Exciting Fitness Classes and Wellness Activities to Try on O‘ahu
Switch up your routine with fun new classes and activities designed to reenergize, realign and restore.
Whether you’re looking to get back in shape, get re-centered or want to add some variety to your routines, there are lots of great fitness classes (plus a handful of brand-new studios) and wellness activities on O‘ahu to get you moving.
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Photos: Joley Peterson, courtesy Revolt Studio
Infrared Hot Glutes & Core
Revolt Studio
Kailua’s newest fitness studio, Revolt Studio, offers this 50-minute mat class focused on strengthening the core and lifting and toning the lower body. The infrared heat, which goes up to 96 degrees, warms muscles, thus increasing flexibility and range of motion, and improves circulation, which helps with muscle soreness and recovery.
$28 for single drop-in class, 146 Hekili St. #101, Kailua, (808) 726-0616, revoltstudiohawaii.com, @revoltstudiohawaii
Cycle and Contrast Therapy
Spin Den Waialua
Opened just this past November at the Waialua Sugar Mill Silos, the newest branch of The Den fitness studio offers a 45-minute cycling class that fuses high-energy beats with low lights and a full-body cardio experience. You can also sign up a for a post-class 45-minute Sauna Ice Free Flow session, which offers contrast therapy via a 20-person cedar sauna and ice baths cooled to 55°F and 39°F.
$27 for a single drop-in class or 45-minute sauna ice free flow session, 67-106 Kealohanui St., Waialua, thedenhawaii.com, @thedenhawaii
Photo: Channey Tang-Ho, courtesy of VSSL Union
Flow & Roll
VSSL Union
Just like recently opened fitness studio VSSL Union, founded by fitness vets Juri Ko and Jason Aquino, this hybrid class mindfully blends the practices of yoga and jiu jitsu. Designed to improve mobility, breath awareness and smooth mat transitions, the class starts with 20 minutes of yoga work to open the body and focus the mind before moving to 25 minutes of open mat practice and ending with a short meditation. All skill levels welcome, with gi or without.
$30 for single drop-in class, Hale Mahana, 2615 S. King St. Unit 103, Mō‘ili‘ili, vsslunion.com, @vsslunion
Photo: Courtesy of Lava Wellness
Somadome Therapy
Lava Wellness
Slated to open on Feb. 1, Lava Wellness is the only studio in Honolulu to have a Somadome meditation pod, which uses LED light therapy, binaural beats, magnet therapy and microcrystalline tiles designed to provide stress relief, mental clarity and emotional balance. You can tailor each 20-minute session to a particular intention, from focus and manifestation to recharging and relaxation. Additionally, Lava boasts a red light therapy bed, hyperbolic chambers a sauna and ice baths.
$50 for a single session, 1155 S. King St., Ala Moana, lavawellness.com, @lavawellness
Photo: Pua Pakele, RBL Media
Barre
Salt + Burn Studio
Opened just this past November in Kaka‘ako, Salt + Burn Studio’s barre class offers a low-impact, high-intensity workout for the whole body. The 50-minute session employs weights, a balance ball, resistance band and mat to strengthen the core, tone without adding bulk and increase muscle endurance.
$30 for single drop-in class, 670 Auahi St. A-11, Kaka‘ako, (808) 281-0989, saltburnhi.com, @saltburnhi
Photo: Courtesy of Romer House Waikīkī
Floating Sound Bath
Romer House Waikīkī
On Sunday mornings from 9 to 10 a.m., the hotel offers a complimentary 45-minute meditation class on its Backyard Pool Deck. You can float on a raft in the heated pool or pull up a pool-side lounge chair while a Body Balance instructor guides you through a relaxing, restorative meditation.
415 Nāhua St., Waikīkī, (808) 922-1616, romerhotels.com, @romerhousewaikiki
Photo: Courtesy of Active by Teal
Lagree Full Body
Lagree O‘ahu
If you’re already a Pilates fan, consider giving this 40-minute total-body class a go. Similar to Pilates, lagree is a high-intensity, low-impact workout focused on controlled movements and core, but it places more emphasis on strengthening, cardio and toning. Lagree also utilizes a Megaformer, which is like a larger, more complex reformer that allows for standing exercises and offers more resistance.
$38 for a single drop-in class, multiple locations, lagreeoahufitness.com, @lagreeoahu
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Brie Thalmann is the home and style editor of HONOLULU Magazine.
