Looking to elevate your fitness journey? Well HotWorx will do just that in a shorter period of time. It offers its members unlimited, 24 hour access to a variety of virtually instructed infrared sauna workouts. HotWorx has over 600+ studios around the world, two of them being right here in the Quad Cities. HotWorx focuses their workouts around “3D Training” to have the most desired results for their members. 3D training focuses on heat, exercise, and infrared energy. Each sauna can reach up to 130 degrees, but for the best results it’s beneficial to set the temperature for every session at 125-130 degrees. As your core body temperature heats up there’s a reaction that accelerates your metabolism burning more calories by the minute. As one exercises in the saunas it provides just the right amount of results when you combine heat and the infrared energy. However, everyone wonders what the infrared energy actually does? Well it allows for your body to strengthen and activate the regenerative process which allows the recovery process for the human body to be even more efficient.
With all three combined it creates the perfect amount of workout to burn hundreds of calories within a short amount of time, “Just the sweat of it feels so good afterwards, and especially since our biggest sell is where we’re burning triple the amount of calories than being in the gym for two hours,” business teacher Meredith Schwartzlose said.
Some results and benefits include muscle recovery, pain relief, stress reduction, weight loss, increased calorie burn, detoxification, lowered blood pressure, cellulite reduction, skin rejuvenation, and improved circulation!
According to senior Peyton Aleksiejczyk to achieve the best results, “I usually set the temperature to 130, because I sweat a lot, but I like to go in with a hoodie and sweatpants on so I can get the best results,” Aleksiejczyk said.
Hotworx provides multiple virtual instructed workouts that are available for all their members. The isometric saunas provide 40 minute workouts, so if you want a more in depth workout ISO saunas will do just that. Although each member will need to purchase a HotWorx yoga mat to be able to workout. The classes available in the ISO saunas are hot yoga, hot ISO, hot pilates, hot warrior, hot core, hot buns, hot bands, hot barre none, and last but not least hot stretch.
Although there are high intensity interval training workouts (HIIT) which are more flexible with schedules, as they only last 15 minutes per session. HotWorx provides hot cycle, hot blast, and hot thunder, which help you burn more fat as one is getting their cardiovascular system up.
With that being said, many may think it’s impossible to workout in a sauna with the little amount of space in each one. However each sauna can fit up to three people at a time, still giving you enough space to complete each workout efficiently and achieve the best results. Members are allowed to schedule classes where they can workout by themselves in the sauna.
According to junior Lucy Bernick, “My favorite thing about it is how hot it can get, and being able to workout on my own in my own sauna. There’s also so many options I can choose from depending on how I feel that day,” Bernick said.
Although HotWorx provides an amazing facility as well as benefits for the human body, it also has the most positive environment making their members feel welcomed whenever they go.
“Every time I go there, there’s always a worker that keeps me positive and in a better mood. They honestly just make it really motivating. I recommend it for anyone that wants to workout because it’s so convenient, and I see faster results than going to a regular gym,” Aleksiejczyk said.
