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September
is the month par excellence for going back to school, but also the
particular
August
for gyms.
After the excesses of summer, we want to get back to getting serious about
exercise
, especially in the midst of a pandemic.
Health has become more important than ever and we
need a strong immune system
to fight disease.
With the most advanced stage of vaccination, many people are already considering going back to sports centers. Either because they feel that training at home is not the same - lack of discipline and social contact - or because they are losing their fear of leading an active life again. And among all the possible options in Madrid,
Fernando VI Street has become
the best refuge in search of that hour of training and disconnection that can end in a healthy snack.
"It is a
must
, with
a huge variety of sports and healthy food
. All the options that you can find in this artery are complementary to each other, the perfect thing is to combine them. That is why the wealth of this area, the amount of options that we it offers, and the good relationship that exists between all the brands that live in it ", explains Leti Odériz,
brand manager
of Síclo España, the first sports center to land in the capital in the Justicia neighborhood, attracting others.
SYCLO: DANCE ON A BICYCLE
Síclo's studio, on Fernando VI street, hides a dark classroom that looks like a real disco.
This
rhythmic and festive pedaling class
that triumphs in Mexico - with almost a dozen studies - chose three years ago the number 23 of a street full of shops with a soul and a lot of movement to open the doors of its first center (they have a second on the Paseo de la Habana and they have just landed with two
traveling
pop-ups
in Aravaca and the URSO Hotel). "It is the fashionable place,
the meeting point for people in love with fitness and healthy life
, with the best shops, buildings and cafes. It has a special charm", Odériz analyzes with perspective.
Andy, Jimena, Mariana Z. and, soon, more instructors have just joined this class that has little to do with an
indoor cycle
or
conventional
spinning
: "In Síclo we roll to the rhythm of the music, that is, we
dance on the bicycle
. In a dark room, with a set of lights and instructors who are
rock stars
,
the sensation of adrenaline makes you live an incredible experience
. We work the whole body, we even use dumbbells to strengthen arms and back. We play with resistance, speed, strength and flexibility. We seek to disconnect from the world to connect with ourselves. "
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By focusing on Spain, they saw that the first step was to start in Madrid.
"We conducted a study and found that it was something that
the city did not have and needed, and it fit perfectly with the society and habits of
this neighborhood."
That they are doing well is evident, in view of the fact that centers that, like this one, want to
contribute to being the best time of day
and proliferate like mushrooms in the area.
Now they have launched an
app
with options
idoor cycling
(Síclo), barre, yoga, meditation, strength, kentro,
running
.... Síclo's new TikTok channel and the possibility of buying your own biSí.
THE TRACY ANDERSON METHOD OF THE FAMOUS
The main bar of Roots, in the historic Lamarca building, where healthy food is offered (hence it is called roots).
In sync with Síclo, and simply crossing the sidewalk,
Roots Lamarca
arrived
, located in
a renovated historic building and converted into a modern center
for healthy living, from clothes to food.
It was the
first time in Spain (and in Europe) of the method of the dancer Tracy Anderson
, who only had studies of her innovative discipline in the United States and with private training in the city of London.
It is a session based on movements focused on the buttock and leg with weights, subjected to high temperatures, like Bikram Yoga.
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"When we started with this project three years ago, the idea was to
create a wellness corner, where people could spend all morning
doing sports, drinking their recovery juice and buying the fitness package they needed. Destiny made synergies and between the two centers started doing joint events, where we put them food and they bikes or even in the store released their sweeps discipline. we have come to share employees as well as customers, as Maricoles, our teacher of yoga. it
is the contrary to competition.
There is room for everyone, you never marry a method, but you try on the block and go from one to another ", explains Mischka Capriles, Venezuelan behind this business where celebrities such as model
Nieves Álvarez
and pilot Carmen Jordá
attend.
.
In America, some of the famous women who have sculpted their bodies with Tracy Anderson are Gwyneth Paltrow, Olivia Wilde, Alessandra Ambrosio, Olivia Palermo or Victoria Beckham.
They all have in common the balanced and strong figure that this
human fitness machine
provides
thanks to a series of repetitive movements that exercise accessory muscles.
But Roots is much more.
"
A place that sells hamburgers is more competition on the same street than another with healthy food
.
We want infinite tools for people to live longer and better.
We have beauty supplements and adaptogens, adventure and spirituality books, the best brands with style for training, alliances with spas and trainers who come to give talks ... We have put gluten-free pasta and organic wines on the menu ... The idea continues growing ", Capriles advances.
LA SALA MAGALI: THE CANE OF THE TEACHER OF OT
The Sala Magali, at number 15 calle de Belén, on the corner of Fernando VI.
And as if all this were not enough in the Justicia neighborhood, in the midst of the pandemic,
the most powerful coach of all arrived
from Barcelona, where she opened her first
boutique gym
, to also bring her method to the capital.
Magali Dalix, the television professor
of the
Operación Triunfo
contest
and
influencer
with more than 111,000 followers on Instagram, is located just a few meters from Roots and Síclo.
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He also confesses that good vibes between centers. "I know that it is not common in Spain to get along well between businesses that may seem like competition among themselves, and even less in the world of fitness. We have always helped each other a lot and we believe that we
can
all
continue to grow.
The more people there are fighting in this neighborhood for your health, the better it will be for all of us, "slides Dalix, who promises results in just 30 minutes of exercise in which she and her instructors leave their skin to transmit their energy.
"It changes your body, strengthens your mind, pushes you to be who you want to be and teaches you to fight to
achieve your own goals
."
Its target audience is "special people, with motivation and desire to change the world to become part of the La Sala Magali family".
Who is afraid of him, do not panic.
"Thanks to my philosophy, the acquired values, the lived experience and all the energy and strength that overflows me, I spread a true passion for sport and
a personal way of facing life
."
THE HEALTHY TRIANGLE KEEPS GROWING
For Carlos Martín, the executive chef of Only YOU Boutique Hotel, and creator of the restaurant's menu / kitchen .... It has been a challenge to turn classic dishes into gluten-free options for celiacs.
All this growth of fitness in this neighborhood has attracted many more businesses with the same focus. It is not surprising, therefore, that the successful Spanish pizza chain Grosso Napoletano, among the best in the world according to
Top Pizza
, also chose Fernando VI to open
Senza Glutine, the first fully gluten-free pizzeria
for coeliacs.
The same target audience has put Only You in Barquillo, just a few steps away, taking the full management of Celicioso, which makes the desserts. It thus becomes
the first hotel with a restaurant, menu and kitchen totally for celiacs
. "I think it is a novel and interesting concept because the percentage of the celiac public is increasing. I suppose that hotel restaurants have vegan options, but we have launched
a 100%
gluten-free restaurant,
" says Carlos Martín, executive chef of Only You.
Of course,
gluten-free does not have to be a healthier option
if you are not celiac, but in this spacious and bright place they have managed to make the proposal appeal to all types of public.
It is simply an option that improves the leisure of gluten intolerant people.
If we continue dancing through the healthiest neighborhood we also find
Ohanasana
, which in Hawaiian means "healthy family",
The Avocado Show and Aüakt,
two odes to the healthy fat of avocado, which is a fever in Madrid.
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