N2SHAPE

Specialties

N2SHAPE is known for its expert fitness training, quality service, and friendly atmosphere. It’s a haven for relieving stress and building strong, healthy bodies and minds.

We work with you to achieve your personal goals whether it’s to become more fit, lose weight or feel better. We’ll be there to motivate and inspire you so you can make your vision a reality.

We offer one-​on-​one and group personal training, Spinning, Boot Camp, and Yoga onsite, at your work place, or home.

History

Established in 1994.

When she founded N2SHAPE in 1994, Ellen Yates never imagined that the company would become her life’s purpose. Fitness is Ellen’s passion, and she’s created a business that lets her teach people to embrace healthy lifestyles and have fun doing it.

Ellen and the great team of trainers and specialty instructors she’s assembled have helped hundreds of people lose weight, achieve fitness goals, recover from injuries, and improve their health. N2SHAPE brings workouts that work to fitness clubs, homes, community centers, and businesses in northern Virginia, Tyson’s Corner, McLean, Vienna, and the rest of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.

In addition to giving instruction in strength training and cardiovascular fitness, our certified professional trainers provide nutrition coaching, corporate wellness programs, Pilates and yoga classes, group instruction, injury rehabilitation, active aging programs for Boomers, and senior fitness for older adults and retirees.

We love what we do

Meet the Business Owner

Ellen Y.

Business Owner

Ellen founded N2SHAPE in 1994 after over 15 years experience as a personal trainer and corporate fitness director. Ellen was featured on nationwide television training Arnold Schwarznaegger on the Presidents physical fitness exhibition, The Great American Workout. She was listed in The Washingtonian as one of the top personal trainers in the Washington, D. C. metropolitan area. Ellen earned a B.A. in Physical Fitness Management from Marietta College and is certified by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), the American Council on Exercise (ACE), the Cooper’s Institute for Aerobics Research (CIAR), and the Physical Mind and Body Institute as a Pilates Instructor. She is active in many charities for children and breast cance