Lakes by the Bay Gyms and Fitness

X-treme Rock Climbing offers a vertical maze of more than 14,000 square feet of climbing. USA Climbing–certified route setters mark basic paths for beginners, along with challenging roofs and overhangs for more experienced scalers. The routes change often, lending a layer of surprise to each return visit. Skilled instructors also teach students to master indoor and outdoor rock-climbing techniques, which they can use to blaze new paths at parks or reach top-shelf cereal boxes in grocery stores. In addition to climbing, X-treme Rock Climbing helps patrons achieve physical-fitness goals with yoga classes, a fitness center, and an onsite pro shop.

The courses take advantage of all the epic challenges a professional sports stadium has to offer, including thigh-searing stairs, sprint-worthy turf, and more push-up spots than you can fathom. Basic Training's experienced, motivating instructors won't make you march in step, salute them, or shave your head, but they will push you hard. They're athletes themselves who know how to help you meet your goals for a 10K, marathon, or pinewood derby. Plus, they'll teach you proper body mechanics and why and how each exercise works.

Miami Life Center's cadre of patient practitioners coach students through intensive Ashtanga classes with attention to detail that earned the studio recognition as Miami New Times' Best Yoga Studio in 2008. Amid frosted windows and gleaming hardwood floors, pupils fortify spinal alignments and hone concentration with methodical breathing and gentle postures in basic Ashtanga classes. Gentle Therapeutics yoga methodically strengthen sinews with the aid of bolsters, resistance straps, and chairs to refresh fatigued muscles and boost balance. Additionally, expectant mothers may ease into therapeutic poses including sun salutations and celebratory stork high-fives with relaxing prenatal yoga sessions. The studio's flexible lineup of classes includes weekend and late-night class times to accommodate pupils with busy schedules or raccoons who need a peaceful retreat from unruly graveyard block parties.

Achieve a rock-solid body without feeling like Rocky with today’s eye-of-the-tiger side deal: for $90, you get five Gravity Power Pilates classes at Pilates One in Coconut Grove, a $200 value. These classes are structured in a group setting and led by certified and dedicated instructors.

Bikram Yoga is a series of 26 postures performed in a room heated to 105 degrees Fahrenheit. Through this sequence of moves, students stretch out muscles, strengthen their cores, and improve blood circulation. At Bikram Hot Yoga Miami, the staff seeks to share these benefits with anyone who is interested, whether a beginner or an advanced student. After getting acquainted, first-time students receive a mat and towel, set up their spot inside the carpeted studio, and lie down in svasana before class starts. The vigorous class then inspires serious sweating, dispelling the toxins built up from eating too many lava lamps.

Crunch caters to exercisers of all interests and fitness levels, cramming each state-of-the-art fitness facility with name-brand equipment and a welcoming, nonjudgmental attitude. With a month-long membership, Groupon holders gain unlimited access to the gym of their choice, along with each club’s diverse syllabi of classes, organized into categories such as action sports, chill outs, and dance rhythms. S.T.A.R. Treatment classes incorporate spinning, toning, ab crunching, relaxing yoga, and high-octane acronym deciphering into one all-encompassing workout, and X-Pole Dancing develops upper-body, core strength, with the unrivaled support of an aluminum dance partner. Burn & Firm Pilates streamlines the muscle-lengthening regimen by combining fluid standing moves with hand weights and body bars, and Cardio Tai Box blends kicks, punches, and cardiovascular training for a high-impact bout of fat pummeling. Enter your gym of choice into the schedule for a more specific list of local offerings.