1240 Upshur St, NW
Thanks to the owner of CrossFit Petworth for sending word via email:
“I am opening CrossFit Petworth on Upshur. We will be occupying the full 9100 Sq.Ft. below Annie’s Ace Hardware and we are looking to open in mid to late June.”
Gym
7302 Carroll Ave courtesy Old Takoma Business Association
From a press release:
“Mother and daughter fitness team, Sue Immerman and Eve Kenney, are launching MAD Fitness at 7302 Carroll Ave, Takoma Park, MD. With a mission to provide instruction and training for any stage of life through functional exercise, the MAD team will offer small group and semi- private classes including body weight training, flexibility work, sports-specific training, partner workouts, pre and post natal fitness and more – all with an emphasis on play. With targeted, themed workouts, the team makes working out fun.
“We look forward to continuing our workouts with the Takoma Park community,” says co-owner Mom, Sue Immerman. ‘We have created a loyal following with the classes that we co-teach at Roda Movements and are excited to have our own space now.” Co-owner daughter, Eve Kenney adds “Our play-based workouts have been really popular. They are targeted at all fitness levels and we make sure that everyone is having fun in a safe and effective program.”
“We are excited that MAD Fitness has expanded their business into their own space,” says Old Takoma Business Association Executive Director, Laura Barclay. “They are part of the continuing transformation of the Old Takoma business district.”
Opening Date: Summer 2014
Location:
MAD Fitness
7302 Carroll Ave
Takoma Park, MD 20912
About MAD Fitness (more…)
2428 14th Street, NW
Thanks to a reader for sending word:
“On the way to check out Streets Market and noticed this signage has gone up!”
Elevate’s website says:
“Elevate is a different kind of gym. At Elevate, we provide the most complete workout in the City, fueled by coaching and science for our clients to optimize their fitness. At Elevate we utilize:
Daily Scripted Workouts
Heart Rate Monitors
Personally dedicated training stations
Top of the line equipment
Group Dynamics
High Intensity Interval Training
Individualized workouts in a group setting provide the structure, motivation, and instruction to break barriers, achieve personal goals, and Elevate to new fitness levels.”
Elevate will be located at 2428 14th Street, NW between Belmont and Chapin.
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If true this is going to devastate many fit folks. A reader with a very good scuttlebutt track record (pun intended) sends the sad word that they hear Results on Capitol Hill will soon be sold. It’s not clear if it will become another gym or what but in January we learned that the downtown Results Gym was becoming an LA Fitness. We’ll see if they or another gym take over the Capitol Hill space at 315 G Street, SE.
UPDATE from Results:
“We expected rumors to surface when we sold the Downtown location to LA Fitness. We have had little luck with that location over the years… Being that it was in the middle of Downtown, pretty inconvenient to residents, it was more of a “daily lunch-time crowd” environment. To keep things brief, our Capitol Hill location has always been a bit more successful, leaving us no choice but to fund the struggling locations just to keep them open… We certainly tried to make Downtown work, but the opportunity quickly presented itself to avoid 3 more years in a lease and take LA Fitness up on their offer.
Needless to say, we can start focusing all of our finances on one location. Being able to improve the facility and equipment has been one of the most difficult tasks with the financial burdens of other locations in the past, on-top of Results always offering convenient month-month plans with no annual contracts. Proud to say, new equipment and flooring are arriving little by little and bringing quality back to this immense facility
We are having some community events this summer, we will also be offering some community-based free fitcamps as well. We are extremely excited about our Olympic platforms, our redesign of our 3rd floor and our Life Fitness Synergy 360 coming soon!”
“Dear PoPville,
I was wondering if you might have any information about what’s going on with the Washington Sports Club Columbia Heights pool. It was closed for a couple of days last week and the person at the front desk that I called today said that it looked like it would be closed all of this week too. She said that the closure was directed by the corporate office, but won’t say why. The lack of explanation is a little concerning.”
4203 9th Street, NW
From an email:
“Lighthouse Yoga Center is moving to 4203 9th Street NW in mid-April. This is the little yellow building next to the Petworth post office, just north of Upshur. The building is in great shape and it’s going to make a beautiful yoga studio! We’re just waiting for the current tenant to move out, and we plan to open at the new location on April 22. We’ll keep running classes at the current site until then, and we expect minimal disruption to our business from the move.”
9th street looking south towards Upshur
From an email:
“We are the newest chapter of the female-only cult phenomenon known as Dance Dance Party Party (DDPP). Unlike typical workout or dance classes, Dance Dance Party Party has no instructors, no fitness goals, and nothing to prove. There are only three rules in the room – no boys, no booze, and no judgment.
The set-up is simple: an hour of booty-shaking tunes, a room with the lights turned low, and women willing to let go. “DDPP started as a way to work out and have fun without the conformity of a gym – how often have you heard your favorite song while you’re on the treadmill and wanted to hop off to do a real running man?” says founder Glennis McMurray.
When?
DDPPdc is grooving Tuesdays @ 7:00-8:00 p.m.
Where?
Park View Recreation Center
693 Otis Pl NW, Washington, DC 20010
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ddppdc
Website: www.dancedancepartyparty.com/”
3506 Georgia Ave, NW
In early Dec. we first heard a Yoga studio was coming to Georgia and Newton Pl, NW. The exact opening date is March 22nd. Their website says:
“Yoga Heights offers yoga, pilates and nutrition to create balanced wellness for every body, at every level and every budget.
We seek to empower our community to live with balance, confidence, jubilance, kindness and gratitude.
Yoga Heights is committed to working with you to ensure that health and wellness fit your schedule, your lifestyle and your goals.”
1821 7th Street, NW
In late February a new gym is opening on 7th Street by the Shaw metro, located between Derek Brown’s new spots (Mockingbird Hill, Eat the Rich and Southern Efficiency) and the coming soon seafood spot Fishnet.
Solidcore opened their first location in Adams Morgan at 1841 Columbia Road, NW back in November:
“This is the toughest workout you’ve never had. We’re thrilled to introduce DC to Lagree Fitness, which started in LA in 2001 and now there are over 130 studios globally. “The Lagree Fitness Method” uses slow and conrolled full-body movements wtih constant tension to work your muscle fibers to failure, forcing them to rebuild a more sculpted, stronger and [solid] you. The experience is a high-energy, small group training class done on the patented MegaFormer, which is described as a cross between a Pilates reformer and Total Body Gym. You will be amazed by this workout and its results – guaranteed.”
Thanks to a reader for passing on:
“We’re pleased to announce that, as of January 16, 2014, LA Fitness will assume the operation of the Downtown Results Gym health club located at 1101 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. 20036, near the Farragut North Metro Station (the “Downtown club”).
LA Fitness has agreed to continue to service your current active membership at your existing rate, along with any personal training sessions you have already purchased, at the Downtown club. On your next visit to the Downtown club, please check with the front desk to receive your new LA Fitness membership card. You’ll also be given the opportunity to sign an LA Fitness membership agreement at your existing membership rate.
Results Gym will continue to operate its Capitol Hill facility located at 315 G Street, SE Washington, D.C. 20003. If your current active membership allows you access to the Capitol Hill club you will be allowed continued use of that facility through April 30, 2014.”