Recovery Gym - Recovery Support Services
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| Group | Community And Other Support Services |
| Category | Recovery Support Services |
| Name | Recovery Gym |
| Provider |
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Description
The Recovery Gym (TRG) is the Pacific Northwest’s first fitness center dedicated to helping people on the path to recovery for substance use and mental health disorders. The Recovery Gym is open to people in recovery as well as family members and supporters of people in recovery. It is a project of the Alano Club of Portland. TRG aims to be a place where both people in recovery and the allies of people in recovery feel welcomed, comfortable and supported, strengthening recovery one rep at a time.
The Recovery Gym offers Physical Activities (functional fitness, rock climbing, weight training, running club, and hiking club), Wellness Activities (mindfulness, meditation, nutrition education, essential oils classes, smoking cessation, stress reduction), and Recovery Activity (recovery mentoring, resource referral, and pro-social events). For those in or seeking recovery, their services are free for the first year of membership. After the first year, sliding-scale membership fees apply.
The Recovery Gym offers cross-fit classes daily, beginning at 6:00 a.m. and their last is at 6:30 p.m. Classes are led by trained instructors. The Recovery Gym works with people of varying skill, strength, and coordination levels, including homeless people and individuals with disabilities. Each class can have up to 15 participants.
Online class schedule: https://recoverygym.sites.zenplanner.com/calendar.cfm
Request information at https://www.therecoverygym.org/join-trg/
To make an appointment, go to their website to fill out an application and sign the necessary waivers, including an agreement not to come to the gym after using. https://www.therecoverygym.org/join-trg/
The Recovery Gym also has peer mentors to support participants and assist them with matters like housing (often after graduation from treatment) and with locating transportation. Their peer mentors have been trained in harm reduction. Twice a month the Recovery Gym holds an expungement clinic. They have also been involved with other Alano Club of Portland projects, like Artists in Recovery and Plates for the People.