Health and Fitness Club Industry News
Tuesday, July 14th, 2026
Life Time Reaffirms Full Year Fiscal 2023 Guidance
Posted: December 27, 2023 in Chains
CHANHASSEN, MN - Based on information as of December 26, 2023, Life Time Group Holdings, Inc. ("Life Time," "we," "our," "us," or the "Company") (NYSE: LTH) has reaffirmed its guidance for fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, that it provided on October 25, 2023, as part of its third quarter earnings release. Read More...
National Strength and Conditioning Association Foundation Announces 2023 Scholarship Recipients
Posted: December 22, 2023 in Suppliers
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO - The NSCA Foundation is honored to announce the recipients of its 2023 Scholarships. Over $77,000 and additional expenses will be awarded to these 45 exceptional students to support their pursuits of academic excellence and prospective careers in strength and conditioning. Read More...
Planet Fitness Raises More Than $1 Million in 2023, Benefiting Long-Time Partner Boys & Girls Clubs of America
Posted: December 21, 2023 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 company has contributed more than $9 million to Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) since 2016, raising over $1 million just this year. This fundraising effort is made possible through the generous contributions of team members, franchisees, members and through Planet Fitness' philanthropic initiative, the Judgement Free Generation, which aims to empower the next generation to promote kindness and contribute to a more inclusive, judgement free planet. Read More...
Crunch Fitness Announces its Newest Location in New City, New York
Posted: December 20, 2023 in Chains
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Crunch Fitness announces the upcoming Pre-Opening Preview Party on December 27th and the official opening this December 28th of a $5 million, 25,000-square-foot fitness facility, with $1 million dollars’ worth of state-of-the-art equipment. Crunch New City is located in a newly renovated space previously occupied by a former UFC gym. Read More...
IHRSA Releases 2023 U.S. Health & Fitness Consumer Report
Posted: December 20, 2023 in Suppliers
BOSTON, MA - The number of Americans who were members of a fitness facility in 2022 increased by 3.7% to 68.9 million consumers ages six and older, a record number for the industry, and overall facility users (members plus non-member users) climbed 8.1% to 82.7 million people, according to the 2023 U.S. Health & Fitness Consumer Report, released by IHRSA, the Health & Fitness Association, a global community of health and fitness industry leaders. The member number is higher than in 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic when the U.S. industry had 64.2 million members. Read More...
Xponential Announces Partnership with American Cancer Society
Posted: December 20, 2023 in Chains
IRVINE, CA - Xponential Fitness, Inc. (NYSE: XPOF) (”Xponential” or “the Company”), one of the largest global franchisors of health and wellness brands, and the American Cancer Society, the only organization combating cancer through advocacy, research and patient support, to ensure that everyone has an opportunity to prevent, detect, treat and survive cancer, announce a national partnership launching in January aimed at leveraging the power of health, wellness and fitness to create waves of positive impact across the nation to fight cancer. Read More...
VASA Fitness Expands to Nebraska
Posted: December 20, 2023 in Chains
ENGLEWOOD, CO - VASA Fitness, a Great Place to Work-certified company, announces the grand opening of a brand new nearly 60,000-square-foot fitness club located in Omaha, Nebraska. The new club is VASA’s first in the state, with another club planned to open in Lincoln in the second half of 2024. Read More...
UFC GYM Unveils Luxury Fitness in Jaipur, India
Posted: December 20, 2023 in Chains
JAIPUR, INDIA - UFC GYM India announces the opening of its newest and largest facility at Mansarovar in Jaipur, Rajasthan. Jaipur essentially means 'The City of Jai,' named after its founder, King Sawai Jai Singh, who was a notable warrior and an accomplished astronomer. Read More...
Peloton Appoints Lauren Weinberg as Chief Marketing Officer
Posted: December 20, 2023 in Suppliers
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Peloton (NASDAQ: PTON), a leading connected fitness platform, announces the appointment of Lauren Weinberg as Peloton's new Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). She will replace Leslie Berland. She will serve as a member of Peloton's leadership team, reporting directly to CEO Barry McCarthy. Read More...
Daxko Strengthens Position in Nonprofit Tech Leadership with Strategic CCC Asset Acquisition
Posted: December 20, 2023 in Suppliers
BIRMINGHAM, AL - Daxko, a leading software and integrated payments solutions provider in the health, fitness and wellness industry, announces the successful acquisition of non-profit software assets of Christensen Computer Company (CCC), an on-premises member data platform. This move is a strategic initiative towards modernizing member management solutions, aiming to deliver innovative solutions for nonprofit health and wellness organizations to engage communities more effectively. Read More...
