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Erin McKenna Eats Two Cookies Every Night

Chefs are like athletes — they abuse their bodies in the name of performance. There are the burns and the cuts, of course. But then also the late hours, the constant high stress, the endless rich food, drinking, smoking, drugs, and broken relationships. It's arguably the most unhealthy profession since coal mining. At least that's the impression given by popular chefs, like Gordon Ramsay or Anthony Bourdain. In the name everyone's general well being, and out of sheer curiosity, Social Workout decided to investigate. We started with Erin McKenna of BabyCakes....

Best Of

New York Magazine's Best of New York Health and Fitness

New York Magazine is out with their annual "Best of New York" issue. We've scanned all the health and fitness related rankings for you. Without further ado:

• Best Workout: Core Fusion Cardio at Exhale (they agree with me! I said Core Fusion Open, but close enough)
• Best Yoga Studio: Pure Yoga (you've loved it for ages)
• Best Grocery Delivery: Basis Foods (in case you didn't believe gotigers2003 when she told you)
• Best Yogurt: Mlilk Thistle Organic Dairy Farm (we'll have to include them in our next yogurt deathmatch)

New York

April Challenge in 3, 2, 1...

Stopping by the Crunch location with the most square footage per person I could think of yesterday (that's Lafayette Crunch in the East Village), I found a cute little postcard inviting me to the April Challenge.

New York