Positive news following a difficult year for gyms.
The Nonantum Club closed last March due to COVID-19 for nearly four months and then again just before the holidays. Classes had been full and an after-school youth program was beginning to gain popularity.
“All that went out the window,” Gargaro said of the Adams Street gym he helped found with cousin Nathan Busa in 2008. “We went from full out to zero in a matter of weeks. It was really tough.”
Gargaro departs this week for a month-long training camp in Colorado Springs before departing June 30 for an acclimation camp in Japan. The Tokyo Olympics are scheduled for July 23 to Aug. 8.