iLoveKickboxing.com

I’m not sure I love Ilovekickboxing yet, but I do love a good deal, and I could not turn down 5 classes for $ 15 AND free boxing gloves AND free water bottle on your first visit. They are still running a 3 classes for $ 19.99 deal and gloves, which is also pretty awesome. They are also running deals for 2 months for $ 47.
There is a small locker room (byo lock) and bathroom (fully stocked with hair ties, hair spray, deodorant, tampons, all that good stuff). I didn’t see a water fountain, but they sell water, so fill up before you come. Everything is brand new so no punching bags sliding down with every punch like some other gyms (coughSweatcough) and stinky gloves (I’m looking at you, Sporting Club at the Bellevue).
I’ve been to 2 classes so far and this will kick your (soon to be extremely toned) butt. The class is an hour and starts with intervals like running, high knees, fast feet, squats, burpees, planks, and other exercises that will make you want to die, but in a good way. Then you move on to some stretches, before hitting the bags with a few different routines. (Combinations of different punches and kicks). The class ends with some partner drills (with gloves and abs), more stretches, and you sweating profusely. Loud music plays the whole time and it’s been a decent playlist.
There’s been 3 – 4 trainers in the classes I’ve been to and they’re very helpful and encouraging. The trainers are SUPER PSYCHED. Almost to the point of being annoying. Ok, they’re straight up annoying. There’s a lot of wooing and a lot of smiles and high fives and they talk about «the ILKB family» and how awesome everything is and they make you take a picture at the end. It’s overwhelming, tbh, but it’s a good workout, so you’ve been warned. They’re also giving the hard sell on the studio (saying you should come at least 3x a week for results, trying to sell class packages and unlimited months, etc.).
They’re a little disorganized now because they’re super new, but they have a good amount of classes and they are really trying to get people in the door, so you can pretty much just buy the deal online and show up a bit early and get into a class. It’s definitely worth checking out, and the clientele so far is very varied, which makes it less intimidating. The classes I’ve seen have skewed mostly female (with a few girls who dragged their boyfriends) but it’s a great workout for anyone. I wouldn’t say it’s a serious boxing gym by any means, but you can definitely build muscle tone up, and HAVE FUN! (only slight sarcasm there, I swear).