National Fitness Partners: Improving Community Health at Planet Fitness Locations in Pennsylvania and Beyond

Exercise is essential to a quality life. Science proves that people who exercise regularly experience many mental and physical benefits, becoming more active, productive, and focused in their daily lives. Gyms, too, serve a social purpose, contributing to safer and healthier communities. These benefits are being realized across Pennsylvania and the nation, thanks in large part to the team at National Fitness Partners.

National Fitness Partners owns 140 Planet Fitness locations throughout Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. The company’s main focus is to serve the community by offering affordable fitness in modern, clean clubs with high-quality equipment.

One way that National Fitness Partners is able to create an affordable member experience is by opening their clubs in second generation retail centers. “Our presence provides an updated storefront, better lighting, and increased traffic, which benefits other businesses in the center,” Stephen Kindler Jr., president and CEO of National Fitness Partners, said.

Going into these storefronts helps improve the community streetscape, filling a vacant spot, and drawing people to the other stores nearby. In this way, all of National Fitness Partners’ clubs are strategically located and provide a communal benefit.

“​​Our combination of high-quality equipment, a clean environment, a warm atmosphere, and robust Black Card® amenity offerings [which includes additional amenities such as unlimited massage chairs, HydroMassage beds, and more] at an affordable price provides access to our world-class locations across all socioeconomic cohorts,” Kindler said.

National Fitness Partners is living its mission of providing a Judgement Free Zone® for its members. Not only is this motto meant to welcome everyone to a comfortable, relaxed environment at Planet Fitness gyms, no matter where individuals are in their fitness journey, but National Fitness Partners wants to ensure people’s financial situations are not judged, either.

People come from all walks of life – but having access to a lasting, active lifestyle is a necessity for everyone. This is the message that National Fitness Partners works to relay to the public, and one it is promoting to lawmakers as the company builds rapport at the state Capitol.  

“National Fitness Partners aims to continue leading efforts to educate and inform policymakers about the positive impact that fitness has on overall physical and mental health and our local communities,” Kindler said. “We look forward to collaborating with the PA Chamber and its members to advance and protect interests regarding wage and employment, including worker liability and minimum wage; facility licensure; consumer protection; and privacy.”

To attract members to healthier lifestyles, National Fitness Partners strives to make exercise an enjoyable, social activity, rather than a burden. Planet Fitness locations offer free fitness training and state-of-the-art equipment, ensuring members have access to top-rate facilities that will keep them coming back. 

“National Fitness Partners offers communities affordable access to our 140 Planet Fitness locations, which helps increase the overall health and well-being of our members and our team members,” Kindler says. “The fitness ‘experience’ provided in our gyms will continue to be rooted in our passion to transform the lives of those we serve.”

The Judgement Free Zone® is more than just a mantra for Planet Fitness. It is a way of life for National Fitness Partners, and it means comfort and affordability for every member served.