This one is on Classpass! I did the West Hollywood workout here and I was happily sweaty and worked out. Joe the trainer is warmly friendly and was always smiling and engaged throughout the workout, keeping an eye on everyone's form. It's remarkable that he looked like he was happy to be there despite it being before 7 AM on a Saturday. Also, it's hard to find a gym that has a 7 AM workout on a Saturday, so props to them.
The exercises in each station for the workout were demonstrated before we started warming up. In this case, we had 27 stations that we went through twice, 45 seconds work/15 seconds rest per station, then 35 seconds work/15 seconds rest per station. It was hard to remember every move from the demonstrations, but not to worry, each exercise is projected on a screen. Just look down at the number of the station to find the corresponding exercise being shown. The warmup was show on the screen with a timer showing how long to go for each movement, just as the actual workout went.
There is so much variety of exercises and fast pacing in each workout that it is impossible to feel repetitive or bored. If you have the capacity to feel bored, you're not taking the workout seriously or lifting heavy enough weights. The weights are appropriately varied for each movement so you can safely venture into heavier weights or shift back into lighter ones. Our workout included weighted good mornings, chest presses, tricep curls, sprawls (or half burpees), bikes, sled pushes and pulls, elevated goblet squats, weighted punches and sumo squats.
The only issue I would have is that the sound that every F45 uses, which signals the end of each workout interval or the end of the rest period, is a soft "beep". I definitely kept exercising after an interval was up with 5 seconds left to move stations and pick up the next weights. I also forgot to bring a towel and forgot they do not provide towels, so do as I did not and remember to bring one, because things will be sweaty! I'd return here soon. read more