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Fitness center evolves into community workout hub BY ALISON BAILIN BATZ
Though best-known for helping to transform others, StudioFIT in Chandler recently did a little transformation of its own. Now located across the street from its former digs – and more than twice its original size at 9,000 square feet – StudioFIT Chandler evolved into Fit Society in April. The studio is now at 2920 S. Alma School Road. “More than six years ago, we started in a 500-square-foot old chiropractor’s office, and then moved to our most recent digs shortly thereafter, at 4,500 square feet,” owner MJ Reavley, who lives in the Ocotillo neighborhood, said. “And though it seems like it happened overnight, our most recent transformation was a project more than two years in the making. We built Fit Society from the ground up, with the support of our team and local community.” And the move, according to Reavley, was about far more than simply outgrowing their space. “While we’re still ‘us’ – and I always tell people that more is the same than has changed – this evolution came as a result of our team purposefully defining our mission, our code, and our values, which are built around serving our community, inclusion, engaging together in fitness and overall excellence in everything we do,” Reavley said. With that always top of mind, Fit Society focuses on quality workout programming for all levels, in which coaches help members use their bodies
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Above: Fit Society is more than twice its original size at 9,000 square feet in its new digs at 2920 S. Alma School Road. Right: Clients who come to Fit Society can reap the benefits of quality workout programming for all levels. The fitness center offers custom Workouts of the Day or WODs.
as the machines, focusing on functional movements that vary by experience, activity level, and overall fitness. One secret to their success is their custom Workouts of the Day, or WODs. “We program and coach both a see
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