ABOVE: Fairmont CrossFit has lately moved inside Live Fit Sport and Wellness Center in Fairmont. As a end result, the health middle plans to increase within the coming yr to accommodate for the expansion of CrossFit and Parisi.

FAIRMONT– Since opening about three and a half years in the past, Live Fit Sport and Wellness Center in Fairmont has added a variety of thrilling choices. Recently, the health middle absorbed Fairmont CrossFit and now has plans to increase to be able to accommodate the added providing.

Live Fit takes up nearly all of the previous Kmart constructing, which it shares with Tractor Supply Company. Live Fit opened in 2020 with a working monitor, synthetic turf, two half courts for basketball, volleyball or racquetball, locker rooms, showers, tanning beds, two saunas and plenty of items of conventional train tools. It additionally has therapeutic massage and chiropractic providers.

Alex Schliesmann, Live Fit’s proprietor, shared what they’ve added since then.

“We added two Trackman golf simulators. We just put in a brand new cold tub last month for cold tub therapy, that’s new,” Schliesmann stated.

While the basketball courts can be utilized for pickleball, Schliesmann stated they’ve ordered new flooring particularly for pickleball, which ought to be coming within the subsequent few weeks.

The current addition of CrossFit is an enormous and noticeable change as effectively.

“Andy (Sodersten, head trainer at Fairmont CrossFit) approached me and we bought them out. LiveFit absorbed CrossFit,” Schliesmann stated.

He stated that originally there have been conversations about renting area at Live Fit, however when the thought of absorbing it was introduced up, Schliesmann was excited in regards to the prospect.

“We thought it would be easier for memberships,” Schliesmann stated. “Every CrossFit member has access to all seven CrossFit classes and everything at Live Fit.”

One of the advantages to absorbing CrossFit is that it provides one other ingredient to Live Fit and extra choices for members. A bonus is that it’s all conveniently underneath one roof.

“Now we offer a ton of classes. We have classes throughout the whole day. There’s the classes I teach, Silver Sneakers, and all that,” Schliesmann stated.

Along with eight CrossFit coaches, there are 4 Live Fit trainers that educate quite a lot of courses from circuit and energy coaching to flexibility and yoga.

Not solely does Live match serve its members, however it additionally opens up the area for different teams locally.

Martin County Magic, the Fairmont-Martin County West gymnastics program, makes use of Live Fit, not just for practices, however because the host of its varsity and junior varsity dwelling meets.

“Both Fairmont and MCW CER (Community Education and Recreation) run youth gymnastics programs here,” Schliesmann stated.

Partnering with and collaborating with different teams is one thing Schliesmann enjoys doing and wish to do extra of. He stated that each Fairmont and Granada-Huntley-East Chain’s golf groups have are available in to make use of the golf simulators and placing inexperienced and Fairmont’s cross nation group has are available in to make use of the working monitor, too.

“We do a lot of things with the local sports teams for sure,” Schliesmann stated.

All in all, Live Fit has practically 2,000 members and it lately gained all 100 of Fairmont CrossFit members. Schliesmann famous that most of the members come from exterior Fairmont and even exterior of Martin County.

“We bring people in. We bring lots of people in from northern Iowa. Recently we had a lady come in with a friend and she lives in Madelia but she signed up to be a member here. She lives in Madelia, works in Mankato, and comes to the gym here,” he stated.

With the addition of individuals, tools and choices, Live Fit has made the choice to increase. Schliesmann defined that the thought was already on the desk as a result of they needed to increase the Parisi Speed School, which is a nationwide sports activities efficiency clinic.

“We want to do an expansion of that and CrossFit to grow those programs,” he stated.

Schliesmann defined that there nonetheless stays a great quantity of unused area on the bottom of the constructing.

“It’s space I’m not currently renting but I’ll add it to my space and expand into it. We plan on starting that within the next 12 months,” Schliesmann stated.

He famous that since opening, enterprise has been good they usually’ve been rising extra rapidly than that they had anticipated by including about 600 members a yr.

“That’s why we’re expanding and investing in the business,” Schliesmann stated.