Kingston fitness center focuses on mind, body | Gymrat Fitness

KINGSTON ? A fitness center is going up in a building on Third Avenue that used to house a roller rink.

Registered members were able to start working out at Vive Health and Fitness Center on Monday.

The center includes a gym with cardio and weight machines and free weights, several exercise rooms, a juice bar, saunas, steam rooms, massage therapy and a cycling room. The workout spaces are for members, but massages, staff nutritionists and the juice bar are open to the public.

In the ?functional training studio,? patrons work out on a turf floor using equipment such as kettlebells, medicine balls and suspension ropes.

In a cycling room, more than 40 bikes are lined up facing a screen that can show video footage of real rides, such as the beautiful fall landscape of Acadia National Park in Maine.

Besides the various ways to exercise, the center offers a variety of classes that are free for members, personal training and dieticians. New members get to meet with a trainer and dietician when they join.

?You have to have variety if you want to facilitate a lifestyle change,? said general manager Paul Meshyock. ?The goal is to have a lot of variety so that members can pick and choose what they want to do.?

Owner Diane McAliney said Vive offers a fitness experience not found within 200 miles of the center.

?I felt strongly coming from a medical background that we need to nurture the mind, body and spirit. When we nurture all three, I believe it prevents the body from going into a disease state,? said McAliney, who worked as a sonographer for 18 years. ?I wanted to offer it here because I felt there was a need in the marketplace.?

The center will have its grand opening sometime in late October.

To join, call the center at 570-371-3572 or go to vivehealthandfitness.com to register for a tour of the facility. Tours are by appointment only. The first 200 members to sign up will pay $59 per month for the first year. McAline and Meshyock would not name the price for people who join after the first 200 members.

In addition to the health offerings for anyone interested, Meshyock said the center wants to work with specialized populations, such as someone recovering from an injury or dealing with diabetes.

?Exercise is a form of medicine,? he said.

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