Wellness Wrapped: The Workouts, Rituals, and Trends That Took Over 2025

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Spotify summarizes your entire year in playlists—so why can’t SELF do the same with wellness? Consider this your Wellness Wrapped: a look back at the workouts, daily habits, recovery rituals, and moments that shaped how we moved and took care of ourselves in 2025. From viral fitness races to the rise of low-impact everything, here’s what defined the year—and what it says about where we’re headed.

Your top workouts of the year

When it comes to spotting fitness trends, ClassPass has a front-row seat. With more than 40 million reservations booked globally this year, the platform’s 2025 Look Back Report data offers a clear picture of what workouts people actually showed up for.

Here were the top 10 workouts of 2025:

Strength training
Low-impact training

For the third year in a row, Pilates was the most-booked workout worldwide. The appeal is clear: a low-impact burn while building strength in muscles you probably didn’t know existed.

Yoga, strength training, and cycling also held strong as 2025 favorites, showing that people are committed to these tried-and-true foundations. But the rise of “less traditional” workouts (i.e. slow burn sculpt, hybrid endurance training, and mobility-focused classes), make this the year exercisers worked out smarter, not harder. Across platforms, we saw the same trend: Tonal’s 2025 State of Strength Report showed a major shift toward shorter, high-quality, personalized sessions designed to support long-term health over all-out grind. When it comes to movement, efficiency is in.

When you’re most likely to move (and when you’re not)

ClassPass data also revealed surprising patterns in when people prefer to sweat.

Most active month: March (New Year’s resolutions last longer than we give them credit for.)
Most popular workout day: Tuesday
Peak workout times: 6 p.m. on weekdays, 10 a.m. on weekends

Lunch-hour classes saw a major jump too—reservations between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. increased 38% globally, suggesting that wellness and the “return-to-office era” are learning to coexist.

And of course, everyone loves (and needs!) a rest day. The most common times for cancelations and no-shows? Early mornings and immediately after work. On weekends, 6 a.m. was the most-canceled slot; on weekdays, it was 11 a.m.

The most-canceled days of the year were unsurprising:

January 1 (New Year’s Day)
March 9 (Daylight Savings, North America)
February 10 (The day after the Super Bowl)

Your most-consistent wellness rituals

Workouts weren’t the only thing people prioritized this year. Recovery and self-care had a massive moment.

Top ClassPass wellness appointments of 2025:

Hair services
Sports recovery
Hair removal
Spa treatments

Massage—the most booked and rebooked wellness service in every region—held onto the number-one spot again this year. And Friday emerged as the universal day to indulge in self-care, confirming that winding down before the weekend is a global wellness ritual.

The viral workout trends of 2025

There was no shortage of fitness trends this year, but a few stood out.

Competitive cross-training

The international race-meets-functional-fitness event exploded in popularity. Searches for HYROX-style classes jumped 506%, while ClassPass reservations rose 432% year over year. Peloton launched its new Hyrox Collection and Cross Training Series (cycling, running, rowing) to meet the demand for versatility. Whether done solo or with a partner, the race tapped into the craving for competition and novelty.

Low-impact workouts

More exercisers leaned into low-impact movement, per Tonal’s State of Strength Report.

The number of women doing mobility, meditation, and Pilates classes has increased 200% since 2021.
More men are embracing Pilates: Their attendance at Equinox’s mat classes has grown by 47% since 2019, while Life Time saw a 67% increase in male Pilates participation.

Team-based workouts

Run clubs, volleyball, basketball, and other team ClassPass activities increased 24% globally, proving that people want connection just as much as they want conditioning.

Racquet sports

Pickleball remained unstoppable, with ClassPass reservations up 748% worldwide. Love it or hate it, pickleball is officially the world’s favorite social sport.

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