The common thought of Pilates is that it's for middle-aged women with rich husbands and not much to…read moredo. Definitely not for a rugby playing man in his mid-twenties. Ok, late Twenties. The common thought is totally and utterly wrong. Isofit, conveniently located in Central on Wyndham street, is the leading Pilates exercise studio in Hong Kong. Stepping through their entrance is like stepping through a portal. Where the old realm is hot, humid, and dirty the new one is cool, refreshing, and clean. A small snack corner (only healthy foods) sit on a counter to the left, an area I hover above while waiting for my appointment. Hon, the charismatic receptionist/money collector let's me know that the instructor is ready for me. The first time I was persuaded to take a session I thought, yea sure, I'd rather work on real muscles, like my guns and bench press, but fine I'll do it. My instructor was a petite, peaceful looking woman named Mingni (if she's still around then ask for her!) and her immediate response at seeing me and my horrid posture was a shake of the head and "You should do more then bench press when you're at the gym." I wanted to show her my biceps but I knew it wouldn't make a difference. An hour later, after being forced to lift weights that questioned my manliness, I had aches and pains in muscles I never knew existed. Mingni rambled off a list of exercises to do at home, I nodded thinking, not happening, the gym is way easier! A week later I was back, I paid for a ten-session package after all. A month after that people began to notice the improvement in my posture, I was able to touch my toes and my lower back didn't trouble me after training. My core was stronger and my lumbar flexibility increased. Considering I didn't know what the word lumbar meant I'd say the improvement was significant. I pop back in every once in a while to rebalance my body after an injury and make sure to ask for homework. And what do you know? I've just read an article about professional rugby teams forcing their players to take Pilates twice a week. The world is changing!

From the owner: A wide range of Fitness Classes at our Hong Kong Pilates Studio…read moreIso Fit prides itself on having a wide range of state of the art and most up to date Pilates and GYROTONIC® equipment for both our Private/Semi Private (Studio) Pilates classes as well as our group pilates classes, TRX classes, Barre Classes, Mat Classes and Reformer Classes. Our expert team are able to tailor group or one-on-one private sessions to all of our clients requirements, whether you are looking for prenatal/pregnancy pilates or postnatal pilates, improve sports performance, or generally looking to improve your fitness and posture. We also have a physiotherapy clinic offering traditional physio services as well as clinical pilates in Central, Hong Kong.

Deborah Dewey, is a clinical hypnotherapist and detox specialist, specialising in health, well…read morebeing and weight loss. She has been established in HK for over 7 years. The last time I needed to detox (far too much good HK living!), I contacted Deborah and took up her Cambridge detox programme, which is a meal replacement programme developed in the UK. If you want more information, there is plenty on her website, but in a hut shell, you replace some meals with shakes, and then have smaller normal meals at other times. The detox was very easy to follow, and actually not that hard in terms of getting hungry or not having any energy. I was able to clean out, and lose weight too! One of the great things about having Deborah guide me through this, was that she is such a lovely down to earth person, who keeps in regular contact with you, to encourage and motivate. To start the programme, she will come to your house, do a consultation (which does unfortunately involve measuring you up - ugh, so fat!), and present you with a recommended plan. Don't worry, it's not all about getting you to take the most expensive one! After that, you are on your own, after all, you will have to put some effort in to detox! Deborah is always on hand to help you through it though. You will find that there is some effort involved, and I don't mean just being hungry. You will have to plan meals at home, or eat very carefully when out. The meal replacements do require preparation, and for best results a blender! Why not give it a go, your body will love you for it. Right, I'm off for a meat pie...

My cousin belongs to this club , so I asked him to bring me here for a workout, in the States I…read morepractice TKD on a regular basis but due to travelling I have not done anything except walking in the last 2 weeks, therefore I was really looking forward to it, the Thai instructors were friendly and very motivational to help and guide, therefore I had a great experience and I highly recommend this club.

I signed up for 10 classes and was having an awesome time. The instructors were amazing too! Due to…read moreprotests in HK, I didn't want to use up my classes within that period as I stay far away from causeway bay and didn't want to risk getting stranded. Long story short, I had one class left, my package expired on the 25th / 26th of November. I'd initially signed up for my last class on 25th but due to unexpected reasons, I wasn't able to make it. I called the location to check if it was okay to change the booking date and the lady on the phone informed me of my expiration date. I asked her if I could reschedule to the 28th ; however due to language barrier there may have been some miscommunication? When I went in for my class, they were under the impression that I was going to sign up for another package, when I said no, they said I had to pay a single class fee. Yes I was aware of the policy, which is exactly why I called to speak to someone to avoid such a situation from happening!! There was no courtesy to ask what had happened just a mere "you have to at least pay the single class fee". Despite mentioning I called to verify and asking if there could be a one time exception; NO initiative to check the full story! Thoroughly disappointing end to the package!! Instructor wise, they are great; customer service wise expect no courtesy at times when it's needed the most!!