Four Russian Bodybuilders Buy Legendary Edison Gym

If you're familiar with Central Jersey gyms, there's one aspect of the Apollon Gym in Edison that will stand out immediately.

Members put away their weights.

"Just because a gym is hardcore doesn't mean there has to be dumbells all over the floor,'' said Apollon co-owner Robert Samborsky. "Apollon is a clean gym.''

A clean gym with very heavy weights. But don't let that discourage you.

"We have dumbells from three to 160 pounds, so you don't need to be a bodybuilder or a powerlifter to train here,'' Samborsky said. "There are people who have been training here 10, 20, 30 years and they don't go anywhere else --they call it home.''

Samborsky, along with wife Marina Samborsky and IFBB Pro Figure and IFBB Pro Bodybuilding Competitors Irina Veselova and Alex Fedorov, bought Apollon from its previous owner last January.

The gym dates back to 1975 and Samborsky and company wanted to change it as little as possible.

"It was in our best interest for me to buy the gym because not many people would know how to run this gym,'' Samborsky said. "It has a niche appeal -- I wanted to make sure it stayed true to its hardcore, no B.S. approach.''

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