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On April 24, Christian Alvarez’s dream to help others came true: He opened FitnessNT in Avon. The indoor cycling, Pilates and fitness studio replaces the PeloDog Indoor Cycling studio, formerly owned by Jennifer Kaplan, who moved to California to be close to her family.
“I can’t imagine anyone better than Christian to take the reigns as new studio leader,” Kaplan said. “He will do an incredible job at continuing to cultivate and grow the positive and awesome studio vibe and community.”
Overcoming challenges
Born in Puerto Rico, Alvarez studied music and was a “somewhat famous” lead singer of a band, performing to thousands of fans. At age 21, the now-43-year-old left the familiarity of his community to move to Texas in pursuit of his dreams. Even though his native language was English, he still encountered a language barrier in terms of accents, and he didn’t know a soul.