Help out a gym that makes real life superheroes!! :)

Hi guys,

I figured this would be the best place to put this that wouldn't irritate anyone on the other forum subsections lol.

I am a long time City of Heroes player and I have called for help from the community once before and received overwhelming support so I'm hoping for a miracle again.

The gym that I work/volunteer my time at is one that trains people in the way that we were as a child. Running, jumping, crawling, climbing, ect .... we train people to eat healthier, get a better range of motion back, extensive yoga, and also help train individuals for their own life challenges like marathons, fire fighting, veterans, police work, and people fighting with disabilities. We are working on starting programs to help children with obesity, teach them and their parents to eat better, and even martial arts classes.

We basically train people to be real life superheroes....heck my boss can do a one handed hand stand pushup...stop and imagine that in your head for a second... if that's not superhuman I don't know what is....seriously he looks like Spiderman lol.

We do a lot of good work here but we are small local business struggling against the mega gyms like Golds Gym and Planet Fitness.

This is where you can help!! Chase Bank is holding a contest where they are giving away grants for small businesses of $250,000! They are giving away a bunch of these but only for businesses that can get 250 votes on their page. This would be huge for us! We could build our new location complete with new studios where people have space, separate yoga and martial art studios, showers, a kitchen to teach nutrition, and even a two floor rock wall for kids and clients alike to use

Again ALL you have to do is log in with your Facebook log in on their page and search for MONKEY BAR GYM in Milwaukee, WI. Vote for us and if you are feeling extra generous share it to your Facebook page so that more people can see it and hopefully throw a vote in for us as well.

This is the voting page:

https://www.missionsmallbusiness.com


This is our gyms website for anyone that wants to see what we do and what you would be helping support! :

http://www.monkeybargymmilwaukee.com



Thank you for anyone that helps in anyway and post below if you voted so that we can keep this going!

I will be posting something similar to this on a few other forums that have outstanding members so if you see it again please don't think it's spam lol.

You guys rock and I will let you know if we make our 250 votes!!!

THANKS!

Amrat

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I think I've seen an article on the gym. Muscle and Fitness maybe? Or Flex? Either way, you have my support.

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I copied and pasted this and sent it to an admin on one of the fitness pages I follow on Facebook. Hopefully he will put it up.

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I would not consider this as making real life superheroes since that would require classes on costume design, procedure, and other information that real life superheroes need to know to stay safe. My opinion on real life superheroes is rather abysmal. After all why wear a suit and identity protection is meaningless unless they are an actual superhero. This is something better. This is better since it is self-improvement. Make citizens better people and they don't need to be saved.

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The first step in being sane is to admit that you are insane.

Thank you guys so much for your support!!

We are still a ton of votes short of the 250 needed to qualify but with the deadline being June 30th I am hoping a bunch of people can come through in the home stretch.

If anyone reads this and hasn't voted yet please please please do! Trust me it's for a good cause otherwise I wouldn't be posting on my gaming forum about it lol.

To give an example of the work out today .... we focus on the movements we all made as kids. Crawling, Running, Jumping and Climbing .... today was the "550 workout"

This is where we crawled forward and back on hands and feet (not knees) for 550 yards ... not feet ... yards lol. And then that was alternating with jump rope.... I did 550 jump rope forward and 550 backwards. This was the first time I was able to complete the whole workout and I feel exhausted and great lol.

Sooooooo thanks again anyone that helps out by voting and/or posting it on their Facebook or Twitter!!

You guys are awesome! XD

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Good luck to you! Always good to see a small business trying to take off!

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Andy Belford
Community Manager
Paragon Studios

Thanks Zwillinger!! We are working hard to expand and it really does help people. I was really out of shape and having problems with my range of motion. This type of training helped me lose 40lbs and two pant sizes lol. I really believe in it and I appreciate the good word

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Just wanted to give an update to anyone watching this thread lol .... we are up to 204 votes!!! Only 46 more to go by June 30!! XD

Thank you for everyone who is voting but doesn't want to post here .... your help is very appreciated and I think we will meet our goal!!!

I told my boss that this was the best community on the internet and that they would lend a hand....you guys are awesome!!

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Thanks guys! We made the votes and now are submitting our grant! I hope we get it and I appreciate anyone that helped or even just read this lol

I will let this drop for now as I'm sure everyone in this sub forum is sick of me posting and putting this back at the top XD

Next post is a few months from now when we know if we get our $250,000 grant or not!

Peace!

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