Best studio ever!!! I've been going 1-5 times per week for the last 4 years and I can say with 100% certainty that this space is very welcoming, positive, accommodating, and fun. A lot of the unhappy reviews are from people who try to take advantage of the kindness of the studio. Please know that no matter your background (age, ethnicity, body size--whatever it may be), the studio is inclusive for everyone. You'll find that with time, you become part of a close-knit "pole family" and can develop confidence, sensuality, sisterhood, and strength with the art of pole at Bombshell Fitness. Whether you're going for pole, Lyra, heels dance classes, or just flexibility, I highly recommend that you give it a try. You might find it as life changing as I did :) read more

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I've been attending classes at Bombshell for a little over a year now. I had never been on a pole and knew absolutely nothing about pole dance before my first class. I've gone from not know how to walk to doing things I never would have thought were possible a year ago. The instruction here is top notch. It is always geared towards my level and skills, while still challenging me consistently and helping me grow. Pole is also a very demanding sport - all the teachers make sure that each of the students are adequately warmed up and provide appropriate modifications to avoid injuries. I've taken private sessions from three of the coaches (Lauren, Kendra, Jaymie) - every time Jaymie listened carefully to what skills I wanted to work on in those sessions and went through effort to match me with the right coach. At this point, I think I've taken every class offered at least once and have never had a single bad experience. I brought a friend with me to a class and was thrilled when she became as addicted as I am. Jaymie has created a safe, welcoming, and fun space that I absolutely love. I cannot recommend it highly enough. read more

SHORT VERSION: This business is quaint and students are nice, but the owner just ruins the entire place. She is rude, unprofessional, and incapable of teaching. Save money and time and just find a studio with instructors who can actually teach and appreciate new students (there are options in town), unless you already know how to pole dance and love an owner with a Mean Girls attitude. This studio may be a good fit for already skilled pole dancers, but not for someone who is trying to learn. LONGER VERSION: - ALWAYS OVERBOOKED for intro classes so you have to "pole share" (meaning more than one girl per pole, so little opportunity to practice); you can't see how many spots are available when you book. - super TINY STUDIO, ceiling height is like that of a standard home, so you can't ever learn to climb on the pole (other studios have ceilings twice as tall). During warm up you can't help but to constantly physically touch other students. The entire studio fits inside my bathroom! - PUNCH CARDS ARE A BASICALLY A SCAM: they expire just 45 days after purchase (as opposed to 6 months at other studios), and due to small class selection (for instance, if you are intro level and want to do classes on Sundays, you can do a max of 2 classes/month), it is almost impossible to ever attend all the classes you purchased. If you happen to get sick like my daughter and I did for a couple weeks, the money wiLl be wasted. I cancelled class ahead of time, so the owner had offered through text to extend our expiration, but then just changed her mind on a whim and cancelled it (she does not value keeping her word). She has just recently changed the policy on her website stating she reserves the right to decline clients and cancel classes at her whim (likely due to my complaint and threat to report the business). Skip to "unprofessional behavior" bullet point if you want to better understand how this owner can escalate conflict in the most shocking behavior unfit for any adult. - SMALL SELECTION OF CLASSES (another studio in town has 5x more classes/week and much wider variety). At Bombshell the intro classes are almost exclusively taught by Jaymie. Their class selection is bigger for advanced students - UNFRIENDLY TO NEW STUDENTS - if you read their website, they admit they opened the studio for former pole dancers of a previous studio that closed. The entire studio is geared towards advanced students/dancers. This is not the place to learn how to pole dance. - UNPROFESSIONAL owner: If you enjoyed being bullied by a mean girl in high school, this studio has the perfect instructor for you: Jaymie (the owner and instructor I had for all classes but one). Few examples: - will take personal calls during class, yet berated my 19yo daughter and I when we arrived 4 min late once (we texted saying we were stuck in traffic) - unhelpful remarks: I was so confused at the routine she tries to put together, so I asked questions a few times, but her replies are just dismissive (when I asked which side of the pole we should end up, she replied "it does not matter", so I asked how I could get back close to the pole and she said "find a way). Surprisingly, she encourages recording during class, so I have everything recorded - UNABLE TO TAKE FEEDBACK (she has called me at 7am once because she was upset at a private feedback I had sent her through a link she had requested feedback! The feedback was concerning her Lap Dance Workshop that did not explicitly explain we had to pair up and both get a lapdance from another student as well as give another girl a lapdance. My review stated I enjoyed and would recommend the workshop, but suggested they added in the future that we had to touch and be touched by other students (I'm from Brazil and not shy at all, but full disclaimer is needed). Jaymie called me late at night very angry at my review, was so confrontation and said she did not state that because she does not feel like "stating the obvious". She does not seem aware new students are not pole dancers/strippers. I am sure she can dance (although her only brag is a 20sec appearance on a spinoff of Breaking Bad ?!), but she can't teach. She will not break down the moves (instead she tries to teach full routines). I took several classes with her and NOT ONCE was I able to spin. Then on my 1st day at another studio I took an intro class and ALL new students learned to spin. Seeing the contrast makes me so happy I will never waste another cent at Bombshell Fitness Jaymie lacks any self-control. She made angry calls to my phone both late at night (after my lap dance workshop feedback) and very early in the morning (when I finally had had enough of her attitude and decided to let her know I was unhappy). Her inability to take any feedback is astounding. I won't be shocked at all if she replies to this review immediately. This review is to save you time and money. You can pole dance at the right studio without being disrespected. read more

Bombshell is THE best studio in and around NM! It's worth the drive from Santa fe! I have been taking classes here for over 8 years and when I started I was below level 0, no dance experience, no flexibility, nothing. Due to the amazing instructors and encouraging environment I am now able to take part in dance showcases, have excellent muscle tone and strength and confidence to try many different and challenging new forms of exercise. I can confidently join advanced pole classes anywhere i travel due to my training here. Jaymie and Kendra are both committed, caring and professional. Bombshell is a place where I can go to challenge myself and achieve feats of strength I never imagined! read more

Dishonest business Omg I am 18 years old and had to submit my first yelp review because I can't fathom how dishonest this business owner is! Every positive review here with the exception of one is a fake review made by the owner and her personal friends and/or employees as a direct reaction to a review my mom posted a few days ago. You know those reviews are fake because in all the years this business has existed, there was only one review, many years later my mom posted an extensive review substantiated with facts stating what both her and I endured at Bombshell Fitness. HOURS later several reviews were made in favor of the business, some from newly created anonymous accounts. Statistically, this is just not organically possible. Don't you hate dishonest people? This behavior of Jaymie is very typical of how she conducts her business. In her response to my mom, she outright lies and denies things we have recordings that we can show and prove her wrong. I witnessed everything that my mom mentioned, so you can just read her review for that, but I want to personally mention my experience: CANCELLING OF MY PUNCH CARD OUT OF SHEER RETALIATION Jaymie cancelled my punchcard out of sheer retaliation towards my mom, even though my mom had already left the business and had no intention of going back. I did not enjoy classes there; still, I felt like going to the last class because my mom had alreadypaid for it. I had missed a few classes due to illness, and she counted them as if I had gone, which is fine with me and her right to do so; but she said she would extend my card expiration (which is very short 45 days for classes offered only every other week) and so I had one last class left that Jaymie personally booked (everything had to be done through her, total control freak). I had no new interactions with her besides during class (thankfully she called and texted my mom only). After back and forth between her and my mom, she just called my mom before 7am one day and cancelled my class with no reasoning. She is petty. CLASS SIZE She does overbook. We have pictures with more than 8 students to 5 poles (she uses one). Only on the very first day did we have our own pole. It was like being cat fished. Every day since, we had pole share and once she threatened I had to share the pole with someone else other than my mom (just because she wanted to control even that!). We did not go to that class since we could not even be together. PUSHING TO PAY MORE She kept trying to push my mom to pay for individual classes (at a much higher rate) with her and I was the one who did not want to do it. Her teaching style never helped me. TEACHING STYLE Classes they were confusing, it felt like I was just watching her dance and brag about how flexible she is (good for her, but it helped me in nothing). STUDIO SIZE Go in there and look - it is like very small, pole height is 8ft. Then stop by another studio and you compare for yourself (at least 3x bigger, high ceiling allows for combing). Read my mom's review and her response. Then go to the two studios in town and compare for yourself. You are welcome SUMMARY If you want to go to a business with a flippant reactionary owner who decides to kick you out on a whim, this is the place for you. If you want to learn to pile dance without being berated in the process... go somewhere else. read more

Bombshell is a great place to learn pole dancing, whether you are just practicing for the exercise or have plans to make choreographies and perform. There is a nice variety of classes for newbies and more experienced pope dancers. There are intro classes, floorwork, heels, flexibility, static pole, spin pole, conditioning, and even Lyra! it is also a sex worker positive studio, offering perspective on working in the club and helping dancers get in touch with their bodies and intuitive moving, with the new class stripper point of view. all the instructors go above and beyond to break movement down to offer the right progressions for individual students to make sure their students are challenging themselves but not going to injure themselves from working on things too far out of their level. it's a very encouraging place to dance. read more

OMG I can't even begin to share about how happy I was to not only find a studio here while I visit my Grandmother, but a GREAT studio! Jaymie and Kendra (the only teachers I got to meet) are phenomenal. Very knowledgeable, great pole dancers with a good way of teaching/breaking down things for people of various levels. Jaymie's warmups are super effective and her choreography is on point. I am so excited to have her help me with some choreo for a pole competition. I would say I'm a pole 2 level at this point and I took the intro classes and thought they were SO good. I learned a lot. Kendra was so strong and helpful in getting me to polish my inversions and her warm up was all abs, loved! Please check this place out! I would text the number on the website with questions! I am definitely coming back here again and again---now I have another reason to visit Grandma! : ) read more