WE MAKE FITNESS FUN

At Balance Gym, we inspire people to create balance within their lives by demonstrating how fitness can be fun and sustainable! We know there’s more to staying fit than just getting ‘regular’ exercise and that’s why we encourage our members to take full advantage of our sporting events, parties, and challenges you won’t find at any other health club in the DMV.

BALANCE WAS BORN IN DC

Balance Gym is a DC-born and bred business with humble beginnings: Balance began as a bootcamp space off a basketball court in Kalorama, where our founder Mark Crick dreamed of opening a gym to house the city’s very best trainers and a no-BS attitude toward fitness. Fifteen years later, Balance has four award-winning gyms in the Thomas Circle, Foggy Bottom, Glover Park, and Capitol Hill neighborhoods, and three award-winning CrossFit boxes. Our Glover Park location is also home to Balance Burn – one of only two Lagree fitness studios in DC, and the only one to feature the Megaformer MS3.

One thing hasn’t changed: our commitment to “train for sport, train for life.”

BALANCE FITNESS FACILITIES IN DC

Our four locations, Thomas Circle, Foggy Bottom, Glover Park, and Capitol Hill, have their own unique assets and features, but all maintain a fun vibe and provide a quality place to train hard–whatever your goals may be. In each location, Balance is proud of our exceptional personal trainers, most of whom have had a competitive sporting background and specialize in all aspects of the fitness industry.

CLASSES TO FIT YOUR SCHEDULE

Balance offers more than 100 classes per week, including our signature Balance Bootcamp (which we take outside to the surrounding neighborhoods or our roof deck when the weather allows), Balance Body, and Balance Ride classes; traditional classes like yoga, barre, and Zumba; and more unique offerings like pole dancing and PILOXING. In addition, CrossFit Balance, led by Danielle Dionne, sent teams to the CrossFit Games in 2017 and 2018 – and the team brought home sixth place in 2018.

HOW BALANCE MAKES FITNESS FUN

What is particularly close to our hearts is our community. Throughout the year, Balance hosts hikes, rooftop parties, scavenger hunts, farm weekends, and many fitness events for our members. No matter where you are in their fitness journey, we know you’ll feel welcome here at Balance. Coaches and members become friends, trainers and clients attend sporting events and concerts, and we pride ourselves on our involvement in the local community through annual support of many charities and local sports teams, such as the DC Eagles rugby team and the DC Strokes rowing club. In addition, Balance has been a leading supporter of both Bike to the Beach and Cupid’s Undie Run for more than a decade, is an annual participant in the Capital Pride Parade, and for the last two years has partnered with the Women’s Strength Coalition to host the second annual Pull for Pride Deadlift Competition in support of Casa Ruby.

PEOPLE LOVE US

Balance is proud to have been recognized as a top gym in Washington, DC. Our awards and accolades include:

• Best Gym, Washington Post Express (2011, 2012, 2016)
• Best Gym, Washington City Paper (2011, 2014, 2015, 2016)
• Best CrossFit Gym, Washington Post Express (2013)
• Best CrossFit Gym, Washington City Paper (2015, 2017, 2018, 2019)
• Best Place to Get Ripped, Washington Post Express (2015)
• Best Gym That Doesn’t Intimidate You, Washington Post Express (2015)
• Best Gym, Washingtonian Magazine (2015, 2016)