For the Toughest Barry’s Instructor Out There

NIV ZINDER, nivzinder.com

between breathless treadmill sprints and highrep weight lifting, Barry’s Bootcamp workouts are notoriously tough, but instructor Niv Zinder’s classes are known among devotees to take that toughness to another level. It’s the “zero-bullshit attitude” that drove Coming Soon cofounder Fabiana Faria to keep an eye out for Zinder (a former fitness trainer in the Israeli army) on the Barry’s schedule and, once studios shut because of COVID, to sign up for his virtual training. For $250 for four weeks, Zinder offers four live weekly workouts as well as a nutrition session. Faria likes how there are no “cheesy puns or super-hype vibes at 6 a.m.” during these high-intensity workouts which incorporate weights, resistance bands, and sliders. Since starting the program, Faria says “my posture is better, my sleep has improved radically, and I just feel stronger in general— which actually helps with all the heavy lifting we do at the store.”