A Northern Virginia gymnasium aimed toward girls hopes to flex its method into the City of Vienna this summer time.

StarFit Studio is increasing from its current Arlington and Alexandria places to the Cedar Park Procuring Middle. The enterprise has leased a 1,740-square-foot area at 266 Cedar Lane, in line with property supervisor First Washington Realty’s web site.

Building is at present underway in anticipation of an August opening, in line with StarFit co-founder and CEO Allie Baier.

“We’re so enthusiastic about opening a location for Vienna girls!” Baier stated by electronic mail. “We predict the small group ambiance of StarFit works completely for the Vienna group. It’s an excellent place to fulfill new folks, or include associates!”

StarFit began in 2011 with its first studio at 6440 Landsdowne Centre in Alexandria. It added a second location on the Lee Harrison Procuring Middle in Arlington round 2017, in line with its Yelp pages, the place it has virtually all five-star rankings.

The enterprise was impressed by a want to create a spot for weight-lifting and energy coaching the place girls might “really feel protected and assured,” Baier instructed Northern Virginia Journal in 2020.

By focusing solely on girls, the gymnasium can provide tailor-made exercises designed for its particular demographic, slightly than “cookie-cutter courses constructed for the lots,” she stated.

In accordance with Baier, StarFit makes a speciality of small-group and private coaching, with an eight-person restrict for every group class.

Along with weights, the gymnasium offers resistance bands, sandbags, stability balls, cable machines, rowers, and different energy and conditioning gear.

“We deal with elementary, practical actions and workouts which have labored for a whole lot of years in health,” Baier stated, quoting from the corporate’s web site. “We avoid gimmicks, fads or a one-size-fits-all cookie cutter class codecs, which inevitably results in boredom and plateaus.”

Signal-ups have opened to get on a pre-sale checklist for the Vienna studio.