Barbell-centric fitness facility for all will open in early May.
Georgia power lifting champion Lis Saunders along with owner of Henry and June, are working on a new barbell-centric strength training facility, East Atlanta Barbell Club.
The concept will be located at 530 Flat Shoals Avenue SE, in the former space of Brother Moto.
Saunders will bring her elite power lifting skills, business acumen, and coaching skills to the table, and Chambers will assist with branding and startup capital.
Whether you’re a seasoned weight lifter, a beginner, or just someone who is looking to get generally fit, the fitness club will be everything but your average gym or fitness club, beginning with the price tag – Chambers told What Now Atlanta Saturday that all memberships will be under $75 per month.
He is trying to out-think the CrossFit trend, and thinks that not much emphasis is placed on weight-lifting in the program, or the safety aspect of it.
East Atlanta Barbell Club will be inspired by the 1950’s and 60’s, the era in which weight lifting first reached the masses with programs like Bill Starr’s 5 x 5. Particularly, Chambers wants to bring back the simplicity of the program and the affordability factor: “People were paying a nickel to learn weight lifting moves and be a part of a community.”
One-on-one classes will be offered for those not very familiar with weight lifting.
“We aren’t opening East Atlanta Barbell Club with the intention of making a bunch of money and opening other locations.” The operation comes out of a desire to teach weight lifting safely and intelligently, and create a nurturing environment where all will feel comfortable, even those who don’t fit the traditional jock mold.
Chambers plans to begin hosting a program out of the facility in partnership with Lift With Passion, an organization headed by his friend who is a physical therapist. The program will be geared at young women, possibly high school students.
East Atlanta Barbell Club is slated to open in Early May.
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Great post!
We put a lot of love into 530 Flatshoals for Brother Moto. We are super stoked for EAV barbell club to be taking it over while we move into a bigger space off Memorial!
Excited for you guys
Weight lifting for white people…brought to you by trust fund kids…
Boy, someone sounds like a racist, hater…..
Hope it’s more affordable than Village Fitness.
You are not an inclusive club as your website indicates since you don’t allow police and military. Many minorities and even gays are police and military. So don’t act like you care about minorities. But don’t worry. Police and military will always be there protecting the constitution so that people like you can come out of the woodwork, run your businesses and run your mouths. Unbelievable.
spoiled rich white kids pretending to be activists. need to be head stomped.
LOL!!! We’ll all be laughing when some muslim nut job walks in with an auto and starts spraying because there won’t be a soul there to protect anyone…IDIOTS!! BTW, Jim, where did you get the $$$ for all your tat’s? EBT?!!! LOL!! Is that MS13 on your neck? Like they care about you! LOL!!