Blue Lion Fitness

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Blue Lion Fitness is Ann Arbor's group training fitness destination. Come attend your first 1 hour session free of charge!

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Blue Lion Fitness is a fitness community that brings motivated members of the Ann Arbor area into an intense environment to participate in a 1 hour long class. Classes are designed to resemble the off-season training regimen of a collegiate strength and conditioning program. Classes are designed and modified to both progress the beginner as well as challenge the expert. Each class includes a warm-up,core strengthening/joint mobility, strength/plyometric conditioning. Our atmosphere is one of encouragement and enthusiasm. Come experience your first class 100% free!

Address: 401 S Maple Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48103, USA

Phone: (734) 929-5268

Website

moc.ssentifnoileulb@ofni

State: Michigan

City: Ann Arbor

Zip Code: 48103

Opening Hours

Monday: 6:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Tuesday: 6:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Wednesday: 6:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Thursday: 6:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Friday: 6:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Saturday: 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Sunday: 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM

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Reviews

Blue Lion is the BEST!! I wouldnt choose anywhere else to workout while in Ann Arbour!

 7 years ago (08-03-2018)

Visited this gym from out of town. These owners/coaches really knew their stuff as former athletes and certified trainers and made interval training with a huge group of athletes really enjoyable, even on a Sunday! Wish I lived near there so I could go back again and again. They have some great equipment and a really awesome set up.

 8 years ago (06-08-2017)

I recently had the opportunity to attend Blue Lion Fitness. Below is my honest review of the gym and the experience.

If you just want a summary then here you go…

SUMMARY:

Very welcoming gym with high quality equipment. It resembles Crossfit in some aspects. Rigid course schedule with little explanation. Strong sense of community. 

BRIEF BACKGROUND:

I work out at multiple gyms in Ann Arbor. As a former college soccer player, I look for high intensity interval training. I regularly attend Final Round MMA gym, Title Boxing Gym, and Liberty Athletic Club. I run a few times a week as well.

FIRST IMPRESSIONS:

Gym is clean and welcoming. As soon as I walked in a trainer greeted me and was kind enough to show me the facility. It’s small but definitely equipped. He informed me that this first session was “on the house” (much appreciated). I signed-up on the computer, stretched a bit, and got ready for the hour long session.

WORKOUT ROUTINE:

During the week Blue Lion Fitness runs group fitness classes. They are broken up into four parts. Forgive me as the names and times aren’t exact, but they are roughly as follows:

Warm-up (~10min)
Core (~10min)
Strength (~15min)
Circuit (~15min)

The warm-up is nice. Consisted of some calm, deliberate movements like lunges, stretches, and slow rowing. Nice to get the body moving.

Core was okay. Typical stuff like Russian Twists (while holding weights) and crunch movements. It’s as hard as you want it to be. The core routines at Title Boxing are better so if that is your priority then I’d have to recommend trying Title out. 

Strength is focused on weights. Each day of the week has a different focus. The day I attended was lower body whereas the next day was upper (chest if I recall). This schedule is the same every week.

For me, this is where things got too… “crossfit-y”. The typical Olympic weight lifting stuff. Squats with weights (our workout that day), deadlifts, bench press, etc. 

You do a set and take a break while your partner does their set – and just keep hammering them out.

I did one set and then did some cardio instead during this section of the workout. 

I have participated in athletics (at a high level) my entire life and never once have I needed to do this stuff. I’m not used to it, and frankly I prefer exercises with kettlebells or my own body weight as they are more natural with less risk of injury. 

As I did my cardio I watched a number of people with atrocious form (and no correction from the staff). Good thing these people were young because otherwise they'd be liable to blow out a knee.

I get it, these kind of exercises are very “in style” now, so from a marketing standpoint I understand why Blue Lion uses them in order to appeal to that segment of the population. They are clearly competing with Crossfit. 

The Circuit segment (last one) was my favorite. On our day it was as follows:

Run 200 meters
12 kettlebell squats
Row 200 meters
10 pullups
Run 200 meters
10 wall ball throws (throwing medicine ball up the wall)
Repeat

This is the kind of circuit stuff that I really enjoy. Got a good sweat in.

FINAL THOUGHTS

Despite the 4/5 stars, I will not be back to Blue Lion Fitness.

The course schedule is too rigid. Each day of the week is roughly the same. If you can only get there on Tuesdays then you are doing the same strength focus exercise every single week. 

Secondly, I did a bit of reading on Blue Lion before going. There was a lot of talk around the program being designed for athletes. I quickly realized that it was just marketing hype. The program is pretty generic, using ‘en vogue’ exercises to compete with other popular gyms (Crossfit).

In the end I recommend that you take Blue Lion up on their “first class free” offer to see if it’s something that you like. I can appreciate their efforts, it’s just not a good match for my fitness goals.

 8 years ago (17-10-2017)

Great workout with friendly folks and helpful coaching.

 8 years ago (30-12-2017)

Awesome staff, real quality equipment, great location, and you leave feeling amazing!

 8 years ago (16-06-2017)

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