When Katie Ownbey and Misa Casey sold Stride to Xponential Fitness in 2019, it was with the hope of seeing the concept expand nationwide via f…
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Club Pilates retains its spot at the top of this year’s Fast & Serious list, but Urban Air Adventure Parks is nipping at its heels as that…
January: The year is shiny and new, and there are endless possibilities to renew yourself, your life, your habits. (I'm a sucker for new and improved. It's why I start a new organizational system every January 1. Turns out usually by about March, I learn my old way of doings things was just fine.)
Xponential CEO Anthony Geisler, left, and Club Pilates President Shaun Grove put opening support in place to drive growth.
Club Pilates studios got a major refresh that included right-sizing the number of reformers, the machines pictured above, to 12.
Eyeing his next move after taking LA Boxing from a single gym to 81 locations and culminating with a sale to UFC Gym, Anthony Geisler bought Club Pilates with massive growth in mind. “What I do more than picking the next trend is aggregating the trend that's already there,” he said. “I didn't have to worry about people doing Pilates—they were doing it all over the world.”
“It's a continuation of our goal to bring Pilates to the masses,” said Club Pilates President Shaun Grove of a master franchise agreement signed with Seoul-based XFactor Fitness Limited.
Heather Elrod, shown here at the IFA’s Emerging Franchisor Conference in Miami, is CEO of No. 4 Amazing Lash Studio.