Fit to Print Volume 22, Issue 4 : December 2013 | Page 24
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Cor gets carried away...by a Gorilla (Larry Broesler) that is!
teaching aerobics. It was what we
wanted to do.
Cathy: Every day at lunch time, after we
had our giant Gemmelli's heroes, we
would clean, and that was a workout. Up
and down the ladders...we'd do the
mirrors every day. People would ask
"where's the pool?" Because we used so
much bleach on the floors.
Cor: In the early days, Ed Dalton, and Rick
Campos were the only men at Fitness
Incentive. Them and the Siben brothers.
Cathy: And that other guy, Jerry? Jerry,
the aerobics guy...he used to take our
classes. What was his last name?
Ken: He was our very first trainer.
Cor: He trained Laurie Gilfedder.
Cathy: He brought a different perspective
in. We were still on Main Street, and he
loved all of our classes and brought a
different mindset...He was ahead of his
time, really, talking about protein, and
meat, and no carbs, and general
nutrition.
Cor: He was really good. He would always
help.
PS: When you made the move to Main
Street, did you bring weight training
equipment in immediately, or did that
come later?
Cor: We only had a couple of pieces at
that time, and they were all cardio. We
had no weight machines. There were only
four pieces of cardio, actually. "Can you
please bring in some weight equipment?"
they asked. "Please get some weights."
And I said to Kenny, "It's time." And Kenny
ordered them, our first set of free
weights, which we placed on a rack
against the window.
Ken: And then we got in a couple of leg
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machines, and knocked down that wall
between the cardio and a boutique
areas, which opened up the space for a
whole run of machines. We added
treadmills and we put weight machines
in the back area.
Cathy: And then there was the
Spindrome...
Ken: That was the next thing!
Jourdie: I remember this! You brought
me down there, and showed me these
designs, and asked where I thought they
should be placed on the floor.
Ken: The funny thing about the
Spindrome was that we'd gotten it all
done—the walls are all black, the bikes
are in…but the stage had been built
over a monstrous pipe under the floor.
It was a long stage, with room enough
for three bikes. There was a hellacious
thunderstorm. We didn't think anything
of it, really, in terms of the gym, but it
The flood was like being
kicked in the stomach.
We had worked so hard for
this. This is what we
cared about.
turns out that this giant pipe was a
drain that served the roof...Any rain
water that collected on the roof would
drain away through this pipe.
Unfortunately, as we would later learn,
it leaked. It flooded the entire
Spindrome. The bikes were brand new!
There was 6 inches of water on the
floor.
Cor: Everything that was placed in
storage in that cubby area was ruined.
Ken: They had to open up the entire
floor to make the repair.
PS: That was nothing compared with
the big flood in 1992, right?
Cathy: When I arrived to open the gym
that morning, water was leaking out
from underneath the door.
Cor: We had to close for two months
while repairs were made.
Cathy: I was so upset that morning I
was almost speechless, the amount of
water I was standing in. I was
devastated to the point where it was
almost like my own home. I called you
guys to tell you...But there was no way
to say it. No way to deliver this kind of
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Cor: Weeks of reconstruction would
follow, and some of the key people who
pitched in, who helped out tremendously,
are still members and still come to the
gym. Noreen Wingert, John and Lisa
Bachety, Eilleen Boyle, Charlotte
Kornahrens. They helped for days.
Cathy: It was like being kicked in the
stomach. We had worked so hard for
this. This is what we cared about. This is
what we did all day. I could barely speak
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