Hyper Monkey Fitness: Fitness just got a whole lot more fun

Siddarth Abraham who has been teaching kickboxing in Bangalore for the last 6 years finds that most people quit the gym because its bores them. As a musician and fitness enthusiast, he decided to bring the two loves of his life together and create a remedy unlike any other  – Hyper Monkey Fitness. 

Built firmly on the philosophy of fun, HMF looks nothing like a gym. Instead, it’s been designed to recreate a playground. An obstacle course combines a jungle-gym and monkey bars, designed to work your entire body as you squat, jump, crawl, and soar through it.  “It’s a great way to work your core and build your inner balance, and you’ll find yourself having so much fun, you won’t realize you’re pushing your limits,” says Abraham.

Yoga, kickboxing and zumba classes are conducted in brightly coloured rooms intended to generate an ambience of happy, vibrant energy.  HMF’s most unique class, Death by Monkey, is a high-cardio, high-endurance exercise regime that combines running, hurdles, light weights, coordinated partner-based exercises and other fun permutations that HMF schemes up. “Every day, it’s something new – if yoga is your thing, you can try hatha or power yoga, or a special class called yoga-lates, where we combine yoga and pilates. If you’d like to mix it up, try a little bit of everything – yoga, zumba, kickboxing, and DBM!”

Our workouts are engineered to make you lean and fit, not bulk you up. - Siddarth Abraham, Hyper Monkey Fitness

Another gizmo you won’t find in too many gyms, and one that hugely popular, is the Kinect X-box. Loaded with motion-sensor games, it will get your blood pumping as you work your entire body in less than half an hour.