With the hustle and bustle of modern life, it’s important to make time for your health and wellness. Whether that means unwinding by sweating the stress away in a sauna or building your strength and fitness with exciting new exercise classes, there’s no shortage of options to choose from in Manchester.
We’ve rounded up ten of the best health and wellness spots in and around NOMA for you to check out.
Sweat and shiver your way to a feeling of complete rejuvenation at Kontrast – the UK’s first sauna and ice bath cafe. The sleek and laidback space has three saunas, including an infrared one, as well as three ice baths with temps dropping as low as three degrees. Spend 45 or 90 minutes cycling between the facilities to really wake your senses up, before chilling out in the cafe with a well-earned cup of coffee and some healthy refreshments.
Kontrast, Unit 4 Long Millgate, Dantzic Street, Manchester, M4 4JW.
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If you’re looking for a new workout approach with a focus on community, CrossFit Central Manchester could be ideal for you. It’s one of the longest running CrossFit gyms in the country, delivering a fun and welcoming environment for people of all ages and abilities. With a mix of different daily workouts, nutritional guidance and a support network to cheer you on, it’s a great way to embark on a new, long-term fitness journey.
CrossFit Central Manchester, 9 Red Bank, Cheetham Hill, Manchester, M4 4HF.
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Contrast therapy fans have another fantastic option in the form of Fix. It’s the first wellness space of its kind to offer guided contrast therapy sessions. These experiences blend the sauna and ice bath with the likes of breathwork, reflexology, sound healing, meditation and more. Prefer to explore the amenities on your own? You can choose from unguided 45- or 90-minute free flow sessions, with regular social events available too.
FIX, 45 Newton Street, Manchester, M1 1FT.
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F45 is an innovative fitness and lifestyle community, with the F standing for ‘functional training’ and 45 representing the time each workout takes. This studio offers team training, helping you connect with like-minded people in a fun and fast-paced space. The classes use a mix of high-intensity cardio and resistance exercises to get your heart pumping and your endorphins flowing, for a workout that delivers results.
F45 MNQ, 77 Piccadilly, Manchester, M1 2BU.
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Get ready to push yourself with martial arts, strength and fitness classes at Fighting Fit Manchester. This city centre gym offers sessions with expert coaches in everything from boxing to jiu-jitsu and MMA, along with personal training and HYROX. You can expect premium equipment and flexible membership options, with a thriving community and a welcoming atmosphere that encourages you to work hard and achieve your best.
Fighting Fit Manchester, 2 Millow Street, Manchester, M4 4DR.
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This is a name that needs little introduction in the world of health and fitness. Living up to expectations, the Manchester Printworks gym offers its members modern amenities, with top-of-the-range equipment, a cycling studio, swimming pool, sauna and steam room. Your membership unlocks access to a huge variety of classes, as well as support from on-site experts, including personal trainers and physiotherapists.
Nuffield Health Manchester Printworks, 27 Withy Grove, Manchester, M4 2BS.
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The Health Lab is a woman-owned pilates studio built on a belief in fostering a sense of community and empowering people to improve their physical strength and mental wellbeing. The classes are open to bodies of all shapes, sizes and skill levels, and you don’t need to sign up to a membership to join in. Here, you can try out reformer pilates, infrared mat pilates, barre and more to bring balance to both your body and mind.
The Health Lab, 32-34 Dale Street, Manchester, M1 1FY.
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Stretch it all out and let your tensions melt away at Yoga Soul. Just a stone’s throw from NOMA, it’s a platform for Manchester’s yogi community with classes in a range of yoga types. You can embrace stillness with Yin yoga, tune into your body’s flow with Vinyasa or challenge yourself with the dynamic Rocket Yoga classes. Whatever you’re looking to get out of yoga, you’ll find it here. Namaste!
Yoga Soul, 49a Newton Street, Manchester, M1 1FT.
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After a fitness class with a difference? Strut your way into the award-winning GFF Damian Dance Studio and get moving. Step off the treadmill and put down the dumbbells because here, it’s all about dance – and there’s plenty to choose from across the three studios. With pole dance and fitness, aerial and tons of dance styles and classes at your disposal, you’ll be coming back time and time again.
GFF Damian Dance Studio, Parkers Hotel, 109-113 Corporation Street, Manchester, M4 4DX.
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