The Athlete · Nina · New York
Russian & Turkish Baths
This is recovery with no app and no playlist. The Russian Room runs blistering hot from radiant rock, and you cool off in the plunge. It's been doing this since 1892 and it shows, in the best way.
An 1892 East Village bathhouse with a brutal, glorious Russian radiant-heat room. Recovery the analog way.
— Nina, The Athlete
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