A space that feels like yours
A warm, thoughtfully designed place to lift - with premium equipment, room to focus, and a community of women who want to get stronger too.
Women's Lifting Studio
You’ve found your place to get strong.
More than a gym: premium equipment, recovery tools, a clear path forward, and a community of women who get it.
The studio
A better place to get stronger.
Start from anywhere
Never lifted before? Already know your way around a barbell? Come as you are. We'll help you build confidence, sharpen your skills, and keep progressing.
Strength for the long game
No quick fixes or fitness fads. Build strength you can keep - for the things you want to do now and for decades to come.
How it works
Train the way you like.
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Lift on your own
Great equipment, your own plan, your own schedule.
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Get some guidance
Need a plan, a form check, or help figuring out what comes next? We’re here.
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Learn the foundations
New to lifting? Learn the essentials and build the confidence to train independently.
You’ll always know what to do. And why.
No guessing. No wondering where to start.
Beyond the weight room
Strength is the foundation.
We're building Found Strength around everything that supports it - training, nutrition, recovery, and women's health.
Train
Equipment, space and guidance to keep progressing.
Nourish
Practical, evidence-based support for fueling muscle and your health.
Recover
Tools and space to recover, recharge and come back strong.
Women's Health
Education and connections to trusted experts as our bodies change.
The recovery corner
Infrared sauna · Normatec boots · massage guns · mobility tools
Stronger together
Come for the lifting. Find your people.
There's something different about training around women who are there for the same reason. Celebrate a PR. Ask a question. Learn from each other. Or put your headphones on and do your thing.
You belong here either way.
Why lift?
Muscle changes how we age.
Lifting progressively heavier weights is the most effective way we know to build and keep muscle, strength and bone. And muscle does far more than move weight: it’s a metabolic powerhouse that keeps us healthy, capable and independent. Wherever you’re starting, it’s worth building.
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Muscle
Preserve and build lean mass.
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Bone density
Give your bones the loading stimulus they need.
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Metabolic health
Support insulin sensitivity and body composition.
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Life
Stay capable, independent and ready for whatever you're into.
Explore references Hide references
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ROAR (Updated 2024) - Dr. Stacy Sims Female-specific training & nutrition across the lifespan
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Huberman Lab x Dr. Stacy Sims (2024) Why women shouldn't train like men
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Nutritional Concerns of the Female Athlete (2023) Hormones, fueling & recovery
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Evolution of Resistance Training in Women (2025) Modern strength science for women
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Menstrual Cycle & Performance (2025) Cycle phase & training readiness
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Sarcopenia & Menopause - NIH Estrogen decline & accelerated muscle loss
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Body Composition Changes with Semaglutide - JAMA Lean mass loss on GLP-1s
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Preserving Muscle While on GLP-1s - Cleveland Clinic Why resistance training + protein are essential
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Huberman Lab x Dr. Stacy Sims (2024) -Female-Specific Exercise & Longevity Podcast on hormones, performance & training for women
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The Drive Podcast -GLP-1s & Muscle Mass Why weight-loss drugs increase need for resistance training
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Stacy Sims -Menopause & Strength Training (2024) Midlife strength & hormonal transition guidance
You’ll love this place if…
You want to get stronger.
You've never lifted and don't know where to start.
You already lift and want a better place to do it.
You want guidance without needing someone beside you for every workout.
You want to be around women who take getting stronger seriously - without taking themselves too seriously.
You care about staying strong, capable and healthy for the long run.
Find your
Everything you need to get strong - and keep getting stronger.
A note from the founder
Roxana Heitz
Founder · PhD · NASM-CPT
I’ve spent more than 15 years building products at the intersection of health, technology, and behavior change - at Verily, Peloton, and Dexcom. And the more I learned about health, the more convinced I became that strength belongs at the center of how we think about aging well. And as a personal trainer, I’ve loved helping women start lifting and watching their confidence grow.
The problem is that telling women to “lift heavy” is easy. Giving them a place where they can actually learn, feel comfortable, and keep getting stronger is harder.
That’s why I built Found Strength. A serious lifting space that also feels like somewhere you belong.
Get in touch
Come work with us
We're building a small team of people who love helping women get strong.
Found Strength · Mountain View · Nov 2026
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