Health and Fitness Club Industry News: Chains
Tuesday, August 4th, 2026
CorePower Yoga Expands to Florida with Its First Studio in Miami
Posted: April 26, 2022 in Chains
DENVER, CO - CorePower Yoga is making its Florida debut with the opening of its first studio in the Brickell neighborhood of Miami, Florida on May 5, 2022. Since its founding in 2002, CorePower Yoga has grown into the ultimate mind-body experience and has enriched communities throughout the country with its intensely physical workouts rooted in the mindfulness of yoga. Read More...
Crunch Franchise Announces Newest Location in Laredo, Texas
Posted: April 22, 2022 in Chains
LAREDO, TX - Crunch Franchise announces the upcoming June 2022 opening of Crunch Laredo, a $5 million, 40,000-square-foot fitness facility, with $1 million dollars' worth of state-of-the-art equipment. Crunch Laredo is located in a newly renovated space previously occupied by Stein Mart. Crunch Laredo is owned by seasoned fitness veterans Brian Hibbard and John Armatas, who own 20 additional Crunch locations nationwide for Fitness Ventures. Read More...
Orangetheory Fitness is on the PATH to Going Green
Posted: April 21, 2022 in Chains, Suppliers
BOCA RATON, FL - A leading fitness brand, Orangetheory, and PATH Water, a leading sustainable bottled water brand, are joining forces this Earth Day to end single-use plastic water bottle consumption in the brand's U.S. studios. Through its continued work with PATH Water, Orangetheory studios have committed to replacing plastic water bottles with Orangetheory-branded PATH bottles to curb and ultimately eliminate plastic waste, a milestone resulting from the brand's existing relationship with PATH Water. Read More...
Pickleball Players Find Their Paradise at Life Time
Posted: April 13, 2022 in Chains
CHANHASSEN, MN - Pickleball, the game with the funny name that so many people are playing these days, recently earned the title of America's Fastest-Growing Sport... for the 2nd year in a row. Now, Life Time (NYSE: LTH), the nation's leading healthy way of life company, is poised to become the largest, most premier pickleball destination in the United States. Read More...
Workout Anytime Expands Relationship with ABC Fitness Solutions Through Deployment of ABC IGNITE
Posted: April 12, 2022 in Chains, Suppliers
ALPHARETTA, GA and LITTLE ROCK, AR - The renowned fitness chain, Workout Anytime, and ABC Fitness Solutions, LLC (ABC), a leading provider of technology and related services for the fitness industry, have expanded their relationship by embracing the complete ABC IGNITE solution for total club management. In a strategic move to streamline its technology solutions and lower the overall cost of ownership, Workout Anytime is consolidating many of its current technology functions and will deploy the entire ABC IGNITE solution, a flagship suite of comprehensive club management solutions. Read More...
YouFit Gyms Launches YouFit Lifts, a Program to Raise Awareness for Local Charities and Non-Profit Organizations
Posted: April 12, 2022 in Chains
DEERFIELD BEACH, FL - YouFit Gyms, a popular nationwide fitness chain, has announced the launch of their community-focused program, YouFit Lifts. YouFit Lifts will be an ongoing initiative where YouFit Gyms partners with, and supports, local charities and nonprofit organizations in the communities surrounding their 80 locations across the country. Read More...
Life Time Delivers an Ultimate Boutique Experience as Ultra Fit Rolls Out Joining Alpha and GTX Small Group Offerings
Posted: April 12, 2022 in Chains
CHANHASSEN, MN - As health-conscious consumers evaluate how and where they spend their time and resources, following more than two years of upheaval to their wellness routines, Life Time, the nation's premier Healthy Way of Life brand (NYSE: LTH), is delivering an ultimate boutique experience for its members with the nationwide rollout of Ultra Fit, Life Time's most intense workout designed to strengthen bodily systems for a higher metabolism, improved hormonal response and other physiological changes. Read More...
The Atlantic Club and Cooper Wellness Strategies Announce Strategic Partnership
Posted: April 11, 2022 in Chains, Suppliers
MANASQUAN, N.J. and DALLAS, TX - The Atlantic Club and Cooper Wellness Strategies, both pioneers in the medical fitness industry, announce an industry-first wellness partnership based on prevention. This new partnership, launching April 26, will provide the Manasquan community with wellness and medical fitness programming and fitness testing to optimize one’s health through prevention or chronic disease management. Read More...
Curves Keeps the Focus on the Gen-X Woman
Posted: April 7, 2022 in Chains
WACO, TX – For the more than 65.2 million women of Generation X, women in their 40s or 50s today, finding time for self-care may seem impossible. More often than ever before, this generation of women finds itself balancing the roles of primary caregiver in the family and full-time employee in the workplace, leaving little time to spare for self-care, especially fitness. This is a problem that needs to be addressed, according to Krishea Holloway, Curves President and CEO, because research points to the important role that physical activity plays in improved health and longer life. Read More...
Gold’s Gym SoCal Opens New Facility in Northridge
Posted: April 6, 2022 in Chains
LOS ANGELES, CA - Gold’s Gym SoCal has officially opened the doors to Gold’s Gym Northridge, a new 40,000-square-foot facility in Northridge, Calfornia. With the Northridge opening, Gold’s Gym SoCal’s footprint has expanded to 21 operating facilities across Southern California. With two additional locations currently under construction, the SoCal group is on track to have a total of 23 gyms open by the end of this year. Angel and his brother, Willy Banos, Gold’s Gym SoCal COO, have established a prominent reputation as Southern California’s premiere gym operators since they opened their first Gold’s Gym franchise location in North Hollywood in 1987. Read More...
