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Help RAW Fitness Performance pimp out its new home!

Raw Fitness Performance has found the perfect space to lease and take RFP to the next level, but I need YOUR help to get it outfitted and ready for business!

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Help RAW Fitness Performance pimp out its new home!

Help RAW Fitness Performance pimp out its new home!

Help RAW Fitness Performance pimp out its new home!

Help RAW Fitness Performance pimp out its new home!

Help RAW Fitness Performance pimp out its new home!

Raw Fitness Performance has found the perfect space to lease and take RFP to the next level, but I need YOUR help to get it outfitted and ready for business!

Raw Fitness Performance has found the perfect space to lease and take RFP to the next level, but I need YOUR help to get it outfitted and ready for business!

Raw Fitness Performance has found the perfect space to lease and take RFP to the next level, but I need YOUR help to get it outfitted and ready for business!

Raw Fitness Performance has found the perfect space to lease and take RFP to the next level, but I need YOUR help to get it outfitted and ready for business!

Raw Fitness Performance
Raw Fitness Performance
Raw Fitness Performance
Raw Fitness Performance
1 Campaign |
Cambridge, United States
$6,151 USD 38 backers
102% of $6,000 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal

UPDATE:  WE ARE OFFICIALLY OPENING ON MARCH 1, 2013...HURRAH!!!

Hi everyone, my name is Jane Taylor, aka Jano (pronounced Jay-no), and I have been a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) through the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) since 1991. I am the sole Owner and Head Coach for Raw Fitness Performance: Bringing it Back to the Basics, a concept that has been kicking around in my head for a number of years. Before I proceed, let me tell you a little bit about me. I cut my teeth as a strength and conditioning coach as a graduate assistant while getting a Master’s degree in Exercise Science at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, MA. My first job upon graduating was as the Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. This was a wonderful and rewarding experience where I learned a great deal during my 8 years. I left Dartmouth to become the Sports Performance Director at Velocity Sports Performance in Sudbury, MA, a franchise business dedicated to helping athletes of all ages improve speed, strength, and agility. This experience deepened my understanding of how to develop the complete athlete using a systematic approach, as well as giving me invaluable experience with helping a new business gain footing in the private youth sports performance industry. After Velocity, I entered the world of personal training as a Level II Master Trainer at Healthworks Fitness Center for Women in Boston, MA. During my 5 years there, I had a two year stint as the Fitness Director and finished as a Level III Instructor Trainer, helping with the professional development of staff by providing NSCA approved workshops, all while training full time. I left all of that behind in 2011 for a once-in-a-lifetime adventure with my girlfriend Courtney to travel around the world. All these experiences combined have given me the confidence to start a small business called Raw Fitness Performance: Bringing it Back to the Basics!

Coming home after traveling around the world to no job, I started training privately in January 2012, building steadily from one client to 15 active clients currently doing private, semi-private, or bootcamp training. Without a space, I train clients outside, in their home, in a studio space I rent for $20-25/hr, wherever is convenient for the client. The problem is, outside works well in nice weather, but revenue is lost unless an alternative plan is in place when the weather turns foul. The continued growth of RFP depends on finding a permanent home and after 7 months of searching, I believe I have found THE PERFECT SPACE to lease and begin a new chapter in my life as a small business owner!

I've often thought of starting my own training business, having a little slice of heaven on earth to call my own. And now the planets have aligned for me to bring that concept to fruition. The building could not be more perfect in terms of location, size, and look. In fact, a January 1, 2013 article in the New York Times commercial section rates Kendall Square and East Cambridge as one of the top two or three submarkets in the COUNTRY because of the recent and ongoing development of commercial and residential space.

I have a clear vision of how to manage, grow, and brand Raw Fitness Performance to be one of the best small-budget-top notch training and programming-gyms in this area. I am thoroughly excited to introduce RFP to East Cambridge, a thriving Mecca of Gen X’ers and Baby Boomers, two fast growing demographics in the fitness industry. Taking RFP to the next level requires leasing this space, and I am hoping you will help me in this endeavor.

The building is not much to look at from the outside. It’s a brick and cement, stand-alone, garage-back-in-the-day-building, boasting about 625 sf. You roll the garage door up and walk through beautiful French doors into an open, large first floor space with 2 gorgeous sky lights and a 25 ft ceiling. The second floor has an office with storage and what I am designating as the "warm-up cool-down area" which is connected by a walkway that looks out over the first floor. It is very RAW, unfinished and crude, needing a bit of work, but absolutely perfect for RAW FITNESS PERFORMANCE. The size makes rent affordable at $30/sf, market value in these parts. It situates in an industrial zone, off a major highway, with ample parking, easy access to public transportation and major roadways. It has access to both open spaces and parks, providing areas for future outdoor training. Finding the space was the first step; outfitting it is the second.

What WE NEED is help defraying start-up costs of almost $20000. Equipment and installation are the biggest start-up expenses, coming in around 15k. Your donation and generosity will help us purchase more bang for your buck, cutting-edge, versatile, portable, and dynamic equipment that can do many things well AND save space, because 625 sf is not that big! As you might guess, this stuff is not cheap, and to give you a sense of what things cost, here are a few big ticket items:

Rogue Econ-14’ Rack $1180,

8’x6’ Oak Olympic Platform $1650,

5, 10, 15…..50lb Rubber Hex DB’s $579

Kettlebells 8kg-20kg $552.

(2)-45lb barbells $378

(5)-TRX Suspension Trainers $805

Set of 3 plyo boxes $375

5, 10, 25, 45lb bumper plates $533

That’s about $6000 right there.  You get my point. This list doesn't even include stretching mats, foam rollers, jump ropes, resistance bands, bar clamps, dumbbell rack, training rope, climbing rope, etc etc etc.

Our goal is to raise $6000 to help with the purchase of equipment and build out needed to be open and ready for business March 1, 2013. We can certainly exceed our goal, so don’t be discouraged from donating.

Here’s What YOU GET.  Cool perks and a choice of donations that fit everyone’s wallet.  For those crowd-funders that do not live in the area, other arrangements, such as virtual or online training can be substituted.

1.  $10 Squat:  Hand written “thank you” and a big HIGH 5!!

2.  $25 Inchworm:  Hand written “thank you,” a big HIGH 5 AND your signature immortalized on our “You Rock” Plaque!

3.  $50 Dynamic Warm-up:  Hand written “thank you,” a big HIGH 5, your signature immortalized on our “You Rock” Plaque, PLUS, a cool custom designed RFP t-shirt to wear proudly around town!

4.  $100 Romanian Deadlift:  Hand written “thank you,” a big HIGH 5, your signature immortalized on our “You Rock” Plaque, a cool 100% organic cotton custom designed RFP t-shirt to wear proudly around town, PLUS, a personalized 6 week Strength and Conditioning Program!

5.  $250 Clean & Press:  Hand written “thank you,” a big HIGH 5, your signature immortalized on our “You Rock” Plaque, a cool custom designed RFP t-shirt to wear proudly around town, PLUS, one month unlimited Small Group Training!

5.  $500 World’s Second Greatest:  Hand written “thank you,” a big HIGH 5, your signature immortalized on our “You Rock” Plaque, a cool custom designed RFP t-shirt to wear proudly around town, PLUS, four 60 minute Private (or Virtual) Training Sessions and a personalized 6 week Strength and Conditioning Program!

6.  $1000 World’s Greatest:  Hand written “thank you,” a big HIGH 5, your signature immortalized on our “You Rock” Plaque, a cool custom designed RFP t-shirt to wear proudly around town, PLUS, one month unlimited Small Group Training AND, four 60 minute Private (or Virtual) Training Sessions and a personalized 6 week Strength and Conditioning Program!

My vision of Raw Fitness Performance is to provide a positive and empowering experience for all ages, genders, and ability levels through fun, challenging, and cutting edge programming that ultimately inspire people to feel better, look better, and live better. Building a community and culture of loyal clients and athletes is important to us, and those who choose RFP over similar businesses, will be rewarded with the highest quality customer service, nationally certified coaches and trainers, the hottest training equipment on the market today, all in a small-budget gym setting. We do not charge an initiation fee. We do not have memberships. You only pay for the training you want or need. We like to keep it simple.

You can help us by spreading the word via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or any other method you use to create a buzz or conversation. Let people know about Raw Fitness Performance. Tell your friends, family and co-workers. 2013 has arrived. Are you ready? 

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Choose your Perk

Squat

$10 USD
Hand written “thank you” and a big HIGH 5!!
Estimated Shipping
May 2013
0 claimed

Inchworm

$25 USD
Hand written “thank you,” a big HIGH 5 AND your signature immortalized on our “You Rock” Plaque!
Estimated Shipping
May 2013
5 claimed

Dynamic Warm-up

$50 USD
Hand written “thank you,” a big HIGH 5, your signature immortalized on our “You Rock” Plaque, PLUS, a cool custom designed RFP t-shirt to wear proudly around town!
Estimated Shipping
May 2013
9 out of 30 of claimed

Romanian Deadlift

$100 USD
Hand written “thank you,” a big HIGH 5, your signature immortalized on our “You Rock” Plaque, a cool custom designed RFP t-shirt to wear proudly around town, PLUS, a personalized 6 week Strength and Conditioning Program!
Estimated Shipping
May 2013
10 out of 25 of claimed

Clean & Press

$250 USD
Hand written “thank you,” a big HIGH 5, your signature immortalized on our “You Rock” Plaque, a cool custom designed RFP t-shirt to wear proudly around town, PLUS, one month unlimited Small Group Training!
Estimated Shipping
May 2013
1 out of 20 of claimed

World's Second Greatest

$500 USD
Hand written “thank you,” a big HIGH 5, your signature immortalized on our “You Rock” Plaque, a cool custom designed RFP t-shirt to wear proudly around town, PLUS, four 60 minute Private (or Virtual) Training Sessions and a personalized 6 week Strength and Conditioning Program!
Estimated Shipping
May 2013
2 out of 15 of claimed

World's Greatest

$1,000 USD
Hand written “thank you,” a big HIGH 5, your signature immortalized on our “You Rock” Plaque, a cool custom designed RFP t-shirt to wear proudly around town, PLUS, one month unlimited Small Group Training AND, four 60 minute Private (or Virtual) Training Sessions and a personalized 6 week Strength and Conditioning Program!
Estimated Shipping
May 2013
0 out of 10 of claimed
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