Darwin Fitness Named Winter Park’s Best Workout 2026

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Darwin Fitness Wins 2026 Best of Winter Park Award for Best Workout

Residents voted the private, one-on-one training studio on Lee Road the city's best workout, eight months after its move to a larger Winter Park facility.

WINTER PARK, Fla. (Oct. 29, 2026). Darwin Fitness, a private personal training studio serving Winter Park since 2012, has won the 2026 Best of Winter Park award for Best Workout. The Winter Park Chamber of Commerce announced the winners on Oct. 27 at the Winter Park Farmers' Market, following a community vote held Sept. 28 to Oct. 16.

Best of Winter Park is the Chamber's annual competition, presented by Lane Technology Solutions and Park Smiles Dentistry in partnership with Winter Park Magazine. Residents vote for their favorite member businesses across 50 categories, and the Chamber names one winner and two finalists in each. This year's Best Workout finalists were The Bar Method, which won the category in 2024 and 2025, and The Winter Park Train Station.

Darwin Fitness trains every client one-on-one, by appointment only, with no more than three or four clients in the gym at any time. Its eight nationally certified trainers cover six specialties: weight loss, senior fitness, youth training, sports performance, golf fitness and post-therapy strength training. The studio holds a 5.0 rating across 247 Google reviews.

The award caps a milestone year. In February, Darwin Fitness moved from Maitland into a 3,000-square-foot facility at 2250 Lee Road, near Lake Killarney and minutes from Winter Park Village and Park Avenue. In June, it began publishing structured, named client case studies with documented assessments and outcomes, a format the studio says no other Florida personal training studio had published.

"This award was decided by the people who train with us and their families, which makes it worth more than any ad we could buy. It tells us Winter Park wants private, specialized coaching with results you can verify. Congratulations to The Bar Method and The Winter Park Train Station, and thank you to everyone who voted. Our job now is to keep earning it, one client at a time."

JEAN-SÉBASTIEN FABRE, FOUNDER, DARWIN FITNESS

"Every program here starts with an assessment and is built for one person, whether that's a Winter Park High athlete, a golfer from Winter Pines or a client in their 80s working on balance. This award tells our trainers that the details they obsess over are noticed."

PAMELA FIGUEIREDO, FITNESS DIRECTOR, DARWIN FITNESS

Winter Park residents can book a free assessment, including an InBody body composition analysis, online or by texting (407) 274-4747.

ABOUT DARWIN FITNESS

Darwin Fitness is a 100% private personal training studio in Winter Park at 2250 Lee Rd STE 100, Winter Park, FL 32789. Founded in 2012 by Jean-Sébastien Fabre, it provides science-based one-on-one training and nutrition coaching for adults, seniors, youth and athletes from Winter Park, Maitland, Baldwin Park, College Park and greater Orlando.

MEDIA CONTACT

Jean-Sébastien Fabre, Founder, Darwin Fitness

(407) 274-4747 · darwinfit@gmail.com