training is only one step away at the on North Avenue.

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If you want to try a gym before you join to see if you like it and the amenities it offers,  on Main Street and on Huguenot Street offer free, one-day guest passes online. Both offer personal training, weight management and nutrition counseling.

If you are the outdoors type, do not forget about the Long Island Sound. Take a walk along one of New Rochelle's many shorelined parks.

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Sara B. Caldwell contributed to this article.

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