Take advantage of your home fitness center. Frank Paganucci, takes advantage of the on-site gym at Azure, a luxury condo developed by the Mattone Group. More tips and a routine in the document.

1. NEW YORK CITY — You pass by it every day — that door in
your building marked "Fitness Center."
Isn't it about time you used it?
Thousands of apartment buildings in the city offer tenants an
on-site gym, a small spot to get some exercise in during an
average New Yorker's often-hectic schedule.
"I'm not there for a long time, just whatever I have time for,"
said Frank Paganucci, a graphic designer, who started taking
advantage of the gym inside Azure, a luxury condo building
on the Upper East Side, after moving in.
"I belonged to a gym years ago, but I just couldn't get there
as much as I wanted."
Still, many ignore their building's fitness centers, opting
either for larger, full-service gyms or forgoing exercise
altogether.
What these gyms lack in equipment, they make up for in
convenience — often open all day, just steps from your door.
"It lets you go far more often, and when you go consistently,
you can see yourself get more fit," said Joey Swidler, who
trains a range of clients at the Upper East Side's Exceed
Physical Culture, Williamsburg's Crossfit Virtuosity and
Gymies Gym in Crown Heights.
One advantage an in-building gym offers is that residents
rarely overlap with other tenants, meaning they can run their
own interval-training workouts (like the ones listed below)
using multiple pieces of equipment at a time. Each workout
can be scaled for both the fitness fanatic or the absolute
beginner.
Start With The Basics
Swidler said taking advantage of an apartment's fitness

2. center is a good move for both beginner exercisers and
advanced athletes. He suggested a regimen of bodyweight
movements easily done in a small space that can be made
more difficult by adding weight.
"Things like squats, push-ups, lunges — they can be easily
learned, you can drill on the mechanics and get it right
before going more intense," he said.
Making sure you're doing each exercise right is key,
especially in a space where you'll typically be working out
alone.
"You can't throw weights in your hands if you don't know
how to squat," he said.
Focus On Your Core
Your core is like your car's transmission; it's where much of
your power comes from when you exercise, Swidler said.
He recommended focusing on exercises from your core to
your extremities, avoiding machines that take away any core
stabilization — and avoiding targeted movements like bicep
curls.
"A bicep curl may make your bicep bigger, it may give you
beach muscles, but those are only great on the beach," he
said.
"It's less about looking the way you want and more about
feeling the way you want when you pick up your kids or
you're working around the home," he said.
Keep Track Of Everything
In your apartment's gym, there's no trainers and no one to
compete against — it's just you against yourself. One of the
best ways to keep yourself motivated is by measuring your
own fitness.

3. "If you keep track of everything you do and then revisit it,
you can see yourself get more fit," Swidler said.
If you've got a little more building camaraderie, Swidler
suggests putting up a whiteboard filled out with standard
workouts, letting neighbors keep track — as well as compete
against one another.
"It gives you something tangible," he said. "If you're on top of
yourself, you're going to become more fit — you're going to
look, perform and feel better.
Workouts For Your Apartment's Fitness Center
1. In 10 minutes, complete as many rounds as possible of:
Beginner: 5 sit-ups, 10 push-ups, 15 walking
lunges Advanced: 5 v-ups, 10 manmakers with
dumbbells, 15 walking lunges with dumbbells
2. Complete three rounds, as fast as possible of:
Beginner: 10 squat jumps, 100m sprint on the
treadmill Advanced: 10 goblet squats, 100m sprint
3. Four 400m runs on treadmill with a two-minute rest in
between run.
4. Complete all movements as quickly as possible:
Beginner: 100 squats for time, pausing at the start of every
minute to complete four burpees. Amateur: 100 dumbbell
front squats, pausing at the start of every minute to complete
four burpees.