Pharaohs Army Fitness Club coming to Kew Gardens

Pharaohs Army Fitness Club is the newest contender on Queens Boulevard.

Now a days, gyms are usually filled with various machines, almost too many for people to choose from. Yet, what if there is an even better way of exercising without using any machines at all?

Ari Harris, the owner and founder of Pharaohs Army Fitness Club, believes that Kettle Bells are the new revolution to a better way of losing weight and staying in shape. “My facility, will have no machines,” Harris said. “My tag line is, ‘we don’t use machines; we build machines.’”

Located on 116-16 Queens Blvd. (GMAP), a busy neighborhood between Kew Gardens and Forest Hills, Harris will be opening an army styled fitness club, where the main focus and equipment will be kettle bells and Total Body Exercise (TRX) suspension.

As a personal trainer for the past thirteen years, Harris has witnessed a drastic change in his clients’ body structure and physical endurance after training with the kettle bell. Unlike other sports, the kettle bell lets bodies train in  three dimensions, as the swing of the bell releases tension from the muscles.

According to Harris, the efficiency is one of the best things about kettle bells. “You can use one kettle bell and target your upper body, lower body and trunks,” Harris explained. At the same time, there are numerous combinations of exercises that a person can do with the bells, and a person could lose up to 1,000 calories per hour.