SPENGA Owner Spotlight: Jackie
Jackie is the owner of SPENGA Marlborough! She is paving the Massachusetts fitness pathway by opening its first location in July of 2019. Her love of fitness and sports is the perfect recipe of SPENGA’s concept, spin, strength, and yoga. Alongside her team, Jackie is what makes this not just a fitness studio but a community.
Jackie was bursting with excitement when she opened her doors the summer of 2019. At no point, did her road map show her that a worldwide pandemic would completely change the course of her beloved fitness studio. Like all small business owners, Jackie needed to think outside the box for ways to keep her members engaged. Jackie’s attention to detail and hard work truly makes her stand out, overcome, and of course learn from the challenges small business owners have faced both during COVID and even after. Her determination to keep the doors open, just 9 months after launching, didn't go unnoticed. Being challenged to create this 3-tiered workout that incorporates spin, strength training and yoga with her team while in shut down was quite the task. The creativity and perseverance to organize virtual, outside, and socially distance workouts were not for the faint. Yes, abiding by the 14 feet distance regulations in the studio and rebuilding once the world reopened was and still is a challenging task, however Jackie & her team are that strong and nothing will take down these walls! As you can imagine, spin bikes are not the easiest thing to transport. It was many late nights where Jackie pondered how to give her members the cardio, they were getting from indoor spin but at home with limited equipment. Hand weights were in such demand making it another challenge for members to workout at home. Thank goodness our sessions incorporate yoga! Our breathing techniques and stretching sure helped with the stresses of navigating this new world. The challenges we all faced during COVID truly showed how amazing and supporting our instructors and members are, what an amazing community we have!
Aside from being our fearless leader, Jackie is a proud mom of 4. Her family is her world. Making memories with family and friends are very important to her work/life balance. You can catch her at the hockey rink, softball field, lacrosse field or at her nieces/nephews’ games. She really enjoys sharing her love of sports with her kids and having an active lifestyle.
Jackie prides herself on providing more than a fitness studio. You will have a top-notch experience by being a member of SPENGA Marlborough. The moment you walk through the doors and are greeted by Jackie, or another member of her staff is just the beginning of your experience. The cleanliness and aroma therapy fills the studio. You will always have a great workout with the 3-tiered program and feel motivated and encouraged by all nine instructors. We are incredibly lucky to have such a fantastic role model. Jackie is ready to WERK with you and help you fall in love with the BEST. WORKOUT. EVER.
