Working out with Pride

Baldwin’s Blink Fitness is raising money for the Out Foundation

By BEN FIEBERT bfiebert@liherald.com

Blink Fitness, in Baldwin, celebrated Pride Month by hosting a free workout class, raising money for the OUT Foundation — a group that removes barriers blocking the LGBTQ+ community from participating in fitness, health and wellness.

Blink Fitness, on Grand Avenue, offered the free class on June 10, and for every participant who attended, the gym donated $1 to the foundation. In addition, for each green membership sold, Blink donated $10 to the foundation.

The exercises consisted of calisthenics, upper body, lower body and full body workouts. For the June 10 fundraiser, Blink Fitness tried to cater to the experience of its members, so the personal trainer asked participants what they wanted to work on and customized workouts around their responses.

The workout also involved strength training, and although that may be intimidating to some, Blink Fitness wanted this free workout session to serve as a trial run just in case the participants did or did not enjoy the exercises.

“We’ve never done this before,” Carissa Ganelli, Blink

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