Transformation Center (Dayton, Texas)
Today, we’re featuring a brand-new warehouse gym just outside of Houston, Texas in the town of Dayton: Transformation Center. Founded by Memphis Dickey, Reyna Lopez and her husband Angel Torres, Transformation Center celebrated their grand opening in January 2020. https://www.instagram.com/p/B7imx47AzJQ/ The new facility is looking to bring health and wellness to the Dayton community through customized fitness and nutrition...
Weight For It Fitness (Sayville, New York)
Weight For It Fitness, located on Long Island in Sayville, New York, is one of the most unique gym facilities we’ve ever encountered. Its uniqueness is what makes it so special, though. Weight For It Fitness is “located” on Long Island but the gym is fully mobile and on wheels. Yes, the gym is in owner Janet Perry’s van. Weight For It Fitness It’s the reason for this bus/van gym that makes it so...
Repke Fitness (Millersville, Maryland)
A quote in Repke Fitness owner Louben Repke’s email signature says it all: “Be my client now or my patient later.” Repke is unique to the fitness industry as both a personal trainer and a registered nurse. His entry into the business of fitness began in late 2009 when he saw a need that wasn’t being served. “At the time I was working as a physical tech and realized many of the people that came in wanted...
949 Powerlifting (Lebanon, IL)
Cody Courter was sick of powerlifters like himself being kicked out or mocked at commercial gyms for being too loud, grunting or using chalk. So, Courter took his passion of fitness to the next level and opened 949 Powerlifting in Lebanon, IL. Most reading this will have no idea where Lebanon, IL is and we can’t blame you. For the record, its part of the Greatest St. Louis metropolitan area in Southern Illinois and home to...
Fatboys Gym & Tanning (Claxton, Georgia)
Thanks to the Claxton Bakery—which has been producing the famous Claxton Fruit Cake for over 100 years—Claxton, Georgia is the official fruitcake capital of the world. It’s fitting, perhaps, that a bustling fitness facility with a fun name (Fatboy’s Gym and Tanning) calls Claxton home. Fatboy’s began construction in early 2018 and continues to add top-quality Body-Solid equipment to their facility with the help of...
Body-Solid Works With Arnold Classic Competitor Brady Stewart
Last year we featured Arnold Classic competitor Brady Stewart and his training for the annual event with our LVIP Leverage Incline Press. This year, we worked with Stewart to provide a DLAT-SF Mid-Row Machine to help him train for (and hopefully win!) this year’s Arnold Classic. Stewart made a post this week on Reddit detailing the installation of the DLAT-SF, why we worked with him and much more. Here are some highlights: My...