Aerial Arts classes at Simply Yoga
If you’ve always dreamt of becoming an acrobat à la Cirque du Soleil, look no further—Simply Yoga offers aerial arts classes that will have you performing awe-inspiring tricks on the trapeze, hoop and silks in no time. It’s a great core and upper body workout, plus you’ll have truckloads of fun while you’re at it. Check out www.simplyyoga.sg for updated class schedules.
CoreAlign at Sky Pilates
Head to Sky Pilates for classes that are conducted on the CoreAlign, a revolutionary functional training tool that is designed to improve posture and balance. With an array of deep stretches and challenging exercises, your core stability muscles will definitely feel the burn. Visit www.skypilates.com for more info.
GYROTONIC® at Focus Pilates
Over at Focus Pilates, you’ll get to strike various yoga/Pilates-like poses with custom-designed equipment, such as pulley towers and archways. The exercises involved will stretch and strengthen your muscles and tendons, while conditioning your joints—you’ll also get to work on your agility and aerobic fitness. More information at www.focuspilates.com.sg.
Les Mills CXWORX™ at California Fitness
Launched at California Fitness last September, this workout, which involves the use of an elastic resistance tube, will do wonders for your core muscles—all in just 30 minutes. It’ll strengthen and tone your abs, butt, back and obliques, as well as improve your balance and mobility. Check www.californiafitness.com for updated class schedules.
Restorative Yoga at Virgin Active
Come March 7, Virgin Active will add a new Restorative Yoga class to their current yoga offerings. The class will focus on deep stretches that will reinvigorate and refresh participants—it’ll be a good complement to other high-energy, high-impact classes like HIIT. More details at www.virginactive.com.sg.
RIOT at R-evolution
This proprietary 30-minute workout at R-Evolution Gym packs a series of cardio, calisthenics and weight-training exercises into a single session. Exercises harness your own body weight, or equipment such as gym rings, kettle bells, medicine balls and TRX for a more structured workout. Worried that you won’t be able to keep up? Fret not—there are three difficulty levels that will suit just about anybody. Find updated schedules at www.r-evolution.com.sg.
Vipr Vibes at Virgin Active
Virgin Active launched a new circuit-style class just this week, which places an emphasis on loaded movement training and 3-dimensional movements. You’ll get to build up your functional strength, while torching a large amount of calories. Find out more at www.virginactive.com.sg.
Zumba Step at Virgin Active
Virgin Active (yes, again) has collaborated with dance-fitness group Zumba to launch a new workout called Zumba® Step. The workout, which debuted worldwide on February 8, combines traditional fitness, dance and step aerobic moves, all set to sexy, infectious tunes. It’s a fun and effective way to tone those glutes and hamstrings, and you’ll get to burn up to 1,000 calories in a single session. Check out www.virginactive.com.sg for details.
Zuu at Virgin Active
Zuu (pronounced as “zoo”—but of course) at Virgin Active is a novel, high-intensity 30-minute workout whereby participants strike animalistic poses and perform moves like frog squats and bear crawls. You’re probably going to feel pretty awkward and self-conscious at first, but you’ll definitely get to work up a good sweat—it’s like interval training, albeit way more interesting. Head to www.virginactive.com.sg for updated class schedules.
