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IN STUDIO: Alison Bologna purchased a 15,000-square-foot building in Pawtucket in January 2020 and turned it into a new home for her yoga studio, Shri Studio Inc.  PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Bologna stretches for more with yoga

Business Women 05/24/2024

2024 Business Women Awards ACHIEVEMENT HONOREE: Alison Bologna Shri Studio Inc. founder and owner ALISON BOLOGNA’S GOAL for Shri Studio Inc.’s new home is to be...

Tips to get fit and have fun

Advice 04/01/2022

Two of the most popular New Year’s resolutions are to exercise more and to lose weight. New year, new you – right? However, by...

PASSIONATE PURSUIT: Phillip Carroll opened the CrossFit Phillipsdale gym in East Providence in March. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Looking to turn fitness passion into lifelong career, IT consultant opens...

Entrepreneurship 10/16/2020

Fitness has been integral to Phillip Carroll’s life for as long as he can remember. The former high school athlete began weightlifting after joining the...

BY THE NUMBERS: Heart-rate monitors and a 3D body scan help trainer Nate Andrews, left, and Dr. Ram Yogendra, founder of ECA Wellness in Pawtucket, assess clients’ fitness needs. / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

In fitness journey, ECA Wellness makes use of science

Coronavirus 05/15/2020

ECA Wellness LLC reflects founder Dr. Ram Yogendra’s scientific approach to fitness. Heart-rate monitors, a 3D body scan and other devices help Yogendra and trainer...

CREATIVE WORKOUT: Trey Evans takes part in an online yoga class using his laptop and headphones at Eleanor Tinsley Park near downtown Houston on March 24. / AP FILE PHOTO/DAVID J. PHILLIP

Thinking outside the gym during coronavirus

Coronavirus 03/27/2020

Steve LaTart in Minnesota is thinking of installing a space heater in his basement to re-create the atmosphere of his hot yoga classes now...

NEXT LEVEL: Divine Barre owner Ali Bramhall teaches a ballet-inspired exercise class known as barre at her Providence studio. She prides herself on the studio being welcoming and judgement-free. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Providence fitness student raises the barre

Entrepreneurship 03/20/2020

When barre took the fitness world by storm, Ali Bramhall was ready. The low-impact, ballet-inspired exercise class was a natural progression for the former-dancer-turned-certified-personal-trainer. After...

Denise Chakoian is a 14-year veteran of Rhode Island’s fitness industry and a cancer survivor. Last year she saw her business grow by merging two studios into a 7,000-square-foot space in Providence’s Wayland Square, doing business as CORE Cycle.Fitness.Lagree Studio. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Build a community to grow business

Entrepreneurship 01/24/2020

Denise Chakoian | CORE Center of Real Energy LLC owner and president When I began 14 years ago, I focused on building a business, thinking...

Uncle Sam can’t whip us into shape

Commentary 11/08/2019

I trust government to soften the harshness of capitalism via subsidies , to provide health insurance , to build roads and bridges, to maintain...

A FITTING MOVE: Denise Chakoian persevered after she was diagnosed with a life-altering illness to become Rhode Island’s first Lagree license holder. / PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Cancer didn’t prevent Chakoian from reshaping her fitness business

Entrepreneurship 11/08/2019

2019 PBN Business Excellence Awards EXCELLENCE AT A WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS: CORE Cycle.Fitness.Lagree Studio ON A TRIP to southern California five years ago, Denise Chakoian,...