Jessica McHugh
At 6 a.m., before the sun had cleared the horizon, the members of U TOUGH Bootcamp met around the jungle gym at Tompkins Square Park. Their trainer, a former army sergeant known as Sergeant D-Train, laid his equipment out on the pavement: hooks, ropes, carabiners, and resistance weights that looked like gigantic rubber bands.
Over the next hour, the students strained themselves in a series of army-style drills, while Sergeant D-Train offered firm instructions.
“Kate, you’re moving like pond water,” he said to one sprinting student. “Pond water don’t move! Let’s go!”
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