Hot Pilates Is All the Rage. Here’s Where to Try It in the Philly Area
Go ahead, get a little spicy with your Pilates practice.
Our guide to studios offering hot Pilates in and around Philadelphia / Photograph by Regina Miller for REYA Barre & Yoga
Pilates has been around for over 100 years, yet it has surged in popularity of late. The latest favorite iteration? With some heat! That’s right: Hot Pilates is on the rise.
It’s exactly what it sounds like: Low-impact movements intensified by high temps. (The added heat is meant to improve your flexibility, endurance, and blood circulation, among other benefits.) In the Philly area, hot Pilates takes place on a mat and is often supplemented with props like hand and/or ankle weights, exercise balls, and bands. Intrigued? Here’s where to take your Pilates practice to the next level — and get sweaty! — in and around Philadelphia.
Breathing Dragon Yoga
1717 South Easton Road, Doylestown
Primarily a hot yoga studio, Breathing Dragon also hosts “Inferno,” a hot Pilates class offered in levels one and two. Both run 60 minutes and are heated to 90 to 100 degrees, but level two incorporates bands and weights to intensify the workout.
The Den Yoga & Wellness Studio
3360 Grant Avenue, Northeast Philly
Come to this new studio in the far Northeast for hot Pilates using ankle and hand weights, an exercise ball, and other props. Also on the schedule: hot yoga, heated stretching, and non-heated beginners yoga and Pilates.
Focus Bryn Mawr
1111 West Lancaster Avenue, suite D, Bryn Mawr
The hot Pilates classes at Focus Bryn Mawr occur in Studio A, which is warmed to a spicy 95 degrees by infrared heaters. Catch a session every weekday at noon, plus morning and evening slots throughout the week.
HOTFLO Studios
9107 Town Center Boulevard, suite 3097, Voorhees, New Jersey
If you want to sweat during all your workouts, head to HOTFLO Studios in Voorhees. Their 45-minute Pilates Sculpt class — heated to 96 degrees — combines mat work focused on core and glutes with a kettlebell regimen. Come back for hot Bikram- and vinyasa-style yoga sessions and indoor cycling.
The Hot Room
3310 South 20th Street, South Philly
Every workout — from Pilates and barre to yoga, rebounding, and boxing — at The Hot Room in Packer Park is heated. Pilates is offered multiple times daily, so you can enjoy it no matter if you’re an early bird, lunch-break enthusiast, or night owl.
HOTWORX
Multiple locations
Classes at any HOTWORX location — there are outposts in Northeast Philly, Chalfont, Wayne, Media, Doylestown, Langhorne, and Trevose — take place inside infrared saunas, and can fit up to three people, perfect for a solo or semi-private sweat sesh. Members get unlimited, 24-hour access to the brand’s virtual workouts, including Pilates.
HPY Philly
1155 South 20th Street, Point Breeze
Opened April 2024, this Point Breeze fitness studio runs infrared-heated yoga (Baptiste-inspired vinyasa and yin), mat Pilates, and a yoga/Pilates/strength training fusion. (There are also non-heated classes, like HPY Foundations and HPY Baby, which is prenatal-focused.) Even better: HPY is opening a second location this spring.
Hot Yoga Philadelphia
1520 Sansom Street, 3rd floor, Rittenhouse
Hot Yoga Philly has been welcoming yogis in its 105-degree-heated studio for over 20 years. For Pilates, expect an intense full-body workout that leans a bit into HIIT and cardio.
Hot Yoga Sutra
4715 Pine Street, West Philly
In addition to Bikram, vinyasa, and yin yoga practices, catch a hot Pilates workout at this West Philly boutique. The 45-minute class focuses on building core strength and incorporates HIIT-style training.
Laughing Buddha Hot Yoga
943 Kings Highway, West Deptford, New Jersey and 279 Egg Harbor Road, Sewell, New Jersey
At both Laughing Buddha’s West Deptford and Sewell studios, find two hot Pilates options: mat Pilates and Inferno. The former is a more traditional mat class, while the latter is higher intensity with cardio bursts and a faster pace. Both range 99 to 105 degrees.
Never Give Up Training
4368 Cresson Street, Manayunk
Manayunk’s premier strength training studio also hosts heated Pilates that incorporates the tabata method. Expect a 60-minute, full-body workout in 85 degrees.
Orange Lotus Hot Yoga & Fitness
35 East Uwchlan Avenue, #304, Exton
The schedule at Orange Lotus features traditional Bikram yoga and yin yoga, but you’re reading this guide for hot Pilates! Lucky for you, the studio offers Inferno, a 60-minute, interval-training class based on Pilates principles, plus Inferno Sculpt, which incorporates weights and resistance bands for some extra oomph.
REYA Barre & Yoga
633 Germantown Pike, 1st floor, Lafayette Hill
Don’t let the name fool you: REYA has more than just barre and yoga. There’s also hot HIIT Pilates, a 45-minute workout combining the two modalities in a room with a heat index of 94 degrees.
Stride Spin and Fitness
420 Schuylkill Road, #600, Phoenixville
Stride is well-known for its upbeat spin classes, but you can also come here for heated mat Pilates — the room is warmed to 80 degrees — and a warm strength and mat Pilates fusion. (There’s also yoga, barre, reformer Pilates, and strength training.)
Studio LIT
22 Richboro Road, Newtown
All of Studio LIT’s classes take place in infrared heat. Book LIT BURN for a twist on Pilates — the 60-minute workout combines the modality with HIIT and weight training.
Vision Plus Fitness
701 East Elm Street, Conshohocken
At Vision Plus Fitness’s sister studio LOVE find hot Pilates, Pilates and cardio (think: mat-based movements plus jumping jacks, mountain climbers, squats, and more), and yogalates. There’s also heated kettlebells, power yoga, and weight training.
Wanderlust Wellness Studio
9 Tanner Street, suite 100, Haddonfield, New Jersey
The class schedule at Wanderlust is stacked, with hot Pilates (of course!), hot barre, hot power yoga, and hot dance fusion, as well as non-heated rebounding, yin yoga, mat Pilates, prenatal yoga, and more.
