Jason’s Fitness In The Beginning!
Jason
Shawn
Greene
lifted
his
first
weights
at
the
age
of
8-years
old
while
living
in
Prichard,
Al.
They
were
a
set
of
Orbitron
barbells
that
had
been
purchased
for
his
father
for
Christmas
from
Sears.
These
were
those
cement
filled
weights
that
made
Fob
James
and
Diversified
Products
rich.
Jason
was
hooked
from
the
beginning,
but
the
real
deal
started
at
age
13.
Two
factors
came
into
sharp
focus.
Number
one
was
the
fear
of
getting
killed
on
the
football
field
(Jason
was
painfully
skinny
5’9”
and
123lb.’s.)
and
two
of
course
was
girls.
Let’s
face
it
even
football
was for the girls.
Jason:
“I
had
gone
to
the
beach
with
four
girls
that
were
all
3
or
4
years
older
than
me.
I
had
a
major
crush
on
at
least
two
of
them.
On
the
way
home
one
of
them
laid
her
head
on
my
shoulder
to
take
a
nap
and
made
the
comment
that
I
needed
to
put
some
meat
on
my
bones.
The
rest
is
history.”
Now
he
was
hooked.
He
trained
hard
from
day
one,
but
not
only
trained
studied.
Jason:
“I
will
never
forget
my
parents
buying
me
Schwarzenegger’s first book Education Of A Bodybuilder. I was fourteen or fifteen. I nearly wore the pages out.”
Through
high
school
Jason’s
training
revolved
around
the
goal
of
playing
college
football.
The
skinny
kid
wound
up
being
all
state
and
all
conference
playing
middle
line
backer
and
running
back
and
weighing
nearly
200lb’s
by
the
end
of
his
senior
year.
Jason
was
finally
offered
a
full
scholarship
to
USM,
but
it
was
only
after
having
walked
on
at
Troy
State
and
making
the
decision
that
the
getting
ready
for
football
was
way
more
important
than
the
football itself.
Jason
enrolled
at
the
University
of
South
Alabama
and
was
working
toward
a
degree
in
the
growing
field
of
Exercise
Physiology.
Becoming
bored
with
History
of
Civilization
and
other
courses
that
had
nothing
to
do
with
his
field
of
study
he
began
working
part
time
at
a
health
spa.
There
he
made
the
decision
that
what
he
wanted
to
do
was
open
a
real
health
club.
No
chrome,
no
steam,
no
whirlpool.
A
club
dedicated
to
the
serious
lifter.
One
true
turning
point
was
when
he
landed
in
the
class
entitled
Motor
Learning
101
taught
by
his
advisor
Dr.
Farris.
Jason:
“I
was
answering
the
questions
before
he
could
ask
them.
I
was
beyond
enthusiastic.
After
a
few
classes
he
held
me
back
after
class
and
said
I
didn’t
have
to
come
back
I
had
and
A.
I
replied
that
is
was
the
only
class
that
ever
came
close
to
hitting
on
what
I
wanted
to
learn.
He
asked
me
what
I
wanted
to
do.
I
told
him
I
wanted
to
open
my
own
health
club.
He
looked
at
me
and
said
go
do
it
they
can’t
teach
you
that
here.
It
changed
my
life
forever!”
Jason
went
home
with
the
daunting
task
of
convincing
his
parents
to
allow
him
to
drop
out
of
college
and
open
a
health
club.
He
was
now
working
part
time
for
General
Nutrition
Center,
going
to
school
and
planning
his
club.
After a lot of convincing his parents agreed to get a loan to start the club.
Port
City
Health
Club
opened
in
the
spring
of
1981.
The
total
investment
to
open
the
club
was
less
than
$8,000
and
that
included
all
of
the
equipment,
first
months
rent,
and
building
improvements
which
were
done
by
Jason
and
friends.
The
first
location
was
only
2,800
square
feet.
It
was
a
former
pool
hall
and
far
from
chic.
The
floor
was
ugly
green
grocery
store
tile
that
was
completely
worn
out
in
places
from
people
walking
around
the
pool
tables.
The
rubber
that
was
placed
under
the
free
weights
was
actually
used
conveyor
belt
that
had
been
dug
out
of
the
dirt
at
the
state
docks
by
Jason
and
best
friend
Jerry
Weaver.
It
literally
took
a
couple
of
months
of
scrubbing
the
rubber
with
comet
to
clean
the
rubber.
Some
of
the
belt
had
been
used
to
transport
grain
and
some
to
transport
coal,
but
it
was
all
disgusting.
For
the
record
most
of
the
original
conveyer
belt
was
still
in
use
for
over
25-years!
The
first
location
was
sparse
and
Spartan,
but
for
a
nineteen-year
old
weight
lifter
it
was
a
dream
come true!
Jason:
“In
the
beginning
the
staff
consisted
of
me
and
my
Mom
with
my
dad
and
most
of
the
initial
club
members
pitching
in
to
make
minor
improvements
as
money
allowed.”
Jason
and
his
Mom
did
not
receive
a
salary
for
the
first
year,
but
the
club
sustained
it
self
making
all
of
the
payments
on
the
initial
loan
and
even
purchasing
a
brand
new shiny 7-station Sports Trainer by Paramount at the end of the year.
Jason:
“Somewhere
around
the
middle
of
the
first
year
my
Dad
begging
me
to
shut
it
down
and
go
back
to
school.
He
hated
seeing
me
work
and
worry
so
hard.”
Jason
was
working
thirteen
hours
a
day
and
his
Mom
had
gone
from
a
stay
at
home
Mom
and
housewife
to
spending
as
much
as
35-hours
a
week
at
the
gym,
but
there
was
no
turning
back
now.
Jason:
“I
was
exhausted,
scared,
and
more
determined
than
ever.
This
was
no
longer
a
business
it
had
become
a
mission.
I
didn’t
want
to
make
it.
I
had
to
make
it!”
It
was
somewhere
around
the
middle
of
the
first
year
when
Port
City
Health
Club
got
a
name
update.
Due
to
the
fact
that
Jason
practically
lived
at
the
club
everyone
called
the
club
“Jason’s”.
The
name
morphed
into
Jason’s
Port
City
Health
Club.
The
original
logo
featuring
a
male
weightlifter
and
bodybuilder.
With
the
updated
name
came
an
updated
logo.
The
new
logo
added
a
female
bodybuilder.
Shortly
after
a
whole
new
logo
was
adopted
by
combining
an
image
of
Jason
into
the
name
itself.
The
idea
came
from
Jim
Enger
a
friend
and
top
bodybuilder
and
architect.
It
just
so
happened
that
Clayton
Ryan,
one
of
the
top
commercial
artists
in
the
entire
southeast
was
working
out
at
the
club
and
did
both
of
the
above
mentioned
logos
at
no
charge!
Jason:
“This
is
one
of
those
times
when
the
planets
lined
up
and
God
smiled
on
the
poor
struggling
kid
with
a
health
club.
Jim
Enger
inspired
the
logo
by
explaining
that
the
name
should
be
the
logo
and
the
logo
should
be
the
name.
He
used
Coke
and
Pepsi
as
two
examples.
I
had
the
idea
on
how
to
put
it
together,
but
absolutely
no
artistic
talent.
Clayton
Ryan,
using
the
photos
I
took
with
a
Kodak
instamatic
camera
and
my
very
crude
sketch
of
how
I
wanted
it
to
look,
created
our
logo.
If
that’s
not
God
I
don’t
know
what
is!
Jim
and
Clayton
are
just
two
of
the
many
people
that
God
put
in
my
path
to
help
me
along
my way.”
In
the
spring
1984
with
the
club
showing
signs
of
success
Jason
got
bold
enough
to
try
his
hand
at
another
business
and
opened
a
tanning
salon
at
University
Blvd.
and
Cottage
Hill.
The
combination
of
growing
out
of
the
health
club
location
and
the
space
coming
available
next
to
the
new
tanning
salon
created
the
opportunity
to
combine
the
club
and
the
tanning
salon
expanding
the
health
club
from
its
original
2,800
square
feet
to
4,500
square
feet
including
the
tanning
salon
which
took
up
only
about
200
square
feet.
It
was
considered
a
huge
expansion
especially
for
a
23-year
old
entrepreneur
who
was
never
supposed
to
make
it
in
the
first
place.
Jason:
“I
will
never
forget
moving
all
of
the
equipment
from
the
Cottage
Hill
and
Azalea
location
to
the
Cottage
Hill
at
University
location.
I
couldn’t
afford
to
hire
anyone
so
like
so
many
other
times
I
turned
to
my
members
for
help.
My
manager
(Matt
McLeod)
had
the
brilliant
idea
of
bribing
them
with
beer.
Unfortunately
they
started
on
it
almost
immediately.
Fortunately
due
to
the
rental
agreement
I
was
the
only
one
allowed
to
drive
and
I
have
never
drank.
Unfortunately
it
was
a
big
open
flat
bed
with
standard
shift
transmission
and
I
really
don’t
know
how
to
drive
a
standard
shift
transmission.
The
entire
trip
was
less
than
two
miles
and
we
didn’t
have
that
much
equipment
to
begin
with,
but
by
the
second
load
this
motley
crew
that
had
so
graciously
volunteered
to
help
with
this
historic
move
were
already
getting
crazy.
The
guys
were
mooning
people
through
the
rails
of
the
truck
and
breaking
into
spontaneous
posedowns
for
all
of
the
passing
females.
I
still
count
myself
lucky
that
I
didn’t
get
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Jason’s Fitness In The Beginning!
Jason
Shawn
Greene
lifted
his
first
weights
at
the
age
of
8-years
old
while
living
in
Prichard,
Al.
They
were
a
set
of
Orbitron
barbells
that
had
been
purchased
for
his
father
for
Christmas
from
Sears.
These
were
those
cement
filled
weights
that
made
Fob
James
and
Diversified
Products
rich.
Jason
was
hooked
from
the
beginning,
but
the
real
deal
started
at
age
13.
Two
factors
came
into
sharp
focus.
Number
one
was
the
fear
of
getting
killed
on
the
football
field
(Jason
was
painfully
skinny
5’9”
and
123lb.’s.) and two of course was girls. Let’s face it even football was for the girls.
Jason: “I had gone to the beach with four girls that were all 3 or 4 years older than me.
I
had
a
major
crush
on
at
least
two
of
them.
On
the
way
home
one
of
them
laid
her
head
on
my
shoulder
to
take
a
nap
and
made
the
comment
that
I
needed
to
put
some
meat
on
my
bones.
The
rest
is
history.”
Now
he
was
hooked.
He
trained
hard
from
day
one,
but
not
only
trained
studied.
Jason:
“I
will
never
forget
my
parents
buying
me
Schwarzenegger’s
first
book
Education
Of
A
Bodybuilder.
I
was
fourteen
or
fifteen.
I
nearly wore the pages out.”
Through
high
school
Jason’s
training
revolved
around
the
goal
of
playing
college
football.
The
skinny
kid
wound
up
being
all
state
and
all
conference
playing
middle
line
backer
and
running
back
and
weighing
nearly
200lb’s
by
the
end
of
his
senior
year.
Jason
was
finally
offered
a
full
scholarship
to
USM,
but
it
was
only
after
having
walked
on
at
Troy
State
and
making
the
decision
that
the
getting
ready
for
football
was
way
more important than the football itself.
Jason
enrolled
at
the
University
of
South
Alabama
and
was
working
toward
a
degree
in
the
growing
field
of
Exercise
Physiology.
Becoming
bored
with
History
of
Civilization
and
other
courses
that
had
nothing
to
do
with
his
field
of
study
he
began
working
part
time
at
a
health
spa.
There
he
made
the
decision
that
what
he
wanted
to
do
was
open
a
real
health
club.
No
chrome,
no
steam,
no
whirlpool.
A
club
dedicated
to
the
serious
lifter.
One
true
turning
point
was
when
he
landed
in
the
class
entitled
Motor
Learning
101
taught
by
his
advisor
Dr.
Farris.
Jason:
“I
was
answering
the
questions
before
he
could
ask
them.
I
was
beyond
enthusiastic.
After
a
few
classes
he
held
me
back
after
class
and
said
I
didn’t
have
to
come
back
I
had
and
A.
I
replied
that
is
was
the
only
class
that
ever
came
close
to
hitting
on
what
I
wanted
to
learn.
He
asked
me
what
I
wanted
to
do.
I
told
him
I
wanted
to
open
my
own
health
club.
He
looked
at
me
and
said go do it they can’t teach you that here. It changed my life forever!”
Jason
went
home
with
the
daunting
task
of
convincing
his
parents
to
allow
him
to
drop
out
of
college
and
open
a
health
club.
He
was
now
working
part
time
for
General
Nutrition
Center,
going
to
school
and
planning
his
club.
After
a
lot
of
convincing
his
parents agreed to get a loan to start the club.
Port
City
Health
Club
opened
in
the
spring
of
1981.
The
total
investment
to
open
the
club
was
less
than
$8,000
and
that
included
all
of
the
equipment,
first
months
rent,
and
building
improvements
which
were
done
by
Jason
and
friends.
The
first
location
was
only
2,800
square
feet.
It
was
a
former
pool
hall
and
far
from
chic.
The
floor
was
ugly
green
grocery
store
tile
that
was
completely
worn
out
in
places
from
people
walking
around
the
pool
tables.
The
rubber
that
was
placed
under
the
free
weights
was
actually
used
conveyor
belt
that
had
been
dug
out
of
the
dirt
at
the
state
docks
by
Jason
and
best
friend
Jerry
Weaver.
It
literally
took
a
couple
of
months
of
scrubbing
the
rubber
with
comet
to
clean
the
rubber.
Some
of
the
belt
had
been
used
to
transport
grain
and
some
to
transport
coal,
but
it
was
all
disgusting.
For
the
record
most
of
the
original
conveyer
belt
was
still
in
use
for
over
25-years!
The
first
location
was
sparse
and
Spartan,
but
for
a
nineteen-year
old
weight
lifter
it
was
a
dream
come
true!
Jason:
“In
the
beginning
the
staff
consisted
of
me
and
my
Mom
with
my
dad
and
most
of
the
initial
club
members
pitching
in
to
make
minor
improvements
as
money
allowed.”
Jason
and
his
Mom
did
not
receive
a
salary
for
the
first
year,
but
the
club
sustained
it
self
making
all
of
the
payments
on
the
initial
loan
and
even
purchasing
a
brand new shiny 7-station Sports Trainer by Paramount at the end of the year.
Jason:
“Somewhere
around
the
middle
of
the
first
year
my
Dad
begging
me
to
shut
it
down
and
go
back
to
school.
He
hated
seeing
me
work
and
worry
so
hard.”
Jason
was
working
thirteen
hours
a
day
and
his
Mom
had
gone
from
a
stay
at
home
Mom
and
housewife
to
spending
as
much
as
35-hours
a
week
at
the
gym,
but
there
was
no
turning
back
now.
Jason:
“I
was
exhausted,
scared,
and
more
determined
than
ever.
This
was
no
longer
a
business
it
had
become
a
mission.
I
didn’t
want
to
make
it.
I
had
to
make
it!”
It
was
somewhere
around
the
middle
of
the
first
year
when
Port
City
Health
Club
got
a
name
update.
Due
to
the
fact
that
Jason
practically
lived
at
the
club
everyone
called
the
club
“Jason’s”.
The
name
morphed
into
Jason’s
Port
City
Health
Club.
The
original
logo
featuring
a
male
weightlifter
and
bodybuilder.
With
the
updated
name
came
an
updated
logo.
The
new
logo
added
a
female
bodybuilder.
Shortly
after
a
whole
new
logo
was
adopted
by
combining
an
image
of
Jason
into
the
name
itself.
The
idea
came
from
Jim
Enger
a
friend
and
top
bodybuilder
and
architect.
It
just
so
happened
that
Clayton
Ryan,
one
of
the
top
commercial
artists
in
the
entire
southeast
was
working
out
at
the
club
and
did
both
of
the
above
mentioned
logos
at
no
charge!
Jason:
“This
is
one
of
those
times
when
the
planets
lined
up
and
God
smiled
on
the
poor
struggling
kid
with
a
health
club.
Jim
Enger
inspired
the
logo
by
explaining
that
the
name
should
be
the
logo
and
the
logo
should
be
the
name.
He
used
Coke
and
Pepsi
as
two
examples.
I
had
the
idea
on
how
to
put
it
together,
but
absolutely
no
artistic
talent.
Clayton
Ryan,
using
the
photos
I
took
with
a
Kodak
instamatic
camera
and
my
very
crude
sketch
of
how
I
wanted
it
to
look,
created
our
logo.
If
that’s
not
God
I
don’t
know
what
is!
Jim
and
Clayton
are
just
two
of
the
many
people
that
God
put in my path to help me along my way.”
In
the
spring
1984
with
the
club
showing
signs
of
success
Jason
got
bold
enough
to
try
his
hand
at
another
business
and
opened
a
tanning
salon
at
University
Blvd.
and
Cottage
Hill.
The
combination
of
growing
out
of
the
health
club
location
and
the
space
coming
available
next
to
the
new
tanning
salon
created
the
opportunity
to
combine
the
club
and
the
tanning
salon
expanding
the
health
club
from
its
original
2,800
square
feet
to
4,500
square
feet
including
the
tanning
salon
which
took
up
only
about
200
square
feet.
It
was
considered
a
huge
expansion
especially
for
a
23-year
old
entrepreneur
who
was
never
supposed
to
make
it
in
the
first
place.
Jason:
“I
will
never
forget
moving
all
of
the
equipment
from
the
Cottage
Hill
and
Azalea
location
to
the
Cottage
Hill
at
University
location.
I
couldn’t
afford
to
hire
anyone
so
like
so
many
other
times
I
turned
to
my
members
for
help.
My
manager
(Matt
McLeod)
had
the
brilliant
idea
of
bribing
them
with
beer.
Unfortunately
they
started
on
it
almost
immediately.
Fortunately
due
to
the
rental
agreement
I
was
the
only
one
allowed
to
drive
and
I
have
never
drank.
Unfortunately
it
was
a
big
open
flat
bed
with
standard
shift
transmission
and
I
really
don’t
know
how
to
drive
a
standard
shift
transmission.
The
entire
trip
was
less
than
two
miles
and
we
didn’t
have
that
much
equipment
to
begin
with,
but
by
the
second
load
this
motley
crew
that
had
so
graciously
volunteered
to
help
with
this
historic
move
were
already
getting
crazy.
The
guys
were
mooning
people
through
the
rails
of
the
truck
and
breaking
into
spontaneous
posedowns
for
all
of
the
passing
females.
I
still
count
myself
lucky
that
I
didn’t
get
arrested
for
transporting bodybuilders under the influence, a BUI! More to come…
Jason’s Fitness 3724 Cottage Hill Rd. Mobile, Alabama (251) 661-4615
Jason’s Fitness In The Beginning!
Jason
Shawn
Greene
lifted
his
first
weights
at
the
age
of
8-
years
old
while
living
in
Prichard,
Al.
They
were
a
set
of
Orbitron
barbells
that
had
been
purchased
for
his
father
for
Christmas
from
Sears.
These
were
those
cement
filled
weights
that
made
Fob
James
and
Diversified
Products
rich.
Jason
was
hooked
from
the
beginning,
but
the
real
deal
started
at
age
13.
Two
factors
came
into
sharp
focus.
Number
one
was
the
fear
of
getting
killed
on
the
football
field
(Jason
was
painfully
skinny
5’9”
and
123lb.’s.)
and
two
of
course
was
girls.
Let’s
face
it
even football was for the girls.
Jason:
“I
had
gone
to
the
beach
with
four
girls
that
were
all
3
or
4
years
older
than
me.
I
had
a
major
crush
on
at
least
two
of
them.
On
the
way
home
one
of
them
laid
her
head
on
my
shoulder
to
take
a
nap
and
made
the
comment
that
I
needed
to
put
some
meat
on
my
bones.
The
rest
is
history.”
Now
he
was
hooked.
He
trained
hard
from
day
one,
but
not
only
trained
studied.
Jason:
“I
will
never
forget
my
parents
buying
me
Schwarzenegger’s
first
book
Education
Of
A
Bodybuilder.
I
was fourteen or fifteen. I nearly wore the pages out.”
Through
high
school
Jason’s
training
revolved
around
the
goal
of
playing
college
football.
The
skinny
kid
wound
up
being
all
state
and
all
conference
playing
middle
line
backer
and
running
back
and
weighing
nearly
200lb’s
by
the
end
of
his
senior
year.
Jason
was
finally
offered
a
full
scholarship
to
USM,
but
it
was
only
after
having
walked
on
at
Troy
State
and
making
the
decision
that
the
getting
ready
for
football
was
way
more
important than the football itself.
Jason
enrolled
at
the
University
of
South
Alabama
and
was
working
toward
a
degree
in
the
growing
field
of
Exercise
Physiology.
Becoming
bored
with
History
of
Civilization
and
other
courses
that
had
nothing
to
do
with
his
field
of
study
he
began
working
part
time
at
a
health
spa.
There
he
made
the
decision
that
what
he
wanted
to
do
was
open
a
real
health
club.
No
chrome,
no
steam,
no
whirlpool.
A
club
dedicated
to
the
serious
lifter.
One
true
turning
point
was
when
he
landed
in
the
class
entitled
Motor
Learning
101
taught
by
his
advisor
Dr.
Farris.
Jason:
“I
was
answering
the
questions
before
he
could
ask
them.
I
was
beyond
enthusiastic.
After
a
few
classes
he
held
me
back
after
class
and
said
I
didn’t
have
to
come
back
I
had
and
A.
I
replied
that
is
was
the
only
class
that
ever
came
close
to
hitting
on
what
I
wanted
to
learn.
He
asked
me
what
I
wanted
to
do.
I
told
him
I
wanted
to
open
my
own
health
club.
He
looked
at
me
and
said
go
do
it
they
can’t
teach you that here. It changed my life forever!”
Jason
went
home
with
the
daunting
task
of
convincing
his
parents
to
allow
him
to
drop
out
of
college
and
open
a
health
club.
He
was
now
working
part
time
for
General
Nutrition
Center,
going
to
school
and
planning
his
club.
After
a
lot
of
convincing his parents agreed to get a loan to start the club.
Port
City
Health
Club
opened
in
the
spring
of
1981.
The
total
investment
to
open
the
club
was
less
than
$8,000
and
that
included
all
of
the
equipment,
first
months
rent,
and
building
improvements
which
were
done
by
Jason
and
friends.
The
first
location
was
only
2,800
square
feet.
It
was
a
former
pool
hall
and
far
from
chic.
The
floor
was
ugly
green
grocery
store
tile
that
was
completely
worn
out
in
places
from
people
walking
around
the
pool
tables.
The
rubber
that
was
placed
under
the
free
weights
was
actually
used
conveyor
belt
that
had
been
dug
out
of
the
dirt
at
the
state
docks
by
Jason
and
best
friend
Jerry
Weaver.
It
literally
took
a
couple
of
months
of
scrubbing
the
rubber
with
comet
to
clean
the
rubber.
Some
of
the
belt
had
been
used
to
transport
grain
and
some
to
transport
coal,
but
it
was
all
disgusting.
For
the
record
most
of
the
original
conveyer
belt
was
still
in
use
for
over
25-years!
The
first
location
was
sparse
and
Spartan,
but
for
a
nineteen-year
old
weight
lifter
it
was a dream come true!
Jason:
“In
the
beginning
the
staff
consisted
of
me
and
my
Mom
with
my
dad
and
most
of
the
initial
club
members
pitching
in
to
make
minor
improvements
as
money
allowed.”
Jason
and
his
Mom
did
not
receive
a
salary
for
the
first
year,
but
the
club
sustained
it
self
making
all
of
the
payments
on
the
initial
loan
and
even
purchasing
a
brand
new
shiny
7-station
Sports
Trainer by Paramount at the end of the year.
Jason:
“Somewhere
around
the
middle
of
the
first
year
my
Dad
begging
me
to
shut
it
down
and
go
back
to
school.
He
hated
seeing
me
work
and
worry
so
hard.”
Jason
was
working
thirteen
hours
a
day
and
his
Mom
had
gone
from
a
stay
at
home
Mom
and
housewife
to
spending
as
much
as
35-hours
a
week
at
the
gym,
but
there
was
no
turning
back
now.
Jason:
“I
was
exhausted,
scared,
and
more
determined
than
ever.
This
was
no
longer
a
business
it
had
become
a
mission.
I
didn’t
want
to
make
it.
I
had
to
make
it!”
It
was
somewhere
around
the
middle
of
the
first
year
when
Port
City
Health
Club
got
a
name
update.
Due
to
the
fact
that
Jason
practically
lived
at
the
club
everyone
called
the
club
“Jason’s”.
The
name
morphed
into
Jason’s
Port
City
Health
Club.
The
original
logo
featuring
a
male
weightlifter
and
bodybuilder.
With
the
updated
name
came
an
updated
logo.
The
new
logo
added
a
female
bodybuilder.
Shortly
after
a
whole
new
logo
was
adopted
by
combining
an
image
of
Jason
into
the
name
itself.
The
idea
came
from
Jim
Enger
a
friend
and
top
bodybuilder
and
architect.
It
just
so
happened
that
Clayton
Ryan,
one
of
the
top
commercial
artists
in
the
entire
southeast
was
working
out
at
the
club
and
did
both
of
the
above
mentioned
logos
at
no
charge!
Jason:
“This
is
one
of
those
times
when
the
planets
lined
up
and
God
smiled
on
the
poor
struggling
kid
with
a
health
club.
Jim
Enger
inspired
the
logo
by
explaining
that
the
name
should
be
the
logo
and
the
logo
should
be
the
name.
He
used
Coke
and
Pepsi
as
two
examples.
I
had
the
idea
on
how
to
put
it
together,
but
absolutely
no
artistic
talent.
Clayton
Ryan,
using
the
photos
I
took
with
a
Kodak
instamatic
camera
and
my
very
crude
sketch
of
how
I
wanted
it
to
look,
created
our
logo.
If
that’s
not
God
I
don’t
know
what
is!
Jim
and
Clayton
are
just
two
of
the
many
people
that
God
put
in
my
path to help me along my way.”
In
the
spring
1984
with
the
club
showing
signs
of
success
Jason
got
bold
enough
to
try
his
hand
at
another
business
and
opened
a
tanning
salon
at
University
Blvd.
and
Cottage
Hill.
The
combination
of
growing
out
of
the
health
club
location
and
the
space
coming
available
next
to
the
new
tanning
salon
created
the
opportunity
to
combine
the
club
and
the
tanning
salon
expanding
the
health
club
from
its
original
2,800
square
feet
to
4,500
square
feet
including
the
tanning
salon
which
took
up
only
about
200
square
feet.
It
was
considered
a
huge
expansion
especially
for
a
23-year
old
entrepreneur
who
was
never
supposed
to
make
it
in
the
first
place.
Jason:
“I
will
never
forget
moving
all
of
the
equipment
from
the
Cottage
Hill
and
Azalea
location
to
the
Cottage
Hill
at
University
location.
I
couldn’t
afford
to
hire
anyone
so
like
so
many
other
times
I
turned
to
my
members
for
help.
My
manager
(Matt
McLeod)
had
the
brilliant
idea
of
bribing
them
with
beer.
Unfortunately
they
started
on
it
almost
immediately.
Fortunately
due
to
the
rental
agreement
I
was
the
only
one
allowed
to
drive
and
I
have
never
drank.
Unfortunately
it
was
a
big
open
flat
bed
with
standard
shift
transmission
and
I
really
don’t
know
how
to
drive
a
standard
shift
transmission.
The
entire
trip
was
less
than
two
miles
and
we
didn’t
have
that
much
equipment
to
begin
with,
but
by
the
second
load
this
motley
crew
that
had
so
graciously
volunteered
to
help
with
this
historic
move
were
already
getting
crazy.
The
guys
were
mooning
people
through
the
rails
of
the
truck
and
breaking
into
spontaneous
posedowns
for
all
of
the
passing
females.
I
still
count
myself
lucky
that
I
didn’t
get
arrested
for
transporting
bodybuilders
under
the
influence, a BUI! More to come…
