Get Fit With 8 Of The Best Shanghai Gyms

With many restaurants and delicious bakeries springing up like wild mushrooms, it is without a doubt creating a market for fitness centers. With the holidays around the corner, we have selected the best places to score a workout, hopefully trimming the flab into abs. 

CURVES 

Curves is probably best known for being a women-only gym. Their franchise is enormous so you can expect clean facilities and great staff.

Multiple Locations:

23 Beijing Xi Lu (Tel: [phone])

1199 Fuxing Zhong (Tel: [phone])

Hours: 9am-8pm

Price: 6-months: RMB 3108, one year: RMB 4776, Two years: RMB 6888 

CROSSFIT BODY IN MOTION

Address: 538 HongXu Road,

Tel: [phone]

Price: RMB 1800 per month

This enormous space focuses on, you guessed it: CrossFit. This high-intensity workout founded in 2000 has swept the globe, you can check out this HongXu location to see what all the buzz is about if you don’t know already.

VERSUS FITNESS

Address: 6/F, 15 Dongping Lu,near Hengshan lu

Tel: [phone]

Hours: 7:15am-10pm

Price: Contact for details

Photos courtesy of Versus

Versus offers VINYASA yoga, Muay Thai Boxing, Body balance, Body Combat, Zumba, Extend Barre classes and a variety of others.

Z&B FITNESS

Address: 14/F, 1219 Changle Lu,near Wulumuqi Zhong Lu 

Tel: [phone]

Hours: Class times vary but are usually available for sign up from 6:45am until 8:20pm

Price: Contact for details

This cute little boutique fitness center belies the intensity going on inside. There are dozens of private classes including Zcycle, TRX blast, Xtend Barre, Pilates, Yoga, Pump, Combat, Jam and of course a variety of Zumba. 

    OLIVE BRANCH

Address: Suite 5C, 831 Xinzha Road

Tel: [phone]

Hours: Classes vary throughout the week, check their website

Price: RMB 150 per session

Clean open spaces with enthusiastic and supportive trainers. It’s RMB 150 per session, or you can purchase session packages for better pricing. The first class is free!

SWEAT& Co

Address: 99 Xikang Lu, near Nanjing Xi Lu

Tel: [phone]

Hours: 7am-10pm

Price: RMB 98 per class

SWEAT&Co offers healthy lifestyle to go along with the six packs and biceps. There’s healthy food to go along with personal and group training. Special classes include Body Jam, Rock Plyo, Body Combat, TRX and many others. They keep it simple too, each class is RMB 98.

BOUTIQUE FITNESS

Address: Rm 2201A, 22/F, 66 Shanxi Bei Lu, near Yan'an Lu

Tel: [phone]

Hours: 7:30am-9:30pm

Price: One-to-one session:400. Special training packages start at 4800

Just like the name sounds, this is a boutique style fitness center with all the perks of a normal gym, as well as many others. 

A GYM

Address: Shanxi Bei Lu 66 rm.2101

Tel: [phone]

Price: One-to-one training session: RMB 600

This is a slightly smaller gym than most others but it packs just as much of a punch as any other. Their high intensity training emphasizes physical and mental tranquility.