06/17/2026
Our very first workout space. The garage of our first house almost 10 years ago. Rusty old dumbbells, a homemade squat rack built from square tubing 🤣, and used horse mats from Tractor Supply.
Exercise has always been a part of our lives. Coming home tired and filthy and going straight out to the gym with each other to get after it. Meal prepping late at night in our kitchen with the little bit if healthy food we could afford. Always encouraging each other with the same phrase that we've based our marriage on: "Rain or Shine."
We painted it on the wall as a reminder that through the ups and downs in life we are going to show up for each other no matter the circumstance. It was even the song we had our first dance to as a married couple (Come Rain or Come Shine by Ray Charles).
Looking back, it's funny how little we had and how much those moments meant. What started as a place to train became a place where our love grew deeper, and where we learned some tough lessons. Perseverance and fortitude in the physical sense. Not to mention a gratitude for our health and loving ourselves where we we're at. Lessons we still have to occasionaly re-learn in our mid thirties 😅.
That's why Flatland Fitness & MMA was never just about opening a gym or starting a business. It's about creating a place where people can become stronger in every sense. Physically, mentally, and spiritually. A place where people can grow, thrive, and build a better version of themselves.
Because fitness has never just changed our bodies. It's changed our lives.
So now we get to say even more than before that rain or shine, we'll keep showing up—and we hope you'll join us.