Achieve Rehab & Fitness Blog

ACHIEVE Staff Party

2008-04-11T19:14:00.002-04:00

Achieve hosted a 70's costume party for the staff as a

thank you for a job well done..

Here are some pics from the party.

New elements of fitness added every day

2008-04-04T05:12:00.002-04:00

I picked up a commercial truck tire from a local tire place this week! Amazing functional exercise can happen when using somthing as simple as a large tire. It's also fun to get your hands a little dirty once in a while.

Women's Bodyfat Competition begin's!

2008-03-25T07:34:00.012-04:00

THE COMPETITORS...GOOD LUCK EVERYBODY!

1 Cat Heitz
2 Pam Huang
3 Margie Treasman
4 Tara Driscoll
5 Tara Quick
6 Christian Ducker
7 Jan Crabtree
8 Serena Silpot
9 Jamie Blantin
10 Brett Aranow
11 Kate Butlein
12 Diane Eppert
13 Darlene Charest
14 Carol Hendrickson
15 Barbara Stewart
16 Rachel Leiphart
17 Kristin Kreuder
18 Joanne Heller
19 Dianne McCoy
20 Stapley Emberling
21 Cincy Cross
22 Nancy Tauck
23 Carol Bowman
24 Lisa Murray
25 Karen Kleine
26 Danielle Dam
27 Karen Fernandez
28 Maureen Coogan
29 Mersene Norbom

Personal Trainer in the making!

2008-03-23T20:37:00.004-04:00

Andrew and Ashley's daughter....What a cutie-pie...Maybe a future personal trainer..

Finally a new ACHIEVE Posting on the blog!!

2008-03-22T07:01:00.005-04:00

Sorry For the Delay Everyone!! The website has been my primary objective... Lets start by showing everyone how amazing our ACHIEVE grand opening party was! More ACHIEVE blog entries to come.. Check out our new web site at achievefit.net

It was a wild night. We had a head count of 300 at one point! The only thing people were pressing were food and drink... Next ACHIEVE party is this summer for our 1 year anniversary!

Wow! I can't believe it's been son long since my last Achieve posting!

2008-03-22T07:01:00.000-04:00

ACHIEVE IS FINISHED!!!

2007-08-05T21:43:00.000-04:00

Here some shots of our first day of business. With just some minor loose ends to tie up Achieve was a huge success among trainers and clients!!

We have finished laying all our floors.

2007-07-25T20:16:00.000-04:00

Here are some pictures of the finished flooring. We are just about ready to move in!!

We have started to lay flooring

2007-07-16T21:51:00.002-04:00

Here are some pics of all the great help we had in are first day of laying flooring. Thank you to everyone who pitched in.

We bid a fond farewell to the Lord family

2007-07-16T21:51:00.001-04:00

The Lord family has officially finished there work at Achieve. We are all sad to see you go. Thank you so much for all your hard work and dedication to the project guys. It was great that you had a chance to meet all the trainers and clients (our second family) here during this process. We will all miss having you around.

Our locker rooms are now complete. The ceilings are in. Final inspections are underway for electric and plumbing. Flooring will be laid this week where I will do my next photograph update. We need some extra hands Friday afternoon if anyone wants to chip in to help lay flooring. Our move is set for the last week in July. Everyone keep their fingers crossed for no glitches!

Painting DONE

2007-07-16T21:50:00.001-04:00

Now you can see the colors of our new gym..

Lots of places to hang your jackets or purses.

Ashley sitting on one of our shower chairs.

Chad putting the mount in for the plasma tv.

Brand new tile floor for mens bathroom.

Mens shower area is just about done!

Beautiful hallway trainer sink is done.

Ceiling tiles are now being put in.

6 weeks until ACHIEVE opens on AUG 1!!!

2007-07-16T21:49:00.001-04:00

Ashley in a physical therapy office. Check out the beautiful wains cotting!! What great taste Danny.

Janet and Larry working hard to finish the physical therapy area.

WOW.. Doors are going in. Nice handles.

Danny's taste again on the vanities but Andrew and

Ashley's on the tile floor in the elegant upstairs powder rooms.

Yo Stevie Kid. Our heating and air conditioning man..Also a quality 3rd baseman on JUICED, our gym softball team. Thanks for your help kid..

These locker room floors will haunt me for the rest of my life. Pulling 25 year old tile is not fun.

Ever seen a sheet rocker on stilts?? This is a first for me..

Here it is. Now you can kind of see what are gym is going to look like!

Now a little game for everyone... Match the pictures with the descriptions. Good luck.

A   B

C   D

E   F

G

1. Baby Andrew and Ashley

2. Andrew's client Jeff Corbett getting jiggy with it

3. The TRX

4. Scott Karlsan

5. Irish Festival

6. Chad Lord

7. Bat Mitzfah feast (I think I spelled it right)

Sheet Rockers are Here

2007-07-16T21:48:00.001-04:00

        Here is the color base for are new gym. White with red accents.

                The boxing and martial arts area has been sheet rocked.

                                 Trainer lounge and men's shower

                         Physical Therapy and Personal Training Academy

New Pictures!

2007-07-16T21:47:00.001-04:00

        Chad Priming the ceiling                                          The fumes were aweful!



Vanities, countertops, and faucets                               Ashley checking out a vanity



   My brother Dave power washing                                Chad framing the mens showers

       Framed laundry facility

Achieve Update

2007-07-16T21:46:00.001-04:00

Well a lot has happened since my last blog update. Where to begin...

The plumbing for your new locker rooms, water cooler, and washer and dryer is complete. The ceiling and walls in the main gym area has been primed and painted! It looks fabulous.. Vanities in the upstairs bathrooms have been replaced. The electrical and HVAC work in the PT and office area is done. All the offices and hallways have been painted. 4 showers have been installed. 2 new steel roll up garage doors have been ordered. The stone wall outside of the building has been power washed. We are meeting with a branding team later this week to design our new logo and we have formulated a wish list for our new equipment... Which will be left a surprise.. Some things must be kept a secret..

Keep checking the blog for more updates and pictures to come very soon..

Things are moving fast!!

2007-07-16T21:45:00.001-04:00

All our subcontractors have started their work. Including are plumbing and electrical work.

Here are plumbers are installing drains for the showers.

Janet (Ashley's mom) shown here painting a PT treatment room.

John and Andrew doing some grunt work. The only thing we're

good at

Can you believe all these pipes came off this ceiling...

Our team met to determine gym layout

2007-07-16T21:43:00.000-04:00

John, Rod, and Kevin our glass guy discussing mirror and

window placement.

The windows on the boxing and martial arts room were framed.

Ashley and her family discussing washer and dryer placement

Your future showers! We had to cut through the

concrete for the shower drains.

Ashley, Larry, and John standing in the entrance to the therapeutic exercise area.

The framed doorway in the picture will be the entrance to physical therapy.

The Framing is almost complete

2007-07-16T18:57:00.000-04:00

    Boxing and Martial arts room                                Physical Therapy

            in workout center





            Massage Therapy                              Different View of Workout Center

     Personal Training Institute

Work Work Work

2007-07-16T18:54:00.000-04:00

Can you all believe we got Ashley to work?

Nothing is worse than ripping up carpets! Thanks to my dad and brother for pitching in. You're looking at the future trainer lounge!

Ashley's dad Larry going over plans on our dryer.. Yes we will have towels washed and dryed on site. No more waiting for towels!!

Our Building

2007-07-16T18:52:00.000-04:00

Here are some pics of the outside of our building. There is 5000 square feet of high ceilings for our workout center, Tai KO martial arts, Champion Boxing, and John and Andrew's brainchild "The Crossfit Room" There is 3500 square feet for our rehabilitation center, massage, nutrition, The National PT institute of America, and a therapeutic exercise room.

Here is a beautiful shot of our workout center room.

Special Thanks

2007-07-16T18:49:00.000-04:00

I would like to extend a heart felt thank you to a few select people. None of this would be possible with out their hard work and dedication: Danielle and Ashley for all your work on the building plans to name one thing... John and Rod for all the phone calls and visits with our lawyers and city hall. We thought that would never end Ken for finding our new home. Our dedicated training staff, members and clientèle for all your support in this process. But most of all to Ashley's family for uprooting their lives in Idaho for the summer to help us build ACHIEVE. Janet and Larry are Ashley's parents and Chad is her brother shown in the picture below during the initial demolition stages of our project. By the way ladies, Chad is single...

Welcome to the ACHIEVE Construction Blog!!

2007-07-16T18:39:00.002-04:00

It is my privilege to inform you that on Monday May 7, 2007 the construction of ACHIEVE Rehab and Fitness Center began its construction process. 27 Lois St. is going to be our new location right across from the Bed Bath and Beyond plaza on Westport ave in Norwalk. The facility is 8500 square feet and will include Danielle's PT practice and have a state of the art fitness facility of which all the trainers that you all know and love will continue to train there. Keep checking this blog for updates on our new facility.