Surreal... Plain and simple, just surreal
That is exactly how my life is. Twenty-one years ago I was a know-it-all 23 year old, sketching out ideas for what would be just a dream of mine. I was full of ambition and had the drive and work ethic of a locomotive train. I just needed the nudge to jump. Ironically, that nudge came when a former employer fired me from my personal training gig and I was stuck needing to find a job. I wanted to stay close to home and be with my father as my mom had passed away not that long ago and didn't want him to be lonely. I had already been reaching out to various suppliers and manufactures to judge the cost of opening my own place, when one of them emailed me knowing of a club in Mentor that was for sale. That club was Results Fitness...
I am not going to sit here and type out 20 years of memories, though I could, without a doubt, hammer out 100 paragraphs of stories. I have laughed; I have cried (many times); I have bleed (also many times); I have met amazing people (my amazing wife!!!); I have met assholes; I have lost amazing members; I have employed amazing people(Kim, Steph, Jenna, Kristina, Eden, Ian, Spencer and so many more); I have bled(told you many times); I have expanded; I have shrunk; I have purchased Millions of dollars of equipment; I have paid millions of dollars in rent to various landlords; I have paid millions of dollars of salaries; I have cried; I have stressed; I have remodeled; I have worked 48 straight hours and hundreds of hours a week; I have achieved my dream...
With out a shadow of doubt though, I could have done none of this without each and every Titan that has walked through our doors. Each and everyone of you have made my dreams come true. You have been with me every step of the way, and I am eternally GREATFUL!
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