New York City: Activities

• gym

  The massive gym at Chelsea Piers has a thousand ways to make you sweat. Choose - if you can - from bowling, skating, horseback-riding, indoor wall-climbing and swinging a golf club.

• jogging

  Central Park's 10km (6mi) roadway loops around the park and is closed to cars between 10:00 and 15:00 weekdays and all weekend. The Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir has a soft 2.5km (1.5mi) running track.

• fishing

  You can actually fish on the piers overlooking the Hudson River, but the river's history of chemical contamination makes eating the fish an unlikely proposition. Instead, head to City Island in the Bronx.

• cycling

  The only places for good-karma cycling in the city are the pastoral paths of Central or Prospect Park or along the Hudson River.

• skating

  Central Park is the place to try out your Xanadu skating impressions. Head to the mall that runs east of Sheep Meadow or, on weekends, skate on Central Park Dr, which is off-limits to cars.

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