Bodybuilding shop opens in South Whitley
(Talk of the Town photos provided) David and Tiffany Steinwald, above, are the trainer and manager of Muscle Madness now open at 127 S. State St. in South Whitley. Below, David Steinwald poses at the 2010 INBF Super Natural Challenge.
From the Tribune-News
David Steinwald has been competing as a bodybuilder for more than 15 years.
Now, he bring his advice and equipment to South Whitley, at 125 South State Street.
His wife, Tiffany, is the office manager.
The Steinwalds have come to town from Lafayette.
“I’ve been in big cities,” David, a southern California native, said. “And they’re too big, too busy, too fast, too violent.”
Muscle Madness is open every day with hours from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 1 to 7 p.m. on Sunday, unless someone wants to come in earlier. The telephone number is 765.543.7980.
Costs are $25 per month or $5 per day, and the first workout is free.
“Come in and try it out,” David said. “Trim up, shape up or build up. Building the density of muscle takes a while and it’s all worthwhile.”
After a certain amount of time spent body building a person automatically qualifies to teach somone else, David said.
He will not recommend any diet or supplements, although he will say what he eats.
After competing steadily for years, David got disgruntled in 2006 and stopped bodybuilding for four years. He drove a truck for a living and put on a bit of weight – tipping the scales at 257.
“He was pretty fat,” said Tiffany. David had no comment.
But he started working out again, got back into shape. In 2010 at the INFB Northern States Super Natural American & Canadian Challenge he came in second in the Men’s Class C.
Now weighing in at 240, his competition weight is 218 to 222 pounds to enter the heavy weight divisions.
Muscle Madness features low-impact, battery operated elipitcal machines, recumbent bikes, free weights and a 17 station BMI machine in the entrance area of the building.
A couple of years ago the space was divided up into several rooms to accomodate a tanning bed salon.
Now those rooms feature an incline bench, a squat power rack, a Smith machine with a guided, squat rack, pilates equipment, a sled machine and an incline bench.
“We have enough equipment to keep 25 people busy without having to wait on rooms,” David said.