Fitness is ‘wildly popular’ in this Pierce County city. Three gyms just opened
Bonney Lake has seen a recent fitness boom, with three new gyms opening in recent weeks: Club Pilates, Alloy Personal Training and Hotworx.
Club Pilates
Club Pilates officially opened its doors at 20825 state Route 410 on March 31, over a month after its soft opening on Feb. 24.
“[Pilates] is a low-impact exercise,” Travis Peters, general manager of the Bonney Lake location, told The News Tribune. “It challenges a lot of different parts of your body [and] it’s designed for everybody – anybody at any fitness level.”
Pilates involves using your full body – usually on a yoga mat or other kind of equipment – in a way that promotes strength, flexibility and balance. Peters said Club Pilates has many classes each week, with “two different levels of workouts.”
“We have a huge range of members, it’s what I love the most about what we do,” Peters said. “We have younger people who are mega athletes and we have folks who are maybe recovering from different medical conditions where they are just trying to get their body back in shape.”
Peters said Club Pilates chose Bonney Lake because of the community’s excitement.
“[The company] saw a community that was really excited about fitness and it is something that is wildly popular here,” Peters said. “We’ve had a fantastic response, the community has been so welcoming.”
Club Pilates is open seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Alloy Personal Training
Alloy Personal Training aims to give residents a personalized workout while also fostering a sense of community and competitiveness.
“What Alloy offers is personalized training but in a small group format – and what that means at our location is you have one coach and up to six members,” Justin Frank, owner of Alloy Personal Training, told The News Tribune.
Classes are about an hour long, Frank said. The gym – which is located at 21270 state Route 410 – has about 90 members so far and had its grand opening also on March 31.
“It allows the extra competition, the building of relationships – creating these relationships will hold you accountable, it allows you to push yourself a little harder,” Frank said. “By doing this in a small group format, you [also] cut the cost of what traditional training would be.”
When a customer first walks through the door, they spend an hour talking with the gym’s director of training, Frank said. Together, they walk through that person’s individual goals and several screenings to see where they’re at.
“Everybody kind of has different goals – muscle building, more mobility, weight loss,” Frank said. “When reviewing that in that hour timeline, it allows us to then share with the rest of our coaches so that when you come in with your session, we can tailor our programming to you as an individual.”
Frank also said the gym doesn’t have a lot of equipment, besides a couple of exercise bikes and some kettlebells and dumbbells. Most of the classes start with a warm-up, a full-body workout and then a cardio kicker.
“This allows us to kind of always keep your body guessing because the programming that you come and do is always different,” Frank said.
Alloy Personal Training is a chain that started on the East Coast, Frank said, and the Bonney Lake location is the first in the Pacific Northwest. He said the company is also planning to open several locations in Seattle.
“Ultimately, we did some research between Tacoma and Puyallup and Graham and Bonney Lake and we just really enjoyed the Bonney Lake community,” Frank said.
Alloy Personal Training is open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday. On Fridays, it is open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m., and on Saturdays it is open from 7 a.m. to 12 p.m. It is closed on Sundays.
Hotworx
The News Tribune reached out to Hotworx, which had its grand opening on March 28, but a representative for the company was not immediately available for an interview.
According to the company’s website, Hotworx – located at 21140 state Route 410 next to BECU and Mr. Jalapenos – centers around workouts in its saunas. Each workout – such as Hot Yoga, Hot Pilates, Hot Core, Hot Warrior and more – combines infrared heat and exercise.
“This innovative technology enhances detoxification, boosts metabolism, and accelerates muscle recovery, all while you indulge in workouts designed for quick and effective sessions,” the website says.
The fitness center is open 24 hours a day, the website says.
Hotworx also has locations in South Hill, University Place, Auburn and Federal Way.
To learn more about Hotworx, visit hotworx.net.
