Focus on Fitness & Wellness
It’s hard to imagine a Seattle neighborhood better suited to an active lifestyle than Madison Park. From tree-lined sidewalks and Arboretum trails ideal for walking and running to community tennis courts and a beautiful lake attracting swimmers and kayakers, the ‘hood is a haven for fitness afficionados. Not surprisingly, Madison Park is home to a number of local businesses eager to help us be our best selves. Among them:
Transform 180 Training opened in January in the space formerly occupied by Denali Fitness. It offers personalized fitness training and 24-hour-access open-gym membership, with four personal trainers catering to fitness enthusiasts of all levels.
www.transform180training.com (206-755-5004)
1 on 1 Fitness provides individual fitness training with a personal trainer in a private suite.
www.1on1fitnesswa.com (206-324-3010).
Modern Balance focuses on a hybrid training methodology incorporating disciplines such as weightlifting, calisthenics, entry-level gymnastics, yoga, meditation, and mindfulness. Operating out of a private fitness studio, coach Andres Valdivieso offers both one-on-one and small-group classes.
www.modernbalancemethod.com (206-705-3697)
Madison Park Pilates offers private lessons and mat classes using the original Gratz and other Classical Pilates equipment. Founder and lead instructor Jenna Ferguson is also a certified Zena Rommett Floor Barre® teacher.
www.madisonparkpilates.com (206-939-8312)
Ashleigh Hall, sole proprietor of Degrees of Freedom Wellness, is a licensed massage therapist who works mostly with chronic pain clients – many of whom stay on after feeling better for maintenance, such as classic Swedish and deep tissue massages.
[No website currently] (954-549-0762)
Annie Lindberg, sole proprietor of The Point Acupuncture, is an acupuncturist, herbalist, Ayurvedic and Chinese Medicine practitioner, and yoga teacher. Her passion: to provide attentive, compassionate, individualized care to help clients efficiently and naturally recover from injury and illness.
www.annielindbergacupuncture.com (206-300-0796)
City Sweats is an infrared wellness spa with several Seattle-area locations, including Madison Park. The woman-owned business was started by Dee Alams who pioneered infrared sweat therapy in Seattle as a way to promote detoxification through sweating. The studio also offers lymphatic drainage, ultrasonic cavitation, and fascia blasting.
www.citysweats.com (206-402-5417)
Seattle Massage Pro, located in Madison Valley, offers massage therapy, private infrared sauna sessions, and float therapy. Clients have the option of combining all three services in one visit for a premium wellness experience.
www.seattlemassagepro.com (206-397-3590)
