Contours Express is series of women’s gyms started in 1998 that feature equipment specially designed and sized for women. Their unique program has members follow a 29-minute instruction tape that moves them through a series of aerobic and strength-training machines. A certified fitness trainer helps the members during their workouts, giving motivation and instruction. The [...]

LA Boxing was founded in 1992 and is now the largest boxing, kickboxing, and mixed martial arts gym in the world and has over 60 locations in the US. It features a unique workout style that involves boxing style movements to burn calories in a fun and intensely active atmosphere.

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At the age of 20, pre-med student Gary Heavin had taken over a failing fitness center in Houston, turning the business around and, within five years, opened six more centers. After 10 years and 17 centers, Heavin’s business went under. Not wanting to give up, Heavin took lessons from the strengths and weaknesses of his [...]

After teaching grade school in public schools for years, Robin Wes used his physical education, psychology and motor development degrees to open The Little Gym in 1976. Although it started out focusing on physical education, the program has evolved to focus on children’s intellectual and social development as well.Today Little Gym offers programs for various [...]

Bodybuilders training outside on Muscle Beach were the first customers for the original Gold’s Gym when it opened in Venice, California, in 1965. With its intense, no-frills atmosphere, the gym soon became known as the Mecca of Bodybuilding. Arnold Schwarznegger’s movie Pumping Iron focused on Gold’s Gym, propelling it into the spotlight in 1975.Gold’s Gym [...]

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Founded by Rick Sikorski in 1983, Fitness Together offers personal training sessions to clients between the ages of 15 and 80. The company, which began franchising in 1996, operates franchised studios across the United States.