Health and Fitness Club Industry News
Thursday, January 15th, 2026
Freemotion from iFIT Appoints Lauren Becker as New Customer Journey Manager
Posted: October 24, 2022 in Suppliers
LOGAN, UT - Freemotion from iFIT has appointed Lauren Becker as Customer Journey Manager, tasked with further strengthening and developing the customer experience of iFIT’s pioneering commercial fitness brand: Freemotion. Read More...
USPTA and Wilson Sporting Goods to Part Ways Following Multi-Year Deal
Posted: October 24, 2022 in Suppliers
LAKE NONA, FL - The United States Professional Tennis Association, Inc. (USPTA), regrets to announce that, after seven years, Wilson Sporting Goods has made the decision to move away from its endorsement partnership with the USPTA. Wilson has been the official equipment supplier of the USPTA, providing racquets, balls, strings and other equipment for USPTA members and programs. Read More...
IHRSA President & CEO Statement on Presumed Loss of Rainer Schaller
Posted: October 22, 2022 in Chains
BOSTON, MA - IHRSA President & CEO Liz Clark issued the following statement regarding news reports of the presumed loss of global health and fitness industry leader, Rainer Schaller, and his family while traveling in a twin engine, nine passenger plane from Mexico to Costa Rica on October 21... Read More...
Fit Body Boot Camp Attempts to Break the Guinness Book of World Records for a Cause
Posted: October 21, 2022 in Chains
CHINO HILLS, CA - In North America, nearly 12% of people live below the poverty line. Many of these are children without parents. This means millions of North American kids are left without Christmas every year. Because of this, Matt Wilber, Fit Body Boot Camp owner and West Michigan native, began his holiday charitable giving in 2013 when he opened his first Fit Body location in Grand Haven, Michigan with the purpose of helping others and inspiring them to change their lives. Read More...
2022 ALS TDI Summit Presents Updates on Promising Research and Potential Treatments
Posted: October 21, 2022 in Other News
CAMBRIDGE, MA - On October 14, 2022, ALS Therapy Development Institute (ALS TDI) scientists and guest presenters from across the ALS space gathered at the ALS TDI Summit in Boston, to provide the community with updates on research from the past year. They were joined by an audience from across the ALS community, including people with ALS, families, advocates, researchers, pharmaceutical industry professionals and many more who streamed the event online. Read More...
Planet Fitness to Add Parkland, Florida Location
Posted: October 19, 2022 in Chains
TIMONIUM, MD - Planet Fitness, one of the nation’s largest and fastest-growing franchisors and operators of fitness centers with more members than any other fitness brand, announces further expansion in the Sunshine State. A 19,703-square-foot space in Parkland, Florida that is currently a YouFit gym will close October 25. Planet Fitness will completely rebuild and equip the facility, for a total investment of $2.8 million with an anticipated December opening. Read More...
NASM Launches New Physique and Bodybuilding Coaching Program
Posted: October 19, 2022 in Suppliers
GILBERT, AZ - National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM), a global leader in fitness and wellness education and certifications, announces the launch of its new Physique and Bodybuilding Coach Program (NASM-PBC), a course designed to provide science-backed nutrition, training and coaching strategies to aid individuals in achieving their aesthetic-based goals. Read More...
USTA, Athleta Announce Partnership to Empower Women and Girls
Posted: October 19, 2022 in Suppliers
LAKE NONA, FL - The USTA announces a multi-year sponsorship deal with Athleta that will see the women’s and girls’ performance lifestyle brand serve as one of the official sponsors of USTA League, USTA Player Development Teaching Professional Initiatives and the USTA Foundation Excellence Girls’ Team. The partnership will aim to empower women and girls and reach new audiences of active tennis players. Read More...
New York Sports Club (NYSC) Announces the Acquisition of Fhitting Room
Posted: October 18, 2022 in Chains
NEW YORK, N.Y. - New York Sports Club ("NYSC" or the "Company") and its family of brands, one of the largest privately held fitness operators in the U.S., announces the acquisition of Fhitting Room, a leading NYC based boutique fitness brand. As part of the acquisition, Fhitting Room founder Kari Saitowitz, a prominent marketing executive and brand strategist whose held leadership roles at Pepsi and American Express, was named Chief Marketing & Creative Officer for NYSC. Read More...
Life Time Debuts First Luxury Athletic Country Club in Brooklyn
Posted: October 18, 2022 in Chains
BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Life Time (NYSE: LTH), one of the nation's premier healthy lifestyle brands, announces the opening of Life Time Dumbo, the company's first location in Brooklyn and sixth in New York City. Prominently located in the up-and-coming Dumbo neighborhood within the Front & York development, the 3-story, 77,000-square-foot healthy living destination will serve members from nine months to 90+ years with an abundance of health and wellness activities starting with its Kids Academy up through specialized ARORA programming for active agers. Read More...
Matrix Fitness Announces Partnership with Professional Running Coach Rick Muhr
Posted: October 18, 2022 in Chains
COTTAGE GROVE, WI - Matrix Fitness announces a new partnership today with esteemed running coach Rick Muhr as a new Matrix Brand Ambassador. As a brand ambassador, Muhr will deliver on the Matrix total solutions promise by strengthening connections via motivational speaking engagements and creating expert content applicable to health club owners, trainers and members. In addition, Muhr will consult with the development teams at Matrix to bring his coaching methodology and experience to their products and solutions. Read More...
Crunch Franchise Announces Newest Location in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania
Posted: October 17, 2022 in Chains
WILKES BARRE, CA - Crunch Franchise announces the upcoming December 2022 opening of Crunch Wilkes Barre, a $4 million, 28,000-square-foot fitness facility, with state-of-the-art equipment and amenities in the Northeastern region of Pennsylvania. Fusing fitness with entertainment to make serious exercise fun, Crunch Wilkes Barre will offer top-quality cardio equipment and strength training equipment, a functional training area with indoor turf, group fitness and cycling studios, a personal training studio, 3D-body scanners, saunas, HydroMassage chairs, tanning beds, Infrared wellness pods, an outdoor functional training area, Kids Crunch and more. Read More...
IHRSA Board Approves Sweeping Changes to Unify Fitness Industry
Posted: October 17, 2022 in IHRSA
BOSTON, MA - In a recent meeting, the IHRSA Board of Directors approved several new proposals that will change the organizational structure. First and foremost, the group, led by Board Chair Chris Craytor, voted to add three new seats to the Board. The new seats will represent one member each from the National Health & Fitness Alliance Advisory Council, the Global Health & Fitness Alliance (GHFA) Advisory Council and the Industry Partner Advisory Council (IPAC). The representatives from these three groups will serve two-year terms but will not hold officer positions. Additionally, the IHRSA Board approved changes to specific bylaws and created two new committees: Membership and Events. Read More...
Mayweather Boxing + Fitness Acquires KickHouse Franchise System
Posted: October 17, 2022 in Chains
DALLAS, TX - MW Fitness Holdings, LLC, the parent company of Mayweather Boxing + Fitness, announces it has acquired KickHouse Fitness, LLC, a leading kickboxing franchise system. The transaction combines the 65 current Mayweather Boxing + Fitness franchise locations with the 26 KickHouse franchise locations into a single group under MW Fitness Holdings, LLC, offering the opportunity to enhance franchisee systems and infrastructure across all areas of both businesses. Read More...
LA Fitness Named Best of Orange County 2022: Best Fitness Center/Boom Camp
Posted: October 14, 2022 in Chains
ORANGE COUNTY, CA - LA Fitness is back in the Best of Orange County rankings, and this year the readers showed it even more love, naming it the top fitness center. LA Fitness’ slogan calls it “one place for all the ways you work out” and with everything that this major gym chain has to offer, it’s not a big stretch to call it that. Read More...
North Castle Partners Extends CR Fitness Partnership with First Continuation Fund, Led by TPG
Posted: October 12, 2022 in Chains
GREENWICH, CT - North Castle Partners, a leading private equity firm that has focused on consumer businesses that promote Healthy, Active and Sustainable Living for more than 20 years, announces the closing of a single-asset continuation fund transaction dedicated to CR Fitness, a leading Crunch Fitness franchisee. This transaction continues North Castle's ownership of the company and reaffirms its commitment to supporting CR Fitness' long-term growth strategy. The new continuation fund acquired CR Fitness from North Castle Partners VII, LP ("NCP VII") and other existing investors. Read More...
Mindbody Partners with Brivo to Bring Better Security to the Wellness Industry
Posted: October 12, 2022 in Suppliers
SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA - Mindbody, a leading experience technology platform for the wellness industry, announces a partnership with a leading provider in cloud-based access control and smart building technologies, Brivo, to bring wellness businesses better security solutions. Through the partnership, studios and owners on the Mindbody platform will be able to use Brivo Access to protect their business, assets and members with Brivo's signature cloud-based access control. Read More...
Exos Launches The Game Changer and The Game Changer LIVE
Posted: October 12, 2022 in Chains
PHOENIX, AZ - Exos, an industry-leading coaching company, announces the company's launch of its newest digital application, The Game Changer, and corresponding immersive in-person experience, The Game Changer LIVE. The Game Changer is a six-week experience designed to get people to rethink what it means to sustain performance and career success in the long run. Read More...
ACE announces new partnerships with Ate Food Journal, CEOwned, GAIN Fitness and Remote Coach
Posted: October 12, 2022 in Suppliers
SAN DIEGO, CA - ACE announces new partnerships with Ate Food Journal, CEOwned, GAIN Fitness and Remote Coach, all formalized between July - September 2022. These new partners provide exclusive promotions and resources to current ACE Certified Professionals and were forged as another step in ACE’s initiative to lead the industry in career support tools and education development for exercise professionals and health coaches. Read More...
Snap Fitness Continues North American Expansion with Multi-Unit Development Deal in Northern New Jersey and the Hamptons
Posted: October 7, 2022 in Chains
NEW JERSEY - Snap Fitness, the fitness concept centered around its ‘for the feeling’ mantra, focused on how exercise makes you feel versus how you look, announces that it has signed a franchise agreement to bring at least three locations to the northern New Jersey and the Hamptons area in New York. Snap Fitness will further expand into the region, specifically targeting locations in Morris County along with locations in the South Hampton area. Read More...
