The Racketeer's Association is in full celebration mode and some.

They are celebrating the opening of the TEAMhouse Special Operations Functional Fitness Facility in Lacey on Saturday, January 5^th at 8 a.m. The facility will also serve as their new headquarters. 

Trust us: this is no ordinary gym.

The gym features the following: functional fitness,  a rock climbing wall, special racketeer apparel, a movie projector, PPV MMA events, loud music, custom screenprinting, Monster Energy and Muscle Milk and....

Wait for it....

There is a lounge, snack, and beer bar. That's right. We said beer (really).

Owned by Michael and Amanda Wilhelm, they wanted the gym to be special. The gym is designed to be not only just a place to work out in, but a place to hang out, relax and be with friends. This is particularly important for service members, something the Wilhelms know something about (Michael Wilhelm is active duty in the Air Force at McChord).

The gym looks like this. Downstairs features a state of the art gym and upstairs is the lounge complete with leather recliners and the beer and snack bar.

As Amanda Wilhelm muses, "It's the ultimate man cave!"

Wilhelm continues, "We wanted the TEAMhouse to be not only a fun place to work out, but a great place to get a little downtime and just hang out."

There will also be military themed apparel shop and protein/energy drinks available.

The grand opening event on Saturday, January 5^th is going to be one big party. The doors open at 8 a.m., followed by an open gym beginning 9 a.m. There will be multiple prize giveaways at noon that day. Then from 12:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. there will be an open gym.  During that time participants can visit the beer bar and lounge and the apparel store. Three day trial passes will be available and memberships can be purchased at any time that day. The event is sponsored by G-Project (www.enterg-project.com)
The Green Beret Foundation (http://greenberetfoundation.org/, International Racket (www.internationalracket.com), TSAF (www.TSAFindustries.com) and
TACP Association (www.USAFTACP.org)

Here are some of the things to expect.

Giveaways at noon will include free one month memberships, InternationalRacket  T-shirt package,
InternationalRacket water bottle and gift cards.

The open gym will feature the following for an introductory workout:

 4 x Flat bench
640 Lbs of Kettle-bells
4 sets of Rogue Rings
5 x Beater Bars
2 x Matador Dip stations
130 Lbs of Dynamax medicine balls
20' Climbing Rope 1.5" Diameter
1150 Lbs of Bumper Plates
20 foot Rogue Infinity Infinity Rig (4 x bench/squat/curl Stations with 12 x Pull up stations 2 x Matador dip stations)
12" / 20" / 24" / 30" Plyo Box sets
5 x chalk balls
4 x 25 Lb Slosh pipes
2 x 500 Lbs tires
10 x 20 Lbs Tomb stones
4 x 30 Lb Sand Bags
4 x Speed ropes

Oh, yes, and there will be a giant log. We aren't kidding.  

The TEAMhouse Special Operations Fitness Center is located at 4706 Pacific Avenue S.E. in Lacey.

Standard hours beginning Monday, January 7, 2013, will be as follows:

Gym: Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Bar: Monday through Friday, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. and Saturday from 8 p.m. to 12 a.m.

For more information on the grand opening, please visit their Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/events/539534806076412/.

To learn more about InternationalRacket and the Racketeer's Association, visit them at their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/TheRacketIR/info and their website at http://internationalracket.com/.