Bunda Mar Vista: LA's Premier Strength & StairMaster Group Fitness Gym

Bunda Mar Vista Introduce

Introduction / Overview

Welcome to Bunda Mar Vista, a true standout in the competitive Los Angeles fitness landscape. More than just a traditional gym, Bunda operates as a high-intensity, low-impact group fitness program designed to deliver a total body transformation with a specialized focus on the glutes and lower body. The name "Bunda" itself—which means 'butt' or 'backside' in Portuguese—is a nod to its core philosophy: that strengthening your body's largest and most powerful muscle group is key to overall fitness, injury prevention, and total body change.

This facility in the Mar Vista neighborhood has quickly become a 'home' for many local fitness enthusiasts, offering a unique workout structure that alternates between StairMaster cardio and strength training on the floor. The classes are famously fun, intense, and expertly led by certified personal trainers—not just instructors—who are highly knowledgeable and enthusiastic. California clients consistently praise the staff, including coaches like Erica, Deja, Samantha, and Maggie, for their positive attitudes, attentiveness to form, and welcoming demeanor, making the experience inclusive for all fitness levels. If you’re in Los Angeles and looking to step up your fitness level with a proven, science-backed method, Bunda Mar Vista offers a challenging and highly rewarding path.

Location and Accessibility

Bunda Mar Vista is conveniently situated in a central Westside location, easily accessible from areas like Venice, Culver City, and Santa Monica, making it an ideal choice for busy California professionals seeking a structured workout near home or work.

The studio is located at:

11955 Washington Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90066, USA

Accessibility is a key convenience factor for this location:

The facility offers free parking in a parking lot located behind the studio (entrance is on Washington Blvd), a highly sought-after amenity in the Los Angeles area, available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Metered street parking is also available nearby.

The building is often noted for being wheelchair-friendly, with air conditioning and heating for a comfortable workout environment.

Services Offered

Bunda Mar Vista specializes in a proprietary 50-55 minute group fitness class format designed to maximize fat loss and muscle development, focusing heavily on proper form and progressive overload. While the core offering is the class, the overall service package includes:

Signature BÜNDA Workout: A dynamic class that alternates between half StairMaster cardio and half strength training on the floor, repeated in three rounds of increasing length (e.g., 6, 7, and 8 minutes per section).

Focused Daily Programming: Classes rotate to ensure a total body workout throughout the week, including Butt & Legs, Upper Body & Abs, Total Body, and the highly challenging Glutecamp classes.

Expert Coaching: All classes are led by highly trained, certified personal trainers who provide detailed instruction, modifications for all fitness levels, and hands-on corrections for proper form.

Strength Training Stations: Individual floor stations are equipped with dumbbells, resistance bands (required ankle cuffs and loops), benches, and sometimes sandbags, allowing for intentional, focused strength work.

Low-Impact Cardio: Utilizing the StairMaster provides intense cardiovascular work that is gentle on the joints compared to running or high-impact HIIT, which is ideal for clients with injury concerns.

Progress Tracking: Access to INBODY scans is often available to help members scientifically track their progress in fat loss and muscle gain over time.

Facilities: Includes clean bathrooms and changing rooms for member convenience.

Features / Highlights

Bunda Mar Vista is celebrated in the local Los Angeles community for several differentiating features that enhance the workout experience:

StairMaster with Fans: A feature highly appreciated by customers—the StairMasters are equipped with fans, providing a cool, more comfortable cardio experience, especially noted in contrast to other high-intensity studios in the region.

Form-Focused Instruction: The emphasis is always on form over speed, with trainers constantly attentive and knowledgeable, helping members like the reviewer who highlighted Erica's focus on form, resulting in a safer and more effective workout.

Incredibly Positive Environment: The gym is consistently described as a place that feels like “home.” The front desk staff, including Maggie, are noted for being exceptionally welcoming and attentive, fostering a strong, positive community atmosphere.

Structured and Efficient Workout: The alternating, timed rounds mean the class moves quickly and efficiently. Clients appreciate the constant motion and the lack of time for distractions, ensuring a powerful, sweat-inducing session every time.

Targeted Results: The science-backed methodology and frequent lower body training are designed to maximize results in the glutes and legs, leading to visible and measurable muscle tone and strength improvements.

Aesthetic and Clean Facilities: The studio is described as a beautiful facility, which contributes to an elevated and motivating fitness environment.

Contact Information

To connect with the dedicated team at Bunda Mar Vista and begin your fitness journey, please use the following contact details:

Address: 11955 Washington Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90066, USA

Phone: (310) 691-8867

What is Worth Choosing

For California residents in the West Los Angeles area, Bunda Mar Vista is definitively worth choosing if you are serious about building lean muscle, increasing full-body strength, and achieving visible results in your glutes and legs without the joint strain of running. Unlike traditional big-box gyms, Bunda offers a curated, expert-led group training model that replaces the guesswork of working out alone with a science-backed, structured program.

The combination of low-impact, high-intensity StairMaster cardio and focused, progressive strength training creates a unique and powerful fat-burning, muscle-building synergy. This is all wrapped up in a beautiful, friendly, and highly supportive studio environment, where the dedication and knowledge of the coaching team—many of whom are praised by name—ensure that every client, regardless of their starting point, feels motivated, safe, and pushed toward their personal fitness peak. When you choose Bunda Mar Vista, you're not just buying a class; you're joining a positive, expert community dedicated to achieving real, measurable physical changes.

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Bunda Mar Vista Location

Bunda Mar Vista

California Los Angeles County Los Angeles Culver - West Washington Boulevard

11955 Washington Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90066, USA

Bunda Mar Vista Reviews

An average rating of ★5 from 6 user reviews.★ 5★ 4★ 3★ 2★ 1

Fun, intense classes. I’ve liked most of the instructors but Erica has been my favorite. Her athletic skill really shines through and helps you focus on form. I don’t perspire a lot in general but I sure do in this class! Love that the Stairmasters have fans, Barry’s doesn’t have fans on their treadmills. No showers but beautiful facilities.
September 14 · Veronica Garcia
The most positive experiences. The staff the facilities, I go to a lot of gyms in the area, Bunda Mar Vista is a place I call home. Coaches are amazing, very knowledgeable and friendly with a positive attitude and enthusiasm. Erica and the spicy Sunday workout. Deja , Samantha . MAGGIE and the staff at the front desk are always so welcoming and attentive. I would recommend this facility to anyone that would like to step up their fitness level
August 28 · Armando Rojas
Madison is an amazing teacher. Clean facility. Friendly staff. Would highly recommend. Got a good workout in and a great sweat without even realizing it was happening. I feel like I’m burning fat for the rest of the weekend.
August 18 · Nita Bakhda
I'd never heard of Bunda before I saw a post on Instagram about the opening of their Mar Vista location. I joined and started coming when they opened and have been coming regularly for 3 months now. It's a small studio but that's actually what I love about it. It makes the class and layout straightforward approachable.All the trainers are so great at what they do while bringing amazing energy to their classes. I also have challenges stemming from auto accident injuries and they're always happy to show me a modification or just the extra patience when it's needed, while also encouraging me to push past hesitations, plateaus, or mental blocks about what I can actually do. And bc they are all knowledgeable but imbue classes with their own style, you can absolutely find a class w a trainer whose approach works best for you.The workout is structured in such a way that the time does go by relatively quickly. Sometimes the floor circuit can move quickly, especially if they're incorporating a move the class hasn't done before, but they still take the time to really go thru the different movements and appropriate form w the class, how to get the best out of the floor moves, and they work hard not to rush the transition from floor work to stair master. Stairmaster exercises are challenging but attainable. I didn't know before Bunda how many different ways you can utilize the stairmaster to target different muscle groups and build lower body strength - so it's definitely not just mundane, mindless climbing.I see all different fitness and age levels in each class bc even though we're doing the same moves and variations, everything can be done based on an individual's current abilities. Between this and the knowledge and patience of the trainers, any intimidation I felt the first few times I attended has waned and I'm consistently motivated to show up. As a result, I've seen steady improvement in my strength, overall pain reduction, and physique.It's a great workout and definitely worth trying if you enjoy circuit and/or group fitness classes.
July 30 · Alexandra Sebok
I’ve been a long time class goer (at other locations and now here) and the classes are consistently focused no matter where you go. I love the consistency to add more heavier lifts and the steady state of it all. Def recommend having your own bunda gear set!
May 25 · Julie Ann