Time Out Market Barcelona hosts free Flaix Fitness masterclass with DJ

Time Out Market Barcelona is turning its food hall into a temporary gym again, and this one has a sharper pitch than most pop-up fitness events. The free Flaix Fitness masterclass is scheduled for Saturday, June 20, with Time Out materials placing the start at 10 a.m. and one listing at 10:30, while both versions run the session to noon. It is open to everyone, but only 60 spots are available, so registration is required. Participants are asked to bring a mat, a towel and a drink. Minors can join if they come with a parent or guardian, or with the proper authorization.

The setting matters as much as the workout. Time Out Market Barcelona opened in July 2024 on the Old Port, in the Port Vell area at Maremagnum, as Time Out’s first market in Spain. The venue covers 5,250 square metres and is built around 14 kitchens, four bars and an event space, which makes it unusually well suited to this kind of hybrid programming. Barcelona tourism listings add that the market has more than 10 restaurants, four bars and three terraces, and that its cultural calendar includes fitness activities. In other words, this is not a gym borrowing a restaurant, but a restaurant space using fitness to widen the draw.

The class itself leans hard into branding. Flaix Fitness is framed as an explosive masterclass with a live DJ, using the musical seal of Flaix FM to keep the tempo up while participants move through strength work, cardio and body movement. That pairing is on brand for Flaix FM, which describes itself as a dance-music station and even runs a Flaix FM Running program. The music side is not decorative here. It is part of the product, and part of the reason the event feels closer to a nightlife activation than a standard studio session.

Pol Cejas gives the class more credibility than a typical influencer workout. Operación Triunfo 2025 materials identified him as the person responsible for physical training and yoga, and he is also the coach of Adidas Runners Barcelona and the creator of the ASURA method. Later coverage described ASURA as blending modern science and tradition. That mix of TV visibility, local athletic pedigree and a named training system is exactly what makes this kind of event work.

As a gateway into Barcelona’s fitness scene, the format makes sense. It lowers the barrier to entry by making the class free, social and easy to find inside a busy lifestyle venue where people already come to eat, drink and linger. As marketing, it is just as effective, maybe more so. Time Out Market Barcelona gets foot traffic, Flaix FM gets visibility, and Pol Cejas gets a stage. The real power of the event is that it can be both at once.