After the rush of new members at conventional gyms dies down in mid-spring, Clara Bella Fitness owner Ali Webb said business tends to pick up for personal trainers such as herself.
“What we’ve found as trainers over the years here is that March and April is when people tend to realize, ‘I’m not getting this done on my own,’” she said. “We don’t really have that huge first-of-the-year rush as much as the do-it-yourself gyms do, but we tend to get the mid-spring busyness.”
Webb opened her fitness studio in April 2013 after working as a personal trainer and instructor in various gyms.
Although she enjoyed her time in the gym with her clients, Webb said she realized some desired quieter and private personal-training sessions.
In 2015 the business expanded when Fitness Beyond Training, a business offering metabolic testing, nutrition coaching, weight-loss services and general fitness training, opened in the studio.
Webb said the studio is able to offer training and fitness services to a variety of clients, from those looking to get in shape to those working to get back to daily activities.
“We offer any type of personal-training experience appropriate to our clients’ needs,” Webb said. “Exercise should be safe, but there are ways to get hurt. … A trainer can help you do it safely.”
Webb, an orthopedic exercise specialist, works primarily with individuals to improve muscular strength, mobility, range of motion, posture and balance as well as to help strengthen core muscles, she said.
