![]() “We want to step in and help where we can,” says Outlaw. Element wants to fill that space, combining after school fitness programs with a computer lab and workspaces for students to do their homework. Many schools in the Midway neighborhood cannot afford to offer after school programs. ![]() Maintaining MomentumĮlement’s future is exciting to Outlaw who said their plans are not only to expand their space and offerings but to create more programs to give back to the community. It isn’t about who is the strongest or fastest, it is a supporting community of people dedicated to self-improvement. The biggest focus in Element’s fitness offerings is that all are welcome. Now offering boxing, martial arts, ballet, high intensity interval training and much more, Element and its collaborators continue to focus on providing sustainable resources for the community. Their space is home to six other organizations who collaborate to provide fitness classes and equipment for a range of activities. The transformation from Element Boxing to Element Gym was one based on collaboration. ![]() Selling his own car to finance the gym, Outlaw focused on starting small, knocking on doors and building connections to make sure he could scale. ![]() ![]() Once his neighborhood gym closed, Outlaw made the decision to strike out his own, found a lease on a space and began the grind familiar to many small business entrepreneurs. True, Element started as a boxing focused gym, but since their launch, founder Dalton Outlaw has built a community-focused fitness space with so much more to offer than your average gym.Ī boxer himself, Outlaw had the idea to open his own gym when he saw many Twin Cities boxing gyms throwing in the towel and shutting their doors. Driving past Element Gym on Fairview Avenue, many would see a boxing gym, not giving it a second thought. ![]()
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