GATE 14 Composite Training triangulates rigorous fitness, progressive psychology, and cultural inquiry under one 2,000 square foot roof. Built by hand in 2018, GATE 14 emerged as the result of a garage-based practice whose increasing membership outgrew its humble beginnings. Named for a Chevron gate that demarcated the end of a particularly strenuous hill used in many of the protocols, GATE 14 was founded on the Donald Barthelme ethos espoused in his seminal essay “Not-Knowing”. In essence, this is a far more than a “gym.” It is a place to challenge notions of what we think we are capable of, and to practice physically the concept of finding a healthy, efficient, manageable path through the confusion of our daily lives.

Built over two months in the late summer of 2018 by Alfred Brown IV, Ediz Basol, Nick Troutman, Kevin Halcomb, and a slew of other volunteers, GATE 14 has evolved into a cornerstone of the local community. It continues to expand and explore the role of physical fitness in our modern society, and has positioned its patented Composite Training method as an antidote to the stale state of fitness affairs. Workouts are inspired by art, literature, music, film, and other cultural touchstones, and seek to grow a larger sense of how our physical bodies intersect with the limits of human possibility.