Before my life as a gym owner in 1979 i started working out at 11 years old in the upstairs of my mom and dads house in Clatskanie Ore ! My mom spotted me a lot on the weights My brothers Kevin and Jeff Price both worked out that helped motivate me a lot my sister Michelle Parcel also worked out i kept working out at home until 1987 when i joined the health connection at the triangle mall and Physical Impact on California way and Then i also joined Rubys gym on 15th ave its now the gun store ! I liked these gyms because they had weights and were very inspiring ! I met and friend Gary Schauble in 1988 at physical impact we both did BodyBuliding contests and kept working out at Physical impact and Rubys gym until it closed in 1989 then went to workout at Physical impact on commerce Ave ! We worked out there until about 1990 then i built a home gym in my garage out ocean beach hwy on penn place it was a great home gym ! I was working as a security guard at that point in time at Weyerhaeuser it was great lots of walking on the job ! But i needed more out of life i wanted to create something amazing that would help people but i could not figure out what ! My friend Gary Schauble said open a gym ! So the next night at my job at Weyerhaeuser i saw the former owner of Rubys gym Rube Yanez! I talked to him every night that i saw him for 3 months in a row begging to lease me his old gym machines ! Finally he said yes so next i started looking for buildings around longview the search wasnt easy ! No buildings open that would work then one day while riding my bike in Oct or 1991 i rode down 1211 18th ave ! I thought to myself oh my god this is my future gym ! So i started talking with Arlen Labeau about getting into the building Kelly LaBeau was just a little kid then lol and now does a lot of work with his dad on all their rental properties LaBeau Property Rentals ! Then in Dec of 1991 i signed then lease papers for the building then busted ass every day until the opening day on Jan 6th 1992! It was called Fit Physique i kept that name until 1995 then Changed it to Powerhouse Gym then in 1999 i changed it to the current name Forever Fit Gym on Tuesday Jan 6th will be the 23rd year in biz ! Over that time i have seen many gyms and owners come and go but i have had my gym longer than any gym owner ever in Cowlitz County ! I thanked my Workout partner Gary Schauble for giving me the vision to open Foreverfit Gym ! Thanks to all the gym members and clients over the years for supporting the gym ! Gregory Price owner and director of (Foreverfit Gym) since 1992 ~~~~
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