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Karen Welch

Monday, May 14, 2012

Heat2O Fitness Center Opens in Sussex

After construction delays, Heat2O Fitness opens in Sussex Monday with its high-tech new machinery and group classes.

Featuring nine group fitness classes on Pilates, yoga and more, and stocked with some of the most advanced  machinery on the market, Heat2O opens in Sussex with a bang on Monday. Patch in February reported business owner Karen Welch’s plans to open the fitness center, and construction is finally nearing completion. Located on Executive Drive next door to her current highly successful cheerleading business Heat Athletics, Heat2O is just awaiting a few additional items while employees put on the finishing touches. However, opening a new business wouldn’t be without its struggles. Welch initially had plans to open the fitness center in early April, but construction delays and missing equipment led to delays in opening the 5,200-square-foot …

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Andy Ambrosius

12:33 pm on Monday, May 14, 2012

When it comes to weigh lifting, I need classes. I was spoiled at UWM because they had free classes, but now -- phew! Finding the motivation to do anything but run is tough.   more ›

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Upscale Fitness Center to Open on Executive Drive

The spa-like gym, Heat Fitness, is scheduled to open this spring.

A new business named Heat Fitness is slated to open in Sussex near the corner of Highway 164 and Lisbon Road after being approved by Sussex officials last week. Karen Welch, owner of Heat Athletics, said she plans on doing something different by creating an upscale, spa-like workout facility in the 5,200 square feet of empty space next to her current business on Executive Drive. Construction is already scheduled to begin next week with the majority of the business to be completed by late March. “My plan to set us apart is to make this a spa-like fitness center,” Welch said. “I want things like the bathrooms to be similar to a spa, but we’ll also have state-of-the-art workout equipment for the more ambitious people. We’ll have another room …

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