You Can Try Rittenhouse’s New Small Group Training Gym for Free
Take a look inside the new Fit Academy location here, then swing by for a free sweat at their grand opening celebration.
The Fit Academy Rittenhouse opening celebration is slated for Saturday, January 12. Photograph by Caroline Cunningham
Remember when we told you that Brewerytown’s Fit Academy gym was expanding to a second location in Rittenhouse? A location formerly occupied by Body Cycle Studio (R.I.P., we miss you!)? Well, it’s here folks, and let us be the ones to tell you: You will not recognize the place.
The studio, which is located on the third floor and a mezzanine at 1923 Chestnut Street, has not only give the space a new paint job, it’s also knocked down walls, moved bathrooms, and added a brand-new staircase to the floor below. The result? A studio that’s much brighter than the former occupant Body Cycle Studio’s moody tones — and with significantly more space.
On the main floor, there are four showers and two bathrooms outside the group fitness studio.
Inside the group fitness studio.
Ski-Row machines line the wall of the group fitness studio.
Unlike its Brewerytown sister location, the new Fit Academy is designed to serve two different audiences: the clients and the trainers. Upstairs there is a small group fitness studio, designed to handle classes of 15 max, outfitted with kettlebells, dumbbells, BOSU balls, and brand-new machines known as Ski-Rows, which can transform from a SkiErg to a rowing machine at the touch of a button.
Downstairs, there’s a brand new personal training area — complete with a turf floor, weight racks, and more yet-to-arrive high-end machinery — where Fit Academy instructors can work one-on-one with clients. And, at the bottom of the new staircase, there’s a lounge where trainers can meet with clients, catch up on email, and socialize.
At the bottom of the stairs to the mezzanine, a lounge for trainers.
The personal training area is equipped with turf.
Inside the personal training room.
Dumbbells in the personal training room.
The new gym is hosting a grand opening celebration on January 12, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., during which time you can stop by for a FREE 30-minute workout if you sign up here. Can’t wait that long? Fit Academy Rittenhouse’s class schedule is currently live on MindBody, and non-members can drop into any class for just $10. And, if you decide you love it, the gym is currently offering new members a crazy-discounted membership of just $49 for a month, which you can find here.
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