For those of you that know the history of Rogue Fitness then you know Eric Jones.  Take a look back at Day 2 at the Rogue Facility This whole thing started with three guys: Troy Taylor, Eric Jones & Bill Henniger

All of us have put in more unpaid hours than imaginable because we love it.  Eric has been no less of a partner in crime than Troy or I.  He is in the gym at least 6 days a week and many times 7.  He has officially graduated from his apprenticeship and earned the level of “Captain” for which he will forever remembered at Rogue.

Per the norm we name a workout or WOD after our team members when they leave for the military:

“EJ”

7 Front Squat 135M/95W

15 Pushups

500M Row

5 Rounds for Time!

Eric is headed out to become a V22 Osprey pilot in the US Air Force and has aspirations of becoming a Pararescueman once he receives his pilot wings.  As anyone that has met Eric can tell you, there is little doubt he will achieve his goals.  His father LT Colonel Shelby Jones retired with a highly decorated career.  His sister is in the Air Force Academy.  That is a whole bunch of Air Force.

To say Eric will be missed is an understatement, I am certain he will never be far.  If you are in the Air Force, just pray that he gets stationed at your base because it will be decked out with the best equipment on earth.

Eric was instrumental in designing the Rogue Store and it will take more than one to replace him.  I just hope he realizes that we take precedent over pilot training.

For those of you that know Eric, here is his email address: eric@roguefitness.com

There will be a party and a very big party at that.  Eric takes off on December 12 so look for details in the very near future.

LOOK FOR THIS ICON IN OUR STORE

From Rogue Factory Store

We pride ourselves on the fact that we push for all of our vendors to manufacture their equipment in the United States.  If you didn’t know this, here are a few examples:

1) Rogue Rings, Pullup Systems and all of Rogue Metal Fabrication: Made in Columbus, Ohio by Ian Maclean & Crew

2) Rogue & Pendlay Bars – All made in the United States

3) Rogue HiTemp Bumpers – All made in Alabama by a guy named Chuck and his crew

4) Sorinex Equipment – All made in the US by the Sorin crew, don’t believe me just ask them then run!

5) Dynamax Medicine Balls – Made in Texas by Jim & Rick Cawley.

This is just to name a few, look for new products built by Rogue here in the United States!  We are building new squat stands for the United States Marine Corps, look for them available to the public in the next couple weeks.  This is only a sneak peak at the products in the lineup.

We are building a PT course for the US Army at FT Campbell, just wait to see this Olive Drab badass piece!

Our business is run by Veterans of the United States Military and we are proud that we do our part to keep American industry in America.

Thanks to all of you who keep all of these companies churning!!

How does Rogue save on shipping, here is a quick example:

If you buy equipment from a drop-shipper they send the order out to different vendors for them to fill.  Let’s say you ordered the Alpha Package that package includes a bar, bumpers, collars, rings, med balls, jump rope and an AbMat.  That would be 7 companies that need to ship your gear to you hence seven different opportunities to make a mistake. The shipping costs will be much higher because of 7 shipments which will vary from parcel to freight.  Anything over 150lbs will most likely be shipped freight.

We have worked very hard to work with our vendors and now have all of those items warehoused here.  We take all of that equipment and put it on one skid.  Here is a picture of the skid with just the bumpers:

From Rogue Factory Store

Here is the Alpha Package ready to ship!  Next week there will be some happy US Coast Guard bases.

From Rogue Factory Store

We have not sacrificed on the level of quality of our equipment and the level of quality in our shipping consolidation.  We continue to evolve and learn from our inefficiencies.  We are not without mistakes but we learn from them.  We pride ourselves on learning from our customers and listening to their suggestions.  Feel free to email me if you have any questions: bill@roguefitness.com or call us: 614.358.6190

We have been working very hard to get the Rogue Factory store open.  If you need to come in we are open from Noon to 5PM Monday thru Friday, if that doesn’t work just give us a call at: 614.368.6190 or email: bill@roguefitness.com

We consolidate your equipment order and now with fuel costs dropping we are going to be offering FREE SHIPPING ON MANY OF OUR ITEMS!  Look for this icon on items in the store, here is an example: Rogue HG Collars

Here is an order for the United States Coast Guard, notice that the Bumpers, Bars, Kettlebells, Med Balls, Collars, Rings, Jump Ropes and AbMats all on the same pallet!

From Rogue Factory Store

If we have it in stock we ship it, it is our mission to ship same day.  We are available to answer any questions you have about the equipment in our store.

WE ARE THE COOLEST TOY STORE ON THE PLANET!

Actually Carolyn has been back with us for a while after her injury. But now it is healed up enough where she can participate in the “WODs” with very little scaling. And where Carolyn does have to scale back on weight she makes up for it by going faster during the workout. And completing the workout faster is just another way of increasing the intensity.