Health and Fitness Club Industry News: Chains
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Planet Fitness Opens Newest Club in Martinsville, Indiana
Posted: July 20, 2022 in Chains
MARTINSVILLE, IN - Planet Fitness, one of the largest and fastest-growing franchisors and operators of fitness centers with more members than any other fitness brand, announces the grand opening of its newest club in Martinsville, Indiana. Planet Fitness is celebrating the grand opening on Friday, July 29, with a ribbon cutting ceremony with Mayor Kenneth Costin and the Martinsville Chamber of Commerce starting at 3:00 p.m. During the celebration, Planet Fitness will donate $2,500 to the Indy Honor Flights, a local non-profit organization that honors Indiana veterans for their service and sacrifice. Read More...
Active Wellness COO, Michele Wong, Named on The Top 25 Women Leaders in Consumer HealthTech of 2022
Posted: July 20, 2022 in Chains
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Active Wellness COO, Michele Wong, has been recognized as one of The Top 25 Women Leaders in Consumer HealthTech of 2022. The awardees on this year’s list represent some of the most innovative companies in the healthcare technology space. They provide their organizations with steady leadership and deep knowledge in their respective specialties, piloting their companies through ever-changing market conditions with an unwavering focus on customer needs. Read More...
Crunch Fitness Announces First Location in Arkansas
Posted: July 19, 2022 in Chains
FAYETTEVILLE, AR - Crunch Fitness announces the upcoming winter launch of Crunch Fayetteville, a franchise club located in a spacious, $5 million, 55,000-square-foot fitness facility, with $1 million in state-of-the-art equipment and amenities. This will be the first Crunch location in Arkansas. Crunch Fayetteville is owned by partners John Armatas and Brian Hibbard, Chief Executive Officer for Fitness Ventures LLC, which owns and operates Crunch Fitness locations across the U.S. Crunch Fayetteville will be Fitness Ventures' 27th location nationwide. Read More...
Fitness Premier 24/7 Clubs Welcomes New Chief Operations Officer Josh Hettiger
Posted: July 19, 2022 in Chains
MANHATTAN, IL - Fitness Premier 24/7 announces the appointment of Josh Hettiger to Chief Operations Officer. As COO, Hettiger will handle franchise development and other growth efforts for the brand. Fitness Premier is unlike other fitness concepts in the market as they are not quite a boutique model but also do not follow the big-box gym model. This, along with the general flexibility of the brand’s leadership, allows franchisees to develop a model that works for them, their goals and available resources. Read More...
Regymen Fitness Continues to Expand Its National Footprint, Announcing Upcoming Monroe Location
Posted: July 18, 2022 in Chains
MONROE, LA - Regymen Fitness, a boutique gym offering an array of workouts with the technology to support its success, is continuing its rapid national expansion, announcing their newest location in the Bayou State, opening in Monroe. The brand’s newest location is expected to open in Q3 of 2022 and will be led by Louisiana native, Kenny O’Neil. Read More...
Life Time Reaches 30 Years of Inspiring Health and Happiness
Posted: July 15, 2022 in Chains
CHANHASSEN, MN - Life Time (NYSE: LTH), the nation's premier healthy lifestyle brand, opened its first club in a Brooklyn Park, Minnesota strip mall 30 years ago. Much has occurred over three decades, including extraordinary growth of the company, which now offers nearly 160 athletic country clubs encompassing 16-million square feet across 41 major markets in the U.S. and Canada, and the development of a complete omnichannel Healthy Way of Life ecosystem. Over this time, Life Time has served millions of people and more than one billion visits, been part of incredible stories of personal achievement and life-altering events and grown an amazing community of like-minded people seeking health and happiness. Read More...
YouFit Gyms Named Official Gym of University of Miami Athletics
Posted: July 15, 2022 in Chains
DEERFIELD BEACH, FL - YouFit Gyms, a popular nationwide fitness chain, announces a partnership with University of Miami Athletics as the Official Gym of the Miami Hurricanes. The partnership has begun and will continue throughout the 2022 - 2023 football and basketball seasons. Read More...
9Round Appoints Glofox as Software Partner to Support International Expansion
Posted: July 13, 2022 in Chains, Suppliers
GREENVILLE, S.C. - 9Round, a global leader in kickboxing fitness, announces the appointment of Glofox, one of the fastest-growing fitness operating platforms, as their exclusive International software partner. As part of the agreement, Glofox will be providing its operating platform to 9Round studios in over 20 markets with growth expected to expand into a further 15 markets in the next two to three years. Read More...
Club Pilates Signs Master Franchise Agreement in the United Kingdom
Posted: July 11, 2022 in Chains
IRVINE, CA - Club Pilates, the world’s largest Pilates brand, announces it has signed a Master Franchise Agreement in the United Kingdom (UK), including England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The agreement gives the Master Franchisee the opportunity to license at least 50 Club Pilates studios over the next 10 years. The new studios will bring Club Pilates’ international reach to 11 countries outside of North America. Read More...
9Round Ranked a Top Low-Cost Franchise by Entrepreneur Magazine
Posted: July 11, 2022 in Chains
GREENVILLE, S.C. - 9Round Fitness has been ranked on Entrepreneur Magazine’s 2022 list of the Top Franchises for Less Than $150,000, designating the brand as a top low-cost franchise. Rankings are based on the score brands received in Entrepreneur’s Franchise 500 list, where 9Round has been ranked for the past 10 years. Read More...
