{"id":11304,"date":"2025-04-07T01:00:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T05:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/?p=11304"},"modified":"2025-04-08T21:17:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T01:17:11","slug":"u-s-health-club-and-studio-memberships-increase-to-record-77-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/ihrsa\/u-s-health-club-and-studio-memberships-increase-to-record-77-million\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Health Club and Studio Memberships Increase to Record 77 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Health-and-Fitness-Association-300x72.png\" alt=\"The Health and Fitness Association\" width=\"300\" height=\"72\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10014\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Health-and-Fitness-Association-300x72.png 300w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Health-and-Fitness-Association-200x48.png 200w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Health-and-Fitness-Association-768x185.png 768w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Health-and-Fitness-Association-800x192.png 800w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Health-and-Fitness-Association.png 836w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The Health and Fitness Association<\/p>\n<p><strong>WASHINGTON, D.C.<\/strong> &#8211; A record 77 million Americans, or 25% of people aged six and older, were members of a gym, studio or other fitness facility in 2024, according to new data released by the Health &#038; Fitness Association (HFA). When including non-member users, total fitness facility customers reached nearly 96 million, representing close to one in three Americans (31%). The rise in gym and studio participation signals growing interest in structured fitness, as the number of facility members increased by 20% between 2019 and 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Even with this encouraging growth, most Americans still fall short of physical activity guidelines. According to Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimates, three in four Americans aren&#8217;t meeting recommended levels\u2014highlighting the continued need to expand access and reduce barriers to healthy movement. Affordability remains a key part of that equation. While budget-friendly gym brands have rapidly expanded in recent years, cost is still one of the most commonly cited obstacles to structured exercise.<\/p>\n<p>One proposed solution is the Personal Health Investment Today (PHIT) Act, which would allow individuals to use pre-tax dollars from Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) to cover fitness-related expenses, including gym memberships, fitness classes, youth sports fees, and equipment. Recently reintroduced by a bipartisan group of lawmakers, the bill enjoys broad support\u2014including from nearly nine in 10 Americans, according to recent HFA polling.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This report signals the impact our industry is already having\u2014and how much more we could do with the right support,&#8221; said Liz Clark, president and CEO of the Health &#038; Fitness Association. &#8220;Fitness centers are engines of well-being, connection, and community. But for millions of Americans, the cost of access remains a barrier.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Additional findings from the report, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthandfitness.org\/publications\/2025-u-s-health-fitness-consumer-report-headline-trends\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2025 US Health &#038; Fitness Consumer Report: Headline Trends<\/a>, include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Studios were the most popular type of facility, with 23.1 million members in 2024, followed closely by fitness-only gyms with 22.2 million members.<\/li>\n<li>Average member attendance has stabilized around 1.5 visits per week, down from 2.1 in 2019, reflecting evolving habits as many Americans now supplement gym use with outdoor, at-home, and sport-based physical activity.<\/li>\n<li>The typical member has trended younger, more male, less affluent, and more ethnically diverse in recent years, reflecting changing engagement patterns across the population.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>HFA, the nonprofit trade association representing fitness facilities and suppliers, is calling on policymakers, employers, and healthcare leaders to recognize the industry&#8217;s role in addressing the physical inactivity crisis and building a healthier, more active America.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>WASHINGTON, D.C.<\/strong> &#8211; A record 77 million Americans, or 25% of people aged six and older, were members of a gym, studio or other fitness facility in 2024, according to new data released by the Health &#038; Fitness Association (HFA). When including non-member users, total fitness facility customers reached nearly 96 million, representing close to one in three Americans (31%). The rise in gym and studio participation signals growing interest in structured fitness, as the number of facility members increased by 20% between 2019 and 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10014,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[682],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11304"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11304"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11305,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11304\/revisions\/11305"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}