About ZOR

Family owned. Locally operated.

ZOR Fitness is a higher-end independent training facility in Denver for strength, hypertrophy and endurance. Family owned, locally owned and operated, and built by entrepreneurs, engineers, accountants, creatives and athletes.

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Who we are

Three owners. One family.

Sons of immigrants, Punjabi, from Pakistan. We were taught that you build what you need and you lead when no one else will. Each of us owns a lane: vision and marketing, finance and legal, operations and technology.

Shahzad MianCo-Owner, Vision & MarketingShahzad has always built and led. He is a Denver entrepreneur behind two companies — Fiberglass Worx, the RV and marine shop he grew from a truck bed, and ZOR Fitness, where he owns vision and marketing. He trained as an accountant at MSU Denver and competes as a streetlifter. He sets the direction, then makes sure people can see it.
Sarfaraz MianCo-Owner, Finance & LegalSarfaraz builds from the numbers out. He studied accounting at CU Denver, has co-owned Fiberglass Worx since 2020, and at ZOR he owns finance and legal — the books, the structure, the decisions that keep a gym honest. He has spent his career leading operators and protecting what they build. Quiet standard. No shortcuts.
Hassan ShahzadCo-Owner, Operations & TechnologyHassan builds systems and then runs them. He is a software engineer at Wahoo Fitness and at ZOR he owns operations and technology — the site, the member systems, the way the gym actually works day to day. He earned his computer science degree at CU Boulder, where he was CEO of CU Boulder Barbell, Colorado's largest collegiate lifting club, and he still competes in USA Powerlifting.

Why we built it

From the parks to ZOR

It started as a community training in Denver's parks. We couldn't find a gym that served all of our disciplines properly, so we built one. In January 2026 it opened under a previous name: a warehouse, and a name that sounded like a place you entered. It got us here. It was never quite us.

In September 2026 it became ZOR Fitness. Same racks, same 24/7 door, under a name that finally sounds like us.

The old name named the building. ZOR names the work.

Zor (زور) is Punjabi for strength: the force you put into a lift, a business, a life. To bear down, and to apply yourself when it would be easier not to.

Where we're going

The ZOR Ecosystem

ZOR Fitness is where it starts. ZOR Athletics is the competitive branch, ZOR Productions the event & media branch that opens the doors to the city, and ZOR Pro Shop the apparel & gear branch, coming soon. One name, four branches, the same standard.

How to train here

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The floor

Competition-grade equipment for every discipline we support: calibrated plates and combo racks, five power racks, cable crossovers, specialty bars, an outdoor Rogue streetlifting rig, sleds and ski trainers. The indoor floor is climate-controlled, with air conditioning in summer and heat in winter.

The full equipment list

From the parks to ZOR