Ale Lindman
It is love that brought Ale from Argentina, via the dance stage, to us in Zurich. Super energetic, humorous and engaging, a presence that sweeps you away. Ale is ready to share with everyone in her workouts. "At Balboa, everyone is accepted for who they are, and everyone is here for the same reason: to have fun and train together."
PowerBallet
Ever wanted to discover the intense world of a prima ballerina?
Ale makes it possible for everyone - without a pole or pointe shoe.
For an hour, you dive into a world where you play that role: an intense dance and movement workout focuses on muscle endurance, stretch and power positions.
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Andrea Nigg
Stimulating the circulation, sweating profusely and getting the body in shape - that's what Andrea loves so much and passes on in her workouts. From personal training, she came to Balboa, where she enjoys the freedom to “do her own thing” – and that is what makes Andrea individual and unique as a coach.
BodyBoost
This was one of the first classes developed at Balboa, with a mixture of cardio, strength, stability, and flexibility. The dynamic, intensive aspects of Andreas' workout leave a satisfying feeling after 60 minutes on the gym floor.
Booty
This training is primarily aimed at glute training but is adapted to individual strength. Andrea has taken influence from various sources to put this workout together in the hope that you will achieve something worthwhile.
.Booty is an intense lower body workout with simple progressions from week to week so that you can monitor your own progress over time.
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Andrew Monk
Andrew is a passionate, energetic and enthusiastic fitness professional with a wealth of knowledge and skills based on almost 15 years of experience. “I like to focus on the general health and well-being of the human body. Safe, effective and functional training and injury prevention are my focus. “Stay fit, stay healthy, be happy!
Five Rounds
In this class, you will work with Andrew on mobility, strength, power, agility and endurance. In addition, this training will help you to improve your essential fitness and burn body fat. Five rounds contains different exercises of different intensities that are suitable for both beginners and advanced trainees.
Antonio Larosa
Balboa is more than just training; Antonio is a passionate part of it. For him, life is like a boxing match - and the training teaches life: Patience, respect, adaptability, and the ability to take it in and then get stronger and fight on are just the beginning.
Boxing & Thai Boxing
Boxing is the ultimate full-body workout. Coordination, strength, speed, reaction, endurance and mental stability are trained. In this workout, you mainly work with a partner and practice punch combinations and all other movements needed in boxing. No hits to the head unless you and your training partner have a mouthguard and enough experience for sparring.
Enduro
Your body is crying out for a change in sport and would like to be challenged in terms of coordination? Then "Enduro" is the right sparring partner for you on your way there. This strength and conditioning training focuses on different tasks that aim to make you physically and mentally stronger. Suitable for all fitness levels.
Asla Oerlika
Here, there and everywhere - that's Asla. Always on the go, with the highest awareness, and mindful in the moment. Not only is she exciting and energising, but also her coaching. “Training people as a unity of body, mind and soul” is what she is all about.
Dario Pozzi
"Eat & Train" is Dario's motto. Balboa offers him a platform where he can implement his training philosophy and nutritional advice with the trainees in a targeted manner. "Being strong helps you in everyday life - I'll help you to master your everyday life better."
POZZIBLE Full Body
"Get strong" - the motto of the structured training program with barbells and kettlebells. With intensive coaching, you shape your body, enjoy constant success and train in a group - which is unique for strength training in Zurich. A workout for anyone who wants to get strong or even stronger.
Delia Krattinger
Yoga and Pilates have always balanced Delia's busy outgoing life as a dancer. A few years ago, she ultimately transitioned from the stage to the mat. Delia's classes are dynamic, varied, powerful, inspiring, always peppered with a touch of mischief, individually adapted and designed to be integrated into everyday life.
PILATES Tribe
Pilates is a unique training method with stretching and strengthening exercises in which the muscles of the torso (abdomen, lower back, pelvic floor) are strengthened. Starting from a strong centre, a healthy posture and better body awareness can be formed. This training is ideal as a support for various sports, martial arts, CrossFit and yoga.
Bliss Yoga
The focus of this class is on the natural alignment of the body. Each position is held for a specific amount of time to allow the body to experience the full benefits of each pose. You will feel lighter and more carefree by releasing unnecessary tension in the body through the challenging balance positions practised in class, your focus and presence.
Erich Zuger
"You make your own luck. You have to be able to look in the mirror in the morning and be satisfied with yourself – not just with your abdominal muscles, but also with your gut feeling.” That's not just Erich's motto; it's also his training style: authentic, honest and individual.
Et Lam
It was the sport that made the former refugee and triathlete Et, who has a wide range of interests, process and forget his suffering and also pushed him to coach. Whether tennis, gymnastics, ice hockey, football or handball, swimming, cycling or running - Et is at the forefront with a lot of interest, fun, endurance and heart.
Floiran Fleischmann
It is the inner urge to discover that brought Yogi Florian to Balboa. Travelling is his elixir of life - that's how he came to yoga via capoeira and surfing and finally to us. The graphic designer and world traveller let you share his passion for movement with a lot of heart and ambition. Not only yoga but also Balboa is a movement.
Sweat & Fly Yoga
This class is influenced by Hatha, Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga, and various sports and martial arts. You will reach and explore your limits and find a perfect balance between body, mind and soul - with a complimentary portion of sweat on your mat. Sweat & Fly is for newbies and experienced students.
Florencia Ailin Guarco
Florencia brings a positive and uplifting attitude to her workouts at Balboa, she will encourage you to get the most out of your body with her coaching style by pushing you to work hard but within your limits.
Jerry Wieland
Jerry has been with us at Balboa since the beginning. He knows his audience and how to get the very best out of them within his workouts.
His style of athletic training gets you completely engaged while pushing you to find your inner athlete.
Leandro Fornito
“I spend my whole life with myself and my body. That's the only thing I'm always with” – no wonder Leandro pays special attention to his body. Not only in training but also at the office desk, in everyday life and in his free time.
Breakletics
A functional high-intensity workout to motivating music. Demanding coordination and strength removes you from everyday fitness exercises and trains your mind and body together. Have fun getting to know the many movement possibilities, strengthening your deep muscles for every fitness level.
Handstand
Are you fascinated by handstands? In part of the class, we will work on handstands and mobility, where Leandro will show appropriate exercises for each level to improve the handstand. We work on, among other things: strength, movements with hands and feet, coordination and reaction to make you a better mover. The class is suitable for all fitness levels.
Leonie Kuttel
Léonie’s way of interacting with people is only one of her talents.
She also knows how to handle weights. With her super-precise, beautiful weightlifting technique, she took gold in 2018, then switched disciplines to take a podium in the Swiss powerlifting nationals in 2019. Leonie is the real deal when it comes to lifting.
Booty Work
A popular class at Balboa, Bootywork, indoor or outdoor, brings both male and female crowds to work not just the glutes but lower body symmetry for strength, aesthetics and balance. Leonie progresses each class weekly to help push your gains further each time.
Beach Work
A training session that you can design yourself. Beach Work is all about classic isolation and basic exercises: upper body, lower body or mixed – three programs to choose from each week. Your Leonie will instruct you on the exercises and look after you during your training.
Lisa Ramstein
From theatre to stunt school to stage fighting. Lisa mindfully blends two opposed dynamics - theatre and kung fu - with mental power. A signature combination and accessible body-mind-heart connection.
Luca Nussbaumer
"Health, contentment and gratitude are the most important things in life" - that's precisely what Luca passes on to Balboa with commitment, helpfulness and wit. "Nowhere is the trainer carousel as diverse as here - and everyone can train as they want." If he seems like a tough nut to crack, it's only because he's focused on bringing out the best in you.
Luke Wewege

Luke brings his style to Balboa training from cape Town, SA. He is an experienced coach who understands the body and how to train it. With a solid education and background in coaching, he knows how to put a workout together to get the most out of you in a session.
Dynamo
Whether you are a beginner or advanced, this class is for you, regardless of your fitness level. By combining basic movement patterns like pull, push, squat, lunge, hinge, and rotation, we want to build different athletic qualities like flexibility, strength and endurance. It's going to be action-packed.
Malick NDiaye
Malick quickly found that movement drives him - he's reluctant, if ever, to function without it and his must-have Sudden Rush Guarana Shot. The trained physical education teacher likes to appreciate Balboa's "crazy bunch" - "people think beyond the training and also treat themselves to a beer every now and then".
Maria Pontou
Maria is a firm but kind, well-founded yoga and fitness instructor with a light-hearted touch and a large portion of humour to give you the best experience every time you visit her classes.
Sweat
In this high-intensity class, our experienced yoga and fitness trainer Maria, will guide you through a unique training system focusing on movement quality and intensity. A workout gradually increases the power and makes you sweat to your limits! If you enjoy clean exercise and want to challenge your cardiovascular system, this class is for you!
Yoga Motion
Hard, but with humour - that's Yoga Motion. From a topic to the individual exercises to the sequence, it is a powerful, dynamic and intensive Vinyasa Yoga with an always surprisingly creative flow.
Nadine Schmidt
Having a calm soul, Nadine’s presence radiates tranquil energy within our spaces. Her voice perfectly reflects her nature and allows you to focus inwards during her teaching, allowing you to go deeper.
Rahel Birschinger
Rahel is a Crossfitter with a gymnastics base. It's important to her that people switch off the outside world and have fun in her workouts. Rahel engages with people on and off the floor to ensure they get the most out of her workouts.
CircleX
CircleX is a full body workout that combines endurance and strength. The recipe for success is simple: 6 different items combined with the factor "X", which stands for the surprise exercises and thus brings with it a large portion of fun. The training is suitable for all sports levels, as the exercises are often based on your own weight and can be easily adapted to any level. Variety is guaranteed, time flies by in an instant and the feeling after the workout is priceless!
Sandy Hager
Turn your passion into a job - Sandy finds her joy in coaching, and her love for training has grown with this. Sandy likes it unconventional, accessible and highly creative - one reason she is with Balboa.
Sarah Lisa Yous
"Happy, satisfied and with a good body feeling", that's how all Sarah's yoga classes should leave. It's straightforward because her open, helpful and fun-loving nature is immediately infectious."Do something good for yourself in the workout - and you will easily take the energy from all of us with you."
FlowMe Yoga
After a short meditation and breathing exercise, you will flow through a dynamic Vinyasa Flow, which combines (relaxation) tension, strength and flexibility - for body and mind. Rounded off by a final relaxation, you leave the mat balanced, strengthened and fulfilled because yoga is much more than a workout - it is a lifestyle that can also support you in everyday life.
Severino Stohler
For Severino, movement is a passion he lives every day at Balboa: “Despite its simplicity, Balboa offers a great deal of creativity" Severino is increasingly focused on the individual development of body awareness and self-control.
B Tough
In this class, you work on your physical strength in a focused manner and simultaneously train the emotional and mental components. Using proven techniques, you raise yourself and others to a higher level and discover your inner warrior - with precision and the best possible intention to progress.
Timo Klein
The comeback after a serious sports accident gave Timo new strength and the motivation to deal intensively with health. As Head Coach and Partner at Balboa, he aims to instil a healthy lifestyle and a way of living that goes beyond training - he wants to "create an awareness that there is more to it than just training".
Tommy Chang
"What goes around comes around" - that's how Tommy lives, trains and educates himself. His training means switching on and not off so that you experience holistic training for a healthy body and mind. Why is he with Balboa? "Come and experience it yourself."
SHIFT
SHIFT stands for Smart, High-Intensity, Functional Training - a clever and comprehensive full-body workout where quality comes before quantity. Fully adapted to your deficits and strengths, you train mobility, posture, strength, balance, coordination and endurance all in one to the great sound of the 80s and 90s.
Kettlebell Skills
This is about one thing: The iron ball with the handle - the kettlebell. Endless possibilities and exercise variations guarantee varied but very focused training. How to use the kettlebell is learned in small steps and slow movements before it is implemented in a workout with high intensity and many repetitions. Due to the different weights of the kettlebells, they are ideal for beginners and advanced users.
Stronger
The squat and deadlift are two of the most comprehensive strength disciplines for the whole body. In this class, you not only learn to master the technique safely but also to increase your strength from training to training. Stronger also includes additional exercises for the upper body, core and legs to create a comprehensive approach for anyone looking to get stronger.
Tom Novak
Tom's unlimited patience and power support you in going to your limits. For Tom, everyone who trains is a winner and part of the Balboa Family: “because only together we are strong”.