
The first franchise location opened in Cambridge, Minnesota later that year. They provided Keller with support in choosing a site location, marketing strategies, equipment selection, and membership sales.

Eric Keller, a former employee of Southview Athletic Club was interested in their business concept and agreed to become the first franchise owner of Anytime Fitness.

Runyon, Mortensen, and Klinger founded Anytime Fitness in 2002. They developed the idea for Anytime Fitness after surveying the expectations that long-term members of large gyms had for their fitness clubs. During their ownership of Southview Athletic Club, they worked for a consulting firm focused on improving under-performing athletic clubs across the United States. During their ownership of the club, its membership rose from 500 to 4000. In 1995, they jointly purchased and ran Southview Athletic Club for seven years. The Associate’s dependent children are eligible to be on the membership at no additional cost from age 18 through the end of the month in which they reach the age of 26.ĭependent children for this purpose include the Associate’s natural, adopted, step, or foster children, children placed with the Associate for adoption, the children of the Associate’s domestic partner, and someone for whom the Associate has legal custody or guardianship if he/she is a member of the Associate’s household and the Associate provides more than half of his/her support.Anytime Fitness co-founders Chuck Runyon and Dave MortensenĬhuck Runyon, Dave Mortensen, and Jeff Klinger first met in the early 1990s while working for a fitness club in St.

An individual is considered to be the Associate’s domestic partner for this purpose if he/she qualifies as a domestic partner under the definition used for the Walmart Associates’ Health and Welfare Plan. The Associate’s spouse or domestic partner is eligible to be on the membership at no additional cost. *Full eligibility rules for spouse/domestic partner and dependents:Ī. Why can’t Associates under 18 participate?įor legal reasons that require an Associate to sign a contract to participate in the program, the Associate must be at least 18. All full-time, part-time, and temporary associates can choose to participate.
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The Fitness Pass is available to any US-based Associate at least 18 years old, plus their spouse or domestic partner and dependents age 18-25*.
