RyzAb0ve Fitness

09/03/2026

✨TICKETS ARE LIVE and YOU are invited! ✨
Join us for a night of highlighting our stars. ⭐️ Our athletes bring so much light to our lives and we want to share! RyzAb0ve is hosting, October 16th, a celebration of inclusivity and community with a night of fun, food, and friends! Check out our story and bio for live links to our GiveButter campaign and to purchase your ticket today. 🎟️

08/27/2026

08/26/2026

LAST CHANCE!
Early Bird pricing for our Stars Among Us | Night to Ryz Gala ends this Sunday, August 30th.
This is your chance to join us for an unforgettable evening celebrating inclusion, community, and the incredible athletes of RyzAb0ve Fitness.
Last year, our athletes filled the room with music, poetry, laughter, courage, and joy. This year, we cannot wait to create another night where they have the opportunity to shine and show our community just how amazing they are.
Join us for a magical evening of dinner, live entertainment, dancing, live and silent auctions, and moments that will remind you what belonging truly looks like.
Get your Early Bird tickets before pricing ends this Sunday.
https://givebutter.com/starsamongus2026

08/23/2026

Our Saturday Brace YMCA class was in full force yesterday!
The energy, the effort, the laughs, the encouragement, and the friendships are what make this group so special.
Yes, we come together to move, exercise, and build strength, but RyzAb0ve has always been about more than fitness. It is about creating a place where our athletes are known, supported, celebrated, and loved for exactly who they are.
This community shows up for one another. We cheer each other on, laugh together, grow together, and make every class feel like family.
More than a fitness class.
More than a Saturday workout.
This is RyzAb0ve family.

08/09/2026

Last year’s photo booth understood the assignment. 😂📸✨
So many smiles, so much personality, and so many great memories from our very first Night to Ryz Gala! Looking back at these photos reminds us just how special it was to have our athletes, families, friends, and supporters all together in one room celebrating our RyzAb0ve community.
And we’re getting ready to do it ALL OVER AGAIN! 🌟
Join us Friday, October 16 for Night to Ryz: Stars Among Us, our second annual gala. Come dressed up, grab your people, hit the photo booth, and help us create another unforgettable night while supporting adaptive fitness, scholarships, youth programming, and inclusive opportunities for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
✨ Dinner
🌟 Live & silent auctions
💃 Dancing
📸 Plenty of photo booth memories
❤️ And most importantly, a night celebrating some pretty incredible people.
🎟️ Tickets are LIVE! Head to our bio and get yours before the early bird pricing goes away

08/04/2026

A huge thank you to Domtar Everyday for their generous donation and support of RyzAb0ve Fitness!
We are so grateful to Jon Griswold and Jen Stroble Griswold for nominating us and helping make this gift possible. Support like this helps us continue creating inclusive fitness classes, obstacle challenges, social opportunities, and meaningful community experiences for our athletes.
Our obstacle challenge days are always such a powerful reminder of what happens when people come together to encourage, celebrate, and believe in one another. Every athlete deserves the opportunity to move, grow, shine, and feel a true sense of belonging.
Thank you, Domtar, Jon, and Jen, for helping us continue building a stronger, more inclusive community.

08/02/2026

What a day. What a community.
For more than 24 hours, we watched the weather, hoping the rain would stay away.
And it did.
Every single athlete who registered showed up ready to take on the challenge. Nearly every volunteer showed up with a smile, ready to encourage, support, and cheer our athletes on. That alone speaks volumes about the incredible community we're building together.
Our Summer Obstacle Challenge was an amazing success!
Today wasn't just about completing obstacles. It was about courage, perseverance, confidence, and proving that every person is capable of so much more than they often get credit for. Watching our athletes encourage one another, push through challenges, and cross the finish line was something truly special.
A huge thank you to Cabo Fish Taco Ballantyne for once again opening your doors and hosting this incredible event. Your generosity and partnership continue to help us create meaningful opportunities for our athletes and families.
To our athletes, volunteers, families, sponsors, and supporters—thank you for making today unforgettable. You are the reason this community continues to grow.
Every obstacle conquered today was another reminder that when people are believed in, encouraged, and given the opportunity, incredible things happen.

07/21/2026

This may look like a simple squat.
But at RyzAb0ve, this is so much more than an exercise.
This is coaching.
This is trust.
This is confidence being built rep by rep.

This is functional fitness that carries into real life.
For Alex and Jonathan, our coaches are not just telling them what to do. They are prompting, demonstrating, and giving them a visual example of how to move safely and successfully. That matters because a weighted squat is not just about building leg strength. It supports everyday movements like sitting down, standing up, picking something up, climbing stairs, staying balanced, and moving with more independence.

This is the kind of work people do not always see behind the scenes.
The patience.
The encouragement.
The adaptation.

The belief that every athlete deserves the chance to grow stronger, healthier, and more confident.
At RyzAb0ve, fitness is the tool.
The impact is bigger health, stronger confidence, real connection, and a community where every athlete has the opportunity to shine.