TRX Classes in Iowa City
Suspension training that uses your own bodyweight to build strength, balance, and core stability. Small, expert-led classes, scaled to your level, in our woman-owned Iowa City studio.
Suspension training that uses your own bodyweight to build strength, balance, and core stability. Small, expert-led classes, scaled to your level, in our woman-owned Iowa City studio.
Real strength
Every move loads your whole body against gravity, not one muscle at a time.
Core in everything
The straps make your core stabilize every rep, standing or on the floor.
Scaled by one step
Move your feet closer to the anchor and the exercise gets easier; farther, harder. Same class, every level.
Easy on the joints
Bodyweight and straps, no impact, no heavy bar.
TRX is the strength class on our schedule. It uses a pair of suspension straps anchored overhead and your own bodyweight as the resistance: rows, squats, lunges, presses, planks, and the dozens of variations in between. Because you set the difficulty with your body angle, a first-timer and a conditioned athlete can work side by side in the same class, each at the right intensity.
It’s the class to pick if you want to get noticeably stronger, if you train hard elsewhere and want a smarter strength day, or if you’ve done our yoga, barre, or reformer Pilates and are ready for something more demanding. It’s also a natural fit for the strength work that supports bone density; see our strength training for osteoporosis prevention if that’s what brought you here.
TRX meets Fridays at 12:00 PM at our Iowa City studio. Classes stay small on purpose, so reserve your spot ahead of time.
Movements are modified to your level and any limitations. You choose the angle, we coach the form.
You get personal, hands-on attention on every rep, never lost in a crowded, fast-paced room.
Serenity has been teaching movement in Iowa City since 2008, founded by Marcie Evans, a certified yoga therapist (C-IAYT) and exercise physiologist. Strength here is built on alignment, not just effort.
Your first visit is a relaxed, one-on-one new-student orientation for $35, so we can learn your goals and any limitations before your first class. We’ll set up the straps for your height, walk you through the foundational moves, and show you how to scale each one. Beginners always welcome.
Marcie has been teaching mind-body fitness and wellness since 1999, after coming through a 25-year battle with autoimmune disease. Her specialty is helping clients build new strength, flexibility, and neural pathways that lead to pain-free movement, and making sure that movement carries into daily life, sports, work, and the activities they love.
Her students range from age 13 to 100 and include stroke and cancer survivors, autoimmune patients, and amateur and professional athletes. As the only Certified Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT) in Iowa City, Marcie brings a depth of training few studios can match.
Marcie Evans, MA, ACSM EP-C, C-IAYT, E-RYT, BCES · Certified Yoga Therapist
Read Marcie's Full StoryThey’re three doors into the same building.
TRX is the most demanding: full-body strength against your own weight, with your core working the whole time.
Barre is low-impact, ballet-inspired toning through small, controlled movements.
Mat Pilates and reformer Pilates build deep core control and precision.
Plenty of our students rotate through two or three of them in a week: TRX for strength, barre or Pilates for control and recovery.
TRX is suspension training: a pair of adjustable straps anchored overhead, with your bodyweight as the resistance. You pull, push, squat, lunge, and plank with the straps supporting part of your weight, which builds strength and core stability at the same time.
No. The difficulty of every TRX exercise is set by your body angle, so a beginner and an experienced athlete can take the same class at different intensities. Your instructor scales each move to you.
It’s low-impact. There’s no jumping and no heavy bar; the load is your own bodyweight, and the straps let you reduce it whenever you need to. Tell your instructor about any injuries or limitations before class.
Comfortable workout clothes you can move in, athletic shoes, and a water bottle. The straps and everything else are provided.
TRX is a full-body strength class built around suspension straps and bodyweight. Barre is ballet-inspired, low-impact toning through small, controlled movements. Both build strength; TRX is the more demanding of the two.
At our studio at 610 Eastbury Drive, Suite #2, Iowa City. Directions and parking here.
Spots in our TRX classes are limited; our classes stay small on purpose. Start with a $35 new-student orientation at our Iowa City studio.
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