Inside the $32 surf workout that feels like a beach day — on the rooftop of Margaritaville in Times Square

I caught a activity successful nan mediate of Manhattan — and didn’t moreover get my hairsbreadth wet.

Instead, I spent Sunday greeting connected nan rooftop of Margaritaville Resort Times Square, wobbling done a surf-inspired workout connected a civilization equilibrium committee designed to mimic nan mobility of nan ocean.

After an hr of pop-ups, duck dives and plentifulness of wipeouts, I was much than fresh to paddle consecutive to nan barroom downstairs. But a week later, I can’t extremity reasoning astir really overmuch nosy it was to bent 10 successful nan bosom of Midtown.

Surfset NYC — owned and operated by husband-and-wife duo Aaron Thouvenin and Diana Garrett — has been bringing dry-land surf workouts to nan metropolis since 2014.

“As surfers, we noticed that nan athletics of surfing was nan champion measurement to execute our fittingness goals of building strength, stableness and assemblage awareness,” Garrett told The Post.

“We wanted to bring our favourite parts of nan athletics of surfing to onshore pinch imaginative workouts that are adjacent parts challenging and fun.”

The institution offers year-round classes astatine their East Village studio, positive retreats to New Jersey’s monolithic indoor surf activity parkland and Long Island beaches for those who want to return their skills to nan water.

Through nan extremity of October, you tin besides drawback their “Surf & Shore” workout people astatine Margaritaville. It’s free for edifice guests, though nan nationalist tin salary $32 to be arsenic well.

“Our classes are interval-based, truthful location is simply a HIIT constituent to them that teaches group to move astatine their ain pace,” Garrett said. “We incorporated elements of spot training, Pilates, yoga and diversion training successful a functional way.”

My “Surf & Shore” convention kicked disconnected successful beforehand of Margaritaville’s aptly named “Chill Bar,” wherever Thouvenin, a maestro trainer, instructed america to measurement onto our boards.

Easier said than done.

The infinitesimal I climbed connected nan Rip Surfer X — a six-foot committee perched atop 3 shifting stableness balls that stimulate nan beingness request of surfing connected onshore — my legs turned to jelly and I toppled disconnected almost instantly.

The trick, Thouvenin explained, was to extremity staring down astatine nan committee and alternatively fastener my regard connected a fixed target ahead.

Amazingly, it worked. I recovered my footing, and soon, my classmates were steadying themselves, too.

Simply opinionated connected nan committee was capable for maine to break a sweat. Then I remembered: This wasn’t conscionable a balancing enactment — it was a workout, which meant I had to move.

Before long, we were lunging, crunching and squatting connected nan unstable boards, my muscles firing connected each cylinders conscionable to support maine from look planting. Shifting from near to right, my quads and halfway burned for illustration I’d conscionable ridden retired a rogue wave.

Next came nan classical “pop up” move.

You commencement by lying level connected your stomach, paddling pinch your arms extended, past quickly push yourself up, jumping into a crouch earlier rising to your feet — each while nan committee shifts beneath you.

The move is captious to nan occurrence of immoderate surfer, but it’s besides a full-body exercise, strengthening nan chest, shoulders, arms and core, while improving musculus coordination, equilibrium and flexibility. 

Duck dives followed, mimicking nan surfer’s method of dipping nether an oncoming wave. We paddled hard, past lifted our precocious bodies, arching our backs and raising our hips earlier lowering them backmost down onto nan board.

By nan clip we moved to nan mats for akin exercises connected nan ground, I retired of activity and drenched successful brackish h2o — AKA sweat.

We swapped pinch a unit of returning students who had spent nan first half connected nan floor. They climbed aboard for illustration seasoned pros, jumping consecutive into precocious moves that made my earlier triumphs look tame.

For nan adjacent 20 minutes, we powered done a circuit of exercises connected coagulated ground, including upland climbers, cross-body crunches and lateral jumps.

Before I knew it, a foghorn blew, signaling nan extremity of class. I was soaked and muscles I didn’t moreover cognize I had were screaming, but location was a perma-grin plastered crossed my face.

I had conscionable tackled 1 of nan toughest workouts of my life, and I knew I’d beryllium emotion it for days. But successful that hour, I besides realized I mightiness really person what it takes to conquer immoderate existent waves.

“Surfing is simply a lifelong athletics that you tin commencement astatine immoderate time,” Garrett said. “If you would for illustration to study to surf, nan champion measurement to hole is to return a SURFSET NYC class.”

Thouvenin’s extremity for each people is session: Have fun, study thing and sweat. It’s safe to opportunity I did each three.

“Surfing combines activity pinch happiness,” Garrett said. “Finding joyousness and organization successful fittingness is 1 of nan astir valuable things you tin do to support your wide well-being.”