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Sweat in Dallas fulfilled the fitness criterion for a popular shopping center when it opened in October 2011....(click above to view article) [...]

Brent Holten, the owner of i.d. gym in Lincoln Park, Chicago explained that ‘i.d.’ stands for ‘independent,’ and signifies the independent spirit of the club’s members and staff. Part of i.d. gym’s independent attitude comes from its untraditional start. Previously a Crunch Fitness location, the former owner had gone bankrupt. Unwilling to lose their favorite [...]

In 2011, 220 Fitness, a club in Santa Monica, Calif., was asked by MTV to appear in the show “Chelsea Settles"...(click above to view article) [...]

Rival Fitness in Capitol Hill, a town in Seattle, Wash., has one question for its members — “Are you ready to Rival?” Since opening its doors in January, 2013, many locals have already come back, and answered, “yes.” Jim Mahan, the owner of Rival Fitness, believes the club will be well received by the community [...]

Sharon Gutwin, a physical therapist and the owner of the RehabGYMs in Vermont, considers herself to be a visionary in the health and fitness industry. In 2003 she opened the first RehabGYM location, which combined fitness and physical therapy. “As a physical therapist, I saw potential in using my profession in a proactive, preventative manner,” [...]

The Training Station, a premier fitness facility in Philadelphia, Pa., can be found tucked away in a high-end plaza famous to the local area, called The Piazza at Schmidts. Amongst offices, restaurants and shops, the club resides on the third floor of an office building overlooking the Philadelphia skyline, and the view offers a unique [...]

In certain cities, in terms of competition, start-up business owners may feel like a small fish in a large pond. Jea Jung, the owner of City Athletic Club, said that’s exactly how he felt when he first opened his club a year ago in Las Vegas, Nev. “Las Vegas is one of the toughest club [...]

Revolution Fitness began as a spinning studio in 1999, and has evolved over the years to best suit its members’ needs...(click above to view article) [...]

Andrea and Justin Shelby loved almost everything about their small, historic community in Baltimore, Md. They could walk everywhere, including to their favorite restaurants, bars, shops and the grocery store. The one destination they couldn’t walk to was the gym. But, they solved that problem when they decided to open a gym of their own [...]

“A Workout is a Terrible Thing to Waste” — the slogan coined by The Green Microgym, a club located in Portland, Ore., and one of the first “green” gyms to open in the U.S. Created by Adam Boesel, the owner and founder, in September 2008, its mission has been to offer Portland’s community an environmentally [...]