WORCESTER, MA — A popular fitness studio will open its first Central Massachusetts studio this weekend with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and benefit classes for a Worcester nonprofit.
Btone Fitness will debut its 1,700-square-foot studio at 282 Grove St. in Worcester. A ribbon-cutting will be held with Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce officials at 3:30 p.m. on Friday.
The studio will also offer donation-based classes for both Saturday and Sunday mornings. The money will benefit Abby's House, a Worcester nonprofit that provides shelter, affordable housing, advocacy and other support to women with or without children.
The studio is owned and operated by Laura and Ryan Aiken, a husband-and-wife team that also owns the Btone Fitness studio in Southborough. The Aikens opened that location last year and said they had been planning a Worcester expansion since its debut.
"Our Grove Street location is the perfect spot for a new btone FITNESS studio, given the influx of office, retail and residential buildings nearby," the Aikens said in a statement.
The new Worcester studio will offer 45-minute workouts combining Pilates-inspired movements, resistance training and functional movement. It will have 12 customized reformer machines that allow clients to adjust spring resistance and body positioning based on their fitness levels and goals.
Btone Fitness founder and CEO Jody Merrill launched the company in Lexington in 2010. Merrill said the company expects to have more than 50 studios open by the end of 2026, with additional locations planned in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and South Carolina.
Opening offers for the Worcester studio include five classes for $89 and eight classes for $99, according to the company's pre-opening page
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