This Week in Fitness delivers the top fitness business headlines in under 5 minutes with host Krissy Vann. In this episode:
– President Trump reinstates the Presidential Fitness Test and revamps national fitness council
– Brian Hibbard’s Fitness Ventures invests $75M to expand Crunch Fitness in Portland
– Eight Sleep’s Alexandra Zatarain leads launch of Hot Flash Mode and Women’s Sleep Initiative
– CityPickle founders Mary Cannon and Erica Desai announce Times Square flagship and HQ
– VASA Fitness opens new Colorado Springs gym with cold plunge, led by CEO Rich Nelsen
– Xponential Fitness COO Tim Weiderhoft partners with Morrow Hill for real estate strategy
– CEO Mark King announces Xponential’s divestiture of CycleBar and Rumble to Extraordinary Brands
– Gold’s Gym celebrates 60 years with new clubs in Austin and Los Angeles, and HYROX partnership
– Life Time CEO Bahram Akradi expands access to AI wellness tool L•AI•C via free app
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