By the time you walk into Your Gym Bestie, it’s clear this isn’t a typical fitness space. Music from different cultures fills the room, conversations flow between English and Spanish, and individuals of all backgrounds lift weights side by side. At the center of it all is Robbi Dominguez, a Latina personal trainer and small business owner who has turned her passion for fitness into a welcoming community hub.
Dominguez is the owner and head trainer of Your Gym Bestie (often called YGB), a boutique gym in Madison that focuses on strength training, confidence, and connection. While the business officially began about six years ago, its roots go back to Dominguez’s own fitness journey.
“I was just a member at the gym at first,” she said. “I had my own transformation, and women started asking me what I was doing. That’s when I thought, maybe this is something I could be really good at.”…