POLE AND FITNESS BUT NOT AS YOU KNOW IT
We're changing the game.
**Studio 53 Fitness** is a home-based personal training and movement studio, offering expert coaching in a welcoming space where every session is tailored to you.
More than a studio, Studio 53 is a family. We celebrate every milestone, support each other through challenges, and create a community where everyone feels welcome, regardless of experience or ability.
Our philosophy is simple: **build strength first**. We teach pole through a strength and fitness mindset, focusing on body mechanics, technique, mobility, and control rather than rushing through tricks. We believe a slower approach builds stronger foundations, creating safer, more confident, and more capable athletes.
We don't believe in rigid level structures because every body is different. Instead, we coach the individual, providing personalised guidance and progressions that suit your goals, abilities, and pace.
Proudly owner-led by Karissa, resident pole instructor and personal trainer, Studio 53 delivers genuine, detail-focused coaching in every session. Throughout the year, we also host specialist workshops and guest instructors, bringing fresh knowledge and new challenges to our community.
**Come and experience the Studio 53 difference, where progress matters more than pressure, strong foundations create lasting results, and every body is capable of amazing things.**
💙 100% Individual Coaching
💪 Strength First Training Philosophy
🏡 Small, Family-Run Studio
Meet the Founder
Karissa is the owner of Studio 53 Fitness, a qualified personal trainer and pole instructor with almost 10 years of coaching experience and over a decade in pole fitness. She believes fitness should be fun, sustainable, and accessible to every body.
By day, she edits Reality TV, so she understands the challenges of balancing work, family, and movement. Her coaching philosophy is simple: **progress over perfection**. She'll help you build strength, move with confidence, and discover a way of training that works for you.
**Her mantra:** *Do fitness your own way.*