After a rigorous workout, replenishing the body with needed nutrients is a smart idea.

A local company is capitalizing on that idea by offering a juice and smoothie bar in the same building as its gym. The Box Fitness 541 and Just Cut Juice Bar are now open at 412 SW Evergreen Ave.

Owners Clint and Ruth Davis officially opened Just Cut Juice Bar Feb. 15, after opening the gym late last year. They moved to Crooked River Ranch in 2006 and then moved their family of six, a 14-year-old daughter, and three sons aged 7, 5 and nine months, to Redmond about five years ago.

“We decided to move for the small town feel, the sense of community, and it’s a great place to raise kids,” Clint said. “It’s been amazing. We’ve been here about 10 years now, and we love it.”

Clint comes from a successful martial arts career where he was a taekwondo instructor with three national championships, and was also an Olympic trainer. He branched away from martial arts around 2004 and has been a strength and conditioning coach since. He is a National Academy of Sports Medicine certified trainer as well as a CrossFit 1 certified trainer. His focus in the gym is restorative, functional fitness, which pairs with his focus on natural, raw foods at the juice and smoothie bar. He and his wife are currently the only employees but Clint said he hopes to add four others by the end of the summer.

“We consider ourselves a school of fitness, we’re constantly learning and getting better,” Clint said.

The Box Fitness 541, the name derived from a CrossFit reference of gyms starting in garages, is structured as a personal training studio. It offers small group classes, one-on-one training, nutritional consulting, free clinics provided by Rebound Physical Therapy, 65 and older classes and injury rehabilitation. Davis said the focus of his workout programs are short intervals at high intensity with constantly varied exercises. Membership is $99 a month, and includes unlimited open gym time, available Monday through Saturday, and three, one-hour classes a week. Membership is offered month to month, with no contract and they accept walk-ins.

“Not having a contract holds us accountable for personal fitness, we’re dedicated to your success,” Clint said.

The gym is also available to qualified local trainers who need a space to operate out of. It is currently $300 a month for trainers to use the facility, which includes use of all equipment.

Davis hopes to hold a grand opening in a couple weeks, and plans to have recurring fitness challenges as well.

“We focus on short intervals at a high intensity and constantly varied exercises, specialize in finding the intensity level appropriate for each person, and our expertise lies in scaling down workout appropriate to a person’s ability,” Clint said.

Just Cut Juice Bar is a separate business, which allows the Davis’ to serve walk-ins. There are now about eight drinks on the menu, as well as salads. They offer both juices and smoothies, ranging from $6 to $8.50. The name comes from the fact that every drink is cut after it’s ordered. Davis said he came up with the idea after cooking dinner with his wife one night. She had asked if one of the ingredients was ready to be cooked and Clint replied ‘it was just cut.’ Clint said he knew that would be the name immediately after he said it.

Ingredients used at the juice bar are bought local, organic and pesticide-free when possible and never frozen. Davis said what sets his drinks apart from other choices is the technique he uses to wash the produce. He soaks everything in apple cider vinegar, sea salt and lemon oil for about 20 minutes before using it, which he said guarantees freshness and pesticide-free ingredients. Having a background as a fitness trainer, Davis said he could always tell people about the benefits of whole raw food, but being able to show them makes benefits and taste more convincing.

“The juice bar is dedicated to promoting wellness through raw, whole, good food,” Clint said.

When Davis moved into the facility, he noticed a group of homeless people had been frequenting the rear of the building. He said he felt a need to help and offers some outreach efforts to the homeless including a food drop station and a men’s prayer group. He said he is passionate about helping people and enjoys being able to do that through fitness as well.

“I feel dedicated to helping people,” Clint said. “With my background in martial arts, at a young age I saw how physical activity can change the lives of people at all ages and I have a passion for helping people get better at whatever they do.”

— Reporter, 541-548-2185, cbrown@redmondspokesman.com