BEST OF OTTAWA 2018: Fitness Studios

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Pure Yoga Ottawa

Location: 279 Richmond Rd

Pure Yoga offers a huge variety of yoga classes of all types and specializes in hot yoga. Hot yoga helps flush toxins out of your skin and warms up the muscles resulting in a more intense workout that helps develop strength and flexibility. Yoga can also help improve mental focus, breathing and relaxation.

UpRise Fit

Location: 175B Lisgar St.

At UpRise, personalization is everything! The trainers are dedicated to helping each client achieve their own training goals. 100% training program that is 100% tailored to you - that is the promise UpRise Fit makes. You can choose between the 30 minute Rise-Up Foundation Builder Plan, the 45 minute Step-Up Progress Plan, the 60 minute Reach-Up Performance Plan and many more classes that compliment - not complicate - your everyday routine.

Greco Fitness

Locations: multiple

Greco Fitness’ goal is to improve their customers health through circuit training. Greco offers a variety of circuit training classes as well as kickboxing, martial arts, and other effective workouts. Greco believes in personalizing one's workout in order to meet each individuals fitness goals. 

Ottawa Pole Fitness

Location: 1066 Somerset Street West

Established in 2008, Ottawa Pole Fitness offers a unique and suprisingly effective workout that will help get you into shape. From beginners to those much more advances, Ottawa Pole Fitness provides different classes for students with varying skill and comfort levels. Pole exercising can help build lean muscles, improve flexibility and coordination and burn fat. Pole fitness isn't all they offer. Test out your aerial hoop and silk skills too!

Orangetheory Fitness

Location: 1001 Daze Street

Orangetheory Fitness offers a one hour workout that includes multiple intervals designed to elevate your heart rate to boot your metabolism and burn more calories. Members can burn anywhere from 500 to 1000 calories during an Orangetheory session. 

iNSiDE Out STUDiO barre

Location: 1416 Wellington Street West

The barre class trend is the newest fitness craze! It is a combination of yoga, pilates, ballet, and strength conditioning. Barre fitness is somewhat more laid back and less intense with a heavy focus on body-sculpting movements. 

Wheelhouse Cycle Inc.

Location: 1279 Wellington Street West

Wheelhouse is one of Ottawa’s number one cycling experiences. The spin studio offers signature rides that are sure to give you an intense workout. Their classes incorporate body toning and endurance training. With low lighting and loud music the energy in the room is sure to keep you spinning for 45 minutes straight!

Elgin Fitness

Location: 200 Cooper Street

Elgin FItness is centrally located and has many different facilities offered to help you stay in shape such as yoga, personal training, cardio machines, and weights. The gym is clean and comfortable, with a friendly staff and a laid back environment.

Evo Studio

Location: 200 Vanguard Drive

Evo Studio is in the heart of Orleans and offers movement and mobility classes, CrossFit classes, and yoga classes. Evo believes that by focusing on these these one can not only will improve their well-being physically but also spiritually and emotionally.

9Round Kickbox Fitness

Location: 3681 Innes Rd.

9Round offers an intense thirty minute cardio kickboxing workout with nine stations to rotate around. The lessons are guided by a trainer who can teach you the proper motions. If a fast and effective workout is what you're looking for then 9Round is the place for you.