Synergy Pole Fitness

Plenty of people walk into Studio Synergy for the first time nervous, and Daniella Clement built the whole place around that. She's a mom of two who lives right here in Murfreesboro, and she opened the studio on Middle Tennessee Boulevard because she wanted her growing town to have somewhere to move, get strong, and make friends out of the neighbors it keeps gaining. She still teaches, and one of her newest students left admitting she had definitely underestimated how much strength pole takes, and that Daniella made it feel much less intimidating.

Everything about the room is set up so you stop watching yourself. The lights stay low and colored, the music does a lot of the work, and there's a house rule against negative self-talk. Each class keeps the same short routine for eight or nine weeks, so by the second month you're not counting steps anymore, you're just dancing it. The studio's own line for it is "We are all learners here," and nobody expects you to get the flow on the first try.

What students talk about afterward is the other women in the room. Kelsey Lowder came in scared and wrote that she's never felt more empowered than when she's "being cheered on by a group of ladies who simply wanna dance and feel beautiful together." Another student said it's where she made friends and found "a part of a family." That is exactly what Daniella was after from the start, a love of movement that turns neighbors into friends. Groups can book the whole room for a private party too, and the last fifteen minutes are saved for photos.