Old bowling alley transformed into new fitness center

RIGBY -- STAND UP – I’m Natalia Hepworth in Rigby in, what used to be, a 60-year-old bowling alley. Local fitness enthusiasts transformed it, and turned it into an elite training center.

SOT: “When we purchased it was empty and it was freezing and it was pretty rundown,” co-owner Sara Vansteenkiste says.

VO: The building has gone from this… to this…After 6 months of renovation the shell of a dilapidated bowling alley from the 50’s has been dramatically transformed.

SOT: “It’s turned out awesome, the bones are awesome, the beams were all existing and so the bones were really, really great, we just had to see past the old and get through,” Vansteenkiste says.

VO: What started out as a nickname has become the gym’s formal title – The Alley. The gym has attracted hundreds of people to the modern and industrial styled facility.

SOT: “I like the atmosphere and I like showing up and having my workout ready for me,” gym member Jenny Wilder says. It offers a lot of variety… He mixes it up so there’s a lot of different things that we do and they offer a lot.”

VO: Owners say the gym, which has been open a month, is filling a demand in the community.

SOT: “I think there’s a massive need for good quality, world-class athletic training here in southeastern Idaho and this gives a chance for athletes to come train like a professional,” Co-owner Mike Vansteenkiste says.

VO: The Alley formats its programs through Dave Stroshine and his gym Stroformance, their sister Facility. Stroshine is a master trainer and has trained 25 NFL athletes, and placed 100 division one athletes. Owners in Rigby offer the same professional training.

SOT: “We want to really put eastern Idaho on the recruiting map for every major sport in America,” General Manager Jon Hemsley says. “We just want to be an aid to the existing coaching platforms and programs that are here in the are and just deliver them better athletes,” Hemsley says.

VO: Trainers say regardless of athletic background, everyone is welcome.

SOT: “Don’t be intimidated of our facility my average client right now is probably a 35-year-old mother of three, we want people to know the doors are open,” Hemsley says.

STAND UP: You can find The Alley online and we’ll leave a link in the article below, in Rigby, I’m Natalia Hepworth, EastIdahoNews.com