Meet Colleen Wanek and Jen Shaener of Elevate Fitness Studio in Brookhaven and Alpharetta

Today we’d like to introduce you to Colleen Wanek and Jen Shaener.

Jen and Colleen each left 13+ years in the corporate world (Jen was a marketing director in NYC, Colleen IT Project Management in Atlanta) to follow their passion! They opened Elevate – Johns Creek in December 2014 and most recently, Elevate – Brookhaven in March of 2017.

Elevate offers Barre, TRX, Yoga and PiYO, all of which provide safe, extremely effective, total body workouts that reshape your body by sculpting long, lean muscles.

Jen and Colleen are both married with 5 little boys between them, so a beautiful atmosphere and the awesome community of women they’ve cultivated at Elevate is nice retreat from all the legos and camo at home.

Has it been a smooth road?
We’ve been really fortunate thus far. As partners, our strengths and weaknesses complement each other and have led to not only a good working relationship, but to a great friendship.

Our biggest challenge has been growing our staff at the 2 locations. Our instructors go through an in-depth training to learn our methodology. Beyond the classroom, they represent our brand and become like family to us. Finding just the right people takes time and patience, but we have a pretty stellar staff if we do say so ourselves 🙂

So let’s switch gears a bit and go into the Elevate Fitness Studio story. Tell us more about the business.
Elevate specializes in providing a personalized experience from the moment you walk in the door. Our instructors are expertly trained to keep you safe, deliver a killer workout, and show you a good time!

Our most popular class format is the Barre + TRX Mashup. It delivers all the things our clients love about barre with added core strengthening on the TRX Suspension Trainers.

As a company, we are most proud of the fact that we’ve cultivated such an amazing community of women that support and motivate one another. Their spirit, camaraderie, and dedication is an inspiration to us and to each other!

How do you think the industry will change over the next decade?
Boutique fitness studios will continue to thrive because they provide a supportive, like-minded community, who keeps you inspired and motivated.

Many of our clients have come to us with injuries from other gyms. We work with them to find alternative exercises and modifications that challenge and strengthen them, while preventing further injury.

Low impact workouts, like Barre and TRX, are gentler on your body and a great way to get in a heart-pumping workout without worrying fear of getting hurt and sabotaging your fitness.

Pricing:

• New Client Special – $99/1 Month Unlimited Classes (for use at both locations).

Contact Info:

• Address: Elevate Fitness Studio – Brookhaven
  3944 Peachtree Rd.,
  Atlanta, GA 30319Elevate Fitness Studio – Alpharetta/Johns Creek
  3719 Old Alabama Rd.,
  Johns Creek, GA 30022
• Website: elevatefitstudio.com
• Phone: 678.539.0375
• Email: info@elevatefitstudio.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elevatefitnessstudios/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ElevateFitnessBrookhaven/
• Yelp: https://www.yelp.com/biz/elevate-fitness-studio-brookhaven-atlanta

Getting in touch: VoyageATL is built on recommendations from the community; it’s how we uncover hidden gems, so if you know someone who deserves recognition please let us know here.