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Aion didn’t start as a business idea. It started in one of the lonelier stretches of my life.

I’d played football for years, and by the time I was done my body had collected the bill… shoulders and hips and back. Around that same time most of my friends had scattered off to other states and countries, and I was on my own in a way I hadn’t been before. So I started going to the gym two, sometimes three times a day. There was no real plan behind it. I just wanted to be around people.

And something shifted in those rooms. I felt how much community heals you when you’re low… and how much it changes you to take care of your body in a way that’s kind to it instead of punishing.

I won’t pretend that stretch was clean. I was fighting my own battle with food and with how I saw myself, swinging between restricting and bingeing for a long time before I found steady ground. I know now how lonely that fight gets & how little it actually has to do with willpower.

That’s the whole reason Aion exists. I wanted somewhere you could take care of yourself and feel better about who you are, no matter what you’re carrying that day. A room where you get to cheer someone else on and get out of your own head for an hour. Where nobody’s keeping score on how your body looks & nobody’s quietly judging.

You show up where you are, as you are, and you’re welcome here.

So if you’re reading this as one of our members… welcome. I’m glad you walked in, and you should be proud of yourself for taking that step.

Marcus McDuffie, Founder, Aion Personal Training