They say that successful businesses fill a gap that was missing at the time of opening. When I opened Industrial Athletics in 2013, I was trying to fill the gap of a safe CrossFit in the city of Pittsburgh. I wanted to show the Pittsburgh community, and the CrossFit Pittsburgh community, that there was a smart and safe way to do CrossFit that would actually make you stronger and able to handle harder challenges for a longer period of time. Through Industrial Athletics, I was able to carry out the purpose of trying to make better Pittsburghers.