Advance Praise
And so I met the wonder woman of über-trainers, all five foot eight inches of her size-0, Donatella-blonde self. Dressed in a skintight black sleeveless—yes, and it was December, as I said—Azzedine Alaïa, smoky stockings, and Christian Louboutin stilettos, she managed to show to her advantage every attenuation and curve, or, in her case, angle, of a hard-body workout. She’s trained Paula Zahn, Vera Wang, Frédéric Fekkai as well as a good percentage of every middle-aged mogul-in-training in New York City.
- Richard David Story, Departures Magazine
She’s exceptional, strong-willed, and relentless when it comes to determination, motivation, and inspiration. She never gives up on you.
- Aby Rosen
I trained harder and ran farther than I ever thought I could. Mary Ann is fitness couture.
- Vera Wang
Mary Ann Browning is quite simply the best there is.
- Jonathan Tisch
I recently had my third child, Carolina Regina Mattia, a perfect, tiny jewel. Not too long after, I looked in the mirror and saw something that was decidedly imperfect: my body. I thought I knew what to do—go to the gym, sweat, strain and eat less, but it all seemed so arbitrary and tortuous. What I needed was a plan, a goal and a role model. I found all those in Mary Ann Browning-—triathlete, trainer and guru to more than 400 satisfied clients.
- Cristina Cuomo, Hamptons Magazine
Thanks to Mary Ann, I have a better body shape now than I did before having my baby! Mary Ann is an inspiration and a blessing to new moms everywhere.
- Laura Santa Domingo
Browning is a realist from the Jillian Michaels’ school of tough love and keeps in mind that most clients underestimate what they can do.
- Self Magazine
When you’re ready to get serious, call Mary Ann. You’ll never be sorry that you did.
- Paula Zahn
With Mary Ann around, you make the right choices because you want to, not because you think you should.
- Rachel Nichols
Training with Mary Ann is more than a trainer, she’s a life changer.
- Candice Bergen
For an even more rarefied crowd, there is Brownings Fitness, sharing the fifth floor with the Gagosian Gallery, a temple of contemporary art. There, Mary Ann Browning gives $300 coaching sessions designed to produce the narrow hips required to wear, say, Carolina Herrera. Leaving with a bottle of spring water was Gail Zweigenthal, a former editor of Gourmet magazine, where she had to balance Manhattan’s twin obsessions — eating well and looking good.
- Anne Barnard, NY Times
Mary Ann is the real deal. At Browning’s Fitness you’ll work harder than you ever thought you could, but it doesn’t feel like work, it feels like success.
- Alina Cho
Mary Ann is top shelf. She stays with you every step of the way and makes sure that you meet your goals.
- Frederic Fekkai