Grip Work Gear, a new clothing company, launched from Williamsburg this season and we're pleased to present them here, with The Local Scoop.
Grip Work Gear was established in August 2015 with the idea that we each were born with a personal responsibility to create the life you desire. It’s what our elders try to teach, but the millennials have failed to grasp, according to a press release from the company. Why? Because the older generations are too stuck on school, bills and fitting the norm.
Grip Work is about going after your dreams and becoming the best version of yourself. It’s about taking life’s challenges head on to become who you were destined to be. It’s about picking up the weight because nobody will do it for you. Get a GRIP on life.
Grip Work Gear was founded by Mel Jones, a resident of Williamsburg, VA. Raised in a military family, Jones has led the way for his three younger siblings as well as his incredible 4-year-old boy by first graduating from the College of William and Mary as a full ride scholarship athlete, becoming a Top Personal Trainer for America Family Fitness, leading a life as a Motivational Speaker (AKA The Motivational Philosopher), and now constructing the next big fitness line of the world.
“Grip Work is more than just a clothing line. It’s a philosophy backed by the notion that no one is going to lift the weight for you. Not because nobody cares, but because we were all given our own burden to withstand. The awesome thing about struggling through your own challenges is that you become stronger from it. That is why I started this company, to be an example to my girlfriend, our son, my family and my friends of what happens when you push past the obstacles and step into the other side of greatness,” says Jones
Grip Work. Grip Gear. Grip Work Gear. In whatever form you may see it, has come hard and fast and they have the attitude that they are here to stay.
“I didn’t create this company to make money. I created Grip Work Gear to inspire people and show them proof that you can do anything you set your mind to,” says Jones.
Grip Work Gear, though focused on the weight lifting aspect of fitness, has more to offer than just thought provoking designs. It is also geared towards comfort, empowerment, self-belief, and giving back to the community. Even with Grip Work Gear being such a new entity in the business world, Mel Jones was able to start a charity organization through Grip Work Gear LLC called Fourth Quarter Giving.
“We all know what the fourth quarter is on the calendar. It’s the last 3 months of the year. It’s when the holidays start to kick in full force and it tis the season of giving. I chose to make the fourth quarter something special for the community. So Grip Work Gear this past Christmas teamed up with Woodforest Bank to cook breakfast and provide gifts for the occupants of Menchville House,” explained Jones.
Menchville House is a forty six-bed emergency housing facility for homeless families, located in the Denbigh are of Newport News. It has been around since April of 1988 and is the first organization of many to benefit from the generosity and community of awareness of Grip Work Gear.
Grip Work Gear apparel is currently available online at www.gripworkgear.com. To get in touch with it’s founder Mel Jones, feel free to email him at gripworkgear@gmail.com.