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Steamworks Baths
Steamworks Baths is a well-known LGBTQ+ sauna located in the SoMa (South of Market) neighborhood of San Francisco. Seven days a week.
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* Hot Tub cancellations require a 24 Hour notice.
* Wear swimsuits at your own risk while using our hot tubs and/or cold plunges.
“The legislative process has been a little more involved than I had hoped or expected,” gay Supervisor Rafael Mandelman, who spearheaded the effort beginning in 2019, told Gay Cities.
“I’ve been involved in San Francisco politics and queer community politics for a couple of decades, and all through that period, there were folks in the queer community, older folks who remembered the bathhouses and either felt that it had been a mistake to close them in the first place or felt that it was time to get them reopened.”
“Younger people who’d heard about the bathhouses couldn’t understand why San Francisco — uniquely apparently — how this very queer city doesn’t have these kinds of facilities,” Mandelman said.
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What kind of exercises can I expect during a workout?
Our class programming will include a strength portion in which you’ll work on something like Olympic weightlifting, deadlifting, squatting, or bodyweight strength or you may work on a skill like handstand push-ups.
Has not been good for civic life. Some have restaurants, bars, and lounges. It offers a variety of Russian-style saunas, steam rooms, plunge pools, and spa treatments. Fading, discoloration or damage may occur.
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The gay bathhouse is back in San Francisco.
But getting there shouldn't be hard. And that’s both a good thing financially for the people who are trying to operate them, and then I think actually makes for a better experience for patrons in those establishments.”
Adding alcohol to the mix could be useful, he said.
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We like to organize our fitness classes into small groups, as this allows you to meet others.
What sets you apart from other gyms?
We are a community of people that share the same fitness journey as you. Our program is designed for universal scalability, making it the perfect application for any committed individual regardless of experience.
What payment methods do you accept?
We take all major credit cards and debit cards.
If you are a beginner, results will come fairly quickly; even in only 30 days, you may start to see a difference in your strength and overall fitness.
Do I get the chance to meet new friends?
Yes. Hot tubs must be booked in advance. Max's Gym is located and easily accessible from all of Oakland.
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At the Ritch Street Health Club, guests cruised an interior evoking a Minoan palace. Legend has it the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence filled vials with the ash and sold them as holy relics at the Folsom Street Fair. 8:10 am 30-minute private hot tub FREE when combined with an 8:45 am massage, facial or treatment. Well, almost.
After running a five-year gauntlet through the city’s byzantine laws governing traditional gay bathhouses, officials promoting their return repealed the last of a set of archaic regulations blocking them late last year.
Now, it’s up to prospective bathhouse owners to get them off their mood boards.
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San Francisco had been home to scores of baths catering to gay men since one of the first, Jack’s Turkish Baths, opened in the 1930s near Polk Street, once the epicenter of gay life in the city.
The baths’ heyday was in the 1970s when gay men swapped 501 Levi’s and lumberjack shirts for a short white towel hanging low on the waist.
I think the better bathhouses are bathhouses where there’s a lot going on. Advance reservations are strongly recommended.
EARLY BIRD COMPLIMENTARY TUB SPECIAL! It may take a while for your body to get used to training at that intensity, so listen to your body and know you will need recovery time between training days.