The muscles burn, every breath becomes shorter, the core begins to tremble. The heart pounds against the chest. The strength slowly dwindles, but just before you want to give up, there is the coach’s voice “Come on, show again what you’re made of! Five more!” And there will be five more burpees. A good workout can be hard, but the feeling you get afterwards is incredible.
Our lockdown at home wasn’t completely unathletic – a few times yoga in front of the PC and, of course, long walks were already possible. But we haven’t really exhausted ourselves for a long time. At least not like a hard-hitting boot camp workout by Beat 81 in Lietzensee, which you can visit again via Urban Sports Club just in time for the outdoor season. Perfect for mitigating the lockdown pounds that many are complaining about.
In the exclusive Holmes Place , we lift weights under the guidance of experienced trainers, get our heart rate up during indoor cycling and later regenerate our body with a relaxed lap in the pool. By the way, experienced professional athletes swear by Cryo Box Therapy for muscle regeneration, such as at Cyropoint in Mitte, to accelerate it after intensive workouts – we definitely try that out with Urban Sport Club !
It is particularly terrific that you can not only find your favourite courses, fitness and wellness offers super easy in the Urban Sports Club App, you can also flexibly decide every day whether it should be a relaxing massage or a sweaty yoga class with cool beats, such as John&Jane’s Soulbase in Mitte.
Here you not only learn classic asanas, they are supplemented by strengthening HIIT elements – sometimes at 35 degrees. Super effective and with an absolute (albeit subsequent) feel-good guarantee. But it’s not just the muscles plagued by the home office and desk that we steel with Urban Sports Club throughout the city.
The wide range of products on offer provides variety all by itself. Colleagues are also happy about this, in the form of a company membership, for example, which you can offer your team if you have a company. Canoeing or playing beach volleyball together is a lot of fun and sweat together! Even if you don’t have time to go to your favourite gym, thanks to studio live streams or the on-demand service, your favourite online workout is always available to clear your head with sports during your lunch break.
But what’s especially cool is that with Urban Sports Club you can try out all kinds of sports and numerous wellness options. Our minds are also tired of Corona worries and the same impressions over and over again, it longs for variety and peace in equal measure. At John&Jane’s Soulbase , for example, you can learn to meditate and find your way into the here and now with special breathing and mindfulness exercises.
Although, of course, switching off from everyday life on the SUP board on the Spree or bouldering at Südbloc in the climbing hall is even better. And have you ever tried to stretch out on a pole in a sexy way while pole dancing, like at Redlightdance in Charlottenburg? Not so easy, incredibly exhausting – and a completely new experience!
So just the right thing after the long lockdown in your own four walls. And then there’s this incredible feeling of having gone beyond your own limits. There is hardly anything better!
