CrossFit in Hong Kong:: Asphodel Fitness & Performance with Privilee
A class before your first meeting, a lifting session close to home or a workout with time for the sauna afterwards. Asphodel Fitness & Performance gives you three places to train in Hong Kong, each with its own appeal.
There’s Central for fitting a class around work, Kennedy Town for the original CrossFit setting and Asphodel House in Kai Tak when you want space to spread out. CrossFit and strength and conditioning sit at the heart of the offering, with coached classes to give your session some direction.
Asphodel is now on Privilee. Your membership includes one complimentary class each week at your choice of the three locations, plus open gym and sauna access at Kai Tak.
Hong Kong’s first CrossFit affiliate
Asphodel’s story starts in Kennedy Town in 2010. Hong Kong’s first CrossFit affiliate remains affiliated today, with an offering that centres on strength, conditioning and coached training.
That heritage gives you a reason to look beyond the equipment. Classes bring mobility, lifting and skill work into the session, with different formats depending on what you want to focus on. You might make the daily CrossFit workout your weekly appointment or choose a Strength class to spend more time working on your lifts.
Where to train at Asphodel in Hong Kong
📍 Asphodel Central: fit a class around work
At Nan Fung Place on Des Voeux Road Central, Asphodel Central puts your workout within reach of the working day. Join a pre-work class, put a session in your lunch-break calendar or head over once you log off.
The spacious training area has CrossFit and conditioning equipment, giving you room for a workout in a central location. If your week tends to fill up before you’ve booked anything for yourself, this is a useful appointment to put in first.
Sheung Wan is the closest MTR station. Privilee access here is for classes.
📍 Asphodel Kennedy Town: the original location
Kennedy Town is where it all begins. The original Asphodel sits on Praya, with Rogue barbells, lifting rigs and high ceilings that accommodate rope climbs.
It has the feel of a traditional CrossFit box, with the equipment and space centred on the work you come to do. If you like your training neighbourhood-based, or want to experience Asphodel at its original address, start here.
Kennedy Town is the closest MTR station. As at Central, Privilee access is for classes.
📍 Asphodel House, Kai Tak: give your workout more room
Asphodel’s largest and newest location occupies two floors at AIRSIDE in Kai Tak. With over 20,000 sq. ft. of training space, floor-to-ceiling windows and natural light, it gives you a different setting for your session.
The Technogym strength area is a draw for independent workouts, while the 50m sprint and sled track give conditioning sessions their own stretch of turf. A dedicated cardio room adds another option when you’re planning your workout.
This is also the location for open gym access through Privilee. Come in with your own programme, work through your session and stay for the sauna in the changing rooms. You can join your weekly class here, too.
AIRSIDE has a direct underground connection to Kai Tak MTR station, making the journey part of the appeal.
Which Asphodel class should you try?
Here are a few of our favourites…
FIT AF: the daily CrossFit workout
FIT AF is Asphodel’s core CrossFit programme. Sessions combine mobility, strength development and skill work with the workout of the day, often shortened to WOD. Choose it when you want a coached session that brings several elements of training together.
Strength: focus on your lifts
Strength classes build around movements such as squats, bench presses, deadlifts and overhead presses. The programming also includes single-sided strength work and other exercises beyond the main lifts. It’s a good option when you want your weekly class to focus on strength.
Strong Women: a ladies-only session
Strong Women is Asphodel’s ladies-only class, led by its female coaching team. If you prefer training in a women-only group, this is a format to look for when checking the schedule.
At Kai Tak, yoga and mat Pilates give you another way to move when your week calls for a stretch or some time on the mat. Check the Privilee app for available classes at your chosen location.
Who is Asphodel for?
Asphodel is worth a look if you like having a coach guide your workout, want to make strength training a regular part of your week or are curious about CrossFit.
The three locations also give you some flexibility. Pick the class that fits around your working day in Central, stay closer to home in Kennedy Town or head to Kai Tak for independent training. Your weekly class can become a standing plan, while open gym access at Kai Tak gives you another way to use your membership.
What’s included with Privilee at Asphodel?
Privilee Members can join one complimentary class per week at their choice of Central, Kennedy Town or Kai Tak. This is one class in total each week across the three locations.
Open gym and sauna access are also included at Kai Tak only. Central and Kennedy Town offer class access only. Reformer Pilates classes are excluded.
If you’re exploring Privilee, Asphodel is one of the places you can train through the membership, alongside a wider collection of gyms, studios, hotel pools and recovery experiences in Hong Kong.
Tap into your Privilee app to plan a visit.
