Vixen Fitness, Ann Arbor

Vixen Fitness’s certified instructor Danielle Green was fed up with the lack of exercise programs designed to empower women. After a year of throwing private dance parties in her clients’ homes, Danielle realized that many women pursue fitness to feel desirable, which involves not only simple aesthetics, but also self-confidence. Her insights panned out. Today, her all-female fitness operation includes a studio where she and her team of sultry instructors help women unleash their inner vixen. In a comfortable setting, women swivel into leaner bodies during pole-dancing and sensual-dance classes. When they’re not teaching lap dance and strip-tease workshops, teachers help students carve out fitter frames with pole burn—exercises that hone strength and flexibility—and host the original bachelorette and girl’s night out parties that inspired the studio's beginning.