Ashton Bailey

Founder & Owner, Grind House

In 2019, Ashton Bailey purchased a rundown gym in Williamsburg, Brooklyn — just six months before COVID forced a seven-month shutdown and wiped out the entire membership base. Instead of walking away, Ashton and his partners reinvested in themselves and rebuilt from the ground up, turning chaos into a new kind of fitness brand. That rebirth became Grind House: a no-frills, unapologetic gym built for real people who want to feel part of something the moment they walk through the doors. Today, Grind House is a rapidly expanding fitness brand known for its community-driven culture, high-performance training environment, and refusal to follow the traditional big-box gym playbook.