Health and Fitness Club Industry News: Chains
Thursday, October 9th, 2025
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...
Mayweather Boxing + Fitness Announces New COO
Posted: July 11, 2022 in Chains
LOS ANGELES, CA - Mayweather Boxing + Fitness, a revolutionary group fitness concept founded by undefeated boxing champion, Floyd Mayweather, announces their new COO, Ralph Yarusso, an executive and USAF Veteran, who's currently Chairman of the IFA VetFran Committee. With an extensive background in the franchise industry, Yarusso will help propel the brand forward as it continues to grow both nationally and internationally. Read More...
Genesis Health Clubs Owner Rodney Steven II Receives Prestigious IHRSA Advocate of the Year Award, Rallies Industry to Pass the PHIT Act
Posted: July 7, 2022 in Chains, IHRSA
WICHITA, KS - Genesis Health Clubs Owner and President Rodney Steven II has been awarded the Advocate of the Year award by the International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association (IHRSA). The award reflected Steven’s relentless efforts to organize and motivate the fitness industry to advocate for itself on the national stage as it recovered from the severe shock of the pandemic and associated consumer demand and government-mandated shutdowns. Read More...
Crunch Franchise and Undefeated Tribe Announce New Location in Beaumont, Texas
Posted: July 6, 2022 in Chains
BEAUMONT, TX - Crunch Franchise and Undefeated Tribe announce the planned opening of a new $4.5 million, 30,000-square foot, 24/7 gym with state-of-the-art equipment and amenities in Beaumont, Texas. The modern, expansive club will begin pre-selling memberships at a discount this winter. Read More...
Life Time Appoints Donna Coallier to Board of Directors
Posted: July 6, 2022 in Chains
CHANHASSEN, MN - Life Time Group Holdings, Inc. ("Life Time," "we," "our," "us," or the "Company") (NYSE: LTH) announced that Donna Coallier has been appointed to serve on its Board of Directors effective July 1, 2022. Additionally, Ms. Coallier will serve on the Company's Audit Committee beginning August 15, 2022. With the addition of Ms. Coallier, Life Time's Board will have 12 members. Read More...
TITLE Boxing Club Knocks Out Signed Agreement in Sacramento, Increases California Presence
Posted: July 6, 2022 in Chains
SACRAMENTO, CA - TITLE Boxing Club, the franchise of boutique fitness clubs specializing in boxing and kickboxing classes, has signed a franchise agreement to bring a second location to Sacramento, California. This is TITLE's first agreement since being acquired by BoxUnion last year and comes after months of behind-the-scenes strategic planning and innovation to the brand's franchise opportunity. Read More...
Regymen Fitness Looks to Orlando for Expansion
Posted: June 30, 2022 in Chains
BATON ROUGE, LA - Regymen Fitness, a boutique gym offering an array of workouts with the technology to support its success, has announced their plans to expand into the Orlando market. The company currently has 20 locations throughout North America. Read More...
Planet Fitness Awards $250,000 in Scholarships to 50 Boys & Girls Clubs of America Teens For Their Efforts in Promoting a Kinder and More Inclusive World
Posted: June 29, 2022 in Chains
HAMPTON, N.H. - 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 recipients of its annual Judgement Free Generation scholarship, which recognize teens for their commitment to promoting kindness and contributing to a more judgement free planet. Fifty deserving Boys & Girls Clubs of America teens were each awarded $5,000, over half (56%) of whom will be first-generation college students. Read More...
24 Hour Fitness Appoints Karl Sanft As President And Chief Executive Officer
Posted: June 29, 2022 in Chains
CARLSBAD, CA - 24 Hour Fitness announces that Karl Sanft has been appointed President and Chief Executive Officer. For the past three years, Sanft has served as Chief Operating Officer of 24 Hour Fitness, overseeing operations of the company's nationwide network of clubs and leading initiatives that provide transformative fitness experiences to nearly 2 million loyal club members and guests. Read More...
Xponential Fitness CFO, John Meloun, Receives “CFO of the Year” Honor
Posted: June 28, 2022 in Chains
IRVINE, CA - Xponential Fitness CFO, John Meloun, recently received "CFO of the Year" in Orange County Business Journal's Annual Awards Event. Always humble, John shared what the last few years have been like in his role, how his career shaped his success at Xponential and what's in store for the future... Read More...
UFC GYM Debuts New UFC FIT Premium Fitness Facility at Westfield Oakridge in San Jose
Posted: June 27, 2022 in Chains
SAN JOSE, CA - UFC GYM, the first major brand extension of UFC, continues its expansion throughout California with the grand opening of its new UFC FIT San Jose location. The 40,000-square-foot premier fitness facility is officially open for workouts and will honor the occasion with a grand opening celebration in July. Read More...
Burn Boot Camp and Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) Join Forces, Helping Families Live Longer and Grow Stronger
Posted: June 27, 2022 in Chains
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Burn Boot Camp, a leading fitness franchise with a mission and passion for empowering communities, is proud to be teaming up with Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) for the sixth annual 'Be Their Muscle' event taking place on Saturday, July 30th or Sunday, July 31st (depending on the location). Launched in 2016, the once local initiative has grown into an incredible national campaign raising over a million dollars to date for MDA, which supports families living with muscular dystrophy, ALS and related neuromuscular diseases. Read More...
F45 Launches Corporate Partnership Program, Bringing Studios and Classes to the Office
Posted: June 22, 2022 in Chains
AUSTIN, TX - F45 Training Holdings Inc. ("F45" or the "Company") (NYSE: FXLV), a fast-growing fitness franchisor, announces the formal launch of its corporate partnership program. Through this program, organizations will be able to open an F45 studio inside their corporate offices to offer F45 classes directly to their employees. The goal of the program is to make exercise more accessible for corporate employees and bring F45’s innovative fitness program directly to the office. Read More...
Crunch Fitness Celebrates Two Million Member Mark
Posted: June 21, 2022 in Chains
NORWALK, CT - Crunch Fitness marks the milestone of reaching two million members at the full-service fitness brand. This achievement comes as Crunch continues to outpace the industry in membership growth, earning its spot as the number one high-value, low-price franchise gym. The two-millionth member, Julia Dever, signed up at Crunch Norwalk in Connecticut, where she was surprised with a special celebration and awarded $2,000 worth of prizes, including a complimentary two-year gym membership and various gifts. Read More...
Blink Fitness Celebrates the Opening of Their Newest Location with the West Fordham Gym
Posted: June 16, 2022 in Chains
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Blink Fitness, which celebrates Mood Above Muscle, focusing on how exercise makes you feel versus how it makes you look, announces its newest location in the Bronx. Blink's new West Fordham location is designed with scientifically-proven mood-lifting features in mind, including the space's brightly lit, vibrantly colored, clean and spacious layout. This is the fitness chain's 13th location in the Bronx and its second gym in Fordham to serve the community's growing demand. Read More...
Retro Fitness Launches Nationwide Corporate Team Building Program Led by Veteran “Green Berets”
Posted: June 16, 2022 in Chains
WEST PALM BEACH, FL - Retro Fitness, one of the fastest growing health club franchises, announces the launch of its new Retro Fitness Team Building Program, created in partnership with United States Army Special Forces veterans, "Green Berets." Developed to assist Human Resource departments rebuild their teams as businesses open back up and employees return to the office, the Team Building Program aims to establish a strong sense of collaboration, productivity, trust and respect among employees. Read More...
