- March 28, 2024
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With the combination of his previous career managing animators while working on feature Disney films and his experience as a personal fitness trainer, Ron Betta is now what you might consider a fitness artist.
His fitness studio in Dr. Phillips, Art of Fitness, is a testament to his aim to integrate both art and physical fitness. Betta expects the synthesis of art and fitness to encourage his clients to view their body as a masterpiece they can shape to their aesthetic wishes.
To reflect this concept of the body as a masterpiece they can craft, Betta positioned six large individual mirrors spaced throughout the workout section of his fitness studio. The deliberate design is to help his clients observe themselves slowly changing in the mirror, which is framed similar to how artwork would be framed.
When the opportunity arose, Betta expanded his studio with the purchase of the space next to it. His studio now totals about 3,000 square feet, allowing for a newly added section designated for yoga and group-exercise classes.
The grand opening for the newly expanded studio was July 29, and Betta is holding a grand-opening special of $30 for 30 days of unlimited yoga, and a 15% discount for new members signing up for personal-training sessions.
The new yoga studio boasts a full wall of mirrors, complete with ambient lighting featuring color transitions, a massage room and a wall of art to complement the studio’s dominant message of the body as artwork. Betta has different artists come in to change up the art hanging on the walls routinely.
“I set (the studio) up a little bit like the animation studio that I used to work in at Disney — where the inspiration on the walls worked to inspire the people as well,” Betta said. “I wanted it to be an inspiring atmosphere, and I wanted (the art) to change and be different to show clients that things change.”
Despite working for 14 years as a personal trainer and having authored two books on the topic, the idea for his Art of Fitness studio came rather unexpectedly two years ago.
While conducting a personal fitness training session for a client at their house, a little girl came up to him with a painting. “This is for you,” she said. The idea for the artsy studio struck him in that moment, and he decided to create Art of Fitness.
To this day, Betta still has the little girl’s painting, and has it hanging on the wall in his studio to serve as a memento.
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