Local bodybuilder opens unique gym on the south side

INDIANAPOLIS — Nate Epler, knowledgeable bodybuilder, lately opened a 23,000-square-foot health club referred to as American Muscle Manufacturing facility on the south facet of Indianapolis.

“That is in contrast to something, actually, you are going to see so far as on this market,” mentioned Epler. “In Indiana, we have now a whole lot of company gyms and a whole lot of studio gyms, and what I discovered during the last most likely five-to-six years of being within the health trade, is that we actually did not have something that was actually tailor-made in the direction of health lovers.” 

Epler’s health club has 24-hour entry and a few gear not discovered anyplace else within the space, together with dumbbells that go as much as 200 kilos.

“I’ve hand-selected each single piece of kit in right here,” mentioned Epler, who competes within the Worldwide Federation of Bodybuilding and Health. “We now have over 100 items of kit and it is all kinds of some old fashioned items, some old fashioned manufacturers that aren’t in enterprise anymore. Whenever you discover these forms of gear, we name them ‘the gems.’”

The enterprise is family-owned and operated with Epler’s mom typically working the entrance desk.

“We’re attempting to be taught all of our members’ names and we’re simply attempting to present that that private contact that I believe is misplaced in a whole lot of corporate-style gyms or health,” mentioned Epler. “We actually wish to carry again that camaraderie inside health.”

Epler is a 2019 Junior Nationwide Champion in bodybuilding who received the New York Professional in 2021 and positioned fifth in his weight class at Olympia final 12 months.

The American Muscle Manufacturing facility is situated at 7747 Shelby St. in Indianapolis.