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December 2, 2014 12:34 am at 12:34 am #614376MortkeParticipant
Hi I wanted to know if there is anyone that knows of a “kosher gym” in flatbush. I wanted to try Bally on kings highway and coney but i dont know if its a place for a jew to be. Please give me a reccomendation, Thanks!
December 2, 2014 12:35 am at 12:35 am #1046479MachaaMakerMemberGyms have hechsharim?
December 2, 2014 12:50 am at 12:50 am #1046480MortkeParticipantwhich gym would you go to?
December 2, 2014 12:53 am at 12:53 am #1046481MortkeParticipantDo you know of any decent gym in Flatbush I cant go to the Y cuz thats too far away for me
December 2, 2014 1:03 am at 1:03 am #1046482MortkeParticipantIs Blink Fitness on Nostrand a good gym?
December 2, 2014 3:45 am at 3:45 am #1046483eekMemberMM-I think he means for the concession stand inside the gym.
December 2, 2014 1:11 pm at 1:11 pm #1046484MortkeParticipantSERiously, Which gym do most frum people use today?
December 2, 2014 2:29 pm at 2:29 pm #1046485flatbusherParticipantThere is no kosher gym per se but several frum people go to that place on Nostrand and Kings Highway. There is also a small gym called Spartan on Coney Island Ave and near Ave H. Early in the morning there are either none or very few women.
December 2, 2014 2:34 pm at 2:34 pm #1046486☕ DaasYochid ☕ParticipantPretty big difference between “none” and “very few”, wouldn’t you agree.
December 2, 2014 2:36 pm at 2:36 pm #1046487MachaaMakerMemberEek- the concession stand in gyms is prob mad nebach with all those healthy stuff and protein shakes
December 2, 2014 2:36 pm at 2:36 pm #1046488flatbusherParticipantNot really. few could mean one, and there are two floors so if you’re makpid you can avoid women altogether. Truth is you see worse walking on Ave J or on the subway than in this place
December 2, 2014 2:37 pm at 2:37 pm #1046489MachaaMakerMemberThe Spartan gym is right next to a movie theater so u might have a tayva to go after the gym
December 2, 2014 2:55 pm at 2:55 pm #1046490flatbusherParticipantMaybe some will have that taiva, but the movie theater isn’t open in the morning.
December 2, 2014 2:59 pm at 2:59 pm #1046491flatbusherParticipantI hear people from Flatbush go to Yeled V’Yalda’s gym in Boro Park
December 2, 2014 3:22 pm at 3:22 pm #1046492akupermaParticipantA frum gym might be a good business oportunity. Remember most gyms are for-profit businesses. It could have separate hours for men and women (with separate staffs). While a JCC/YMHA might have separate hours, they really could do no more and the building would stay un-frum.
December 2, 2014 4:01 pm at 4:01 pm #1046493☕ DaasYochid ☕Participantfew could mean one
And blue can mean yellow, and kosher can mean treif.
if you’re makpid
Well, if not, I’m sure there are plenty of gyms available at all times of day. But that’s not what the OP was asking.
December 2, 2014 4:58 pm at 4:58 pm #1046494flatbusherParticipantOnce upon a time there was the Kosher Gym and it went out of business, I guess because it didn’t get enough business. I know the poster was asking for kosher but since he didn’t specify exactly what he means, I shared information that may or may not be useful. It’s up to him to decide in any case.
December 2, 2014 5:33 pm at 5:33 pm #1046495JosephParticipantThe subway you have a heter to travel despite the immodesty due to the need for parnassa. That certainly does not apply to seeing pritzus in a gym. (Which is immeasurably worse than the subway.)
December 2, 2014 5:37 pm at 5:37 pm #1046496flatbusherParticipantI guess you haven’t been to a gym to actually know how people are dressed. I guess it depends on what you consider pritzus. I assure you, there is much worse on the subway and in the street than I have seen at a gym
December 2, 2014 5:40 pm at 5:40 pm #1046497eekMemberMM-That is stupid. Healthy things can taste good as well.
December 2, 2014 5:40 pm at 5:40 pm #1046498JosephParticipantEven if the gym is half the pritzus of the subway you still lack the heter to see even that much immodesty.
December 2, 2014 5:46 pm at 5:46 pm #1046499flatbusherParticipantThanks for the psak
December 2, 2014 5:48 pm at 5:48 pm #1046500eekMemberWhy? Aseh of taking care of yourself is doche lav of lo sasuru.
December 2, 2014 6:01 pm at 6:01 pm #1046501☕ DaasYochid ☕ParticipantAseh of taking care of yourself is doche lav of lo sasuru.
Lol
December 2, 2014 6:04 pm at 6:04 pm #1046502flatbusherParticipantEven funnier is making a psak without knowing the reality of a situation
December 2, 2014 6:36 pm at 6:36 pm #1046503OURtorahParticipantlior- why does tkaing a subway need a heter? It is the same thing as walking along a street in any city in the world.
December 2, 2014 7:58 pm at 7:58 pm #1046504☕ DaasYochid ☕ParticipantAnd still funnier is calling something said on the CR a psak.
December 2, 2014 8:03 pm at 8:03 pm #1046505JosephParticipantYou have a heter (i.e. parnassa) to walk the pritzus streets of Manhattan if you work there. Obviously you need a heter for a valid reason if it will inevitably encounter issurim such as seeing immodesty.
December 2, 2014 8:32 pm at 8:32 pm #1046506☕ DaasYochid ☕ParticipantOURTorah, going anywhere there will be women dressed immodestly requires “a heter”, meaning it is only permitted if relatively unavoidable (gazing is prohibited regardless; I’m referring to going to such a location).
December 7, 2014 2:13 am at 2:13 am #1046507MortkeParticipantTHANKS SO MUCH TO EVERYONE FOR POSTING!!!!!!!!!!!
December 8, 2014 3:51 pm at 3:51 pm #1046508flatbusherParticipantDovid, interested in working out with someone?
December 8, 2014 7:49 pm at 7:49 pm #1046509golferParticipantWhat would Margaret Mead have made of Flatbush?
There was one Kosher Gym, but it closed for lack of clients.
There was one book store, but it closed, ditto.
There are several sefarim stores.
There are probably more take-out, fast-food stores and restaurants per capita than anywhere else in the world besides Midtown Manhattan and Les Halles in Paris.
There are nail salons proliferating on every block and corner daily.
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December 8, 2014 8:36 pm at 8:36 pm #1046510flatbusherParticipantKosher Gym’s problem wasn’t just the lack of members, but it seems it expanded too much without really having a need for it, and moved to a less central location where parking was very difficult. It also promised things it did not deliver, such as a pool. It seems Kosher Delight may have similarly suffered from doubling its size but not having the customers to fill it in a location with very expensive rent. I think there are more banks than nail salons in the neighborhood. Who else could afford the rent?
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