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The 60-Minute Fix: How Dubai’s Busiest Professionals Are ‘Hacking’ Their Fitness at Reform Athletica

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Reform Athletica Dubai, with branches in Jumeirah and Dubai International Financial Centre, are helping busy professionals stay the course of their fitness journeys. The fitness studio does this by offering workout classes 45 to 60 minutes long, exceptionally suited to time-constrained individuals whose daily schedules are strictly planned out.

The Boutique Fitness Studio: Not a Gym

Reform Athletica is a boutique fitness studio, similar to what you will find in New York, London, Los Angeles, and other top cosmopolitan cities in the world. It is not a gym.

Gyms provide you with a place to exercise. They have workout equipment like treadmills, free weights, cable machines, exercise bikes, and rowers, among others. In exchange for access to the space and equipment, you pay a monthly, quarterly, or annual gym membership.

Reform Athletica, like traditional gyms, is a space dedicated to exercise. It also has equipment dedicated to specific workout classes. However, Reform Athletica’s primary offerings are timed, small-size, expert-guided, and instructor-led fitness classes in dedicated studios.

Every class is capped at 14 “students” and anyone, regardless of fitness or workout experience level (beginner to advanced), can join a class. The classes are small enough to ensure individualized attention from the class instructor, who can tailor routines to participants’ individual capacities and capabilities.

Every workout class takes place in a studio dedicated to that activity, and each one contains specialized equipment. For instance, the room for the Reform Method signature Pilates-inspired class in Dubai is equipped with Lagree Megaformer machines. The studio for Microformer classes has Lagree Microformer machines plus free weights. Likewise, RA Strength classes take place in a studio outfitted with TRX suspension straps and free weights like dumbbells and kettlebells.   

Pricing is one other major difference between Reform Athletica and traditional gyms. At Reform Athletica, you buy a package. Available packages include RA group classes, yoga packages, personal training, and sound meditation workshops.

Reform Athletica class packages come in many variants, such as the following:

  • First-timer three-class taster package, valid for 14 days
  • RA single class, valid for 14 days
  • RA five-class package, valid for two months
  • RA 10-class package, valid for three months
  • RA 20-class package, valid for five months
  • RA 30-class package, valid for nine months

Once you have chosen and bought a package, you can book the scheduled classes. With a first-timer three-class package, you can book any three group classes, e.g., a Reform Method class, an RA Strength class, and a Sculpt and Burn class.

Reform Athletica’s pricing scheme is highly flexible. You’re free to decide how many classes you want and choose which classes to attend.

Reform Athletica: Is It for You?

The boutique fitness studio concept of Reform Athletica is for a specific type of audience with needs and preferences that are different from regular gym-goers. Here’s a rundown of why Reform Athletica may be for you:

  1. Personalized Attention and Expert Guidance

Reform Athletica’s classes are small, capped at 14 participants every session. Are you a beginner in the Reform Method? Your class instructor can tailor the class exercises to suit your level. Advanced-level participants, meanwhile, can perform more complex versions of the same routines. Furthermore, instructors can check on all participants to ensure everyone has the correct form and is using the right technique.

The personalized attention and expert guidance can be exceptionally motivating. It also reduces the risk of injury and maximises benefits. The interaction with the class instructor can also enforce accountability.

This is for you if you want a professionally guided workout with personalized attention and instruction.

  1. Specialized and Efficient Workouts

Do you have a specific goal? If you want improved full-body strength and conditioning, Reform Athletica has Reform Method and Microformer classes designed specifically to help you accomplish that goal. What if you wish to improve muscle tone, stability and muscular coordination? You can attend a Sculpt and Burn class.

At Reform Athletica, every class has a specific purpose. All you need to do is choose the classes aligned with your own fitness goals.

This is for you if you have a vision but are feeling overwhelmed about your options and want a clear path to accomplishing your fitness objectives.

  1. Sense of Community and Motivation

By becoming a regular at an instructor’s Reform Athletica classes, you can build a personal support system that will keep you engaged and feeling supported throughout your fitness journey.

Your instructor, who will get to know you better (particularly your strengths and weaknesses), will become better at tailoring the class activities to your fitness and experience level. Other class regulars, your classmates, can become friends with whom you have a shared experience of barrelling through challenging workouts.

This is for you if you work best when someone motivates you and helps keep you engaged. The boutique fitness studio approach is for those who will benefit from personal training but find greater value in attending small exercise classes. Your classmates and instructors can become your greatest source of motivation, encouraging you to continue and persevere even when the activities are hard.

  1. Short and Focused Workouts

Reform Athletica’s workout classes are only 45 to 60 minutes long. They are highly structured, too, to ensure that, as long as you put in the work, the sessions will deliver their promised results. The instructors also actively adjust routines to individual class members’ experience and fitness levels to ensure progress for everyone.

This is for you if you’re a busy professional who’d rather not spend the time (and energy) designing their own exercise routine. At Reform Athletica, you come to class to get your workout in and be assured you’ve done enough for the day to ensure you’re progressing consistently towards your fitness goals.

Work (out) Smart at Reform Athletica

Reform Athletica is a fitness studio that offers specific workout classes. The workout classes are designed for busy professionals, as the classes are only 45 to 60 minutes long. Getting started is also easy: buy a package, book classes, attend classes, and repeat, in the process ensuring that you get expert guidance on form and technique to ensure that, ultimately, you will accomplish your fitness objectives.

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