{"id":32696,"date":"2020-01-16T09:36:43","date_gmt":"2020-01-16T14:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/?p=32696"},"modified":"2020-01-17T09:26:36","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T14:26:36","slug":"go-for-fitness-in-south-glens-falls-expands-its-classes-servicesand-staff-certifications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2020\/01\/go-for-fitness-in-south-glens-falls-expands-its-classes-servicesand-staff-certifications\/","title":{"rendered":"Go-For Fitness In South Glens Falls Expands Its Classes, ServicesAnd Staff Certifications"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Go-For Fitness in South Glens Falls has eight instructors and teaches approximately 50 group exercise classes a week. It recently expanded classes and services.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Andrea Harwood Palmer
\nKathy Scherer, owner of Go-For Fitness in South Glens Falls, is expanding classes and services for the new year.
\nThe fitness center has eight instructors and teaches around 50 group exercise classes a week.
\n\u201cOne misconception out there is that we are a ladies gym. We are not just a ladies gym. We have many male members and would like to attract more. We\u2019d really like to attract more male instructors too,\u201d said Scherer. \u201cIt\u2019s not just for women. Everyone is welcome.\u201d
\nThe staff recently went through Barre certification through Barre Above.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s a fusion of ballet, pilates, body weight strength training and leg work, while using the barre for balance. It\u2019s a different take on group exercise. We\u2019re using body weight, with a focus on balance and strength. It has a wide appeal. Anyone can do it,\u201d said Scherer.
\n\u201cI do a class called Group Power, which is a pre-programmed, group barbell strength training class. We also do a lot of creative classes\u2014a lot of boot camps and tabatas, where the instructors create their own workout programs. It\u2019s a nice balance of both,\u201d said Scherer.
\nGo-For Fitness offers spinning classes. The facility also offers one-on-one personal training and small group training. Children\u2019s fitness programming will begin in the new year in the form of after-school fitness classes.
\nScherer purchased Go-For Fitness in August 2014.
\n\u201cThe gym was started by Gay Congdon and was originally called Gay Congdon\u2019s Fitness Firm. She pioneered women\u2019s strength training. She got women to pick up weights, and she created a strength training program we still run today. Some classes still have some of the same ladies that started with Gay. It\u2019s a staple in the community,\u201d said Scherer.
\n\u201cI have instructors who have been here for all 30 years. I have an instructor who is in her 30s, who has been there for 15 years,\u201d said Scherer.
\nScherer grew up in the area until her father was transferred down to Rockland County for work. Her parents maintained a home in the area and she continued to visit the area into her adulthood.
\nShe became a guest instructor. \u201cThere was an interim owner for a brief time between Gay and me, named Karen. I\u2019d always said to Karen, \u2018If you ever want to sell it, call me up.\u2019 I was living down in Westchester County at the time and I got a call from Karen. She said, \u2018If you want it, come up here and buy it. It\u2019s for sale\u2019.\u201d
\n\u201cI dropped everything and moved here,\u201d said Scherer. \u201cI left my daughter and my husband downstate while my daughter finished high school. I lived here for almost two years before my family got here. It was one of those things where the opportunity was there, and you take it or you lose it.\u201d
\nScherer purchased both the business and the building.
\n\u201cWho knows what might have happened if someone else bought the building. It could have become a Walmart or something, you just don\u2019t know. That would have impacted other tenants in the building as well,\u201d said Scherer. \u201cI thought for all of us, for job security, it would be a good idea if I owned the building too.\u201d
\nScherer has been a group exercise instructor for over 30 years. She has 22 different certifications, and a master\u2019s degree in exercise science and health promotion.
\n\u201cEvery single instructor here is nationally certified. We pride ourselves on having those certifications, and keeping up with them. It\u2019s important to stay current in the industry,\u201d said Scherer.
\nShe offers a wide variety of classes, for all ages and abilities.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s cool when you look around the room and you see people from two or three different generations in there, working out together,\u201d she said.\u201cWe are very community minded. We host community events and fundraisers. We have the facility and the space … When our community is in need, we like to be there to help. I prefer to donate my money to local causes.
\nGo-For Fitness is located at 160 Saratoga Ave in South Glens Falls. The phone number is 518-792-2103, and the website is www.go-forfitness.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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