The best gym in Avon Lake, OH

Ok, here you go: I stopped into ESA a little over a year ago for the first time. Terry, the owner, was in the gym and I asked him to tell me about the ESA family. I signed up that day and came in the next day for the first of my 8 on-ramp sessions. I've loved the gym ever since. Before ESA I was working out in my basement by myself and found it difficult to stay motivated. It was very easy to feel like "I've done enough today!". Even if I wasn't really getting in a good workout. I've made some great friends who hold me accountable for every workout. We push and encourage each other to do the best that we can when we're in there. I kept talking about ESA with my son and how much I love it. He's now a member of the ESA family. It's an addictive workout that pushes you to your limits and keeps you coming back for more.

After gaining 27 pounds, I decided to make a change and joined ESA. What started out as a place to go to after work to try to lose weight, quickly became the place I looked forward to every day. In addition, learning balanced nutrition became a lifestyle and classmates became my closest friends. ESA goes beyond its four walls, and has provided me to the opportunity to be the best version of myself I can be.

I joined the esa community when my wife and I moved back to the Cleveland area in fall of 2020 after spending the last 26 years in the Dayton Ohio area. I was part of a good CrossFit gym in Dayton for about 9 years so was looking for a similar community in Avon Lake and I found an even better community in Esa. I love the coaching and coaches. I will be 60 years old in December and what I really like is the coaches know my strengths and more importantly they know my weaknesses and always tell me an appropriate scaling , even when my minds thinks I can do more. But they also know when I should be doing more and push me beyond what I thought I could do. In early 2021, my wife and kids subtlety told me I was out of shape for someone who does CrossFit. (And scale confirmed it). So went to coach Terry and he put me a nutrition program and in 8 months I dropped over 30 pounds and was pretty close back to my college weight and overall health was better. Fast forward to 2023 and I needed to re engage with nutrition Terry with similar results as 2 years earlier. To summarize, coaches are fantastic, good variety of skill levels from elite athletes to beginners and for all ages…great community with great people!