About the owner
Ronald Rasul Johnson
Founder & President, YardOut Fitness System
Ronald Rasul Johnson has grit, dedication, and...he’s got a plan. A business owner, fitness entrepreneur, personal trainer and sought after motivational speaker, Ron also feels an urgency to give back. Every week he shares his story with young people in Philly and beyond, who might see themselves in his journey. He hopes to encourage them to believe in themselves, avoid the path of crime he followed early in life...and above all - create a plan. Ron Rasul Johnson owns YardOut Fit Club Philadelphia gym in Germantown and is the founder of YardOut Fitness, a fitness program designed for real bodies, using real-life movements that dramatically change the way a body looks and improves how it feels and functions. Ron keeps community at the center of his work, he’s dedicated to ‘giving back’. His own journey through crime and a total of 11 years in prison drives his sense of urgency to show young people from similar communities, with similar backgrounds, someone who knows what they are going through. He knows they need encouragement, models of success, ideas of how to get there and simultaneously provide real warnings of how not to get there. Always humble, Ron speaks frequently about his journey with student and community groups. Even a young business like YardOut, Ron runs an internship for college age students where they learn how to become entrepreneurs and train to become certified trainers. Ron is a frequent public speaker at youth programs, in schools, community centers, nonprofits and employer provided internship programs. A student of exercise physiology, Ron has spent nearly a decade fine-tuning YardOut Fitness to accommodate any person willing to “stick to their plan”.