Get ready to slay the latest fashion trends at EVEREVE, a popular boutique coming to the Main District at North Hills this fall serving lewks from curated brands like Citizens of Humanity, Paige and Faherty. @evereveofficial
The Burrow is back! The pop-up vendor/small business collective by Sir Chance’s has found a new home on West Hargett Street offering the likes of clothes, books, art, antiques, jewelry and more. @theburrowraleigh
Just keep spinning. … Put the pedal to the metal at rhythm-based indoor cycling and strength studio HomeTurf, which recently rolled into North Hills Innovation District. @hometurfnc
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Get your body and mind in check at BK Pilates’s new Rockway location, bringing NYC’s go-to reformer workout to Raleigh via expert trainers and overall wellness. @bkpilatesrdu
Workin’ on your fitness! Glenwood South’s March-slated total-health gym Volofit will have you pushing your limits through dynamic group interval-based training. @volofitglenwoodsouth
Friends don’t let friends skip leg day, so grab a pal and hustle for that muscle at local fitness coach Sammy Siegel’s new group fitness and strength training gym Empire Training Academy. @empiretrainingacademyraleigh
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Beast mode: activated. Channel your inner fitness fiend at brand-new BFT Seaboard Station, combining progressive programming, personal training and science-backed tech. @bft_seaboardstation
Scale to new heights at Triangle Rock Club’s recently bowed TRC-Salvage Yard. The largest climbing gym in NC boasts ample bouldering areas and rope-climbing walls—plus cardio space and a yoga studio. @trianglerockclub
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Game on! Raleigh’s first indoor pickleball and golf facility Pin Point is now open, serving up 16 pickleball courts, eight golf simulators and two full-service bars. @pinpointraleigh
Pilates is having a moment. Popular with every “body” from gymfluencers to Jennifer Aniston, the core fit philosophy is flexing via a slew of new studios, including BK Pilates, stretching onto the scene at Rockway this winter.
Celebrating a cool century since Joseph Pilates birthed the mind-body movements, the low-impact phenomenon is reforming bodies and minds via “six core principles: concentration, control, center, breath, precision and flow,” says co-founder Marina Kaydanova of BK Pilates, known for tailoring dynamic workouts “designed to develop essential mind-body connection, body definition, core strength, greater flexibility and improved posture.” Here, we tapped Kaydanova—who founded BK Pilates Raleigh, opening in January, with local entrepreneur Julia Davis—in front of their premiere Pilates locale to get to the core of the trend.
Who should do it? Pilates is truly for everyone—from athletes to prenatal and postpartum women, those recovering from an injury, finding their wellness journey or focused on aging gracefully.
Why such a good workout? Pilates is truly a transformative experience for both body and mind. The physical benefits include greater flexibility, strength, stamina, a more balanced posture, and injury prevention and recovery. Many Pilates workouts incorporate equipment, including spring-based reformer machines designed to support the spine and target specific muscle groups. Studies suggest it may also help to improve muscle endurance, reduce chronic pain, and lessen anxiety and depression.
Frequency? Start with two to three sessions per week to learn the exercises, form and machines. As you advance and want to build strength, tone and flexibility, maintaining three-plus [per] week will lead to those results.
What’s the draw? Pilates works muscles and parts of your body in ways no other exercise can—and it’s a smarter way to strengthen your entire body, tone your muscles and get fit. It’s efficient—and you can do [it] every day.
These clothes were made for walking—and running, biking and relaxing. Enter Free People Movement’s recently opened Village District storefront boasting colorful active ’fits perf for moving about.@fpmovement
Discount designer clothes and accessories? Say less. Shop till you (nearly) drop and rack up chic deals at Nordstrom Rack’s Triangle Town Place location slated to open in October. @nordstromrack
Calling all homebodies! Take care of your bod—and namaste locally—at Homebody Yoga’s cozy flagship studio opening on the ground floor of Platform apartments in West End by early 2025. @homebodync
A new canopy color is dotting the NC coastline. See: Shibumi Shade’s new “Sunset” Pink & Orange canopy that’s brightening up the beach and its sea of blue and teal tents. @shibumishade
Step aside, lottery tickets—there’s a new way to become a millionaire. Treasure Game$, a nationwide skill-based treasure-hunting game has launched in NC and awards more than just the thrill of the hunt (read: $$$) to winners. @treasuregames.fun
Revamp your wardrobe from the same old attire to something new—or new to you—via Same Old Same Old Vintage, a newly bowed secondhand store on Fayetteville Street that’ll have you serving retro *lewks*. @shopsosovintage
Have a dress code to sport—whether wedding, fancy dinner or anything in between? Formal clothing rental biz TrenLendwill be expanding to a second location at Makers Alley in North Hills Innovation District this fall—and is celebrating with a release of an exclusive collection of dresses to impress. @trenlend
Take a cue from Mac Miller and treat yourself right. Sweat one out and cool back down at SweatHouz, Seaboard Station’s newly opened infrared sauna + cold plunge studio. @sweathouzHotties do Pilates. Level up your body and stretch your mind (aka reform yourself) at Club Pilates’12th Triangle location coming to Seaboard Station later this year. @clubpilates_downtownraleigh
News flash: Moving your body doesn’t have to be high maintenance.
It’s no secret that hitting the gym can be a real drag. After a long day in the office or wrangling the kids, sometimes the last thing you want to do is voluntarily opt for a laborious sweat sesh on the treadmill or the strain of lifting heavy weights. Enter the low-impact workout craze.
With oodles of boutique sweat studios popping up around the city, there’s no question supply is rising to meet demand for a different fitness regimen—from Pilates to hot yoga to rowing to Barre classes. Case in point: Raleigh Iron Works’ newly debuted duo of yoga- and Barre-, and reformer-based outposts, YoBa Studio and [solidcore] (respectively), and the ever-thriving and expanding Dose Yoga (hey, new North Hills Innovation District location!)—never mind the bevy of other buzzy outposts leaning into low impact with killer results to boot.
“Pilates is a buzzword right now because a lot of high-profile people do it,” notes Allison Bowers of DTR’s Heights Pilates. “But the reason it’s still around and there are so many ‘spinoff’ versions is because it works.”
Beyond results, with gym membership comes accountability and community. Which also begs the Q: Are gymgoers also paying for camaraderie as they condition? Either way, whether you’ve been on the low-impact train from the jump or are just now burning out on HIITs, here’s what your slimnastics pref says about you.
HOT TAKE: 9/10 chance you’ve got a six-pack and a slew of side hustles
CELEB DOPPELGANGER: Cameron Diaz
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Guess what Designed for Joy has in their pocket(book)? An upcoming second locale in North Hills Innovation District—slated to spread retail joy and keep women in crisis employed starting in April. Now that’s a good look. @designedforjoy
Dress your chickies head-to-toe in bright colors and not-so-basic basics from Pink Chicken, a vintage-meets-chic children’s boutique recently hatched in North Hills. Sounds im-peck-able.@pinkchickenny
HIIT the gym, not the snooze button! Coming to Seaboard Station is this Australia-based global fitness boutique Body Fit Training. Get your heart rate up via science- and technology-based techniques that are sure to *work out*! @bft_studios
The Flourish Market is now, ahem, flourishing at Raleigh Iron Works. Preach your girl power while shopping for gifts and boutique items catered toward the gals from impact-driven brands. We love to see it! @theflourishmarket
YoBa Studio is now stretching out its space and mixing up community at Raleigh Iron Works. The all-inclusive woman-owned exercise studio offers classes like Barre, strength, cardio and yoga. They’re flexible like that. @yobastudio
Crabtree is opening its doors to a trio of new spaces this year: uniquely curated Black- and woman-owned bridal store Runaway Brides; custom lip color biz Lip Print Beauty Bar; and savvy-slash-cutesy boutique Eloise Collections. @runawaybridalco; @lipprintbeautybar; @eloise_collections
Coming in steamy, SweatHouz is also sliding into Seaboard Station for an all-encompassing wellness experience feat. cold immersion, hydromassages, infrared saunas and vitamin C showers. The heat never bothered us anyway… @sweathouz
