New fitness studio!
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davis_squareThere is a new privately owned fitness studio in Teele called soul.train.
The grand opening was last weekend (although they've been running classes for a month now, and have apparently been open in some way or another since April). I just went to their Zumba class this morning, which was fun but PACKED. I talked to the instructor, Erica, afterwards and she said most of the people there have attended her Saturday morning classes for years and followed her as she's moved, but that the other classes (Mondays and Wednesdays at 6:30pm) are less crowded. If any of you go to Boston Sports Club in Davis, that's where she used to teach. She said that signing up and paying ahead of time on the website is the best way to reserve a spot.
They also offer other group classes, in vinyasa yoga, some kettlebell and other weights classes, and an outdoor boot camp class. The yoga classes sound really fun, although I haven't gone to any - Erica teaches those as well and they're high-energy and set to rock and hip hop playlists. It looks like there's also a traditional vinyasa class. Then they offer personal training as well, for individuals or pairs.
This is a great idea to me, especially since World Rhythms seems to be gone. I've been looking for Zumba classes for ages that I could attend without joining a gym or signing up for a terminal 8 week course. The only one I could find (Zumba with Jess) I didn't really like, plus it's way down in Union Square, so this place opening up 4 blocks from me is really exciting.
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For all the good things I have to say, it's still rather expensive for this part-time working grad student ($14 for one class, $60 for 5, or $100 for 10, and I would happily go 3x/week if it were unlimited) so I also wanted to use this post to ask if anybody's been to the Zumba classes at the Work Out World on Boston Ave in Medford, which would be much cheaper for me in the long run, but they won't let me try a class before paying a $50 joining fee and committing to a $20/month membership. I am very picky about my Zumba classes, so I don't want to make that kind of commitment without knowing anything about them, and that's the only thing I'd need the gym membership for.
(Also, speaking of new things in Teele, there's a new consignment store there as well called Talya's Place. I haven't gone in yet but it looks cute!)
The grand opening was last weekend (although they've been running classes for a month now, and have apparently been open in some way or another since April). I just went to their Zumba class this morning, which was fun but PACKED. I talked to the instructor, Erica, afterwards and she said most of the people there have attended her Saturday morning classes for years and followed her as she's moved, but that the other classes (Mondays and Wednesdays at 6:30pm) are less crowded. If any of you go to Boston Sports Club in Davis, that's where she used to teach. She said that signing up and paying ahead of time on the website is the best way to reserve a spot.
They also offer other group classes, in vinyasa yoga, some kettlebell and other weights classes, and an outdoor boot camp class. The yoga classes sound really fun, although I haven't gone to any - Erica teaches those as well and they're high-energy and set to rock and hip hop playlists. It looks like there's also a traditional vinyasa class. Then they offer personal training as well, for individuals or pairs.
This is a great idea to me, especially since World Rhythms seems to be gone. I've been looking for Zumba classes for ages that I could attend without joining a gym or signing up for a terminal 8 week course. The only one I could find (Zumba with Jess) I didn't really like, plus it's way down in Union Square, so this place opening up 4 blocks from me is really exciting.
Website
For all the good things I have to say, it's still rather expensive for this part-time working grad student ($14 for one class, $60 for 5, or $100 for 10, and I would happily go 3x/week if it were unlimited) so I also wanted to use this post to ask if anybody's been to the Zumba classes at the Work Out World on Boston Ave in Medford, which would be much cheaper for me in the long run, but they won't let me try a class before paying a $50 joining fee and committing to a $20/month membership. I am very picky about my Zumba classes, so I don't want to make that kind of commitment without knowing anything about them, and that's the only thing I'd need the gym membership for.
(Also, speaking of new things in Teele, there's a new consignment store there as well called Talya's Place. I haven't gone in yet but it looks cute!)
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Date: 2012-06-11 01:14 pm (UTC)it is hard to find a drop-in class. Have you used the 'search for a class' on Zumba.com?
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Date: 2012-06-12 12:15 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-06-12 01:23 pm (UTC)Ha, I just got an email from ZwJ about "Boston's Best Zumba Studios" -- Evolve Fitness in Cambridge and "The Studio" in Brookline are mentioned.
I looked up the other instructors (besides Jess and the Mendozas) who were at the Zumabthon in April that I attended; maybe you can look them up and where they teach. I know Fen Tung teaches at MIT and another fitness place in Cambridge (as in, not likely to have drop in rate):
Mark Alker from Medford
Aimee Tejeda from Lexington
Fen Tung & David Lee from Cambridge
Jill Treddin from Waltham
Acea Theroux from Boston
Lena Andrade from Boston
Jen Williams from Waltham
Maeve Byrne from Brookline
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Date: 2012-06-12 05:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-06-12 11:51 pm (UTC)Have fun!