International Fitness Centre
Fitness First is an international fitness centre brand founded in 1993 in the United Kingdom. The company owned and operated its clubs around the world, until financial pressures saw parts of the company sold off to various owners in different regions between 2016 and 2017.
Fitness First believes that fitness inspires people to go further in life. It’s pretty simple, really. When your body and mind are in shape, you gain the energy and drive to get more out of life. Fitness takes work, dedication, guidance and courage. Working in fitness is more than a paying job, it’s a choice to give people the opportunity to lead a fearless and extraordinary life.
Who are their competition?
Fitness First | Top Choice
Peloton
Anytime Fitness
F45
Orangetheory Fitness
Snap Fitness
Virgin Active
Fitness First | Top Choice
World-class facilities, extended opening hours, group training options and expert team you’ll always find your best fit at Fitness First.
Fitness First employees use their expertise, passion, personality, attitude, energy and drive to make a tangible difference in people’s lives. As one of Australia’s most celebrated employers, Fitness First is on a mission to discover, nurture and celebrate its employees.
They are building a rewarding career while doing what they love because when you love what you do it shows.
Peloton
Peloton uses technology and design to connect the world through fitness, empowering people to be the best version of themselves anywhere, anytime.
At-home fitness equipment has not evolved at the same pace as the group exercise classes that take advantage of trends in fitness, fashion and music to keep you motivated. Peloton has changed this by marrying sophisticated technology with beautiful and thoughtfully designed fitness equipment.
Anytime Fitness
Anytime Fitness offers convenience and flexibility to its clients by being open 24 hours a day, every day of the year. They have a unique security system that allows the members of the club to access the gym even during unstaffed hours. This lets you run a 24-hour operation without the need for additional staff. Their services include fitness consultation, group training, and personal training.
Anytime Fitness was founded in 2001 and started franchising in 2002. They currently have more than 2,300 existing franchise locations nationwide, and more than 1,500 existing franchise units outside the United States. You need an initial investment between $107,524 to $722,796 if you want to start an Anytime Fitness franchise. The ongoing fees include a royalty fee of $549 monthly and an ad fee of $300 monthly. The initial agreement length is six years.
F45
At first glance, the F45 looks rather sparse. There are no treadmills, boxing bags, or bulky equipment. Instead, the open-floor layout features a medley of free weights, dangling TRX straps, a few exercise balls—resembling a cross between a gymnastics gym and a children’s playroom. Every piece of equipment gets rearranged each day.
Low setup and on-going costs make F45 is the leanest, most cost-effective fitness franchise we saw. Investing around $150-300k to earn $600k+ in revenue per year? That’s what’s happening for owners. You don’t see that in many other franchise opportunities, fitness or other!
With a breakeven of circa 60 members, F45 studios have proven to meet breakeven within 2 months and have a payback of less than 9 months. We reckon you won’t find simply will not find a better franchise to invest in.
Orangetheory Fitness
Orangetheory franchise is an international fitness chain which started in the USA and expanded to 21 countries. It specializes in group and personal training workouts. The equipment is awesome!
Owning an Orangetheory fitness franchise means seizing a vast range of Orangetheory fitness franchise opportunities. Such as many years of experience in the industry, a set of trainings for a franchisee, a reasonable cost and profit ratio. They are more expensive than other franchises, with $488k – $994k in start up costs and 8% of revenue & 2% Ad royalty fee.
Snap Fitness
Their fitness centers feature 24/7 access, cardio and strength-training equipment that set industry standards, value-add services not available at comparable fitness clubs and a safe, secure environment.
Their progressive, member-friendly policies include the elimination of contracts (members pay month-to-month), the ability to freeze gym memberships for up to three months annually and freedom to use any Snap Fitness club worldwide.
Virgin Active
Virgin Active‘s purpose is “making exercise irresistible” and what they aim to deliver is feel good exercise experiences, anytime, anywhere. This includes excellent group exercise, personal training and a personalised experience. Their efforts do not only deliver value for their customers but also for the broader community with active youth programs in South Africa, UK and Australia.
Find Your Motivation
Variety is the spice of lunchtime
Jump in a high intensity, 30-minute class for maximum burn in minimum time.
With BLACK LABEL membership, you can get in and out without any hassle.
Free towels, exclusive change rooms and luxurious amenities. We’ll even do your laundry.
Hit the barre with your colleagues!
In just 45 minutes, a BARRE ATTACK class offers a full-body resistance and cardio challenge like no other.
Fitness Offerings
If you don’t know where to begin, we recommend starting with a Freestyle Group Training session. Designed around your body natural movement, these 30 minute sessions are a fast, fun and effective workout with an instructor to show you the ropes and correct your form.
From high intensity to gentle reconditioning and everything in between, the options are too numerous to list – try Hot Yoga, Cycle, Mixed Martial Arts, Barre Attack, Gymnastics Strength Training, Boxing, Pilates, and a great range of Les Mills classes such as BodyPump and BodyAttack.
Check out the classes we offer or view their club timetables.
Their SQUAD is your secret weapon; a team of experts and a program designed to ignite your fitness journey and smash your goals.
Choose your journey – High Performance or Transformation – and they will get you on track with a six-week personalised plan that will not only start the fire, but keep it burning long after the program has ended.
- Get access to weekly workout and meal plans
- Learn about fitness and nutrition from industry experts
- Sweat it out together with exclusive training sessions in club they
Their gym floor is like a fitness playground with loads of functional training equipment, a full suite of free and pin-loaded weights, Olympic Lifting Platforms and traditional cardio equipment. Note that facilities may vary from club to club.
BioScore is a holistic analysis of your health, fitness and lifestyle. Through a series of tests, we’ll give you meaningful information about what’s really going on beneath the surface.
A Personal Trainer can work with your goals and provide tailored advice and motivation to keep you on track. Our Personal Trainers deliver the highest standard of support across a wide range of specialisations including supports for sport injury recovery, weight loss or to train for specific challenges outside the gym.
When you’re new to fitness and weight loss, the first steps are all about creating sustainable habits. Our partnership with HYPOXI provides a new and easier way to train. Together with low impact, low intensity movement and a healthy nutrition plan, a series of HYPOXI sessions will get you on the right track to achieve your goals.
Their wide selection of innovative weight training equipment including machines and free weights will help you in strengthening and conditioning your whole body.
Whether you want increased energy or reduced stress, cardio training (otherwise known as cardiovascular or CV training) helps you live a fitter life while strengthening your heart and lungs. From interval workouts to endurance exercises, cardio training can also help to lower blood pressure and cholesterol levels.
Classes
Membership Type
Choose a membership term which suits you the best. We have 3, 12 and 18 month options available. All membership options continue past the contract term until you advise us you wish to cancel.
Benefits Of Membership
Why Fitness First
Whether you’re joining us for a reason or a season, we want to support your fitness aspirations with unbeatable flexibility. That’s why they are offering Pre Paid membership options. It’s the perfect opportunity to get to know us before making a commitment.
If you change your mind within your first 14 days of joining, you can have your money back. All you have to pay is your start up fee.
They are leading the fitness industry with state of the art facilities, expert trainers and innovative fitness programs.
Our Conclusion
Fitness First mission is to keep your motivation alive. At Fitness First, the routine will never feel like a routine. They will keep you inspired on your next workout with something new to keep your body on its toes and your fitness plan on the cutting edge. Aside from that they also have world-class facilities, extended opening hours, group training options and expert team, you’ll always find your best fit at Fitness First.
Fernando Camacho
He is a crazy shopper, loves drinking in pubs and clubs, shopping trendy outlets online, grocery shopping to his door and catching Uber. Also dabbles in setting up online stores through eBay, Amazon marketplaces and has a marketing and commerce background.