Published July 24, 2025 at 2:45PM
Megaformer’s new Clarendon studio at 1016 N. Garfield Street (staff photo by Katie Taranto)
The vacant space where Megaformer plans to open (staff photo by Katie Taranto)
The vacant space where Megaformer plans to open (staff photo by Katie Taranto)
A boutique fitness studio is gearing up to replace a former yoga center in Clarendon.
Megaformer plans to open this winter at 1016 N. Garfield Street, in the vacant retail bay next to Pure Barre. The space was formerly held by the yoga studio Sukha Center, which closed last year.
Megaformer uses the Lagree method
- The fitness studio relies on spring machines to offer low-impact full-body workouts, with movements that engage the body’s slow-twitch muscle fibers.
- It follows Lagree, a patented workout method that uses bodybuilding principles to improve strength and endurance.
- Classes take 50 minutes and are sold in packs, while private training sessions start at $150. The studio plans to announce opening membership details “soon.”
It will be Megaformer’s first Virginia location
- The development marks another recent turnover in Clarendon’s fitness scene, after Club Pilates confirmed plans to open this summer where Urban Kempo shuttered.
- Megaformer currently has four California locations and a studio in Miami Beach, Fla. It is also expanding to Austin, Texas.
Sukha co-founder leads online classes
- Sukha co-founder Damion Moss told ARLnow last year that high rent and a dissolved business partnership influenced his Clarendon departure. At the time, he planned to relocate and rebrand as “Good Space.”
- While those plans have yet to materialize, Moss recently began hosting Midweek Movement Club, a new virtual exercise program.
- The 45-minute program takes place at 8 p.m. each Wednesday. First sessions are free and cost $25 thereafter.
