20 years ago, in the back room of a local YMCA I taught myself to teach step, dance and yoga. With a cassette tape player and my own mixed tapes I started with a humble 3-4 people per class. But size didn’t matter, I fell in love with mastering the skill and all that came with it.

 

Multiple certifications and years later, I was traveling the world presenting fitness to thousands and teaching trainers how to teach. Maxing out a studio in Auckland New Zealand of more than 200 people in an hour several times a week.

 

Spanning decades, continents, brands and models, I became locked in to my niche of fitness classes and training.

 

But beyond the microphone, I pretty much got my “real life” MBA in club business and operations at the same time from some of the greatest OGs to ever play the game. Some of whom I still partner with to this day.

 

I worked for some of the world’s most well-known fitness brands at senior leadership levels. But my well-hidden inner entrepreneur was unmasked when I tasted the thrill of opening clubs in New Zealand.

 

I’m a builder. Plain and simple. And once I figured that out, there was no looking back.

 

Soaking up as much knowledge as I could, the dream to build my own club business back home in the US was cemented and it was only a matter of when and how.

 

One day at an annual industry trade show, a flier on a table jumped out at me. It was an application to the Global Board of Directors charged with growing, promoting and protecting my beloved fitness industry.

 

Fast forward to 2017 and my application was approved and I was inducted onto the board for a 4 year service, which led to the Chairmanship of the association in 2020/2021. But it was in that time I listened, researched, studied and learned. I spotted a gap in the market and I began to build a new model. That’s when the original Club of Studios was born – Styles Studios Fitness.

 

Opening our doors finally in January of 2020, we were just 8 weeks in business when the pandemic hit. The battle scars to make it through are some of the most valuable resources our future franchise partners will get. It forced us to refine, to learn fast, build resilience and adapt. Now, 5 years later, we are finally ready to realize the original dream of putting a Styles Studios in every State in the US before we set course to cross seas.

 

It all starts here. It all starts now. You can be a part of something massive. If you’re a builder too, a pioneer, a leader in every sense of the word, if you’ve got a thick skin, a big heart and want to build a life and career in fitness like no other, then you’re our people and I want to meet you!

 

Together let’s grow.

 

Carrie