best studios to build 'em muscles 💪🏻🏋🏻

round 3 of classpass studios review! this time round - shoutout to all girls who are afraid of hitting the gym because you aren't sure of what to do/the stares when you're using the gym equipment! time to save this post for a conducive & safe environment to build your muscles ☺️

i'm literally one of the girls who is scared of hitting the gym because no one taught me how to use the equipments before i met my partner & i hate getting stared at 😩 but attending workouts at these studios helped me with muscle building & the instructors provide me with guidance on improving my form!!

🏋🏻 haus athletics

• they have a total of 2 studios - one at OUE downtown gallery & one at cross street exchange, i frequent the former outlet due to convenience

• my first class there was leanout - total body endurance which combines strength & endurance, and omg i died 🥲 also because my friend who brought me there didn't tell me that there was cardio 🌚 but my instructor was a super nice person & she guided me through my exercises and helped me gained confidence in the workout process

• my subsequent classes were all dominate - strength based, because that's what i really wanted to train for & i swear i always ache the next day 👀

• the instructors are super duper friendly & nice, they help you correct your form & ensure that you keep at your comfortable pace for newcomers, and push your limits a little more for those existing students 👍🏻 they even join in your pictures 🤪 highly recommend eunice!! ☺️

• the weights are very inclusive & i can easily find my comfort zone, and a push

• they have a variety of classes available - with the other 3 being meltdown, remixed & base (core focused). other than weekdays have the same types of classes, the weekends can mixed with all the different classes so the schedule is quite accommodating 🥳

• showering facilities, towels & water cooler are all available so all you need to do is bring your bottles & come in your workout gear

🏋🏻 boombuild

• it's a 40-minute strength-based HIIT workout that focuses on endurance, strength building & cardio

• depending on the week, the primary focus of the class shifts from strength, to endurance, to power but there'll be an element of each for a holistic exercise

• we went for the strength session & it was purely focused on dumbbells but boy, it gave us a good sweat 🥹 class was split into 4 sections - warm ups, em3om3 (complete the exercises within a time limit & if you finished it earlier, the remaining time is recovery), amrap (as many reps as possible) & time round. for EM3OM3, you focus on going heavier on the weights & AMRAP focuses on hitting alot of reps within the time limit & time round is 20s work 10s recovery

• i love how detailed my instructor is with his demonstrations & making sure that everyone is in the correct form during the exercises

• the class size is very small (max 8 pax) & the room size is super small too but it did give me an intimidating feel - also because boOm does it by first come first serve, so we ended up in front of the mirrors (which i didn't mind at all in fact i love mirrors 🤪)

• as usual the weights jump by a 2-3kg interval, so it might be tough for some (i had 4, 6 & 8kgs for the workout)

• they have quite limited boombuild classes & the focus only changes with every week - that's something that i didn't really like

• showering facilities, towels & water cooler are all available so all you need to do is bring your bottles & come in your workout gear

🏋🏻 barry's

• this studio has 2 outlets - orchard gateaway & raffles place, and i personally prefer the OG one!

• their workouts are total death because there's the treadmill portion where you go for sprints at 11-12mph 😱 tbh a newbie to functional strength training would be scared because it's difficult to catch up & easy to feel intimated too 🥲

• also because i prefer more strength-based training, so if i can, i'd try to opt for double-floor: focusing on just weights, repeating the exercises twice

• the class structure is split into half the class doing treadmill while the other half doing weights, and then there'll be switches for 2-3 times depending on the instructor's preference

• their instructors are super top-notched too & usually quite encouraging, but because the class size is q big, so it's difficult for them to coach you on the form all the time

• they have a good variety of class types - arms & abs; total body; chest, back and abs; abs & ass; full body (upper focus); full body (lower focus) but it's only for 1 day

• showering facilities, towels & water cooler are all available + there's even a bar for smoothies (which taste great btw 😉)

🏋🏻 ground zero resistance

• it's a 45 minutes session focusing on endurance, strength & power

• they have a variety of class types available - focus (each pod targets a specific muscle group, low reps & heavy weights + cardio included); impact (focus on agility, animal movement & olympic-style lifting); rapid fire (cardio based time rounds); blitz (partner workouts)

• went for a focus class when i just started my strength training but it feels almost like i went for an f45/bft session 😩 it's quite difficult & didn't help that i'm not v sure of how to do some stations so the instructor had to guide me quite abit on my form 🥲

• the instructor was quite good in what he's doing but i didn't really feel encouraged throughout the workout session 🥹

• showering facilities, towels & water cooler are all available but to use the showroom, it's only available in the mall not the studio!

overall;

my personal preference is haus athletics because of the environment & how the instructors make it a comfortable space to workout. for beginners to strength training, i'd highly recommend boombuild because of the small class size & how the instructor is better able to guide you 👍🏻

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