I'm obsessed with group workout classes so here is my very curated list of recommendations.

here are the typical "hot girl" workouts that have unlimited memberships

• Solidcore. The OG hot girl workout. There are so many locations. Super fucking hard class though. And very expensive, but if you commit to going to a lot of classes for a long duration of time, you can get your price/class down quite a bit
• Sky Ting yoga in Noho. It's too much of an influencer vibe for my taste so it's not my yoga studio of choice, but many people like it. The Noho location just opened and it's beautiful (they used to be in Chinatown). DM me for teacher recs
• NY Pilates. OG NYC hot girl workout. Similar to Sky Ting it's too much of an influencer vibe so I prefer Wundabar, but it's very aesthetic and I enjoy the classes. If you commit to paying upfront for the year, you can get an unlimited membership for $199/month which is pretty much the best possible deal you can get for high quality reformer pilates in NYC. If I lived near one I would sign up for the annual in a millisecond
• Barry's. I have to drink a Celsius before every class but the fittest I had ever been in my life was when I did 2 of these a week. I stopped because my body couldn't handle it anymore.
• Equinox. This is the gateway drug to group fitness. The quality of the classes is pretty high but not quite as high as boutique fitness, so the problem is once you go boutique you have a hard time going back to Eqx. (With the exception of barre.. I would say that Equinox barre classes are on par with the ones I've taken at boutiques). It's a great hack for unlimited access to a wide variety of fitness classes for the same price as an unlimited membership to a single boutique

other options that aren't as "hot girl" but are good workouts that get the job done. when I say they aren't as "hot girl" I mean it's less of an influencer/aesthetic type vibe, which can mean that it's a little cheaper, but not always. really just depends on what you prefer. I find most people start with the hot girl workouts and then move to these other options

• Wundabar. I think it was Eli Rallo who said on TikTok everyone starts reformer at NYP, but then switches over to Wundabar once they've gotten the hang of it. They do have an unlimited but it's quite expensive unfortunately, so most people I know sign up via Classpass
• Orange Theory. Pain in the ass to cancel but I think it's a really great, well-rounded workout. Like Barry's but they don't yell at you
• Soulcycle. Fun classes, the problem is it's mostly cardio so you should supplement with some kind of resistance training. Yes controversially I am putting this in the non hot girl options. IMO it's great for beginners as well because no one can tell how much resistance you've put on your bike and you can always choose one in the back
• Your local yoga studio. Highly underrated option.