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Thursday, June 4, 2026 at 9:27 AM

T-Prep looks to open doors on new home

T-Prep looks to open doors on new home
Florentino “Tino” Rodriguez shows off his new gym space with pride. The new location is set to open in March. Jesus Ortiz/Contributing Photographer

Six years after opening his 800-square-foot T-Prep Gym between a coffee shop and a dry cleaner off U.S. 377, owner Florentino “Tino” Rodriguez’s business outgrew the space.

Now, he’s opening a new 4,000-square-foot location at 216 W. Liberty St., about a block off the historic Pilot Point square.

The 26-year-old Rodriguez started the gym in 2020 with $800 in his bank account and a dream of building a gym and a community born during his sophomore year of high school.

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