New Pilates Fitness Studio Coming To The Village At Newtown

NEWTOWN TOWNSHIP, PA — A new Pilates fitness studio is coming to the Village at Newtown Shopping Center.

Owner Kimberly Patton will be seeking conditional use approval from the Newtown Township Board of Supervisors to open Bodyrok Newtown next to Turning Point at the site of the former Newtown Book Store, which relocated last year to the Village at Newtown South near the farmer’s market.

The studio will operate from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday to Friday and Saturday and Sunday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. with a maximum class size of 14.

Under the township’s ordinance, the use is considered an athletic facility, which requires conditional use approval by the board of supervisors. In early August, the township’s planning commission voted unanimously to recommend approval while expressing gratitude that it’s not another restaurant.

Bodyrok is a national franchise that takes a traditional reformer workout and turns it up a notch by adding strength training exercises and high-energy music to keep the heart rate up during the 45-minute class.

“Our method includes a greater variety of exercises, longer segments, and quicker transitions, resulting in a more intense, sweat-fueled fast-paced Pilates workout,” says its website.

The new studio will feature a workout area, lockers, a restroom, a retail shop, a water station, grooming products, and free wi-fi.