If you’re anything like us, prioritizing movement is best achieved when it’s fun, at fitness studios (if you can’t be outside), and with friends. Luckily, our city has some fitness studios that will get allow you to meet new friends, feel comfortable and confident, and find community. Plus, many of them are also locally owned and do free pop-ups throughout the year that we’ll include in our weekend guides.
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Motion Lab Fitness
- West Des Moines, 2700 University Ave Suite 332, West Des Moines IA 50266
Come try the Megaformer at Iowa’s first Lagree Fitness Studio! Lagree is a workout that sculpts long, lean muscles and builds incredible core strength, all without impact on the joints! Lagree uses slow, controlled movements to increase your heart rate and strengthen your muscles, giving you a fantastic combo of cardio, strength, and endurance training. It is an extremely efficient and effective workout that changes your body quickly and provides long lasting results.
Lagree is great for deconditioned folks looking to get back in shape, pregnant and postpartum moms looking for a safe and effective workout, athletes looking for cross-training, or anyone looking for a fun and challenging new kind of workout! There’s a reason why actors, models, and professional athletes choose Lagree to stay fit and cross train. Swing by Motion Lab and find out why!
Deals: First class $15, 5 for $100, student, military, healthcare worker discounts
Pulse Dance Fitness Studio
- Jordan Creek, 6920 EP True Pkwy Suite 115, West Des Moines, IA 50266 (North of Scheels)
Pulse Dance Fitness Studio is a local, independently owned, female founded, group fitness studio for adults in West Des Moines. Pulse provides heart pumping, exhilarating and challenging fitness classes set to the beat in a fun and motivating atmosphere. They encourage women and men to enjoy and (gasp!) even look forward to their workouts. Pulse celebrates strong and healthy bodies, welcoming to all levels of dancers and non-dancers and encourage students to get out of their comfort zones and challenge themselves in new ways.
Class offerings include: Pulse Dance, Pulse Choreo, Pulse Sculpt, Pulse Barre, Pulse HIIT & Pulse Flow. They offer 45-60 minute dance inspired fitness classes for adults designed to get your heart rate up and sculpt your muscles all while being set to the beat of energizing, curated playlists. Former Dancer? Choreo classes and workshops reignite that spark you’ve been missing in your adult life. Whether you’re looking for dance, fitness, or both, you can find it here at Pulse Dance Fitness Studio.
DEAL: New Client Special: A 2 Week Unlimited Pass for $39.
Rooted Yoga + Fitness
- Beaverdale, 2708 Beaver Ave, Des Moines, IA 50310
Let the community help you find your inner strength at Rooted. They offer yoga, strength classes, conditioning classes, barre, and dance fitness classes too (they are rooted in fun, after all.) A class at this studio will leave you feeling powerful, motivated, refreshed, and confident in your body and power. Locally and woman-owned with a philosophy of anti-diet culture, everyone is truly welcome at Rooted. Check out owner and founder, Hannah Cutler’s, op-ed on rooted resolutions here.
Deals: Pay-what-you-can memberships available
Title Boxing Club
Source: Title Boxing Club Facebook
- West Des Moines, 9500 University Ave Suite 1105, West Des Moines, IA 50266
Boxing is honestly so fun. We recently checked out a class here and loved the combinations, how quickly you can feel comfortable, and how powerful you feel. It’s a great way to get yourself out of your comfort zone and feel good about it.
Power Life East Village
- East Village, 401 E Court Ave, Des Moines, IA 50309
Whether you’re new to DSM or you’ve been here your whole life, you have to go to Power Life at least once– consider it a right of passage for those who take studio fitness classes. They have a studio Downtown, in the East Village, West Glen, Johnston, and Waukee. We especially love the East Village location and their outdoor pop ups in the spring/summer! We’ll add those to our weekend guides. Theclasses are easy to follow and are offered at a variety of levels so that you can find one to meet you where you are at in your fitness goals. You’ll find new friends, encouraging staff, and stunning merchandise to reward yourself with after a killer class.
Pure Barre
Source: Pure Barre Facebook
- West Des Moines, 12655 University Ave Suite 140, Clive, IA 50325
For those of you who like to keep things intense with small tiny movements, (we applaud you) check out Pure Barre. They offer four levels of full-body barre classes that will engage you and work muscles you didn’t even know you had. Pure Barre has locations in West Des Moines and Ankeny, just be sure to grab your grippy socks before you head out! You can also purchase them there.
Deals: First class free!
Club Pilates Ankeny
Source: Anastasia Peterson
- Ankeny, 1615 SW Main, Suite 107, Ankeny, IA 50023
New and very trendy! Pilates studios are having a moment and it’ll ensure that you feel every muscle in your body – in the good way. If you’ve been waiting to check it out, try this studio. There’s also a West Des Moines location close to Cyclebar.
Deals: When purchase an unlimited membership at CP, you can add on an unlimited membership at YogaSix for only $50 more a month!
HotWorx Ankeny
- Ankeny, 115 N Ankeny Blvd, Ankeny, IA 50023
HotWorx offers 11 different workouts INSIDE of saunas including cycling, rowing, Pilates, and yoga. Everything is scheduled through an app with workouts being 15 or 30 minutes. The classes are virtually instructed so if you come alone you always have someone guiding you through your workout.
Here’s what the Ankeny studio has to say about themselves: “The Ankeny team is 5 women varying in ages! Some of us love to workout and some of us really enjoy our time sitting in the sauna. My favorite thing about the Ankeny team is that they are so welcoming- it doesn’t matter if you’ve worked out for years or just started today. We are happy our clients chose to make themselves a priority that day. We have several more locations going up around the Des Moines metro area over the course of the next 1-2 years (we are very excited)!”
Black Collar CrossFit
- Downtown, 417 SW 8th St, Des Moines, IA 50309
Crossfit your thing? We hear good things about Black Collar in the Downtown area. Whether you’re looking for group classes or individual training, this is a welcoming community to try out this new approach and learn how to lift heavy weights.
Deals: First two classes free! Monthly referral deals if you know someone already a member.
