Indianapolis Monthly

HEALTH & BEAUTY

PLOGGING GROUP

The Swedish fitness trend of jogging and picking up trash has arrived in Indy. On the second Saturday of every month, KEEP INDIANAPOLIS BEAUTIFUL teams with the November Project and a brewery for its plogging series. “It’s a full-body workout, not just cardio, but arm and core, too,” says KIB’s Ashley Haynes. Wearing gloves to keep gunk at bay, ploggers fill garbage bags with funky socks and crusty takeout containers as they jog around the brewery’s neighborhood, then exchange their filled bags for a free pint. Ploggers cleaned up public property in Haughville (Herrmann Brewthers), Windsor Park (Centerpoint Brewing Company), and on 86th Street (Big Lug Canteen) in 2019. Events resume in spring. kibi.org/plogging

ROUGH WORKOUT

We can’t all be UFC fighters, but we can do 50-minute boxing and in Noblesville this year after he returned home from deployment in Afghanistan and wanted a facility that combined fitness and self-defense training. “It’s not about fighting. It’s about developing a fighting spirit,” says Wood. Next up is a 27,000-square-foot location in Whitestown, with childcare and additional classes like yoga. 14741 Hazel Dell Crossing, Noblesville, 317-900-7905,

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