My name is Andrew Helmick, owner of Pride Fitness. Pride Fitness was formed to help individuals of all health levels achieve their maximum potential.

         I decided to start our personal focused fitness community while concluding my senior year of college as a personal trainer at a specialized training gym in Chesterfield, MO. Growing up, the dream was always to open an athletic performance center where I would work with young athletes. It was at this training gym in Chesterfield where it was discovered that working with adults was what would truly ignite my passion. In this time I got to experience and watch clients grow as their health and strength increased. Watching people who want no part of exercise when they first walk in, who eventually start scheduling four times a week and/or showing up early because they are so excited about the changes they are feeling is truly infectious.

It was this experience that brought me home to Kansas City to start my own gym. However, it’s not fair to just call it a gym. Pride Fitness is more than a gym, it’s a family. It’s intimidation free. Everyone that calls themselves a member started somewhere and has grown to where they are now. This isn’t a typical big box gym with a lot of machines and grunting. This is a gym where people are growing together and pushing each other to achieve the same thing, and that’s a healthy lifestyle. The name Pride Fitness came from one of the strongest family circles, a lion pride. That’s what we are here, a pride - a family.

         We want to be the last gym you ever join. So it is my pleasure to welcome you with open arms to a fitness family and community; all looking to achieve our best. You will be pushed, and you will push others. Welcome to the Pride.