This fantastic new studio has me over the moon. Workshop Method is truly one-of-a-kind and SO badass. The reason? The two passionate, knowledgeable, hard-working women behind it.
Gail Mitch and Jen Borman have pooled their years of experience in the fitness industry, dreams, skills, talents, visions, passions, knowledge, and energy to create Workshop Method. And it's right here in Columbus! Clintonville, to be exact. You guys, we are SO lucky!
Imagine if you could draw inspiration from every workout you've ever loved, dream up a way to integrate what totally rocked, make it a reality, and teach classes with the principles YOU believe in. You end up with this contagious energy you can sense throughout your workout. It has been so fun to be a part of their first few months in business and I can't get enough.
Classes are organized by body part/style of workout and are scheduled in such a way that you can safely go as frequently as you would like. Workouts are the same throughout each day, but will vary in routine from week for week. For example, Mondays are always "Glutes & Legs," and the 6:30 workout will be the same as the 9:30, 4:30, and so on. But the following Monday will be a fresh set of glute and leg work. If you choose to come back Tuesday, you can expect to work back and chest. (These are subject to change). Each day varies on a rotating schedule.
Each class has a little different style, but some things are consistent. You will always get a grade-A warm-up. I promise you'll never jump right into the most intense thing off the bat and it's never an after-thought. Jen and Gail believe (rightly so) that you'll perform your best and be able to sustain your level of training if you activate the right muscles and get the mobility you need. I'm talking a solid 10 minutes of band work activating glutes, some light rowing increase heart rate, shoulder stabilization, and mental focus. It's the kind of warm-up with an intensity level that usually gets a few surprised faces when they ask "Alright, that was just the warm-up. Are we ready to begin?"
The heart of your workout will use bands, weights, your body weight, and high quality water rowers. If you haven't been on one before, it's very friendly to your joints and pretty quick to learn with their helpful cues. You'll be using your whole body, so it makes for a great cardio interval when done at varying speeds and durations. While you're off the rower, on the mat at your station, expect to engage in creative, easy-to-learn resistance exercises that you'll do in sequence along with everyone else in class. You guys KNOW how many new places I end up and how much diversity I have in my workouts and every time they have something new for me. It's refreshing and presents a welcome challenge. I am never ever bored at Workshop Method. It helps distract me from how hard I am working. I always leave feeling accomplished. read more