Faqs

The Best Workout in Kansas City. Founded in Kansas City in 2019, it’s the ideal strength and cardio fitness experience that provides a dynamic, high-intensity circuit workout that’s as effective as it is fun. Our 5 station fitness classes alternate between working out with weights, running on a treadmill, climbing on our climbers, challenging yourself on our indoor ramp and testing your midsection during our floor routine. Each day focuses on different muscle groups in order to achieve real results and to help reduce the risk of injuries.

Don’t worry! We welcome beginners and meet a lot of them everyday! If it’s your first time, we’ll look after you in any class you choose. We don’t have a “beginner’s class.” Upgrade’s classes are created for you to challenge yourself — you can set your own level of speed on our treadmill or climber and choose the heaviness of the weights or lightest on the floor, depending on your experience.

To make the most of your first class, we ask that you arrive 15 minutes early.

The great thing about running as a cardio exercise is that you don’t have to be “good” to start. In your first few classes, choose a pace that feels safe but challenging for you. While our instructors will be pushing you, you’ll be the one pushing the buttons on the treadmill panel. If you really don’t want to run at all, you have the option walk, jog or even setup dynamic breaking and turn our tred into a sled.

We recommend 4 classes per week as an optimal number, with 3 classes per week at a minimum if you’re hoping to see visible results. But, as always, listen to your body — if your muscles are very sore, give them time to recover. Also, for quicker recovery take advantage of our Normatec compression system after class.

First, as with most things in life, individual results may vary. Depending on your body weight and effort in the studio, it is possible for members to burn from 700 to 1,000 calories per class. But it doesn’t end there. Vigorous participation can also help raise your resting metabolism rate so you can burn more calories even after you leave the studio. This is what we call the “after burn.” as you’ve probably heard before.

Most days, the floor exercises are focused on a specific part of the body. There are two reasons for this:

1. It’s the safest option for people who really want to get fit fast — switching muscle groups creates the biggest impact and reduces the risk of injury.
2. We come in all different shapes and sizes, and all of us have something about our appearance we’d like to prioritize.