Sports & Recreation Archives - Atlanta Magazine

The local obsession with rackets and nets is nurtured at 1934-founded ALTA, now an amateur nonprofit with more than 80,000 highly competitive players.

Website: http://www.altatennis.org

Neighborhood: Atlanta, North Metro

Category: Fitness & Instruction, Recreation Clubs, Sports & Recreation

Bangkok Boxing

1019 Collier Road, Atlanta, GA, 30327

770-497-4454

Whether you want to learn to fight like a mixed martial artist or simply burn 1,000 calories in a kickboxing class, four-time Muay Thai World Champion Khunpon Dechkampu will show you how.

Website: http://bangkokboxingfitness.com/

Neighborhood: Atlanta, Morningside / Lenox Park

Category: Gyms, Martial Arts, Sports & Recreation, Sports & Recreation Instruction

Becky Nickerson, Agni Power Yoga

655 Highland Avenue, Suite 2, Atlanta, GA, 30312

The asanas are traditional but the music is cool and fun—ever heard of hip-hop artist MC Yogi?—and her classes strike that difficult balance of welcoming beginners while providing a workout for the advanced.

Website: http://agnipoweryoga.com/

Neighborhood: Atlanta, Old Fourth Ward

Category: Best of Atlanta 2013, Sports & Recreation, Yoga Studio

BeltLine Lantern Parade

86 Pryor Street, Suite 300, Atlanta, GA, 30303

404-477-3003

Hosted by the Krewe of the Grateful Gluttons, the parade features hundreds of giant puppets, light sculptures, lanterns and glow sticks, and thousands of cheering spectators along its route.

Website: http://beltline.org/

Neighborhood: Atlanta, Downtown, Old Fourth Ward

Category: Arts & Entertainment, Arts & Events, Best of Atlanta 2013, Non-Profit Organizations, Outdoor Recreation, Parks & Beaches, Professionals, Sports & Recreation

Big Creek Greenway

Marconi Drive to Mansell Road, Alpharetta, GA, 30022

After you depart one of the five convenient parking lots along the 8.3-mile Alpharetta trail, the rumble of traffic quickly gives way to the chirp of crickets and cicadas and the peaceful trickle of the adjacent creek.

Website: http://bigcreekgreenway.com

Category: Best of Atlanta 2013, Outdoor Recreation, Sports & Recreation

BLAST900 – Buckhead

56 East Andrews Drive, Suite 11, Atlanta, GA, 30305

404-841-5430

This Buckhead gym promises to burn 900 calories in an hour.

Website: http://blast900.com/

Neighborhood: Atlanta, Buckhead

Category: Fitness & Instruction, Gyms, Sports & Recreation

BLAST900 – Dunwoody

5521 Chamblee Dunwoody Road, Dunwoody, GA, 30338

404-841-5430

This Dunwoody gym promises to burn 900 calories in an hour.

Website: http://www.blast900.com/

Category: Fitness & Instruction, Gyms, Sports & Recreation

Brunswick’s Norcross

6345 Spalding Drive, Norcross, GA, 30092

770-840-8200

Lanes at Brunswick’s Norcross are pricey ($25 an hour, $35 on weekends), but concierge-level service makes it splurge-worthy.

Website: http://brunswicks.com/norcross.html

Category: Best of Atlanta 2013, Bowling Alleys, Sports & Recreation

Chaos Conditioning

325 East Paces Ferry Road, Atlanta, GA, 30305

404-590-5852

The small but effective interval-training gym is well known for hosting bootcamp-style workout classes—think modified jump-roping, digs, squats, and push-ups—that leave you trembling and toned.

Website: http://chaosconditioning.com

Neighborhood: Atlanta, Buckhead

Category: Best of Atlanta 2013, Fitness & Instruction, Gyms, Sports & Recreation

Decatur Bikes

252 West Ponce de Leon Avenue, Decatur, GA, 30030

404-941-8717

A one-stop cycling and triathlon supply shop in Decatur.

Website: http://decaturbikes.com/

Category: Appliance Repair, Services, Sporting Goods, Sports & Recreation

DragonCon

Downtown Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, 30303

Every parade has bands and politicians, but this Labor Day extravaganza has bagpipers in steampunk gear and ruling-class representatives from Doctor Who and Game of Thrones.

Website: http://dragoncon.org/

Neighborhood: Atlanta, Downtown

Category: Arts & Entertainment, Arts & Events, Best of Atlanta 2013, Family Fun, Local Attractions, Sports & Recreation

Exhale

1065 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, GA, 30309

404-720-5000

Located on the seventh floor of the Loews Hotel, this total-wellness spa whips you into overall shape the way health spas (like Arizona’s Canyon Ranch) used to do before so many of them got into the pampering business.

Website: http://exhalespa.com/

Neighborhood: Midtown, Atlanta

Category: Beauty and Spas, Fitness & Instruction, Gyms, Massage & Bodyworks, Services, Sports & Recreation, Yoga Studio

Flywheel Sports

102 West Paces Ferry Road, Suite A, Atlanta, GA, 30305

678-702-5684

This is no peloton for middle-of-the-pack riders: There’s stadium-style seating on high-tech bikes, dimmed lighting, and plenty of attractive riders at this indoor cycling studio.

Website: http://atlanta.flywheelsports.com/

Neighborhood: Atlanta, Buckhead

Category: Fitness & Instruction, Gyms, Recreation Facilities, Sports & Recreation

Freedom Park Trail

Boulevard and Freedom Parkway, Atlanta, GA, 30312

This paved, mostly shaded route offers a glimpse of the city without the crowds of the BeltLine’s Eastside Trail.

Website: http://pathfoundation.org/

Neighborhood: Atlanta, Candler Park, Inman Park, Old Fourth Ward

Category: Arts & Entertainment, Arts & Events, Best of Atlanta 2013, Parks & Beaches, Recreation Facilities, Sports & Recreation

Houndstooth Road

316 Church Street, Decatur, GA, 30030

404-220-8957

If you’re a casual cruiser—especially the style-conscious sort who pedals the BeltLine, cappuccino in hand, organic produce in wicker basket—this is your place.

Website: http://h2rd.com/

Category: Best of Atlanta 2013, Sporting Goods, Sports & Recreation