Rage Fitness

We are proud of our friends over at FIRE Fitness Camp Sheboygan and the impact they are making in our community!

Huge thanks to FIRE Fitness Camp Sheboygan for stepping up and hosting a food drive that brought in over 200 pounds of food for our neighbors in need! 🔥

At a time when our inventory is low, the outpouring of support that we've seen the past few weeks with food drives and drop-off donations means the world. We’re incredibly grateful to everyone in the community who continues to give so generously. Every donation helps us get nourishing food into the hands of local families, kids and seniors in need. 💙

“What’s in your heart is what you believe” - Field of Dreams

If you know me, you know there’s been many chapters written in my book of life. I’ve decided to close one chapter and expand / open another, I am officially stepping away from Rage Fitness at the end of July. Though the name may go away, the gym will not, nor will the family created by it. It was never about the money, the awards or the recognition, it was plain and simple about helping people and making the community a better place, something I will continue to do more of as I grow with the Sheboygan County Food Bank. The memories of the hundreds if not over a thousand amazing folks that walked through our doors, and all of the community service, from our first event of the beach cleanup to our scavenger hunts benefitting different groups, the food drives, the toy drive, 2000+ items collected for the hygiene drives, and so much more. I want to thank Brent Neevel for getting me started on this path, for teaching me to coach, and for giving me an opportunity. Nick Schmitz for wanting more in life and opening up Rage Fitness together. Our current coaches Alex Hernandez, Stephanie Ackley, and Zoe Akiyama thank you for being awesome, encouraging and resilient while we have made these changes. For all that have coached in the past, thank you for putting others in such a high regard and your willingness to make a difference. Shaughn O'Neil and Jimmy Zidek, I’m glad we had this ride together, others have come and gone, but we stayed together, keeping this dream alive and becoming friends while doing it and I couldn’t think of any better folks to run this place. Pam Kletzien and Jason Kress, you are the OG’s and where here from day 1, when things got tough, you never faltered, in fact you stepped up more and none of this could have happened without you. Vici Hoffmann, you encouraged me to do this, we did it together, you had my back, helped in all aspects so many times and stayed with this and me as long as you could, doing so much and for that I am indebted, thank you is not enough. Thank you to all of our current and past members, we had an amazing ride, you all mean so much to me and that is the hardest part to being done. I am excited to see what Shaughn creates, he is a great human being and wonderful coach, if anyone ever deserved a chance to run their own gym it is him and great things will come. No big celebrations, no special final workouts, just a see you later as I quietly step away. Thank you!
“Just listen to your gut, and on the way down to your gut, check in with your heart. Between those two things, they’ll let you know what’s what” - Ted Lasso

Are you ready for 2025, if not that's ok, we can help! Come in the entire month of January as our guest, check the place out, try some lifting on our Black Mat lifting cardio area, drop in for a session with our friends at Kick It kickboxing or get crazy and do a Strongman Saturday with the crew from Brat City Strongman.
Anyone that signs up gets the first month for $100, give something new a try, give yourself a reason to try it!

Can you help out at the Sheboygan Cares pantry (Located at the Sheboygan Conty Food Bank) tonight from 4:15 - 7:00 pm, we have a few folks that cannot make it in and could use a hand or two! Please sign up below!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0D4AADAC2DA7FA7-45652402-volunteer #/

Merry Christmas - Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.

HOLIDAY HOURS!
Christmas Eve Dec. 24th - 4:45, 5:45, 7:15 am
Christmas Day Dec. 25th - CLOSED
New Years Eve Dec. 31st - 4:45, 5:45, 7:15 am
New Years Day Jan, 1st - 10:00 am, open to the public, all drop ins are FREE!!!!
All other days are normal hours, this holiday season.

As I snuck into the competitors area, I expected to hit Chris Alitz with one of my favorite movie lines made just for this situation “Have you done everything you came here to do?” But you could see he was ready, his way, not too low after a tough start to the day and his best event coming up. My inspiration quickly pivoted to gratitude, thanking our coach, our friend for a great weekend of watching him compete. Then chris_thebrewmaster_Alitz went out and owned the stone event, prompting an announcer to call him the “king of the stones!”
When all was said and done, the hard work paid off for a 5th place finish in the officialstrongmangames, against a world class field. CONGRATS Brewmaster, you earned it!!!!

What a day! Was great seeing so many athletes competing at such a CRAZY high level and even better doing it amongst friends. Coach Chris Alitz had a great day, moving into 4th position going into today’s finals, where only the top 10 in each class compete.
Good luck Brewmaster, win loose or draw, thanks for putting on a great show and allowing all of us here and at home to be part of it!!!!

What a great day to be a fan in the stands! It was an absolute pleasure to watch our coach, our strongman, our friend Chris Alitz do what he does best. Fun was had watching him hit his log press and carrying a car on day 1 and when it was over he stood in 5th place going into day 2 in a class of over 30 of these amazing athletes. The Official Strongman Games have lived up to the ticket price, bringing strongmen I’ve watched growing up on tv together with all the great folks we’ve met along the way the last 4 years.
Good luck today Chris, we will have a cold beer waiting for you when the work is done!

The Pumas got the week started on fire!