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Gyms in Tulum: Day Passes and Prices
Tulum takes its fitness seriously, and it shows: the town has everything from one of the most photographed gyms on earth, an open-air beach gym with weights carved from wood and stone, to proper air-conditioned iron, CrossFit, and a Muay Thai ring. Day passes make every option visitor-friendly. Here is where to train.
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Jungle Gym: The Famous One
Tulum Jungle Gym is a workout you will not find anywhere else: an open-air, beachfront gym where every dumbbell, barbell, and pulley machine is handmade from wood and stone, and the floor is sand. Bench pressing a log with the Caribbean behind you is half training, half theater, and entirely worth doing once. The bigger the “weights,” the more awkward they get, which is part of the fun. A day pass runs around 350 pesos; open daily 9 AM to 5 PM on the beach near the hotel zone. One practical note: paying in cash avoids the hefty card surcharge some visitors report.
Treat Jungle Gym as an Experience
The wood-and-stone equipment is awkward by design and photogenic by nature, so go for the novelty and photos, and do the heavy programming at Star Fit.
Star Fit: The Complete Gym
For a serious, consistent training week, Star Fit in La Veleta is the town’s best-rounded gym: a full floor of quality strength and cardio machines, a daily class schedule spanning HIIT, spinning, boxing, and yoga, and a new outdoor functional area. Clean, professional, and community-minded, it is the local favorite for good reason. Day passes run around 300 pesos, with long hours on weekdays (6 AM to 11 PM) and shorter weekend sessions.
Hunab Ku: Downtown Convenience
Inside the Hunab Ku lifestyle center in downtown Tulum, this compact rooftop gym covers the essentials, free weights, cardio machines, and a functional zone, with a laid-back vibe and a central location you can walk to. Day passes run around 400 pesos; open weekdays 6 AM to 10 PM and weekends to 5 PM.
Tulum CrossFit
The town’s box delivers exactly what traveling CrossFitters want: coached WODs briefed in English and Spanish, quality equipment, a welcoming drop-in culture, and a strong local community. Sessions run in morning and evening blocks on weekdays with Saturday mornings; drop-ins around 400 pesos.
Tulum Fight Club
For striking sports, Tulum Fight Club in downtown offers expert-led boxing and Muay Thai classes for all levels in a family-owned, welcoming setting, locals and travelers training side by side. Sessions run around 350 pesos, weekdays 7 AM to 8 PM.
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