Business & Tech Family Functional Fitness Opens 3rd Greenwich Location The all-encompassing boutique fitness studio with two other locations in Greenwich recently opened a third facility in town.
Owner Joshua Takacs said he’s excited to join the Riverside community and continue to grow Family Functional Fitness. The business first began in Old Greenwich in 2019, and then in Cos Cob in 2021. (Courtesy of Joshua Takacs.) Family Functional Fitness first started in 2019 in Old Greenwich. (Courtesy of Joshua Takacs.)
GREENWICH, CT — Family Functional Fitness, the all-encompassing boutique fitness studio with locations in Old Greenwich and Cos Cob, has opened up a third facility in town in Riverside.
Located at 1345 E. Putnam Ave., the fitness studio has been operating under a soft opening for the past month, and will open up services to public inquiries on Dec. 1. Owner Joshua Takacs said he’s excited to join the Riverside community and continue to grow FFF. The business first began in Old Greenwich in 2019 at 27 Arcadia Road, and then in Cos Cob in 2021 at 205 E. Putnam Ave.
The new location is about 2,000 square feet, roughly twice the size of the other fitness studios, and will also feature a licensed massage therapist. FFF is more than just a place where clients young and old can exercise and move around.
“We’re more of the functional approach to movement and health. We’re really not the bigger, faster, stronger-style gym. We’re more about functional movements, movements that will get you ready for life and will keep you moving healthy and fluidly for the rest of your life, and just strengthening the body as a whole,” Takacs said. Takacs explained that many people when they reach the age of 60 start to explore knee, hip or shoulder replacement surgeries.
By working to correct movements or bad habits, Takacs said people can take steps to prevent physical problems and trips to their orthopedist or general practitioner. FFF can also delve into a client’s biomechanic information through functional movement screens and in-body scans to find imbalances or impingements, and then develop a plan of attack to help bring about a positive, healthy lifestyle change.
“We’re trying to show people how their body is supposed to move, and then strengthen their body for those movements for the long haul,” Takacs said. “Everyone thinks walking is walking, but we’re never really taught how to walk properly, we’re never taught how to run properly, or crawl properly, or pick things up properly. We kind of go through all of this with a magnifying glass.” Services can also focus on athletic development, weight loss or gain, pre/post-natal exercise, and nutrition. Everything at FFF is package-based, not membership-based, and clients work one-on-one with a single trainer in a private setting. Takacs was previously a top-ranked trainer for a national fitness chain and found the membership model to be counterproductive. “Memberships really kind of trap people, and we don’t want to do that. Our goal is not to keep people forever. Our goal is to get people to move, move well, get confidence in the gym and then start to take some of those components and go on their own,” Takacs said.
Takacs said he was drawn to fitness after watching family members go through health problems. “I got to see firsthand what bad health can do to you, and this wasn’t anything that was genetic, it was just bad life choices and health choices,” Takacs said. “It kind of inspired me to be like, ‘Hey, this isn’t how people should live.'” The goal is to expand the business more in Fairfield County and then potentially take FFF to a national level. Takacs said he has appreciated the support from the Greenwich community since the business began four years ago. “We’ve been able to help a lot of people,” Takacs said. “It makes us feel good, and the community clearly feels good about it, too. It’s been special. It’s given us the confidence to keep growing, and it’s given us a waitlist which has forced us to grow. This town is obviously very health-driven, and a lot of people really enjoy learning the process.”
For more information on FFF and their services, or to see how to get involved, visit their website.
Family Functional Fitness Opens 3rd Greenwich Location
