Chic Physique Aerial Academy

I love this place! I was really nervous to try pole fitness but it has been a very encouraging helpful environment and I feel like I’m starting to understand! Tina works really hard to make sure you’re building the muscles necessary to navigate as opposed to just throwing you in there. She really takes the time to make sure you’re executing the moves safely and keeps it fun the whole time. You don’t even realize that a whole hour has passed. I would highly recommend this place!

Love this place. I was a bit nervous trying pole fitness. Tina is amazing and really encourages a supportive environment and makes you feel at ease. All the instructors are place a lot of emphasis on safety when executing moves. The studio is well lit and clean. I personally love the mirrors in front of the poles. I can’t wait to start the Ariel silks. I highly recommend trying this studio.

Classes routinely get cancelled last minute & business owner seems shady. Purchased multiple 2 weeks of unltd. classes via groupon for business a while ago & asked for refund when studio moved. When denied a refund, I tried to register for classes at the Frederick studio, but instead the business owner deactivated my MindBody account so I couldn’t register for any classes in Frederick, & then refuses to give my money back because of her «no refund» policy. She uses the policy to manipulate people. Stay away.

This is an amazing studio, nothing short of an upgrade. Spacious, clean. Staff is friendly and helpful. I have trained all over the country and anytime I am visiting my family in the Hagerstown area I always make time to come here to continue my pole practice.
This studio rates very highly in my book, and I hope that seasoned as well as potential students check Chic out. You will be extremely happy you did.

Chic Physique used to have a fun, great vibe with lots of wonderful instructors and classes. However, this new Frederick location is way too inconvenient, far far away for former students at Bethesda/​DC studios to commute and take regular classes. And after hearing a lot of stories from others regarding refunds (see: reviews on Unilocal and Google, BBB), I no longer want to be associated with Chic Physique.
If you still have/​want to try this studio even after you read all these honest reviews, I’d recommend Amanda’s class only. I didn’t like taking Tina’s class, as she was constantly on the phone checking texts and Facebook in class. Other instructors always turned off their cell phones when teaching (and if they had to have the phone on due to work emergencies, etc., they would tell us at the very beginning of the class). Tina always got numerous calls and stepped out to take them for a long period of time — so we were left to spot and teach each other. Also she was not good at teaching advanced tricks, routines or flexibility. So once you have mastered Aysha, she would just show you YouTube or Facebook videos and leave you figure out how to execute those tricks (and mind you — she’s not there to spot you because she’s texting/​calling outside the studio).
All in all, pole fitness is great and I am grateful that Chic Physique Bethesda gave me a place to train for a while, but there are other places that provide safer, more encouraging environment, at a more convenient location, at a more reasonable price point, run by a more professional studio owner. Zero star.

Absolutely love this place! Improving my body and soul while meeting great friends? What’s not to love? A great work out while laughing and having fun. I was scared at first. But the owner and other pupils were just so welcoming and kind! Huge confidence boost and fun work out!

Went here with a groupon and the place was not clean and the staff was not helpful. Would not recommend going here.