New year, new you, new fitness plan. We’ve all made these promises to ourselves year after year, only to fall back on old habits by the end of January. With so many workout plans and fitness classes popping up around town, 2015 is a better time than ever to keep your resolutions. We put together a guide on some great places to break a sweat this year. From Brazilian dance workouts to your standard spinning class, you can’t possibly get bored with your workout routine.
Flywheel Glades Plaza, 2200 Glades Road, Boca Raton
This cycling studio is revving up the stakes when it comes to stationary bicycling. Each class can be a competition — but only if you want it to be. Every bike at Flywheel has a small computer screen that displays gear strength, revolutions per minute and the bike’s power output. Riders have the option of displaying their scores for the rest of the class to see. Motivating music, stadium-style seating and free bottled water make this a spinning class like no other.
Cost: $25 per class; packages available
Schedule: flywheelsports.com/reserve/boca
Capoeira Karkara 3553 Boynton Beach Blvd., Boynton Beach
Even those who participate in this Brazilian martial art find it difficult to describe it in words. Capoeria combines elements of dance, acrobatics and self-defense into more than just a fight. It’s a way of life. Participants create a large circle where partners participate friendly exchange of kicks, turns, leaps and ducks that provide a total body workout.
Cost: $99 per month for unlimited classes
Schedule: capoeirakarkara.com/classschedule/adults-class
Zumba at Loibel Dance Studio 83 W. Camino Real, Boca Raton
Somewhere past a sea of neon-colored crop tops and blaring dance club music is one of the most fun, yet most intense aerobic workouts out there. It’s a party with payoff. The Latin-inspired dance fitness class fuses moves like the Salsa, Merengue, Reggaeton and Flamenco into a workout that burns upwards of 1,000 calories per hour. Zumba is for anyone that can find movement behind the music.
Cost: $15 per class; packages available
Schedule: loibeldancestudio.com/events
CrossFit Delray Beach 1405 N. Congress Ave #14, Delray Beach
You won’t find treadmills, an elliptical or fancy weight-lifting machines at this place. This ‘box’ as Crossfit gyms are called, combines strength training, explosive plyometrics, speed training, power-style weight lifting, kettle bells and endurance exercises. In the front of the room stands a large whiteboard displaying the ‘WOD’ or workout of the day. Explosive exercises done in a circuit format target the whole body. One set follows after the next, with very little rest in between.
Cost: $20 per class; free two-day intro; packages available
Schedule: crossfitdelraybeach.com/schedule
The Barre Studio 59 S.E. Fourth Ave., Delray Beach
This workout incorporates ballet techniques with resistance training. All that’s needed is a ballet barre and a mirrored wall. Participants stretch their core, improve posture and build-up their arm and leg muscles using their own strength. Over time, these movements will help shape your body into a long and lean dancer’s physique.
Cost: $23 per class; packages available
Schedule: thebarrefitness.com/#!group-classes/cqos
