Fitness Classes in Claremont

Founded by instructor and former street performer Maria Bernhard, Pilates Studio M hones torsos and limbs with Pilates mat and circus-inspired aerial silk classes. Open to all ages, Pilates ($70 for five classes) helps students focus and breeds full-body discipline, as the deft articulation of extremities makes doing the robot more attainable. The core-focused one-hour sessions have been helpful in treating everyone from scoliosis patients to those in post-surgery rehab. Although long practiced by certain worms, humans only recently caught on to the health benefits of dangling from silk. Two-hour aerial classes ($40 each), taught by professional suspenders, let participants increase muscle tone and flexibility while bearing their own weight as they hang from silk bands.

It's fitting that the daily mantra at Iron Works Gym is "Strike while the iron is hot." Not only does this motto reflect the gym's industrious name and spirit?it also reflects the staff's focus on helping clients achieve their full fitness potential. To aid in this pursuit, the gym is filled with health and exercise gear that ranges from ellipticals and stationary bikes to free weights, resistance bands, and a steamy sauna. The gym also guides visitors toward health with services that include personal training, sports-specific training, and group classes.

In a spinning class, the goal is simple: pedal as much as you can. This an easy goal to achieve at PEDAL Spin, thanks to classes that combine energizing music and visuals to make riding a stationary bike even more fun than the real thing. Different instructors inject their own personalities into their classes, ensuring that no two workouts are quite the same. But regardless of who's leading them, spinning classes always boost the heart rate, build strength in the core and legs, and provide an excuse to break out the ol' riding hat.