{"id":539728,"date":"2026-07-13T19:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T19:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/539728\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T19:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T19:30:09","slug":"d1-training-to-return-to-sioux-falls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/539728\/","title":{"rendered":"D1 Training to return to Sioux Falls"},"content":{"rendered":"

July 13, 2026<\/p>\n

National athletic training business D1 Training is returning to Sioux Falls with new local ownership and a new location.<\/p>\n

Todd Gannon has been named the local franchisee for the concept, which will open within the Dawley Farm Village development after leaving the market more than a decade ago as it transitioned away from corporately owned locations and into a franchise model.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe CEO is really passionate about making sure you have local ownership and people involved in the local community,\u201d Gannon said.<\/p>\n

Gannon has coached high school football for more than 20 years and has been involved in fitness his entire life. He and his wife, Shari, are based in Canton and own commercial and residential properties in the area, including Riverview Christmas Tree Farm.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I love coaching and love helping kids and enjoy fitness,\u201d Gannon said. \u201cMy wife has challenged me to stop doing what makes money and start doing what I love.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the winter of 2025, he was in his basement unwinding when \u201cGod just laid it on my heart that I needed to open a youth training facility and coach young athletes and even adults as well,\u201d he said. \u201cIt just hit me like, this is what I need to do. I went up and told my wife, and she said, \u2018Yes, that is what you need to do.’\u201d<\/p>\n

Exploring options for business models and looking to add partners with expertise in the fitness field led him to D1.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe way they went about business really struck me,\u201d Gannon said. \u201cThey\u2019re really people-focused and focused on their athletes, both youth and adult, and as I got to know them and met the leadership, it just became very clear they were very passionate about what they do and very genuine, and the goal is to help everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n

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An example of a D1 location<\/p>\n

While the name \u201cD1\u201d makes many people think of training Division 1 athletes, the scope is broader, he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a D1-style training program, so the same intensity and excitement and expertise you could get at a Division I college, but accessible to all athletes and even nonathletes,\u201d Gannon said. \u201cThey define an athlete as anyone with a fitness goal, so they have people who are 70, 80 years old going to D1 gyms.\u201d<\/p>\n

The programming is developed by a panel of Division 1 strength and conditioning coaches, he added. D1 offers scholastic training for those age 7 through 18, along with adult classes, small-group training and personal training. A membership model offers unlimited access to classes six days a week. Smaller group classes focus on areas such as speed and agility or are tailored to a particular sport.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you talk to all these trainers and franchise owners and leadership about things they\u2019re most proud of \u2026 it was always about helping an adult or a kid that was really struggling physically maybe with self-confidence. It was kids that just wanted to make the baseball team and working with them where they could make the team and play a game,\u201d Gannon said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAbsolutely, we can help high-end athletes, but I believe there\u2019s a place for everyone that just wants to get better and work hard and better their health and athleticism for whatever reason.\u201d<\/p>\n

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An example of a D1 location<\/p>\n

The 5,000-square-foot location will be on the first floor of The Carlton at Dawley, 5501 E. 18th St., in the center of the mixed-use development The hope is to open in mid-September.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe location at Dawley Farms is right in the middle of everything and was really an ideal place for us,\u201d Gannon said. \u201cWe wanted a place to get in and out of and that had a lot of amenities around, so you can drop your kid off and hop over to Target, Walmart, Starbucks, Kohl\u2019s. There\u2019s a lot of places for Mom and Dad to run errands while a child is getting trained.\u201d<\/p>\n

D1 was founded in 2001 by former NFL player Will Bartholomew, and is based in Nashville, Tennessee. There are more than 170 locations nationwide and more than 200 franchised locations in various stages of development.<\/p>\n

The Sioux Falls training center joins Dakota Dental on the first floor of The Carlton and is the only gym of its kind on the east side, said Raquel Blount, vice president of commercial real estate at Lloyd Cos., who represents the space.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t have any fitness center with that national branding, so this type of programming is huge,\u201d she said. \u201cDawley has a strong employment base, and it\u2019s convenient for people to jump over during a break, and it\u2019s great for the residential in the area, having the ability to walk to their fitness center from within the development.\u201d<\/p>\n

The rest of the commercial space in the apartment building is available, with 5,000 square feet on one end and 10,000 square feet on the other, which can be subdivided various ways.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re looking for the continuation of personal services,\u201d Blount said. \u201cIt would be great if we had hair, beauty, nails \u2014 those types of businesses that cater to the development and the broader neighborhood. It\u2019s creating that all-in-one experience \u2026 and having it be your shopping and service destination.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"July 13, 2026 National athletic training business D1 Training is returning to Sioux Falls with new local ownership…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":539729,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[245819,245820,589,163,85,46,245821,245822],"class_list":["post-539728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fitness","tag-d1-training","tag-dawley-farm-village","tag-fitness","tag-health","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-lloyd-cos","tag-the-carlton-at-dawley"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=539728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539728\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/539729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=539728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=539728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=539728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}