Today we’d like to introduce you to Rae Edwards.
Hi Rae, it’s an honor to have you on the platform. Thanks for taking the time to share your story with us – to start maybe you can share some of your backstory with our readers?
7 years ago Monzavous “Rae” Edwards Oly and Clint Fuqua sat down for lunch and discuss a gym project.
6 years ago we almost opened our first gym, but had to put everything in storage due to a fallout with investors.
5 years ago, Covid shut down the world and destroyed many in the fitness industry…we stayed busy figuring out a better way to provide fitness services for all and never get shut down again…
4 years ago we opened our first facility inside a medical building with full services (thanks to Doohi Lee and Advanced Surgical Arts for believing in us), and yes everyone (including you reading this) thought we were crazy to do so…
2 years ago we grew so fast we had to move out of our small private gym space and into Physiofit Texas Gym for more room to grow and a great facility to do it with.
6 months ago we starting moving into our new facility in Lewisville to provide wellness services including Ozone, PEMF, Infrared, IV’s, Peptide/Vitamin/Exosome injections, and physical therapy through several additional partners along with our current training services.
Now we now have Olympians, pro athletes, college athletes, high school athletes, Jr high athletes all winning, breaking records, and living healthier better lives, along with our 70 plus other clients that are losing weight, living better, feeling better, and moving better than ever
Would you say it’s been a smooth road, and if not what are some of the biggest challenges you’ve faced along the way?
Growing a business is never smooth, but have a good partner always helps especially when the two have synergistic strengths to allow each to handle different aspects of the business. The transition from having our own private space back to sharing a gym with others was a little rough 2 years ago to manage client flow and establish a contract that gave us some autonomy to run our own business separately inside another gym. Finding the right location in the DFW area for expansion and a new private location took quite a bit of time to serve our current clients and all the potential clients asking us to move into different areas. Lewisville ended up being the best central location, and good old dumb luck had us bump into the perfect location after quite a bit of negotiations to get the pricing we needed to make it successful. The city of Lewisville however made the move in process very fast, easy, and streamlined. The biggest issue is that nobody likes change, especially location, until they see, feel, and experience the improvement of the change.
Alright, so let’s switch gears a bit and talk business. What should we know about your work?
Fitness Expert, legend, and Olympic Fit Gym owner Monzavous “Rae” Edwards has spent the last two decades in the throws of high performance training. Rae has been in 8 different US teams since 2003, four different Nigerian teams, and raced and placed with the biggest names in track and field. At 19 years old, Rae set a record for the fastest treadmill run (25.3mph) at Locomotor Performance Labs at SMU and the current 10.1sec 100m qualification standard held up at competitions still to this day. He’s been on every level of track and field team there is, and understands what it takes to be an Olympian. Now he says his history is chronicled in his salt and pepper beard. He also is the creator and star of the hit Track and Field Show “Rae’s Take”. You can watch “Rae’s Take” LIVE on Youtube (Sunday 5PM CST)
Rae Edwards is also an accomplished music producer and performer. He’s self produced over 10 of his own albums along with many for The Voyagens, and multiple other independent artists. You can find him on your favorite music service and social media as Magnificent31
Through Olympic Fit, Rae now shares and teaches everything he has learned about training, tracking, achieving and recovering from performance sports. Rae is also releasing a new App called “GoChyro” in 2026 so everyone can get immediate expert chiropractic care in the comfort of their own home, the office, the gym, the track, or anytime you need an adjustment.
What matters most to you?
The thing that matters most is everyone around me doing better. I want may family, my friends, my clients, and even the person walking down the street that I say Hi to to do well in life. That should be the most important thing for all of us at the end of the day, to help others be and do better in life.
Pricing:
- Olympic Fit Gym Pricing $380-2500 month
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.theolympicfitgym.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/olympicfitgym/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheOlympicFitGym/
- Twitter: https://x.com/Raestaketv
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@theolympicfitgym
