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September 1, 2025

The Trifecta of Transformation: Infrared Isometrics, Infrared HIIT, and FX Zone Resistance Training at HOTWORX

Without a doubt, impressive results are being obtained from customers who consistently practice hot isometrics or hot HIIT at HOTWORX studios across the country. When a customer wants to amp it up a bit, though, maximum results come from a combination of isometrics, HIIT and resistance workouts through cross-training, and intensity.

August 25, 2025

Reinvent Your Fitness

I always like to talk to our franchise owners about how important it is to reinvent your business when the time is right. To that point, we just launched a company wide reinvention of our pro shop payment system along with a simultaneous upgrade to our functional training area known as the FX Zone.

August 18, 2025

Skin Bliss from a HOTWORX Infrared Workout

A HOTWORX workout is the best in the industry for burning calories, oxidizing fat and losing weight, but let’s talk about another cool advantage, the skin wellness benefits of a HOTWORX infrared workout.

August 11, 2025

Choosing the Best: Why Merit Matters in the HOTWORX Virtual Instructor Competition

The HOTWORX Virtual Instructor (VI) Competition is one of the most exciting events in fitness. It’s the search for the next energetic, knowledgeable, and inspiring fitness leaders who will guide members through workouts in studios all over the world.

August 4, 2025

The Popularity of Glute Training

For a few years now I have been noticing the rise in popularity of training the gluteus maximus aka the “peach,” the “buns,” the “booty.” For as long as I have been involved in fitness training the glutes has been considered an essential part of a workout routine, but not to the extent that it has become a focus lately.

July 27, 2025

HOTWORX Introduces SCAN 24/7 for Even More Customer Convenience

HOTWORX is known for fast and effective infrared workouts. Now the company is introducing a fast and convenient app payment and checkout system so that customers can purchase retail items anytime they want with no hassle in seconds through their HOTWORX Burn Off App.

July 20, 2025

Fitness Success is a Choice

Have you ever heard the saying, “nothing changes if nothing changes”? Every now and then I run across people who are stuck in what is known as “analysis paralysis” in fitness and in business. They just can’t break out because they won’t make the actual choice to do so.

July 14, 2025

Elevate Your Fitness: Why Athletic-Style Hot Yoga Like HOTWORX Belongs in Your Training Routine

In today’s competitive fitness world, mental and physical recovery plus performance are no longer separate goals, they’re two sides of the same coin. That’s why more business professionals, athletes and fitness enthusiasts are turning to athletic-style hot yoga as a cornerstone of their training.

July 6, 2025

Don't Be Average

Each week I talk to new HOTWORX franchise owners for Orientation Day on video. One of my main challenges to them is to set big goals for their new business. The average of anything should never be the goal.

June 29, 2025

The Science of Fat Oxidation in Infrared Sauna Workouts at HOTWORX

In the pursuit of fitness, many are discovering the power of infrared sauna workouts to burn fat faster, recover quicker, and boost overall metabolic health. At HOTWORX, where a patented infrared workout sauna meets isometric and HIIT training, the science behind fat oxidation takes center stage…and the results are nothing short of transformative.

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.