Fortitude Fitness Indy

Fortitude Fitness is proud to announce Johanna Kitchell as our first-ever sponsored athlete! Johanna has been a client of Fortitude Fitness for 13 years and has been training with owner, Frank Marino, for all of those. Johanna is 6th-8th grade Orchestra teacher at Riverside Junior High and is also the Orchestra Director for the Indianapolis Youth Orchestra. In addition, she leads the Healthy Hawks running program at Riverside. Johanna is a wife and a mother, and despite her busy schedule she still finds time to train two days a week at Fortitude Fitness and put in the miles in the pavement training for half and full marathons. Recently, Johanna set PR at the Indianapolis Mini Marathon with a time of 1:43:55. Her next venture will at the Carmel Marathon. Congratulations to Johanna on becoming Fortitude Fitness’ first-ever sponsored athlete, we couldn’t have a better individual representing us. Good luck at Carmel and if you see Johanna, wish her luck in her upcoming race!!

There is still time left to get in the shape you want for the summer. Fortitude Fitness is now offering a Summer Shred Special! From May 12, 2026 through August 31, 2026, new clients who mention the Summer Shred Special can get a discount on the first pack of 10 sessions. This is a $50 savings! Let us continue to guide you on your fitness journey to be a better you this summer and all season long. Contact us [email protected].

Man hour Monday! Heavy triples and singles with chains for bench press this evening. Finished the workout with some fun pressing 95lbs and 100lbs for DB decline! With and

Elvira started off the morning at 5:30am with trapbar deadlifts. Today we reintroduced the trapbar after an extended period with the barbell. Here is her top set of 135lbs for 12 reps followed by working on her pull-ups with band assisted. No complaining about how early it is, just putting the work! This is the first official morning of retirement from work, congratulations Elvira!

Fortitude Fitness would like to congratulate coach Chad Trinkle and the 2025 ISSMA Class D State Champions Pride of Paoli Marching Band on capturing their 16th state title! Coach Trinkle provided a few of his workout partners and trainer, who have supported the Pride of Paoli over the years, with championship tshirts to celebrate the team’s accomplishments! Now let’s bench press!

Fortitude Fitness is excited to partner with our first sponsor Ryan Dunn and Liberty Financial Group, Inc. Liberty Financial Group has provided us with our first round of new merchandise for Fortitude Fitness. We look forward to a great partnership between both businesses.

Are you are interested in becoming a sponsor at Fortitude Fitness? Send us a message at [email protected] to get more info on how our sponsor program works.
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🚨🚨New Group Session!🚨🚨
Come get your week started off right, Mondays at 5:30am with !! Group sessions are 45 minutes long and limited to eight people to be sure that everyone is getting the individualized coaching they need! Message us to join!

🚨New Trainer Alert!🚨
We are so excited to welcome to the Fortitude team! Haley started coaching clients in 2017 and graduated with a Bachelor’s of Science in Health & Wellness in 2020. She has been passionate about health and wellness from an early age. Her passion was reignited when she had two kids in under two years during the pandemic and lost 80 pounds in 6 months! She is dedicated to coaching clients for lifelong, sustainable health without gimmicks. Haley is an advocate for hormonal health and wellness, with a focus on functional strength training. To book a session with Haley, message us or email [email protected]!