The presence of a long strip of green artificial turf is one of the signs you’re at a well-equipped gym. Just the fact that there’s enough room for it is impressive enough. But what can you do there?

With the boom of functional fitness (a.k.a. training in the gym to be better at the things you do outside the gym) has come the boom of more and more gyms installing or expanding their turf areas.

Forge Fitness, and the 115-year-old building it’s housed in, is getting a new look this year, including an all-new turf room - the first of its kind in the county. The gym, located at 237 W. Cedar Ave ...