It’s not so much about dumbbells and lifting weights to keep fit anymore! And no, shopping is not exercising. Check out these gyms that offer new and exciting workouts that get your blood pumping.
Virgin Active
With over 20 fitness classes on offer including hot yoga, mixed martial arts, and zumba, you’ll definitely find something to your fancy at this gym. Want more? There are also awesome facilities, like a Relax and Recovery Zone, sleep pods that enable you to grab a quick 20-minute nap, and a café stocked with healthy and delicious snacks! Busy bees can even squeeze in a quick workout with classes that focus on core muscles. Towels and workout gear are also provided, plus laundry service for a minimal fee. This is one gym that truly spoils you!
Virgin Active, Level 6 Tower 2, 1 Raffles Place, Singapore 048616, p. 6908 7878. Open Mon-Fri 10am-8pm.
Designed Fitness
For those who seek a fully personalised gym experience, you need to check out this new gym due to open this month. Founded and headed by Erik Gunawan, Designed Fitness focuses on putting together a workout regime to suit your goals and physical limits, so you can be sure to achieve the ideal body and strength you’ve always wanted! This is also the only boutique gym to bring in the CT 8 Tuff Stuff training system that’s directly from the USA, enabling Erik to create a series of individual training regimes.
Designed Fitness, 20A Smith Street, Singapore 058934, p. 6222 9402. Opening hours TBA.
Pit
Not just another fitness facility, this gym is where people go to get fighting fit. A variety of training programmes are offered here, from fat loss, weight training, and more. Personal training and group programmes are available here, where instructors do their very best to help you achieve goals you set for yourself.
Pit, 50 Tras Street, Singapore 078989, p. 6222 4860. Open daily 630am-10pm.
Celebrity Fitness
This is a gym that ensures you have fun while working out! All of their equipment is fitted with a television screens, and with over 30 different fitness classes on offer, you can be sure to find one just for you.
Celebrity Fitness, #05-107 E!Hub, Downtown East, 1 Pasir Ris Close, Singapore 519599, p. 6922 7000. Open Mon-Fri 7am-11pm, Sat 8am-9pm, Sun 8am-8pm, and #02-01 Rochester Mall, 35 Rochester Drive, Singapore 138639, p. 6637 9608. Open Mon-Fri 7am-10pm, Sat-Sun 8am-8pm.
Physical Abuse
Besides standard gym equipment, there are also 14 fun exercise classes on offer, including Zumba, Latin dance, Hatha Yoga, and more. This is a gym whose motto is ‘fit. right. in’, where keeping fit, feeling right and being in are goals for everyone! You can expect personalised service here, where your personal trainers remember your favourite workouts and help you attain your fitness and health goals.
Physical Abuse, #01-28/29 2HR, 2 Havelock Road, Singapore 059763, p. 6536 5580. Open Mon-Fri 7am-10pm, Sat-Sun 8am-8pm.
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