“People come because they want to lose weight, but they stay because it feels great to be healthy,” Paige Romanowksi beams as she describes her “Bodyrite” philosophy.
The Mattituck woman has been a certified personal trainer for years, but her approach is really all about wellness, she says. Bodyrite provides clients with nutrition advice and assistance with meal planning.
“It’s an integrated wellness approach and it produces results,” she says. Clients have lost 30, 50, 70 even 90 pounds. “But the proof is in the blood panels,” Romanowski crows. “Blood sugar, cholesterol, blood pressure come down. People are coming off medications they’ve taken for years, because they don’t need them any more once their health is restored.”
Romanowski was working full-time at Maximus in Riverhead — and before that at its predecessor, Ultimate Fitness East and ran her own private studio on the side. Clients preferred the personal approach of a private studio and Romanowski decided it was time to open a bigger facility for private and semi-private training.
A vacant Main Road storefront in Jamesport seemed like the perfect spot and after months of work and preparation, Bodyrite Training opened its brand new facility in February. A ribbon-cutting and party planned for Feb. 5 was postponed due to a snowstorm. It took place yesterday, with town officials on hand to snip the ceremonial red ribbon.
“We’re very excited about what we’ve got going on,” Romanowski said yesterday. Her aim is to make fitness affordable, with small-group training classes — no more than eight people — paying a discounted rate of $25 per session. Within the group, the training is tailored to the individual’s ability, Romanowski said.
“We work with people of all fitness levels and all ages,” she said.
There are a variety of other classes, as well: running, rowing, TRX, kettlebell and yoga to name a few. Bodyrite is holding a weeklong fitness camp for kids this summer, too.
Always looking to give back to the community, Romanowski has opened her studio to the North Fork Breast Health Coalition for yoga classes offered to breast cancer survivors. A supporter of the organization’s work, Romanowski has donated proceeds from the sale of Bodyrite T-shirts and donates gym time for the yoga classes.
“We had been doing the yoga classes in our office. This is much, much better,” North Fork Breast Health Coalition president Susan Ruffini said yesterday at the gym. “We’re very grateful for her support.”
