Triumph Barre, Yoga and Pilates Studio

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đź“· Abbye "Pudgy" Stockton (right), the first woman to own a gym, (surrounded by her friends, including stunt double and gymnast Relna Brewer (left), on the sunny beaches of Santa Monica in 1946.

She was called “Abbye,” but most people knew her as Pudgy Stockton, the strong, vibrant woman who changed the way the world looked at women’s bodies. In the 1930s and 40s, when most women were expected to stay delicate and small, she was out on Muscle Beach in Santa Monica, lifting weights, balancing men on her shoulders, and showing that strength could be beautiful. She wasn’t just a performer; she became a pioneer.

Abbye opened the very first women’s gym, a radical idea at a time when the fitness world belonged almost entirely to men. Women weren’t supposed to touch barbells, let alone run a place filled with them. But she built a space where women could claim their own power—where muscles weren’t a source of shame but of pride. She understood that strength wasn’t about losing femininity. It was about expanding what it meant to be a woman.

Abbye stood as proof that being strong could be glamorous, that a woman could own her power without asking permission.

There was pushback, of course. Critics called it scandalous, unnecessary, even harmful. But the women who walked through her doors knew better. They felt the shift—not just in their muscles, but in their confidence.

08/01/2025
Meet the newest member of our team Michele! Michele will start by taking over Thursday night Inferno while Leah is out o...
07/27/2025

Meet the newest member of our team Michele! Michele will start by taking over Thursday night Inferno while Leah is out of town, and then you can look for her in our Schedule in September!! Here is a little about her!

Professional trainings:
IHP level 1 certified
IHP level 2 certified
RYT-200
Children’s Yoga in progress
IBBFA Barre certification in progress

Fun facts about me:

I share a birthday with my daughter

I’m a retired 3x surrogate who found IHP when I most needed to get back in touch with my own body

I have 13 chickens, four cats and two dogs

My favorite part of instructing is seeing people find their strength when they least expect it

In my free time, I enjoy aerial fitness (pole and Lyra), paddle boarding and hanging out with my chickens!

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96 Merchants Row
Rutland, VT
05701

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