Meet Stephanie Schlottman of KaiaFIT Santa Clarita

Today we’d like to introduce you to Stephanie Schlottman.

Stephanie, can you briefly walk us through your story – how you started and how you got to where you are today.
I grew up in Santa Clarita, but moved to Northern CA for 8 years while my husband was in school and worked. We started our family there, and after my second child, I started feeling low on energy and had bad self-esteem.

I tried to start running and exercising on my own but I wasn’t pushing myself or seeing the results I wanted. A friend of mine told me about Kaia. I started attending Kaia classes and my life completely changed. I loved going to the gym, and I made friends in the process.

When my husband got a new job here in Southern CA, I decided to certify and become a group trainer and open my own KaiaFIT. In January 2016 we moved back, and by April I was running classes out of our beautiful Santa Clarita location.

In the short year we have been open, we have changed women’s lives. We have seen weight loss, personal growth, self-esteem, and lasting friendships built.

Our mission is to become an empowered group of women in our valley that lift each other up and never put another woman down. Every woman can and should be comfortable in our gym. The hardest part is getting there, but then it’s hard to leave.

Has it been a smooth road?
Overall, the process has been smooth. At first, people under-estimated me because I am a young woman. I heard a lot of negativity and people trying to talk me out of opening my own business.

After finding a supportive team to help me find a location, it happened quickly and felt “meant to be.” It was a lot of work getting the place prepped and ready, but a few months of work was totally worth it. We found the place in February and opened in April

The most difficult part of this process has been marketing. Spreading the word and getting people in the door has been hard, and I have learned that it just takes time. Word of mouth has been the most impactful for my business, as well as good reviews on Yelp and social media.

So, as you know, we’re impressed with KaiaFIT Santa Clarita – tell our readers more, for example what you’re most proud of as a company and what sets you apart from others.
KaiaFIT is a women’s cross training gym. We believe in muscle confusion, so we never repeat a work-out. This keeps our bodies guessing, but it also keeps the women having fun!

We specialize in group training. Depending on class time, you will join anywhere from 5-25 people in your class. We do group, partner, and individual work-outs and use basic equipment like jump ropes, kettlebells, free weights, medicine balls, pull-up bars etc.

The great thing about Kaia is that we offer each exercise in three levels, giving low, medium, and high impact options to our women, which is why we can accommodate all types of women, from just starting out, to extremely fit.

We are known for having fun. That’s what I hear most often, is that women don’t feel like it’s a normal work-out because they are having a good time. We have worked very hard to make it an easy place to be. There is no pressure to be anything else other than what you are. We are only competing with ourselves.

What sets us apart is that we are designed by women for women. Our exercises build long, lean muscle and tone a woman’s body beautifully. We don’t have injuries because we are trained well and are constantly looking for issues with form. We stress doing things slowly and correctly versus quickly and poorly.

We are a positive, happy, and encouraging group of women with a common goal: strong bodies, happy minds, healthy lives.

Let’s touch on your thoughts about our city – what do you like the most and least?
I love that LA has so much to offer. This city keeps us close to the beach and the mountains and the weather is perfection. Everyone knows LA and it’s a pleasure to be able to say I live and work here.

Having grown up here, it feels a lot more crowded than it used to, but I can’t say I blame people for moving here. Even though it is expensive!

Pricing:

• Introductory Month is $99
• First week FREE
• Bootcamp only is $169

Contact Info:

• Address: 26635 Valley Center Drive #106
  Santa Clarita, CA 91350
• Website: santaclarita.kaiafit.com
• Phone: 661 713 1756
• Email: stephanie@kaiafitscv.com
• Instagram: instagram.com/kaiafitsantaclarita
• Facebook: facebook.com/kaiafitsantaclarita
• Yelp: https://www.yelp.com/biz/kaia-fit-santa-clarita-santa-clarita

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