Our
Story
Darrel
Schoolfield (founder), with a passion for weightlifting and experience as
a welder began building equipment in his garage in the early 80s. Forced by
demand to move out of the garage, he rented a larger location in Broken Arrow,
Oklahoma, hired help, and officially went into business then called DC Bodybuilding
Equipment. Again, demand increased so he moved the business to Tulsa in 1988
and changed the name to Fitness Factory. In 1995 Fitness Factory began Access
Fitness a coed 24/7 facility that was created essentially by accident as an
attempt to have a fully stocked commercial equipment showroom. With the fitness
center showing success and ease of manageability, proceeded to open two more
locations over the next three years. Pioneer Strength Equipment was formed
in 2002 to isolate the manufacturing from the gyms. Recognizing a growing
demand for women’s fitness and insufficiencies that were offered FIT
For Her was started in 2003.