Lagree Luxe owner Christa Chase doing a plank on the Megaformer machine. (Courtesy Lagree Luxe)
Make sure to stretch, Platt Park. A new fitness studio is in town.
“People get addicted to CrossFit because it’s really quick,” Lagree Luxe owner Christa Case said. “(Lagree) is the same. You get results in two weeks if you’re going a couple times a week.”
Her studio’s high-intensity, low-impact regimen debuted last week at 1804 S. Pearl St., marking the fourth spot for the local chain. Lagree Luxe’s 45-minute group workouts are based on the teachings of Sebastian Lagree, who invented the fitness sub-genre in 2006.
Lagree uses a 10.5-foot-long, three-foot-wide machine called the Megaformer for a blend of strength, cardio and stretching work. Chase, who opened Lagree Luxe’s first location in the Golden Triangle in 2018, said it’s similar to pilates, but instead of working with resistance, you work against it.
Christa Chase (Courtesy Lagree Luxe)
“Every class is unique and different, but it’s always a full-body workout,” said Chase, a former interior designer. “It’s the full package without the impact. People joke that it’s pilates on crack.”
Fitness enthusiasts have two main ways of paying for classes: credits and memberships.
The former starts at $35 per class, descending in price the more sessions you buy.
Memberships work similarly, ranging from $89 for four classes to $235 for unlimited, charged every four weeks. The local chain is also part of ClassPass, a subscription service that gives access to an array of fitness studios rather than just one.
Chase said Lagree Luxe, which also has spots in Central Park and Cherry Creek, offers eight classes per day at each studio, running about 150 per week with 32 instructors. She added that 7,700 people attend her four locations each month.
“We have more community and a welcoming vibe, but we still keep the edge of really hard classes,” she said of Lagree Luxe, which was the first studio of its kind in Colorado.
The Platt Park location marks the studio’s first expansion in several years. After its Golden Triangle debut, Chase bought Pilates Evolution’s two locations in Cherry Creek and Central Park during the peak of the pandemic.
She quickly flipped those into Lagree Luxes and said she turned a profit within a month.
“We’re thriving, and we’ve been succeeding since the day we opened, outside of the three months we had to completely shut down during COVID,” she said, adding sales were up 21% across the board on the year ending in April. “We’ve been profitable since month six.”
But despite those numbers, she said opening the 2,000-square-foot South Pearl space was a struggle.
The new Lagree Luxe opened last Friday at 1804 S. Pearl St. (Courtesy Lagree Luxe)
Chase signed a lease for the space two years ago but faced delay after delay from construction and a slow permitting process. A six month timeline stretched into a year and ten months.
“It just kept going on and on where we could not get a break,” she said. “Ultimately it was meant to be a small remodel, but because of structural issues, it became a whole rebuild.”
Chase said initial buildouts to the roof and beam got approved for permits, but once some framing, electrical and insulation was done, an inspector came in and nixed the project. A much more substantial process was required to bring the space up to code.
Fortunately, the landlord was doing the buildout and hiring the construction team, so losses were minimal for her. Now that Lagree is open, she’s optimistic it’ll work out.
“It’s mainly the opportunity loss, financially we got lucky,” Chase said. “It’s the best space in Platt Park and Pearl, just in the neighborhood. It’s such an iconic street, and we’re super excited to be here.”
Lagree Luxe owner Christa Chase doing a plank on the Megaformer machine. (Courtesy Lagree Luxe)
Make sure to stretch, Platt Park. A new fitness studio is in town.
“People get addicted to CrossFit because it’s really quick,” Lagree Luxe owner Christa Case said. “(Lagree) is the same. You get results in two weeks if you’re going a couple times a week.”
Her studio’s high-intensity, low-impact regimen debuted last week at 1804 S. Pearl St., marking the fourth spot for the local chain. Lagree Luxe’s 45-minute group workouts are based on the teachings of Sebastian Lagree, who invented the fitness sub-genre in 2006.
Lagree uses a 10.5-foot-long, three-foot-wide machine called the Megaformer for a blend of strength, cardio and stretching work. Chase, who opened Lagree Luxe’s first location in the Golden Triangle in 2018, said it’s similar to pilates, but instead of working with resistance, you work against it.
Christa Chase (Courtesy Lagree Luxe)
“Every class is unique and different, but it’s always a full-body workout,” said Chase, a former interior designer. “It’s the full package without the impact. People joke that it’s pilates on crack.”
Fitness enthusiasts have two main ways of paying for classes: credits and memberships.
The former starts at $35 per class, descending in price the more sessions you buy.
Memberships work similarly, ranging from $89 for four classes to $235 for unlimited, charged every four weeks. The local chain is also part of ClassPass, a subscription service that gives access to an array of fitness studios rather than just one.
Chase said Lagree Luxe, which also has spots in Central Park and Cherry Creek, offers eight classes per day at each studio, running about 150 per week with 32 instructors. She added that 7,700 people attend her four locations each month.
“We have more community and a welcoming vibe, but we still keep the edge of really hard classes,” she said of Lagree Luxe, which was the first studio of its kind in Colorado.
The Platt Park location marks the studio’s first expansion in several years. After its Golden Triangle debut, Chase bought Pilates Evolution’s two locations in Cherry Creek and Central Park during the peak of the pandemic.
She quickly flipped those into Lagree Luxes and said she turned a profit within a month.
“We’re thriving, and we’ve been succeeding since the day we opened, outside of the three months we had to completely shut down during COVID,” she said, adding sales were up 21% across the board on the year ending in April. “We’ve been profitable since month six.”
But despite those numbers, she said opening the 2,000-square-foot South Pearl space was a struggle.
The new Lagree Luxe opened last Friday at 1804 S. Pearl St. (Courtesy Lagree Luxe)
Chase signed a lease for the space two years ago but faced delay after delay from construction and a slow permitting process. A six month timeline stretched into a year and ten months.
“It just kept going on and on where we could not get a break,” she said. “Ultimately it was meant to be a small remodel, but because of structural issues, it became a whole rebuild.”
Chase said initial buildouts to the roof and beam got approved for permits, but once some framing, electrical and insulation was done, an inspector came in and nixed the project. A much more substantial process was required to bring the space up to code.
Fortunately, the landlord was doing the buildout and hiring the construction team, so losses were minimal for her. Now that Lagree is open, she’s optimistic it’ll work out.
“It’s mainly the opportunity loss, financially we got lucky,” Chase said. “It’s the best space in Platt Park and Pearl, just in the neighborhood. It’s such an iconic street, and we’re super excited to be here.”
