Testimonials

"I believe I was about 17 years old which was 12 years ago when I first stepped foot into the gym. At this point I was nervous because Brown’s was known for being a hardcore place to train where the top bodybuilders and serious athletes called home. I started working out only knowing what I had from training at my school gym, which was a fraction of the size that Brown’s is. A year later I had a little more experience and a tiny bit of knowledge from watching certain individuals that I looked up too. At that point I had asked Jim and Janel Brown for some advice to point me in the right direction to gain strength to gain weight. At that time I had a part time job barley affording my car I drove after high school, I asked Jim and Janel to train me. We came up with a reasonable fee for all of their experience and expert training, I was ecstatic! For about a year I trained in their techniques for powerlifting increasing my strength by more than I could have ever imagined. The amount of knowledge I soaked up about how important form and weight control was propelled me into what I am today. I took what they taught me and eventually got my ACE certification while in college to understand more about bodybuilding and how I could incorporate what they taught me into the overall goal I had for my body. Brown’s gym wasn’t just a place where I learned how to lift properly but it was a place where I had learned more about myself and how to grow as a person in the right manner. I came to Brown’s gym with a certain outlook and left with a completely different and more focused mindset. I took that mindset from the environment I had surrounded myself with into the rest of my life. After almost 12 years of training at Brown’s I had propelled my career into being a signed fitness model and actor with an agency out of New York City, numerous television appearances and movies. Brown’s gym taught me how to never give up on what I wanted or what my goals were. Just like standing in front of a barbell with 300+ lbs on it nervous because that was the next number from the training regimen I had to hit from Jim, to standing in front of Hollywood’s biggest producers ready to show them what I had. All of my experiences at Brown’s gym pushed me further and further throughout life even though fitness and the real world are different, they are actually one in the same. Sometimes life gets very heavy, like 300lbs on your back but when you remember the training you received from an amazing facility like Brown’s Gym…Life just got a lot lighter!Thank you for all you have given me, I wouldn’t be where I am today if I hadn’t stepped foot in Brown’s Gym!​"
Alexander Frekey

Bodybuilder, Actor, Fitness Model