ABOUT US

WHO ARE WE?

Welcome to The Playground Fitness Facility - where purpose meets performance.

Our indoor sports and training center offers versatile spaces designed for baseball and softball training, lacrosse, soccer, field hockey, functional fitness, cornhole, and more. Whether you’re an athlete fine-tuning your craft, a coach hosting a clinic, or someone looking to train with purpose, The Playground is your space to grow, grind, and get better.

Built on faith, grounded in functional fitness, and driven by purpose, The Playground is more than a gym - it’s a community built to help you discover your best self inside and outside the facility.

Operating within The Playground, Don’s Fitness & Wellness brings a personal and powerful touch to your training journey. Led by certified trainer and nutritionist Don Perkins, this program focuses on unlocking your potential through strength, movement, mindset, and purpose — helping you become the version of yourself you were always meant to be.

At The Playground, every rep has a reason and every person has a purpose.
Come train. Come play. Come grow.

BALANCED APPROACH

At Don’s Fitness & Wellness, we believe true strength comes from balance—mind, body, and spirit working in harmony. Our approach combines functional fitness, nutrition, and mindset coaching to help you unlock your full potential both inside and outside the gym. Every session is designed to build not just a stronger body, but a more focused, confident, and purpose-driven you.

TRAINING FACILITY

The Playground Fitness Facility is your all-in-one destination for training, competition, and community. Our versatile space includes turf fields for soccer, lacrosse, baseball, softball, field hockey, and more—plus dedicated areas for pickleball, cornhole, and functional fitness. Equipped with battle ropes, kettlebells, heavy bags, bikes, row machines, sleds, and tires, it’s built to challenge every athlete and elevate every workout.

PURPOSE

At Don’s Fitness & Wellness and The Playground Fitness Facility, our mantra is simple—Faith. Fitness. Focus. We are built on faith, grounded in purpose, and committed to guiding every individual toward their highest potential. Whether you’re an athlete or just beginning your journey, our mission is to help you elevate to the optimal version of yourself you were always destined to be.

for HIM

Rise with purpose, train with discipline, and become the man capable of leading himself—and others—toward greatness

for HER

Embrace your strength, honor your journey, and unleash the confident, unstoppable woman you were always meant to be

The vision for The Playground and Don’s Fitness & Wellness was never just about building a gym—it was about creating a home. A place where people from every walk of life could come together, push one another, and grow in faith, fitness, and focus. This dream was built on the belief that community changes everything—when we lift each other up, we all rise stronger together.

Message from Don, Owner & CEO

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Shannon Steer

Shannon begin her CrossFit debut 6 months ago. She kCF 4 Footer Sectionnow leads the floor in warm ups and is a success story for those who think CrossFit is a male dominated sport.

Office: 586 Lewiston Junction Road

Auburn, ME 04210

Call: 207.440.1010