Gyms & Fitness Centers in Webster Groves

1-2-3's environmentally friendly machines (powered by neither electricity nor ground-up polar bears, just human energy) are easy to use and designed to maximize fitness without causing stressful joint impacts and muscle soreness. As you plow through the half-hour circuit-training sessions, you can guzzle free filtered water and mop up distracting sweat beads with complimentary towel service. Gym-goers will also receive four personal-training sessions with qualified, friendly trainers. The facility eliminates the stress and intimidation of larger gyms and gives working out the same familiar experience of the neighborhood pub. Shape up for shorter hemlines; rev up muscles to become more useful changing office water cooler barrels; or strut around with enviable calves after a few months of sessions at 1-2-3 Fit.

During her extensive dance training, K.I.S.S. Fitness Cafe & Spa owner Kem Smith grooved alongside Zumba and pole fitness pioneers, mastering the steps that she now showcases for her own students. Offering simultaneous classes in three different studios, her staff covers everything from entrancing pole spins and belly dancing to gospel yoga, and strength training in the studio's rhythmic curriculum. Recently added amenities include spa services, such as eyebrow threading and lash extensions, as well as a cafe area. The studio also hosts private parties that impart empowering moves and help attendees break in high heels without resorting to foxy kickboxing.

My Gym Children's Fitness Center, which currently has more than 200 international locations, began more than 20 years ago as a structured place for children to safely play, acquire new skills, and romp off a sugar buzz. All classes are organized according to age level (starting as young as 6 months) and designed to incorporate the latest physiological and psychological research. Tiny Tykes gets babies moving with help from their parents, Mighty Mites teaches toddlers self-reliance and beginning sports skills, and Champions, a class for kids aged 6–9, emphasizes the importance of using teamwork to master more complex sports skills and achieve group goals such as building a human pyramid to reach the cookie jar. My Gym's energetic instructors are experts at using music, dance, and gymnastics to build youngsters' strength and self-esteem while stimulating their giggle-plexes. The noncompetitive environment fosters creativity and hands-on activities boost children's learning retention and fun quotient.

Justin Thacker, the muscle-bound founder of The Lab Gym, uses the same principles that motivated him through 19 years of weightlifting experience to spur on and cultivate a community of health-conscious exercisers at his wood-floored, exposed-brick gym. His team of expert trainers leads guests through group fitness classes that turn bodies into granite sculptures through a series of weightlifting routines and the crystallization of magma. Body Flow classes boost circulation and accelerate nutrient currents with relaxing yoga, Pilates, and tai chi movements. Patrons can coax coy muscles from epidermal hideouts with free weights, dumbbells, squat racks, and an expansive cardio circuit, all accessible to members by keycard 24 hours a day. For custom guidance, guests can pair up with a personal trainer or can sign up for the structured Laser weight-loss program, a regimen designed to blast off pounds with a laser focus but without actual lasers.