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en Borman is your favorite fitness instructor’s favorite fitness instructor.
On any given morning at Homewerk, her German Village-area studio, the room fills with the city’s most disciplined bodies: strength trainers, Pilates instructors, barre teachers. This is where Columbus’ fitness insiders come to train both muscle and mind. “It’s a huge compliment,” Jen emphasized. “As a business owner, and doing what I do, I’m very hard on myself. Since these athletes are my clients, I can’t call out the wrong muscles or have them in a move longer than they should be. I have to be on my game.” True to form, that pressure is one of her favorite parts. Homewerk is not a side project or a passion hobby, but rather her entire being. It’s her craft; this is her practice. “I’m always designing the next workout. It’s how I fall asleep at night, and it’s the first thing I do in the morning. Talk about an obsession,” she laughed, “but you know the saying, ‘You’re only as good as your last class.’” Alongside sculpt instructors and yoga gurus, a roster of high-profile clients fills Jen’s studio for personalized, tightly tailored weight-lifting sessions. Local medspa owners anchor Monday’s full-body class; a well-known attorney shows up Tuesday at 7 A.M. for arms; an editor-in-chief books a private, legfocused session on Thursdays; and the founder of a salon empire reserves a small-group workout for herself and her closest friends. “And we’re all rooting for each other,” Jen affirmed. Homewerk offers livestreamed classes too, bringing in clients from across the country—some of whom have trained with Jen for well over a decade. PACKING A PUNCH Jen Borman’s workouts at her studio, Homewerk, are carefully designed to build strength and gain muscle.
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