Uforia Studios

One of my favorite spin studios in SF! The drop in rate is reasonable compared to Soul Cycle but a similar vibe. The instructors are super peppy and encouraging and create great mixes. The studio itself is underground and lacks Windows but is spacious enough to keep you from heat exhaustion. There’s an option of 2 or 3 pound weights for arms and you can always crank up the resistance to go harder.
Also, love getting is pretty chill too :-)
They also offer dance and Grit classes which I hear are fun too! I’ll have to try them one of these days…

Jess was amazing. So energetic and so enthusiastic. Even more, she was all about the music and getting in our face to motivate us. She also does some class Friday’s with a dj and intense beats I wish I didn’t have a conflict, definitely want to come back for that.

Fun boutique workout studio on California St in nob hill. I went to the Grit class this morning at 7am and was pleasantly surprised by how difficult it was! I definitely worked up a sweat and was breathing hard at the end.
I had signed up online ahead of time, and they had a cute little water bottle with my name on it waiting for me at the front desk– such a nice touch. They had 2 front desk staff helping check students in on iPads which made the sign in process go quickly. They offered clean towels to everyone to use during class, and cold refreshing wet towels for after class.
They have a large locker room with keys on each locker downstairs and multiple bathrooms. I saw at least 1 shower. The spin room was downstairs too.
Already signed up to go to the Justin Bieber «Sorry» hip hop choreography workshop next week– looks so fun!

You know you’re becoming an adultier adult when you’d rather pop, lock, n drop it on a Sunday morning rather than Saturday night. I always look forward to moving and grooving at Uforia and everyone is panting and sweating their a** off by the end.
I hate running. My mind just gets way too bored. I grew up with a musical background and when I hear music, it takes a lot of self restraint to not move to the music. So dancing just seems like the best option for a cardio workout. As an adult, my quest to work out and dance at the same time has led me to a lot of classes in a lot of cities. Hip hop at Uforia has been the best (for me) so far. A lot of other studios just do the same routine for EVERY SINGLE CLASS and eventually you’re supposed to pick it up, but that gets old quick and quite frankly seems lazy on the instructors part. Plus, you’re not maximizing the workout bc you’re stumbling everywhere trying to figure out the routine.
The great thing about hip hop at uforia is that the instructors will add a few moves (maybe 4 counts) and then make you do it over and over again from the top and then incrementally add more moves as you progress through the hour long class. As a result, the sequences get drilled into your head, but more importantly you are CONSTANTLY moving. It’s a good cardio workout that’s really fun! In addition, the instructors are really talented and every class is different music, different choreo, different routine. I especially love Devi’s classes and Jazon. They’re both really talented and Uforia is lucky to have found them!
I have no idea who those people are who say they barely broke a sweat — they obviously weren’t putting their back into it ;)

I started coming to Uforia in summer of 2015, a few months after they had opened. I usually take GRIT and Revolutions (spin) but have tried Hip Hop and enjoy it… even though I am a terrible dancer.
All of the instructors have great music, and build fun yet challenging programs. For GRIT, you rarely do an exercise more than once, which makes the 50 minutes fly by. Great combination of weightlifting and cardio. Big fan of Jazon’s class on Weds night (please teach more!). Rev also is a solid workout — more cardio than weights (although they do have an arm weight song or 2). Jess and Logan are fabulous instructors with diverse music (I mean where else do they play Kanye followed by a country song??), and all of the new instructors live up to the standard they have set. I also really like that the environment is not as intensely competitive as some other spin studios.
All of the staff are so friendly and helpful. The dance studio is very bright and airy, and the spin studio has awesome LED lights that change color. Makes it feel like a club! Both the dance and spin studio, as well as all bathrooms/​showers are impeccably clean. Up to par with any high end gym in the area. One thing to note for first-​timers, the locker room is co-​ed. I see a lot of girls changing and a guy walks in. They might want to make this a little more obvious.
I am happy that this place is getting more busy. They have done a wonderful job building an amazing workout studio. Selfishly I am sad that the secret is getting out. This is honestly the first time in my life that I actually look forward to working out!

I’m a classpasser and I have to say, Uforia is one of the BEST studios in sf.
To keep it concise:
— The studio is impeccably clean
— Staff is friendly and always smiling
— If you’re new, you’re gifted with a water bottle with your name on it (can they get anymore welcoming!?)
— Cold towels and blueberries on toothpicks post-​workout
— Jess is INCREDIBLE — her energy is something else and has the ability to wake you up to level 99 at 6AM.
I don’t typically write reviews, but Uforia needs another 5 star.
I give Revolutions and Grit a sweat level of 8!

Uforia is awesome!
I found out about this studio through ClassPass. After I realized that their monthly unlimited package was only $ 40 more than the monthly membership with ClassPass, I switched over!
I have been going to Uforia for the last few months about 4−5x a week and I have definitely have noticed some major changed. I love the GRIT (cardio/​strength training) and Revolutions (spin) classes. Jess and Alea are the best. Go to Uforia if you haven’t been, you won’t be disappointed!

Hip hop — it was such an insane cardio workout I couldn’t quite keep up.
I guess I was expecting more of a zumba style class, but we actually learned choreography. It was actually kind of fun.
Props to how friendly the instructor and staff were, free cool towels after the workout, and slices of oranges! How sweet. Free plastic bottle, too.

Nicely designed new studio and they often offer GiltCity deals, so look out for that.
The staff at Uforia has always been very friendly, but not sure I really enjoy the quality of the classes I’ve taken here: namely the hiphop dance class and spin class. I imagine not everyone who sits on their spin bike knows correct form, so I think it’d be helpful if instructors gave some instruction around that. Not sure I received max benefits of spinning since I was just trying to keep up with the beat. As for the hiphop class, it’s definitely more cardio hiphop so adjust your expectations if you are expecting something else.

Grit is a blast! I took the class with my fiancé, the only dude in the class — in fact, he’s the one who brought me here and was so sure I would love it. It has elements of dance/​Zumba, but with the added challenge of weights, and ends up being a perfect balance of cardio and strength (plus some core work at the end).
When you enter the room, boxes are laid out for you. You pick light and heavier weights (in my case, 3 and 5 pound dumbbells) as well as a red ball that you will eventually hate. The class starts out with a dynamic warmup — a lot of jumping jacks, high knees, jump rope, etc — and then transitions into more controlled movements utilizing the weights and box.
I enjoyed the fast pace, bumping music, and overall energy of the class. Our instructor, Jazon, was fun and kept us going even after several reps. I never once got bored and turned into a sweaty mess by the end. In fact, I’m adding Uforia to my regular ClassPass rotation and will probably max out the 3 classes per month!

A new fitness studio in my hood has it GOING ON. Polk Gulch is a happening folks… and it is not just about bars, mom and pop shops and Bob’s Donuts (mmm…do — nuts) any longer…
This only child does NOT want to share, but it looks like many others have already beaten me to the punch. I’m late to the game.
Yet, better late than NEVER.
What I love here: GRIT
The NOUN per WIKI (and we ALL know WIKI is the be all end all online encyclopedia), «Grit in psychology is a positive, non-​cognitive trait based on an individual’s passion for a particular long-​term goal or end state, coupled with a powerful motivation to achieve their respective objective».
GRIT is the buzzword going around the internet via TED Talks and psychology papers.
What true grit is? SWEAT. TEARS. It is sticking through in a tough situation.
The best part is that when you make it through, you feel AMAZING. You forget your troubles… and unlike WHISKEY, it doesn’t give you an awful hangover. (although, I love whiskey).
The kick ass instructor who actually almost made me PUKE: Alea Stein.
I also took a REVOLUTIONS class with Logan last night. My buttocks doth feel the burn.
Like they say online, «EMBRACE THE SWEAT»

**Update– Grit is the hardest class I’ve done so far on Class Pass and by far the best! Total body cardio, strength and abs – soooo good! I did another hip hop class with Adriana and had a blast! Was dripping in sweat afterwards but music and dance moves are so fun you forget you’re working out. After class, we even were given cold towels and frozen blueberries!
I would love to have Uforia be my only gym but the unlimited monthly plan is $ 225! Bummer because I would definitely give them all of my class pass membership and then some but 200+ is a little outrageous.**
Just had an AMAZING hip hop class here!!!
Jazon is a really great instructor and taught a fun routine. I was skeptical about breaking a sweat in a hip hop class but I was soaked in sweat at the end of this class!
It was also my first classpass class so it sold me on both Uforia as an awesome studio with great staff and classes AND classpass as a better alternative to a traditional gym membership.
In addition to the hip hop class, they also have a class called «GRIT» and a spin class called «revolution.» I can’t wait to try those as well.
I got a tour when I arrived as well as a cute water bottle as a welcome gift. Studio is beautiful and clean. Towel service, lockers, and showers. Nice water fountain with chilled, filtered water, and complementary spa water. Definitely feels like a pricey boutique studio but not pretentious at all.
Loved it!

Really nice facilities with a friendly staff. I was immediately greeted and upon signing in, they recognized that I was a first-​timer and had already set aside a welcome gift with my name on it: reusable water bottle. They showed me around the studio space and where the bathrooms and showers were located. Fresh towels and clean, cold, filtered water abound. Plus, they had free lockers available with locks already attached.
I took Hip Hop Club, on recommendation of a friend. It was definitely more of a cardio workout to super loud hip hop music. I appreciated the fact that they had ear plugs available outside should you think the volume of music was too high. It was hard to hear the instructor over the music but the choreography was still pretty easy to pick up and she only added about 4 counts each time. I just felt a little bored with the choreo because we literally repeated it over and over and over again. I think I would have appreciated some more targeted toning – like maybe a short ab/​core section to break up the monotony of the choreography that we literally repeated endlessly. If you’re looking for a fun hip hop aerobics/​cardio class, then this is definitely it. But, it’s not a dance technique class and it also doesn’t really offer targeted muscle activation (as the description implied). You will definitely sweat though. The room is hot and the moves are pretty fast.
After the class, they had cold towels available and also a tray of fresh blueberries and raspberries with toothpicks – cute touch. Seriously, first class service.
I would probably attend again, especially because of the great staff and service. But, it’s a bit out of the way for me so I’m not sure how often I’ll be returning.

WOW! The other 5 star reviews for this amazing studio were completely on point. Extremely welcoming and friendly — even give a free Uforia water bottle to new customers the moment you walk in. The studio is pretty large and has showers with all the works, shampoo, conditioner, q-​tips, soap, hair ties, cold clothes and blueberries when you walk out of class! The class I took had great music and energy, and worked every muscle in my body. Very similar to soul cycle, yet Uforia has much, much better bikes, and is less cramped.
Cons:
–Strong lemon smelling air freshener or something filling the room during class, it really bothered me.
–Although they have closed doored showers (obviously) the locker room is co-​ed so you have to do all of your changing in the cramped shower rooms or bathroom
Thanks Uforia for being so kind, welcoming and energizing! The small details put into this studio were definitely noticed and appreciated. My ClassPass 3 classes a month here may not be enough!

This review is for the spin classes! I used to attend the Palo Alto studio, and it was one of my favorites, which makes me so happy they are now located down the street from me in the city :-)
Shoutout to Lizzy and Jazon who are my favorite spin instructors ever!
Can’t wait to keep coming in for more class :-)

I had the chance to try a hip hop class here recently as I love to dance and want to experience different teaching styles of varying dance. Uforia is a cute establishment with two floors — the first floor includes the main entrance and the main dance studio. There may be additional dance studios downstairs but I mainly saw lockers and restrooms. It is clean and conducive to a fun workout experience, and the staff is friendly and welcoming.
The hip hop instructor was quite good and taught us some catchy moves. He built the choreography one section move at a time and had us repeat the moves from beginning to end as he would build on a new move at the end of the choreography sequence. Admittedly, it was a bit tiring repeating the first few moves over and over again as I am not a fan of twerking, but I can understand this is a good way to build a routine over a course of an hour.
I might try a few more classes down the line once my schedule clears up a little as I like to support local, neighborhood businesses.

Absolutely deserves 5 stars! I am a huge fan of Uforia for how it’s changed my outlook on exercise & given me a new-​found love for embracing the sweat!
I have been such a commitmentphobe when it comes to working out, but Uforia has managed to change that — I just keep coming back for more!
I’ve been taking GRIT (indoor bootcamp) & Hip Hop Club dance classes, back-​to-​back twice a week & while that combination is killer, it’s been something I look forward to doing! You’re working every muscle in your body, discovering ones you didn’t even know you had, while doing it all to the most energizing hip hop, edm, club, pop tunes. Add an instructor who is clearly passionate (each & every one of them is) & you’ll find that you have enough energy somewhere deep down inside you to keep going & keep smiling. I’ve also peeked into a Revolutions (spinning) class & it’s a party on a bike! Will be giving that a try soon.
An ice cold towel & blueberries are your reward after the class & there are plenty of other amenities they offer in the bright & airy studio space.
It really has been the best sweat of my life & I can’t thank the instructors & staff at Uforia enough for making me feel so warmly welcomed every time & part of an awesome community!
Give it a try & you’ll see what I’m talking about! Hope to see you in class! #uforialove

I’m not usually a fan of work out classes but decided to try the hip hop class here. The staff at this studio was so friendly and welcoming. The second I walked in the door I was greeted by one of the staff members and because this was my first time, I was given a free water bottle with my name written on a tag attached to it. The lady then instructed me on where my class would be and explained to me that I could put my belongings in a locker downstairs.
I then went to the room where the hip hop class would be and got settled in. The class was so much fun! Great music, great atmosphere, even though i’m a TERRIBLE DANCER and extremely uncoordinated. The people in the class were also very friendly. The one thing that stopped me from giving this studio a 5 was that as talented and great as the hip hop instructor was, he didn’t really introduce himself or anything at the beginning of the class. He sort of just walked in and started dancing. I think it just would’ve been a little less intimidating if he had introduced himself and the class, etc.
After the class was over, the instructor said his name (which I cannot remember now) and then as we all walked out of the room where the class was held, another staff member offered us cold towels (which was heavenly) and blueberries on toothpicks. There was also cold cucumber water near the front of the studio which was so refreshing.
Overall, this studio was awesome. Very small and intimate. I am definitely interested in coming back to try different classes here!

Uforia is a fun and small studio. They are super friendly when you walk in, and they have a bowl of apples and fruity water when you walk in. The girl at the front showed me around the studio, handed me a Uforia reusable water bottle, and explained the classes to me. The grit class was going on, and it looked like a legit strength workout!
Downstairs, they have the spin studio, lockers (with locks), showers and basic amenities — towels, hair ties, blow dryers, toiletries. Shoe rentals are free for your first time or bring your own SPDs.
The class itself (Revolutions) was great and time flew by! The music was a lot of fun and the instructor didn’t take it too seriously. There were some light weights involved, but it was mainly cardio. One small gripe is the ventilation in the basement, but the fan was going and the room wasn’t bad. On the way out of the class, they come by with blueberries and a cold towel — so great!
I’ll definitely be back. Uforia is a nice and clean studio without the annoying bougie vibe.

I really shouldn’t be writing this review. I should keep this very special gem all to myself and the ones who already know about it. Alas, it is too good not to share with the world.
DANCING! (5 stars)
My friend told me about Lee’s Hip Hop class and I joined her a couple of Saturdays ago. Hooked. It is fun, approachable, and sweat worthy. Get ready for an instant go and not much explanation. But it’s ok, make the moves your own and have fun! Trust me, I hate not knowing the moves and this class won’t make you feel bad.
FACILITIES + STAFF (5 stars)
— Show up 10 minutes early on your 1^st visit and prepare to get a friendly welcome and short tour of the space.
— The space is clean and well equipped with locks + lockers (free of charge), bobby pins, hair elastics, towels, etc. Also, there are 2 showers on the premises.
— All the staff is super nice and helpful!
Love, love, love. Beware, it is an expensive habit to get hooked on!