For many of us, the new year means a renewed commitment to health and wellness. These Atlanta gyms are as beautiful as they are effective, allowing you to kick-start your fitness journey with a bang.
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303 E Paces Ferry Road / Website
Between Barry’s highly effective high-intensity interval training, carefully curated playlists, world-class instructors and welcoming community, it comes as no surprise that it has taken the nation by storm. Barry’s signature HIIT workout takes place in the Red Room, a studio full of red light and high energy. For those who don’t want to run, the Double Floor workout alternates focus on strength training different muscle groups to maximize results and give time for muscle recovery. Both workouts keep your heart rate elevated, allowing you to burn more calories and increase lean body mass.
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3231 Cains Hill Place NW, Suite 235 / Website
Combining the best of both HIIT and metabolic conditioning, Fit9 pushes participants to their limits while empowering them to keep striving for more. The SkillMill is a modern treadmill complete with an innovative curved design that reduces the impact on joints while offering a full range of speed resistance. The Aqua Training Bag used during the boxing portions of the class is filled with water rather than sand, preventing joint damage and allowing you to train longer. Advanced training equipment paired with Fit9 ATL’s innovative, challenging workouts is a fitness junkie’s recipe for success.
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3470 Peachtree Road / Website
Head to Phipps Plaza to experience the luxury resort that is Life Time Buckhead. With a rooftop pool and lounge, rows upon rows of weight and cardio machines, spinning bikes, a yoga studio, and an on-site juice bar, there’s a lot to explore at this spot. Whether you choose to exercise independently or opt for a class, there are yoga, cycling, barre, and other classes offered. Done exercising? Check out the Life Spa for massages, hair styling and coloring, waxing, facials, nail maintenance, and all the best spa perks. The family-friendly facility also offers child care and kids’ exercise classes.
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1465 Chattahoochee Avenue, Suite 800 / Website
Known for training some of Atlanta’s most A-list celebrities, KoloFit specializes in intimate training sessions. With that comes personalized attention focused on your nutrition and how to shape your diet for the better. This definitely isn’t the spot for the fair-weather fitness enthusiast, but if you’re ready to transform your body and diet, give KoloFit a shot.
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3167 Peachtree Road NE, Suite Q / Website
This Atlanta-based gym combines Lagree Fitness and interval cardio on a treadmill, delivering a customizable low-impact, high-intensity workout to sculpt the body and strengthen the mind. StrengthSculpt classes focus on total body toning using spring resistance, while signature CardioSculpt classes combine the Curve treadmill and Megaformer equipment to knock out cardio and strength training in one workout. Founder and CEO Katherine Mason prioritizes an atmosphere of growth, empowerment and self-expression in SculptHouse’s studios, giving clients the tools to lead healthier, happier and more confident lives through fitness and fashion.
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1465 Howell Mill Road NW, Suite 300A / Website
STAT Wellness combines functional medicinal care and workouts designed by doctors to provide transformative whole-body care. Group fitness classes are designed by healthcare providers to address strength, stamina and stability, making the body stronger, leaner and less prone to chronic disease and injury. STAT Wellness also uses biometrics to measure health in a more holistic way through functional lab testing and body composition scales, which assess body fat percentage, lean muscle mass, basal metabolic rate and more to make assessments and necessary adjustments.
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Multiple Locations / Website
Having served the Atlanta community for over 10 years, Stellar Bodies has an effective full-body workout in under an hour down to a science. The Stellar Method achieves full-body conditioning using resistance, counter-resistance and full muscle contractions. The Megaformer and custom machines allow the method to incorporate select modified Pilates movements, attaining maximum strengthening, toning and muscle lengthening. Don’t walk, run to one of its three locations in Buckhead, Midtown and The Works.
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275 Decatur Street SE / Website
This local gym is known for its music-filled workout classes, fun lights and sweat-drenching workouts. There are daily group fitness classes, available for members and non-members alike, that focus on yoga, trampoline fitness, dance fitness, Zumba, cardio, and overall strength training. This fitness center offers ‘drop-in fees’, making it easy to pop in for a class to try it out. Aside from fitness, this center also offers massage and sports medicine consultations from an in-house therapist.
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2260 Marietta Blvd. / Website
Explore The Refinery to embark on your fitness journey and experiment with new types of workouts. The expansive facility has numerous cardio and weight machines, as well as indoor turf, so it’s easy to perform any exercise indoors and with or without the help of a personal trainer. This is a great spot to try group classes at. Pure strength-focused classes are held in a small group format and all participants have dedicated equipment to use so there’s no hassle with sharing.
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742 Ponce De Leon Place NE / Website
Head to this truly massive, 15,000-square-foot, fitness facility to begin a total transformation of your body. The gym features all the hottest amenities, like an infrared sauna, pilates studio, personal trainers, daily HIIT classes, and the option for a personally designed nutritionist and trainer-devised lifestyle plan. Love getting down to the data? The Training Room has a 3D body scanner that precisely measures your body’s metrics, so you can make a plan to move forward.
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135 Interstate N Pkwy / Website
This fitness center describes itself as “more resort than gym” and that certainly sounds up our alley. With tennis courts, an outdoor climbing wall, basketball and volleyball courts, an indoor and outdoor swimming pool, a full spa, and a zone to drop the kids off, it’s easy to spend a full day here. There are group fitness classes, too, like pilates, yoga, water aerobics, and boot camp, among others.
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Photography by: Courtesy of SculptHouse
