The Best Specialty Fitness Clubs in Toronto
The best specialty fitness clubs in Toronto offer a reprieve from the traditional grind of the gym. The boutique studios on this list have created a niche workout and fine-tuned their craft for classes that are vigorous, different and fun.
Here are the best specialty fitness clubs in Toronto.
The members of this intense Leslieville gym are called "warriors,” training in a 10,000-square-foot space that accommodates a variety of multi-performance group classes, as well as one-on-one coaching. There are on-site wellness services including physiotherapy, chiropractics, nutrition coaching, and massage therapy, as well as a cafe to nourish yourself at the end of a workout.
Nestled near Downsview Park, this massive playground for adults is perfect for parkour enthusiasts. You'll love catapulting yourself around this warehouse complete with a gymnastic floor, mats, a weight training section, and even a foam pit. A day pass will run you as little as $20 and allows you to use the open gym, or you can book a class and tackle acrobatic movements.
This unique facility in Scarborough is home to the GTA's only indoor dragon boat racing pool, where you can target your arms in group paddling clinics. There's also 2000 square feet of space dedicated to strength and conditioning where you can take advantage of exercises like Olympic-style weightlifting, power-lifting, and suspension training.
This Leslieville facility specializes in athletic performance and boxing classes. Group classes include weight lifting, circuit training, metabolic conditioning, and high intensity cross-training that targets strength and speed for maximum power. Alternatively, you can take advantage of personal or small group training or enroll in a five-week boxing camp.
This Parkdale gym prides itself on a number of services ranging from boxing, calisthenics, strength and conditioning, and full body group conditioning classes. Here it's all about a can-do attitude which is why the gym has a mentorship division with boot camp classes dedicated to kids from city shelters, schools, and after school programs.
Just like the name may imply, you'll be boxing to the tune of a booming sound system and colour-changing LEDs at this Eglinton West gym. You can sign up for private or small group boxing classes where you’ll learn to punch water-filled Aqua-Training Bags. If you don't have a pair of your own, you can rent gloves at the front.
This Etobicoke boxing gym operates on the knowledge that everyone comes to the gym for their own reasons and with their own fitness levels. The workouts here combine different elements of boxing and strength training to facilitate a functional full body workout. And if you want to try it out commitment-free first, there's a free seven-day trial.
There are a lot of fun class options to choose from at this Queen West gym, including pole dance, aerial, lyra, burlesque, twerk and strength and endurance training. You can even book a pole dancing party led by a professional instructor and invite all your friends . If you’re new to pole, there's an intro offer of $59 for three classes.
Jesse Milns at Afterburn Fitness. Additional photos by Fareen Karim at The Monkey Vault, Jesse Milns at Afterburn, Academy of Lions, RND Athletics, Body by Chosen, Beatbox, Box & Lift, Brass Vixens, One Academy
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