For Sydney Dumler, the past two years have been momentous. The 27-year-old wellness entrepreneur and instructor opened her luxury reformer studio, Forza Pilates, in December 2023. Since then, Forza’s name has ricocheted through Nashville’s fitness community — as both a top workout spot and an attention-grabbing lifestyle brand. The stunning studio, complete with gold-frame mirrors, wooden beams and peaceful earth tones, has been frequented by locals and tourists, featured in national publications, and even visited by pop star Sabrina Carpenter.

Sydney believes workouts can be both beautiful and functional. Her signature Forza Method celebrates strength in all forms, combining focused muscle training and lengthening reformer exercises to create lasting results. After witnessing the impact of her flagship Wedgewood-Houston location, she opened Forza Atelier inside Soho House Nashville, providing members with expert training and concierge services.

Despite Forza’s initial success, Sydney isn’t planning to slow down. She’s launched fragrance and clothing lines, hosted wellness retreats, organized exclusive pop-ups and even created her own “Expensive” smoothie, served at SunLife Organics. When we spoke in September, Sydney was days away from launching the Forza Digital platform, which makes her method accessible nationwide. She also revealed to Nfocus that she’s opening a third studio in Franklin this winter.