New Folsom fitness gym opens, offers bungee exercise method [Video]

FOLSOM, Calif. — A new business has bounced onto the scene in Folsom.

Flying High-Sling Bungee Fitness opened Nov. 1 in Willow Creek Plaza on Blue Ravine Road and offers low-impact, high intensity workouts conducted in a harness hanging from the ceiling.

Evelyn Witter, 62, owns the studio and was inspired to open it in the Folsom area after seeing there were not many bungee-exercise gyms in Northern California.

“I saw it on social media,” Witter said. “I was interested in it because I have back problems. I Googled, and there was nothing around Folsom.”

Witter said she took it upon herself to seek out bungee training. She said she soon found Sling Bungee Fitness in Oklahoma, owned and operated by Candace Willaims.

Witter flew out to spend up to five hours a day in the harness walking, running or performing jumping jacks during a two-day training with Williams, she said. Then, she took those practices back to California to open her own studio. She …