If your from this area & haven’t left, you may not notice the lag in Harrisburg area’s fitness scene … which is a real disservice because there are amazing ways to address your physical (& mental) health IN PERSON that are not a typical gym and in other cities are not only very accessible but also the standard. If you’ve moved here from somewhere trendy, or left & came back, and started searching for a fitness home, you probably found minimal options - again, disappointing!
Please, don’t misunderstand me, the studios we do have are great, however there aren’t many. Because there are not many, the understanding of a boutique fitness experience versus a traditional box gym is a real struggle for those of us business owners that call the ‘burg home. If your reading this and wondering, “well, what is the difference?!”, I’ll put it this way - if McDonald’s is your big, corporate box gym then your boutique fitness studio would be an adorable, local coffee shop. There’s a difference. Maybe not one that EVERYONE can appreciate but for those that do, they never visit the McDonald’s again. Without enough of both options, we don’t know what we’re missing, we can’t experience the difference, and we never get accustomed to a new standard.
So what’s the fitness scene like here in Harrisburg, PA? We have a few yoga or pilates studios, some CrossFit or other functional training, and some franchised chains like Pure Barre and Orange Theory. They all may be great at what they do but other cities go way deeper then this with more options to truly get what your looking for & what your body needs. Tribe Fitness is not only the areas sole studio to offer rhythmic indoor cycling but also the only local boutique fitness studio that offers a well balanced fitness routine addressing all three pillars of physical fitness - cardio, strength, & mobility/flexibility with a variety of classes including cycling (we’ll follow up with why we don’t call this “spin” in our next blog), barre, yoga, TRX, strength training, and mat pilates.
The gist of it, there are more options to “get in shape” than going to the gym so familiarize yourself with your options to be the healthiest, happiest, and strongest version of yourself while supporting local business as much as possible!