6 fitness gyms in Singapore for outdoor exercises and workouts

Elevate your physical wellbeing with outdoor exercises. Just mask up when you’re not working out will you

Text: Joel T

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Going by the burgeoning numbers of gyms and new gym openings across our island, it would be safe to say that Singapore inhabitants are a health, fitness and body-aware lot. F45 gyms are nestled in almost every neighbourhood, CrossFit studios are many, and the pandemic has got us exercising at home and opting for outdoor workouts and outdoor exercises more than ever before.

As Singapore moves into phase three for 2021, we predict that people will be keen to continue with outdoor exercise in the fresh air and where outdoor fitness equipment, space and restrictions allow. Indeed, exercising outdoors has been found to induce elevated physical wellbeing of revitalisation, decreased anger and increased energy. Additional studies by researchers reveal that getting active outside creates an overall positive effect on vitality and your sense of enthusiasm and energy as well as decreasing your levels of cortisol, the hormone that triggers stress.

Here are some of The Soothe’s favourite fitness gyms in Singapore that incorporate outdoor exercises and training in their workout programmes.

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Mobilus Singapore

Touted as the largest (and friendliest) functional fitness gym in Singapore, Mobilus Singapore is all about CrossFit workouts and exercise regimes. Just last year, the company opened Mobilus Chinatown, a 4736 sq. ft of functional fitness CrossFit space fitted with the newest equipment and amenities.

The gym offers specialised outdoor exercise classes to augment different training needs. Beginners can go for MobBasic where they learn fundamental movements; MobEngine for a more powerful cardiovascular session comprising of biking, rowing, and skiing; and MobOutdoor, which comprise HIIT workouts outside featuring kettlebells, dumbbells and bodyweight exercises.

Address: Mobilus Clarke Quay and Mobilus Chinatown

Prices start from SGD 38 for 1x drop in and SGD 290 for one-month unlimited drop in. Full details on Mobilus Singapore.

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UFIT Singapore

UFIT has four different gyms located around Singapore offering a wide variety of fitness services catering to participants of different levels. They hold regular outdoor bootcamps called UFIT Burn where participants work out with their trainers at beautiful outdoor locations. Other outdoor workouts include strength building classes, down tempo mobility focused workouts and yoga sessions.

Another huge draw for outdoorsy fitness-goers is UFIT’s gym branch at Bukit Timah. Singapore’s largest and only outdoor functional training facility, you can bust an intense workout with the gym’s rowing machines, Olympic barbells, tires and push-push sled, alongside the gym’s diverse and energetic community.

Address: Bukit Timah, Orchard Road,  Club Street and one-north (Buona Vista)

Prices start from SGD 288 for 100 credits and classes range from 4–30 credits. Full details on UFIT.

Field Assembly

Field Assembly started off as a single storey gym space but has since grown to its current three-storey facility at Carpenter Street. The fitness hub offers strength and conditioning classes, as well as other fitness classes including Jiu-Jitsu, Muay Thai and yoga classes. With access to the rooftop, your outdoor workouts will be complemented by city views and a cool breeze, taking your mind of the strenuous session and getting you one step closer to your fitness goals.

Address: 39 Carpenter Street Level 3, 4 and the Roof, Singapore 059918

Prices start from SGD 126 for nine passes (all-access starter pack). Full details on Field Assembly.

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Jungle Asia

Not your traditional weightlifting or CrossFit gym, Jungle Asia prides themself as a dynamic fitness gym and martial arts studio. Though martial-arts centric with a slew of Muay Thai and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu classes, Jungle Asia also offers strength training, high intensity interval training (HIIT) and various fitness classes. Located just beside Boat Quay, you can partake in their outdoor exercise classes of creative drills, sequences and workouts with a waterfront vista.

Address:35 Boat Quay, Singapore 049824

Prices start from SGD 32 for one class and SGD 348 for 12 classes. Full details on The Jungle Asia.

Bespoke Fitness

Founded in May 2016 by siblings Tiat Lim and Yan Lin, this local gym mixes both indoor and outdoor HIIT exercises. Their signature FitRX® workouts consist of a 60-minute high intensity training class featuring different daily workouts. Plenty of fresh air, Vitamin D and greenery await as you complete your weighted vest squats, battle ropes and burpees in the outdoors. Bespoke Fitness also regularly hold their WOD (Workout Of the Day) –– final component of the FitRX® workout –– for ‘burst cardio' exercises where you can push yourself to achieve the fitness goals that you have set.

Address: 21 Media Circle, #01-06 Infinite Studios, Singapore 138562

Prices start from SGD 25 for one class and SGD 150 for one-month membership. Full details on Bespoke Fitness.

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Level

If you’re at Telok Ayer and walk past Thian Hock Temple, you’re likely to come across individuals peddling stationary bikes or carrying weights out in the open. The flexibility to combine outdoor and indoor exercises makes Level a little different from your regular gym studios in CBD.

Level offers personal training and group classes that incorporates a variety of workouts including Olympic weightlifting, hand balancing, powerlifting, strength and conditioning. Additionally, the studio is well connected with a network of nutritionists as well as in-house physiotherapists and osteopaths to provide a holistic fitness experience for members. The fitness studio is offering a range of outdoor classes from May 8th to May 30th that includes Strength, HIIT, Bootcamp, Spartan and Handstand outdoor classes at their Marina Bay, Fort Canning and Telok Ayer outlets.

Address: Telok Ayer Street and Robinson Road.

Prices start from SGD 32.10 for a single class pack and SGD 123.05 for a five-class pack. Find full details on Level.

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