The
willPower Fit Studio is hosting a grand-opening party from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at its new studio at 2110 Market St. in Denver's Ballpark neighborhood.
The studio offers one-hour classes drill-based classes that include at least 25 minutes of strong cardiovascular work, dynamic flexibility training and functional body-toning exercises without using any equipment. Classes are structured for students of all levels.
And they're barefoot.
"A lot of people don’t move efficiently in bare feet," says Stacey Lei Krauss, owner of the studio. "There’s definitely a tremendous debate about whether or not you should be barefoot. My philosophy is that you wear clothes that allow you to move freely when you work out, but you put your feet in these little boxes. If you’re going to train, train your whole body. Train for head to toe."
Krauss has trained more than 4,000 instructors in the discipline around the world, including in the United Kingdom, Sweden, Spain and Italy, but this the first physical studio for willPower Fit.
willPower Fit occupies about 1,100 square feet of space in the 5,000-square-foot building. The other portion of the building is leased by
Fiit Werx, a bootcamp-style circuit-training class that also is performed barefoot.
"We teach form and function on our side, and then we turn them over to the boys on the other side," says Krauss, who’s been in the fitness industry for over 25 years. "They’re more intensity based."
Contact Confluence Denver Development News Editor Margaret Jackson with tips and leads for future stories at margaret@confluence-denver.com.
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