Ready to get your fitness game back? We've rounded up London’s best gyms inducing indoor classes to save you the prolonged research time…
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Best HITT Gym: F45 Oxford Circus
Australia-founded functional community-driven gym chain F45 offers 36 different weekly cardio, resistance, hybrid, and recovery sessions combining high-intensity interval training (HIIT), functional, and circuit training. Each group class is toughly designed with the goal of burning up to 750 calories per 45-minute session improving metabolic rate, endurance, energy levels, and strength. Don't forget to drink plenty of water because you'll be dripping in sweat by minute 46!
Unlimited classes per month will cost you £220 on a rolling pass, for 6 months it will cost £205, 9 class passes will cost £120 whereas 13 gym class passes costs £160 on auto-renew.
2a Little Portland St, London W1W 7JA
Liverpool Street, Tower Bridge, Islington, Millwall, London Fields, Haggerston, Blackwall, Stratford
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Best Low Impact Class: FLY LDN
Featuring cinematic visuals immersing you with beautiful scenery around the world such as Himalayan mountain ranges and crashing ocean swells, matched with a unique playlist tailored to your class. Your mind and body won't be short of new experiences each class. Beginners can ease themselves in with the yoga-inspired Flow Flow class or restorative Candlelit CHILL class. More advanced goers can progress to Flowlife classes. Pilates classes more your speed? Try the FLY LDN’s barre classes for a fun beat-driven sweat sesh.
An intro will cost you £10, opt in for an intro package for £50 featuring any 12 classes to use within two weeks, one individual class will cost you £17 with extra packages ranging up to 30 classes for £395. Unlimited access memberships cost from £150 per month all the way to £1,175 for the entire year.
24 Creechurch Lane, London EC3A 5EH
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Best London Gym for Extroverts: 1Rebel Angel
The perfect gym for extroverts with nothing but good vibes all around! Feel the pump with 1rebels club-like atmospheres hitting them beats per minute as you tune into mind over matter. These high energy classes will without a doubt leave you feeling positive as you walk out the gym.
A single session costs £23 but a new starter can trail three sessions for £29, five sessions costs £100, prices then vary up to 30 sessions for £510. Alternatively opt in for a membership with unlimited classes for £249 per month, other price options include 12 sessions per month at £179.
403 Street John St, London EC1V 4AB
Oxford Circus, Hammersmith, Holborn, Victoria, South Bank, Bayswater, Broadgate, St Mary Axe
Best Unique Zone 1 Gym: Gymbox Covent Garden
If you love puns you’re in luck, Gymbox Covent Garden is a Lumiere Cinema converted movie theater split across three floors featuring yellow neon aesthetic lighting. The entrance includes a quirky movie theater sign showing funny workout and film title-related wordplay. As a previous member, the staff openly encouraged me to give them ideas which added an extra element of fun to my workout. Personal Trainers encounter a tough selection process meaning you'll receive the best of the best.
Nearing 100 different classes across locations per week, you'llll be lost for choice. Including hardcore Bikes and Beats, class, just forget your water and you'll leave the specialist spin room sweating in buckets (trust me!). Gymbox didn't get its name for the fun of it, each club offers from pro to beginner classes in the arts of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Boxing, Kickboxing, and Muay Thai. While not available at Covent Garden, a full access membership also gets you Pole Dance classes at other branches such as Bank. Did I mention the killer One Rep Max and Rhyme Dance classes? Get yourself ready for the dance floor on the 21st of June!
Pricing varies based on memberships, book a tour or contact Gymbox directly to discuss Pay-As-You-Go, Corporate Memberships, or 3, 6, 12, or 18 Month Options.
42-49 St Martin's Lane, London WC2N 4EJ
Bank, Cannon Street, Ealing, Elephant and Castle, Farringdon, Holborn, Old Street, Victoria, and Westfield London
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Best Mind Boosting Gym: Psycle Studios Shoreditch
It’s safe to say during the previous year, we have endured unusual circumstances which have led us all to experience a lower lack of motivation in life. Welcome, Psycle’s barre classes, providing a brain lead workout that releases ‘hope molecules’ into the body, designed to ‘spark joy’ back into our lives. How? New scientific research has shown our weekly workouts can actually work as an immediate anti-anxiety coping mechanism increasing our long-term happiness. Kelly McGonigal Ph.D., a psychologist from the University of Stanford and author of ‘The Joy Of Movement, tells Glamour “When you contract your muscles in any type of movement, they are secreting chemicals into your bloodstream, which travel to your brain, cross the blood-brain barrier, and can act as an antidepressant.” Now that’s worth trying!
Spin broken down in 45, 60, or 90-minute sessions… (90 minutes? Safe to say I’d leave in proud sorrow, let's get it!), a modern take on traditional barre designed to boost your metabolism and challenge your mind, strength training and of course Yoga.
Prices are based on credits, starting from £13 per class when you spend £325 on a rolling membership, up to a single class costing £22 for one credit. For a limited time, you can purchase an intro bundle costing you £30 for three classes and one class for a friend.
17-23 Whitby Street, London E1 6JU
Mortimer St, Clapham, and Westbourne.
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Best Mobility First Weight Lifting Gym: UN1T Holborn
Brand new boutique studios designed around 3 core pillars: Strength, Conditioning & Mobility to improve your overall performance. Increase your muscle percentage while improving your mobility.
UN1t Holborn are currently offering £154 per month for V1P Founding memberships, dropping in for a one-off class will cost you £25, 6-months £1,188.00, 12-months £2,244.00 or you can purchase a 10 class pass costing £200. For a limited time, you can trail the club for 7-days free of charge. Only available for the first lucky few.
23 Kingsway, London WC2B 6UJ
London Bridge, Munich, Qatar, Kuwait, Dubai, and Malta.
Best Luxury Gym in Central London: Third Space Soho
Highly rated Third Space Soho boasts a very wide range of facilities split across three floors including a 75sqm climbing wall, hypoxic chamber, Natural Fitness Foods tailored with your goals in mind, a strength training area with a glass floor overlooking the 4 lanes, 20-meter pool, a 20m sprint track with a sled. Plus, there's physiotherapy, sports massages, osteopathy, group classes featuring headsets giving you the voice of your instructor right in your ear, specialist combat area on offer. There's also boxing ring, cycle, and (hot) yoga purpose-built studios matched with seriously luxury changing rooms referred to as more "boutique hotel than gym" finished with Cowshed products, Ghd hairdryers, and straighteners, and an optional wash, dry & fold service.
It's rare to find a great gym that includes indoor swimming classes within the price tag… Third Space offers just that! Get your Aquafit on it with water Cricut Bootcamp classes made to improve your form, breathing and increase muscle growth. You'll also find Zumba, Step, Combat, mind-focused Yogaand Plates, Studio Cycling, Strength and Conditioning. I’m sold!
While this may sound like a lot, for what you get this is a fair price! Group Membership cost £205 per month giving you City, Canary Wharf, Tower Bridge, Soho, Marylebone, and Islington. Joining comes at a £100 fee but this includes 2 x 1-hour sessions with a Trainer. You'll also get a Natural Fitness Food meal or shake and 25% off your first spa treatment.
67 Brewer Street, London W1F 9US
Islington, Tower Bridge, The City, Canary Wharf, Marylebone
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Best Weight and Powerlifting Gym in London: Kings Gym Croydon
If you're heavily into weight and powerlifting (pun intended) the chances are you've heard of Kings Gym... an Instagram-friendly gym with its own clothing range which is not for the faint-hearted. Be ready to earnestly push your body to its limits. Those who train here often compete in physique competitions. Pre-Covid featured a range of member-only events including an exclusive trip to Greece and The Battle Of The Kings. Fairly priced at £30 for one month's gym access or £300 for the year for Croydon use only and £499 for multi gym use.
A more budget-friendly end of the scale, King Gyms offers Pay As You Go £30 monthly passes, £5 day passes, £10 weekly passes, £300 annual for single gym use or £50 monthly and £499 multi gym use.
D2, Queensway, Croydon CR0 4BD
Mitcham
Best Pilates Gym in London: FLEX Chelsea
Known for their renowned yoga classes in light airy studios, FLEX Chelsea offers a unique take on post-Covid life with the continuation of online yoga classes including Power Flow, Vinyasa Flow, and Slow Flow within their studios providing you mats with iPhone/iPad holders so you can practice in the studio with their experiment saving you ££.
5 classes will cost you £90 10 £165 unlimited classes will cost you £160 per month on a 3-month contract.
FLEX Chelsea, 293 Fulham Road, London SW10 9PZ
Best New London Gym: KARVE South Kensington
Inspired by the New York fitness scene, KARVE is the pioneers of the Transformer Pilates method. You’ll find the brand spanking new swanky London studios located on Kensington High Street. Founded and developed by Yulia Pashevkina, who spent years of research to find a class to train both the body and mind, it's fast-flowing and fun. Be among the first to test their brand new signature spring-loaded machines in a 50 minute class designed to improve your body strength and metabolism. When the lights turn low and the music is turned up, the luxury loft-style studio will transport you straight to the Big Apple.
Founding memberships for the first 100 people who sign up cost £200 per month including lifetime access and unlimited classes.
198 Kensington High Street, London W8 7RG
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Best Members Only London Gym: KX | Private Members' Club
KX pronounced ‘kicks’ comes with a hefty price tag of £2,000 joining fees and £575 per month, it’s no wonder the club screams exclusive luxury members only. It’s said that the club hosts several royals and celebrities as members such as Pippa Middleton. Kick back at the members-only bar and restaurant or visit the spa for a treatment such as dermal fillers or treat yourself to a manicure.
Are you looking to learn Ballet? KX is the perfect place with in-house training programs for low impact high repetition Ballet which will make you ache in all the right places. Other classes include Rocket Yoga (wow!), Yoga Sleep, Pilates Reformer, Spin, Dance Burn, Olympic Lifting, and Box-Iit.
Cost for memberships aren't disclosed on the official website, we recommend contacting the club directly to discuss options.
151 Draycott Avenue, London SW3 3AL
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Best Central Gym on a Budget: Fitness First London Oxford Circus
Located in the heart of Soho just a stone's throw from Oxford Circus Underground station, this gym offers top-of-the-range fitness classes in its equipped spin studio and free weight areas catering to every fitness need. It is open from 6.30 am, which makes it the perfect gym pre-shopping or work. You'll receive a complimentary training session upon joining. Not enough? You'll find innovative iPoint stations providing instructional workout videos so you can ace your form from a safe distance from others.
Fitness First London Oxford Circus Classes Include: If you're willing to jump straight back in, Bodypump will get your heart racing and help you tone at the same time. Good luck, you'll HIIT the floor from exhaustion (pun intended). Other classes include Zumba, Rush, Body Attack Spin in a variety of formats, Yoga, and even Tai Chi.
Memberships are £58 per month on a rolling contract including 29 other branches. Students can get a £9 discount making the new price £49 per month.
15 Great Marlborough Street, London W1F 7HR
Angel, Berkeley, Camden, Harringay, Highbury, High Holborn, The Strand, Waldorf, Bishopsgate, Broadgate, London Bridge, Devonshire Square, Fenchurch Street, Gracechurch, Ilford, Leyton, Liverpool Street, Monument, Romford, Spitalfields, Thomas More Square, Balham, Brixton, Clapham, Queen's Park, Shepherd's Bush, Streatham, Barker Street Fetter Lane, Victoria, Tottenham Court Road.
Best City Gym: City Athletic Bank
This gyms has strictly capped memberships and boasts the highest square foot per member in the city of London. It has state-of-the-art equipment with a focus on giving you the ability to train like a modern-day athlete alongside National, European, and World Champions. City Athletic Bank, situated in the heart of London's financial district, offers a wide range of facilities such as a 2-lane multi-functional sprint track, Life-fitness & Hammer Strength equipment, custom-built power racks, and lifting platforms.
Ever heard of Broga? This is a hard-to-the-core-strength, muscle-toning workout for both men and women that will reduce your stress levels. Stretching your DIY home desk formed tight muscles, feel the burn!
Prices aren't disclosed on the website, we recommend contacting the club directly to discuss options.
6 Trump Street, London EC2V 8AF
Victoria
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Best 24hr London Gym: Muscleworks Bethnal Green
Founded in 1985, 24 hr Muscleworks Gym does what it says on the tin. Stretching over 8,000 sq ft and offering onsite personal training, as well as a nutrition store and a protein bar, this is for the hardcore. A common misconception is that women should avoid lifting weights but the truth is it offers women countless health benefits such as weight loss, increased energy, body toning, and an all-around feeling of being powerful. Go get it, girl!
£29 per month on a 3-month contract, £299 for 12 months paid in advance, £180 for 6 months, £95 for 3 and £35 for 1 month.
114 Vallance Road, London E1 5BL
Stoke Newington
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Best Overall Cheap London Gym Chain: The Gym London Manor House
No contract, budget-friendly 24hr gym chain. The gym includes free weight and functional training area areas, weight and cardio machines, showers, and lockers all matched a laid-back atmosphere.
Currently offer Manor House gyms users a free 30 minute PT Bounce Back session to help you get back in the movement of training. You’ll be assessed on your current fitness level to help structure a plan on how you can achieve your goals. Whether that be increasing muscle rates, improving your running stamina, or feeling comfortable training again. This session is all about you.
Prices start from just £22.99 per month including unlimited training and classes. Update to £27.98 per month to include multi-gym access, 4 friend passes, fitness, and body composition tracking.
Manor House, Woodberry Down, London N4 2TG
Acton, Canning Town, Catford, Charing Cross, Croydon, Fulham, Holborn, Monument, Oxford Street, Stepney Green, Stockwell, Tooting, Vauxhall, Walworth Road, and more.
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