ANN ARBOR, MI — A national fitness studio franchise will bring “fun, unique and challenging” workouts to Ann Arbor.
Tremble, 417 E. Liberty St., will open a location this winter semester, pending construction plans, according to studio leader Olivia Quinn.
Presales will begin middle-to-late January, she said.
“This really would be something I could bring to the Ann Arbor campus community specifically and something that I wish that we had on campus back when I was a student,” Quinn, 34, said.
Quinn, a certified personal trainer and University of Michigan alumna, promises that the studio will bring elements of strength training, cardio and Pilates into its high-intensity, low-impact workouts.
Although the workouts will be “really challenging,” Quinn said Tremble is for everybody, both professional athletes and newcomers, and provides rewarding workouts to clients.
“You have the ability as the client to challenge yourself in different ways in the class, whether that is adding more resistance to your machine through our springs or staying in each exercise a little bit longer,” Quinn said.
Classes will have about 13 clients each and instructors can bring their own personality and teaching style to their classes, Quinn said.
She also said Tremble will be different from other fitness studios in Ann Arbor because of the mixed-element workouts and how personal the studio will be.
“What I want to do is to create this environment where people would want to not just hop in, take their workout and leave … but where it could also be fun and nice to hang out a little bit before and after class,” Quinn said.
She hopes the studio lobby can have pop-ups featuring local businesses, which can allow clients to make new friends.
The location is optimal for University of Michigan students in Ann Arbor and students can fit a workout in before or after a class, she said.
Drake Filippis, associate broker at Signature Associates, represents the forthcoming Tremble location and said they looked at several locations across Ann Arbor before selecting the East Liberty Street spot.
He said they chose the East Liberty Street spot due to its close proximity to student life. He also cited the location’s proximity to a parking garage across the street as a factor.
Once the Ann Arbor studio begins presales, clients can book a class through the Tremble app.
Quinn received her bachelor’s degree from the UM Ross School of Business in 2013 and worked as a business consultant for 10 years in Chicago.
She then moved back to Michigan because of her husband’s job and wanted to pursue a career she was more passionate about, which led to her receiving a certification in personal training.
Quinn described finding out about Tremble as a “happy accident.” She was in Dallas for a friend’s engagement party in 2025 and searched for fitness reformers nearby. She then found a newly opened Tremble location.
“I just fell in love with the workout from class No. 1,” Quinn said.
After researching Tremble, she learned it was a franchise and decided to open a location in Ann Arbor.
Tremble has over 30 current and forthcoming locations, including one soon to be opened near the Ohio State University campus, according to the franchise’s website.
A leasing office previously held the East Liberty Street spot, Filippis said.
Encore Records, previously called Liberty Music Shop, held the space for about 60 years before it moved to Kerrytown.
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