2020 Vision

For 12 months, houses on 73rd street have become accustomed to ear piercing hammer and drill noises — the sounds of 2020 FIT’s construction. 2020 FIT is a local gym and workout facility that offers a wide variety of classes, ranging from beginner to difficult. The renovated facility opened on March 7, and celebrated with an opening party the night before.

The construction means East customers and other regulars were all using the original half of the gym, leaving them ready and waiting to get into the new side of 2020, whether it be for lacrosse training or their own personal workout classes. Construction began with breaking ground on March 6, 2019, so the reopening party was filled with highly anticipated members.

Jon Rowley, Chief Fitness Officer and Certified Crossfit Trainer, was one of the biggest advocates for the new addition. Rowley had a big part in the designing and execution of the new space — working to ensure the weight rack layout and whiteboard placement left enough workout space.

“We sketched it out to be as big as it could possibly be,” Rowley said. “We made the building as big as the city would allow us.”

Not only does the building fill the entirety of its lot, but it’s doubled in size and is loaded with features, rooms and equipment for everyone, including a big enough space for East’s athletes to workout simultaneously with other 2020 members.

“When we have afternoon adult classes, they take up the whole gym,” Rowley said. “Now we’ll be able to have five classes at once, and have more room for student athletes.”

Sophomore and varsity lacrosse player Barrett McKee is looking forward to training in the new space with his team.

“There was probably 30 guys in the one space,” McKee said. “I felt bad being in other people’s way, so it’ll be nice with the new area.”

The lacrosse team trains at 2020 on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. The boys can use the new equipment and space to further their conditioning difficulty level and individual strength, whether it be on the pull-up-bar, in the yoga room, or running laps around the big building.

Apart from the new student space, the top floor of the new building includes two rooms with the ability to host new yoga classes. These rooms are complete with matted floors and glass garage doors that open up to an outdoor balcony patio, which can also be used for yoga, working out and even as a pickleball court.

“When it starts getting nicer out we’ll open these [garage do

ors] up and have classes out here — basically do anything we want,” Rowley said.

2020 hired 3 Square Contracting for their renovation, and Josh Miller, 3 Square employee, was also influential in the design and construction. And while the building is everything Rowley and Miller could have imagined, they understand that no construction project t

his big goes on without some issues arising along the way.

“I wish I could say it was a piece of cake,” Miller said.

And although there were mishaps with electricity and materials, the building was right on target for its March 6 party, and March 7 reopening, where it opened to all the public.

As lacrosse season is beginning, the boys an

d girls of lacrosse-fit can look forward to a new and improved space for their conditioning and training.

Celia Condon | The Harbinger Online