Nashville Health and Fitness

Zumba is a raging fitness megasaurus that unites Latin dance rhythms with high-energy movements—creating a fitness program that exiles calories, perks up listless muscles, and scandalizes dull exercise routines. Instructor Rebecca Hinton has been teaching Zumba since 2008; her classes have since grown so popular that she expanded into b.fab.fitness and formed a veritable coven of Zumba fanatics with four other instructors. Their dance-inspired routines work every major body muscle and keep hearts thumping to the beat, all without the monotonous drudgery of treadmills, stationary bikes, and boulder-stacking.

Curves provides you with a complete cardio and strength training workout in just 30 minutes. With a system that can burn up to 500 calories and work every major muscle group, you get an efficient and effective workout every visit. It’s no wonder over 4 million women have chosen Curves to meet their health goals.

At the age of three, an age when most kids are honing their recipe for Play-Doh spaghetti, Danika Miles was perfecting her dance moves. She competed with the River Cities Dance Company, minored in dance at Marshall University, and went on to earn an MBA so that she could share her passion with others. Finally, she founded BareFeet Studios, a facility with two dance spaces and sprung-wood floors. Within BareFeet, Danika and fellow instructors lead student—as young as three to adults—in dance forms such as ballet, hip-hop, and tap. They also offer open-level yoga, Zumba, Pilates, and fitness boot camps.

Students with years of experience can audition for BareFeet Studios' senior company, which performs at benefits, charity events, and conventions with other professional dance companies. The studio additionally hosts an annual spring concert, birthday parties, and private lessons.

Minty-green and cool-blue walls set off by polished hardwood floors create a serene setting for reformer- and mat-based workouts led by Pilates instructor Shana Wilson Doyle, who spent nearly a decade honing her Stott Pilates skills. Group mat classes vary in difficulty to help practitioners of all fitness levels protect their precious caramel centers by building tough abdominal shells. Specialty Pilates equipment, such as the reformer and the tower, enhance private and semi-private sessions, where Shana guides students through efficient resistance moves and can provide clients with more personalized attention.

While music lilts through the workout spaces of Seren Motus Fitness Studios, instructors guide limbs through the muscle-lengthening maneuvers of Suzanne Bowen's BarreAmped programs. Many of them have augmented their extensive dance, gymnastics, and fitness backgrounds with training from Suzanne Bowen herself—including the Franklin studio's Amy Weber, who has practiced BarreAmped since before it was branded and now trains fellow teachers. All of them specialize in the method's combination of dance, Pilates, yoga, and orthopedic stretching, demonstrating how to leverage the body against a ballet barre for deeper holds. With small movements that shift each posture, they tighten traditional problem areas such as the seat, thighs, and water wings that have been stuck on arms since childhood. They also align each student's physique with hands-on corrections during class.

Board-certified chiropractor Jennifer Rousseau and her team of seasoned practitioners strive to infuse comfort and relief into bodies with individualized chiropractic care and wellness services. In addition to her vast experience tackling lupus and autoimmune diseases, Dr. Rousseau specializes in pediatrics and women's health, employing the Webster technique to assuage pregnancy-related back pain, help prep expectant mothers for labor, and calm the kicks of incubating black-belt martial artists. She frequently works to allay aches and behavioral issues in children, and further extends her soothing skills to all clients during massages and services such as nutrition counseling.