On a health kick

PLYMOUTH — The owners of the new Cape Cod Nutrition Corner at Colony Place have tried just about every one of the products they sell.

For Mike Craven and Russ Kleekamp, it’s important that their customers receive the best nutritional products for meeting their goals.

“Pretty much everything we’ll sell I’ve tried before,” Kleekamp said. “It’s a wide variety of products,” he said.

For Craven that includes supplements, wheat shakes, multivitamins and other kinds of nutritional products they’ll sell when the store at 221 Colony Place, next to PetCo, opens this Saturday, June 20. A grand opening celebration will also be held 11 a.m. to 4 p.m Saturday, June 27, with special appearances by fitness experts.
Craven and Kleekamp met about four years ago at the gym where they both work out. The two men from Sandwich decided to team up to buy real estate, and while looking for other business opportunities, they decided to open a Cape Cod Nutrition Corner in Plymouth.
Their friend opened a Cape Cod Nutrition Corner in Hyannis 12 years ago and in just a few years was able to build a new store from the ground up. When he decided to expand the business further, he convinced Craven and Kleekamp to team up.

It didn’t take too much convincing.

“Every year he’s seen progressive growth to the point where he built a whole new store,” Kleekamp said.

Plymouth was chosen as a good fit from a business standpoint because it’s a growing area where Cape Cod Nutrition Corner can fill a void.

Craven studied exercise science and cardiac rehabilitation in college and worked for three years as a fitness director. He played soccer in high school and remains active.
“I’ve always been into fitness and nutrition,” he said.

Kleekamp works full-time as an environmental engineer, but stays in shape with the right foods and right supplements. He has run marathons and competed in bodybuilding competitions among other kinds of fitness events.

“I’ve always stayed active,” he said.

Along the way, as he plans to do with customers when he works at the store, he started offering advice to friends. “I got involved in helping people with their diets,” he said.

Good nutrition benefits everyone, Craven and Kleekamp believe, so they will offer supplements that aid seniors, diabetics, athletes and other customers. Some people might be worried about joint care, while others may be in need of antioxidants.

Their manager, Dave Lifeford, has a degree in nutrition and, like Kleekamp, is into bodybuilding.

Cape Cod Nutrition Corner at 221 Colony Place will be open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. Sundays. The store’s phone number is 508-591-8555.

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