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“Our landlord was kind enough to let us use the outside. We have a parking structure that was not being used, so we took that, put in some grass and turned it into the roof,” said Zac Walker, one of the three co-founders. They just opened the circuit training gym a year ago.
I was inside, on the first floor of the building.
“We were open for four months and then COVID came in. We closed for four months a day, which was a little scary at first. I didn’t really know what we were going to do, how we were going to handle it,” Walker said.
They were closed for a few months before reopening their indoor operation in June, only to be closed again when the second wave hit. The gym members were bummed.
“I’m thinking, I started working out every day, I’m in my routine, I’m screwed. I’m going to get back on the couch,” Newport Beach resident Brad Barnes said.
But this time, the state allowed gyms to operate outside, so the owners quickly found a solution that has survived the back-and-forth guidelines.
“In two days, we got all of our gear out here, rolled the grass and basically took our gym that was downstairs and moved it upstairs,” Walker said.
“Sunshine, fresh air, I mean, I love it here,” Barnes said.
About half of their rooftop space is covered, which they say has helped when the weather is not so favorable.
“We had hail here a couple weeks ago, and we thought, oh my gosh, we’re going to have to cancel class, what are we going to do? And our members just bundled up and hugged, started cheering. It was so much fun,” he said. Walker.
The change also helps the club continue its mission of giving back to a health-related charity each month.
“You may be having a tough day, but when they come in and say that we are fighting for nurses and we are fighting for children with cancer, whatever it is, you push a little harder,” Barnes said.
Membership costs a few hundred dollars a month, but they also offer individual classes or packages.
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