Our team is honored to be a part of this incredible industry and celebrate the people and places pushing boutique fitness forward. We have community activations all through the year but our favorite annual celebration is The Mariana Tek Studio Awards! This year, we were honored to deliver 25 awards to studios and instructors, and got inspired ourselves by taking their classes and getting to know their teams.
About the Mariana Tek Studio Awards
Showcasing the standout achievers in boutique fitness, The Mariana Tek Studio Awards celebrate the leaders who’ve made a mark in the fitness industry in 2025. This is the third year we’ve celebrated our community with these awards and each year they get better and better. The winners are true examples of success stories based on data and popularity, making them rise above and beyond in various categories.
The 2026 Mariana Tek Studio Award Winners
Most Popular
The Most Popular Award honors boutique fitness studios that achieved the highest membership growth in 2025. This award recognizes studios that successfully grew their community by attracting and retaining members, demonstrating outstanding appeal, business excellence, and a commitment to delivering in the moments that matter.
Top Attendance
The Main Attraction honors boutique fitness studios that drew the highest total number of attendees in 2025. This award recognizes studios that consistently brought in people, creating vibrant, energetic classes and a thriving community all year long.
Wellness to Watch: Othership Flatiron
The Wellness to Watch Award recognizes a studio or brand that’s redefining what modern wellness looks like — and attracting a community that shows up. Chosen for standout attendance and momentum, this honoree pairs innovative offerings, thoughtful experiences, and strong brand presence with real member engagement. They’re not just following trends — they’re setting them, creating meaningful impact while shaping the future of wellness.
Most Inspiring Member: Osiris Valdez, The Full Routine
The most inspiring member celebrates the individual who lights up the studio every time they walk through the door. With unwavering dedication, positivity, and a genuine desire to uplift those around them, this member inspires everyone in the community to shop up stronger, support each other, and reach their full potential – both inside and outside the studio.
Full House: Lagree West
The Full House Award honors the boutique fitness studio that consistently packs their classes in 2025, showcasing their undeniable popularity and strong community. This award recognizes studios that kept energy high, spots full, and motivation soaring, proving their ability to inspire and attract a loyal following.
Community Choice: Favorite Studio
The Favorite Studio Award is chosen by the fitness community. This award recognizes the studio that captured the hearts of their members, earning the most votes as a standout studio for motivation, movement, and community connection in 2025.
Community Choice: Favorite Instructor
The Favorite Instructor Award celebrates the power of community, awarded to the fitness instructors who inspired the most votes from their loyal members in the community. Their ability to build a strong, engaged fitness family is what makes them a standout leaders in 2025.
- Izzy Cuellar – iiCE Fitness
- Raquel Marquez – Lagree + Versa Fit
- Marisol Garcia – iiCE Fitness
- Megan Hanson – High Ride Cycle
- Han Coppinger – Studio One Cycle + Movement
Rookie of the Year: Flo Yoga Studio
The Rookie of the Year celebrates the power of community, awarded to the fitness instructors who inspired the most votes from their loyal members in the community. Their ability to build a strong, engaged fitness family is what makes them a standout leader in 2025.
Studio Influencer: NYX Cycle
The Studio Influencer recognizes the fitness studio that mastered the art of online engagement in 2025. With creative content and strong community interaction, this studio kept followers inspired, motivated, and connected beyond the studio walls.
Visiting the Award Winners
Awards season is our favorite time of the year because we get to meet our clients and experience their award-winning classes first hand! This year we went all out to deliver almost all of the awards in person. From Dallas to Denver, here’s a quick recap of just a few of our team’s visits:
Mack and Jackie took iiCE360, a 60 minute cycling class at iiCE fitness in Dallas, TX! The choreography was tough, but the vibes made up for it.
Maddy and Johnny dropped off the Studio Influencer award to NYX in Phoenix, AZ. We can confirm, Maddy is now a spin girlie.
Our Denver team – Helen, Lauren, Seanalee, Billie, Jess, and Red – took an exhilerating class at High Ride Cycle with one of our instructor award winners, Megan Hanson.
Michelle, Shannon, Mollie and Mathew visited Othership Flatiron for an invigorating breathwork and cold plunge experience.
Inspiration from the Award Winners
We captured some great content from our visits which we’ll be sharing on Instagram and TikTok over the coming weeks (including a four minute long conversation in a cold plunge) so follow us if you aren’t already! But for now, let’s wrap this up with some powerful quotes from the studio owners about what this experience means to them and reflect on some proud moments across their community.
This award means so much to not only me, but the entire team. To be chosen by the community is honestly one of the most validating feelings as our whole brand is identified as a community that people really resonate with, so for them to show up for us and take the time to vote for us, it is such an honor. It’s showing that our impact is felt and is needed.
Katy Marshall, Studio One Cycling
A member came throughout the entire year, who was a little bit older, and she had a lot of trouble holding a plank. So, her goal for the year was to be able to hold a plank, and by the end of 2025 she said, “Raquel, I can do everything on my own and I no longer need any modifications.” Hearing her say that and seeing her progress over the year, just filled my heart up with joy!
Raquel Marquez, Lagree + Versa Fit
Movement and fitness has helped me out throughout my life. Showing up for my mind, for my body, has been of great help to me. So creating a space like this felt important, not just as a business, but as a contribution. I wanted to create a vibrant space, a place where people actually want to walk in, move their bodies, sweat, and feel good for themselves.
Gilberto Diaz, Vibrant Pilates
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by Colleen Trinkaus Marketing Director, Mariana Tek
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First published: February 13 2026
Written by: Colleen Trinkaus