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June 23, 2025

The Science of Why Humans Sweat to Thrive

Sweating is one of the most essential and natural functions of the human body, and it’s far more than just a response to heat or exercise. It’s a powerful, built-in system for cooling, detoxifying, and protecting the body.

June 16, 2025

Brand Power, Team Power

The HOTWORX brand has been elevated by great franchise teams across the country and around the world. That said, there are moments when certain teams stand out with stellar results.

June 8, 2025

How Hormesis Enhances Your Workout in an Infrared Sauna

In the world of fitness and wellness, the idea that "what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger" has a scientific name: hormesis. It’s the biological phenomenon where exposing your body to mild stress actually makes it more resilient. When you combine the hormetic effects of exercise with the controlled heat stress of an infrared sauna, the results can be transformative for both your physical performance and overall health.

June 1, 2025

Cardio Workouts Have Evolved Beyond the Treadmill Grind!

It’s time to leave that grudging treadmill session behind and say hello to the best cardio workout you don’t even know you are getting.

May 28, 2025

Always in Style: More Workout - Less Time!

The use of time could not be more important when applied to your fitness program. Saving time and maximizing its use will never go out of style. The HOTWORX company motto, "More Workout, Less Time”, will always be relevant to fitness.

May 18, 2025

Infrared Yoga Builds Muscle

If you are looking to tone up by replacing fat with muscle, then you should seek out an infrared training program like that of HOTWORX Yoga, and other workouts including ISO, Pilates, and all of the other great yoga originated isometric types.

May 11, 2025

The Ideal Virtual Instructor: Who Has What It Takes to Represent HOTWORX?

At HOTWORX, fitness isn’t just a routine…it’s a revolution! Our unique blend of infrared heat, isometrics, and high-intensity interval training inside virtually instructed saunas has created a workout model that’s changing lives. And behind every powerful workout is a Virtual Instructor (VI) who brings energy, precision, and passion to the screen.

May 4, 2025

Recruiting for the World's Most Unique Fitness Showdown: The HOTWORX VI Competition

HOTWORX is a brand that is built on innovation as its core value. The company launched the unique franchise in early 2017 and is approaching the 800 location mark that it should surpass this summer. The innovations aren’t just about the new workouts for the company, the recruitment of fitness instructor talent is innovative and very unique as well.

April 28, 2025

Train Smarter with Isometrics!

When we brought the original workout sauna (called HOT BOX DETOX back then) to market back in 2015, there were only two workout types offered including Hot Yoga and Hot ISO. Hot ISO was, and still is a very pure isometric workout, thus the name Hot ISO.

April 21, 2025

Recovery While Working Out

Can your body recover from a workout during the workout in between sets and do cells use proteins for recovery during that time?It is a great question that needs to be addressed!

April 13, 2025

Double the Burn: The Power of Infrared HIIT + Isometric Training

In the evolving world of fitness, infrared technology is pushing the boundaries of performance and recovery. Two of the most effective training methods—High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) and Isometric Workouts—introduced to the industry as a one, two punch with infrared by HOTWORX, are being taken to a whole new level when combined and performed inside an infrared sauna environment.

April 7, 2025

A Total Body Fitness Reset

Folks who read this weekly blog know that I am a big advocate of planning fitness trips. I do these at least twice per year and they involve hiking or snow skiing usually. Sometimes I will throw in surfing. The key is to plan for it and give it everything you have when your event happens.

March 31, 2025

HOTWORX Dubai Now Open

March 24, 2025

A Strong Training Method Always Wins!

The HOTWORX Training Method works very well for hundreds of thousands of members across the USA and other countries. No other training method combines as many workout types to get you to your goals.

March 16, 2025

A Biohack, or Common Sense?

In the fitness and wellness world, there is a popular new term being used, maybe over used, and the term is biohack. Most people have probably heard of the term by now, but what is a biohack?

March 9, 2025

Make it a Fitness Vacay!

When planning your next vacation, you should consider a fitness component for the trip. And, then you should train hard at your local HOTWORX with the goal of a successful performance on your vacation. It works like magic!

March 2, 2025

Infrared Workouts + Twist + Tone, Sweat & Detox

There is no better place to return your body back to tone, and your mind back to clarity than HOTWORX. HOTWORX introduced the fitness world to 3D Training, a powerful combination of heat, infrared energy and exercise allowing customers to twist and tone, sweat and detox their way to transformational fitness.

February 23, 2025

Power of Fasted Infrared Workouts

I saw a post come across my Instagram feed this week that caught my attention as it declared the following:SUCCESS FORMULA: 50% DISCIPLINE, 25% Consistency, 15% Mindset, 5% Hard Work, 5% Smart Work.When it comes to anything, including your workouts and your diet, that formula is correct.

February 16, 2025

Burn it Off & Sweat it Out

It's the time of year when students focus on getting ready for spring break and most other adults also want to get ready to look good on the beach. It's the season for losing fat.

February 9, 2025

Yoga Makes You Sweat

Yoga is often associated with flexibility training and deep breathing, but did you know it can also be an incredible workout that makes you sweat?

February 3, 2025

The Science of Infrared Light and Heat

Infrared (IR) light is a type of electromagnetic radiation that lies just beyond the visible spectrum, between microwaves and visible light. It has longer wavelengths than visible light but shorter wavelengths than microwaves. Infrared radiation is often associated with heat because many objects emit infrared energy as a result of their temperature.

January 27, 2025

HOTWORX Virtual Instructor Competition Season 4 RELEASED TODAY!

The HOTWORX franchise is one of the most innovative fitness concepts in the industry today. One of those innovations was to deliver the workouts to customers through a monitor inside of the specially designed infrared sauna.

January 19, 2025

Celebrating Big Wins at HOTWORX!

The HOTWORX franchise celebrated two major accomplishments this past week. The company ranked among the top franchises in the highly competitive Entrepreneur Magazine’s Franchise 500, and in the 4th quarter of last year, the original location accomplished a three year long standing franchise performance milestone.

January 13, 2025

Multiple Ways to Gain Strength

There are so many ways to gain strength from different workouts, whether it's through lifting weights, doing bodyweight exercises, resistance band training, or incorporating functional movements like battle ropes and kettlebell swings, isometrics or plyometrics.