Gyms & Fitness

Ember Movement Studio is a fitness studio at 1635 Chestnut Street in Chattanooga. Its website lists strength and HIIT classes, yoga, pole fitness and dance, aerial arts, belly dance and mat Pilates, and it also offers massage. The aerial classes use the lyra (aerial hoop), hammock (sling) and silks, and there are kids' aerial classes too. The site says every membership includes access to all of the studio's classes, and it posts a class schedule with online sign-up. Ember also runs workshops and events, and the studio can be rented for private classes and parties. A pole teacher training program is listed as well.

Salt Studios is a group fitness studio on Cherokee Boulevard, just outside downtown Chattanooga near the North Shore. Classes are built around music, with the playlist setting the pace for each workout. Sessions combine compound lifts, athletic movements and HIIT. The studio's class list includes lower body and core, upper body and core, and full body formats, each running about an hour, and classes are booked through its website. The studio provides mats and towels, and its site asks guests to wear sneakers. Keyless lockers, a stretch area and a lounge space are on site, along with drinks and snacks for purchase. Parking is available in front of the studio and in the lot behind it, and the studio also hosts in-studio and offsite brand events.

3 Bridges CrossFit is a gym at 11th Street in downtown Chattanooga. According to its website, the programs include CrossFit classes, Bridge Fit, HYROX training and personal training. The site lists a class schedule, merchandise and a page introducing its coaches. It says new visitors can book an introductory session through the website.

SPITGym, short for Sullivan's Personal Intensity Training, is a personal training gym on Georgia Avenue in downtown Chattanooga. Founder, owner and trainer Keith Sullivan works with clients himself, and his website describes him as a certified personal trainer focused on strength training. According to the site, his background includes high school and college wrestling and competition in bodybuilding, powerlifting and shoot fighting. Training is one-on-one and face to face, built around strength work in 45-minute sessions. Clients can sign up for plans with two to four sessions a week or buy a package of sessions. Contact is by phone, text or email through the website.

Crux Conditioning is a private, small group strength and conditioning gym on McCallie Avenue, with programming aimed at climbers, trail runners and other outdoor athletes. Coaches work directly with members in small groups, and the site says there are no contracts. The Core Membership is the group plan, mixing barbell, dumbbell, kettlebell and bodyweight work in cycles of four to six weeks, plus a mobility session and optional cardio. The Performance Membership starts with a one-on-one assessment and builds an individual plan that can include climbing or running specific training, with periodic check-in calls with a coach. Online options cover both. Non-members can reserve open sessions on the gym's Tension Board 2 and spray wall, sold in packs. The site suggests climbers come in at V3 or above to get the most from them.

High Point Climbing and Fitness runs this downtown climbing gym on Broad Street, one of several High Point locations in Chattanooga and other Southeast cities. Its location page lists bouldering, top rope, auto belay and lead climbing, plus a Kid Zone, yoga and strength classes. Instruction runs from top rope and lead belay classes to technique clinics and private lessons with climbing coaches. The website also lists youth programs and camps, birthday parties, group bookings and guiding. Visitors sign a waiver online before climbing. Memberships cover access to all High Point gyms, and the website says they include yoga classes, showers and towel service. The downtown gym hosts community events, including a climbing coalition fundraiser on its outdoor upper decks overlooking Broad Street.