All are welcome at Giancarlo Regni’s five gyms, where you’ll follow a whole-body training plan that fits your level — while being guided to keep making gains. It’s all the benefits of having a personal trainer without the hefty price tag and all the fun of working out with a group but not as a group. Read More »
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After 31 years, the Sporting Club shuttered due to the pandemic. But there was a silver lining: The Center City icon finally had time to transform, reopening this past November as a totally swagged-out health-and-fitness mecca. Its modern makeover boasts 100,000 square feet of workout, lounge and event space and is guaranteed to keep you busy, with pickleball, basketball and squash courts; a luxe pool; eight exercise studios with sleek equipment; golf simulators; a cafe and juice bar; and much, much more. Read More »
224 South Broad Street, 8th floor, Philadelphia, PA | 215-985-9876 | Website
You’ll find everything at Charles Knowles’s Conshy gym: a robust schedule of group cardio, circuit and resistance training; results-driven trainers who’ll kick your ass but leave you smiling; one-on-one coaching; an open gym for solo lifting or treadmill running; a new active-recovery space with hot yoga and mobility; and a community that’ll uplift you, whether it’s a 5 a.m. or post-work sweat sesh. Read More »
701 East Elm Street, Conshohocken, PA Website
This small but mighty strength and conditioning gym offers personal training and circuit-style small-group seshes that move you through equipment like battle ropes, rowers, ski ergs, slam balls and kettlebells. Founder and head trainer Victor Spaulding will activate muscles you didn’t know existed — and that good burn will last for days. Read More »
1624 South Street, Philadelphia, PA Website
Before the pandemic, Julia Naftulin’s spot in West Philly provided therapy, massage, body-positive joyful movement exercise classes, Pilates, functional training, queer yoga and more. After? She took the entire gym online and made every class donation-based, so people of all financial situations could participate. Read More »
4305 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA | 267-969-5019 | Website
Personal trainer Jenna Fisher’s bright, clean studio is designed to make her all-female private and small-group clients feel right at home. (The entryway literally looks like somebody’s living room.) And then of course there’s Fisher herself — the chill cheerleader every strong woman needs in her life. Read More »
1621 East Passyunk Avenue, Philadelphia, PA Website
Want to work out at this sleek Rittenhouse studio but can’t swing $125 an hour for the private training sessions? Opt for “semi-private” training at $65 a pop. You’ll still get plenty of personal attention — trainers are paired with no more than four clients at a time — plus you’ll get access to the gym’s high-intensity conditioning classes, which are complimentary for all members. Read More »
1530 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA | 267-455-9660 | Website
Don’t be fooled by the name. With four boutique studios (boxing, running, circuit training and yoga) and general gym equipment, this is so much more than a boxing gym — and really, the only membership you need. Read More »
1900 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA | 215-278-2912 | Website
Working out while gazing upon the hubbub of Market Street through an entire wall of 30-foot windows? We just might stay for hours. Read More »
11 South 12th Street, Philadelphia, PA | 267-541-2427 | Website
It sounds like an infomercial – for only $9.99 a month, you can have all this! – but in this case, it’s legit. For less than a sandwich at Di Bruno’s, you can have access to marble locker rooms, cardio theaters, sprint tracks and ... oh, what the hell. We’ve been doing this for 45 years. Just take our word for it. Read More »
50 Boston Post Road, Orange, CT | 1-877-843-3343 | Website