Fat Burning Workouts

There is no single fat-burning workout on the timetable. What there is: a cardio floor, interval and circuit classes on the Group X schedule, and a darkened theatre room that makes an hour on a treadmill pass faster.

The classes that keep your heart rate up

HIIT is the most direct answer — high-intensity intervals with recovery built in. Fe FORGE is a circuit of strength work, explosive cardio and functional movement across roughly an hour, with the intervals arranged so your heart rate stays elevated throughout. 360 Strong is 45 minutes of power training set to music. BodyPump and Group Power run light weights at high repetitions, which is strength work that runs hot. Zumba is the dance-floor version — Latin-inspired movement over cardio-intensive exercise.

Times change between seasons, so the Group X timetable is the live answer. Classes can be booked up to seven days ahead in the Fit Evo app.

The cardio floor, and the cinema

Treadmills, machines and the rest of the floor are included with every membership. So is the cardio cinema — a row of treadmills facing a projection screen in a darkened room, with the week's films posted on its page.

What it costs to get at them

Group X classes come with a Premium membership at $54.99 + tax a month. Basic at $34.99 + tax gets you the floor and the cinema, and you can add a class with a Premium Punch Card. Non-members drop into a class for $10.

Do not skip the weights

Cardio on its own leaves half the building unused. Strength training for weight loss covers how the two fit into one week, and weight loss takes the wider view.