As we are working long hours to get everything done before we officially open April 1, I am reminded that building a gym and a community is much the same as being an athlete. We need to remember that we are always getting Better Than Yesterday (a sign that I have hanging above my back door that I see every time I walk into my house – a sign you will see shortly at the gym too.)

We may have a long way to go, but we need to look back and remember how far we have come. What we are doing is not nothing. It’s something. Every day we are making progress – in getting the gym ready, in meeting new people to be part of our new community, and as athletes training our bodies. As an athlete, remember that on those days where things seem to not be going well.

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Wall ball targets ready to be used!

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We got really involved in spray painting those new wall ball targets for everyone’s wall ball enjoyment – with the green and orange we look ready for St. Patty’s Day partying!

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We have decided to color code our equipment. Orange is typical Men’s Rx, Green is for typical Women’s Rx, and Yellow is for the Scaled options. (I may suffer from some minor OCD tendencies…)

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Gun racks, bars and plates! (That silver bar in the right corner is Betsy – she was our very first Oly bar. We had to duct tape over the center knurling so she didn’t scratch us all up. She was a good bar and we loved using her in our backyard and garage gym over the last couple years. You will see her hung in a place of honor in the gym as a reminder to us of where we started.)

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Colored coded wall balls!

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We have spent long hours and late nights at the gym the past 2 weeks. Our 3 kids have been great helpers – they painted the 2 kids’ rooms yesterday, then feel asleep in a pile of towels…

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