Company Profile
Fitness Together
Company Overview
Fitness Together Franchise Corporation is the largest personal training organization in the world with locations throughout the United States, Ireland, Israel, South America and Canada. Our clients and staff enjoy working in facilities dedicated strictly to one-on-one personal training in fully-equipped private suites creating the ultimate in expertise and luxury.
The regional franchise owner Piranio Fitness Systems, Inc. has Metro Milwaukee locations that include Brookfield, Delafield, and Wauwatosa. Metro Minneapolis/St. Paul location of Woodbury Minnesota and expansion of two additional locations is planned for 2009. PFS, Inc. is also the Area Developer for the states of Minnesota and Connecticut. PFS, Inc. currently has 28 employees who enjoy exceptional compensation, benefits and career growth opportunities provided by a growing company.
Fitness Together is for people who want to maximize the results they get from every minute they have to work out. Most people go to local gyms wait for equipment, get intimidated, distracted, don't know what to do and ultimately still look and feel the same a few months later. Think about it; how many people do you know who bought a gym membership and look great one year later?
To achieve the results our clients want, Fitness Together offers fully equipped, completely private workout suites. There’s no waiting. No peer pressure or intimidation. Workouts are organized and ready for our clients when they arrive, and everything they need to execute their workout effectively is ready and waiting. It’s an environment that makes it easy to succeed. Our clients feel great, and experience the life changing results they’ve hoped for.
All Fitness Together trainers hold degrees, additional certifications and they undergo an extensive in-house training program where they become experts at helping people succeed.
Company History
In the fitness industry we provide the key to making dramatic changes in people’s lives. Unfortunately, we are in an industry in which getting results is not expected and the expertise of fitness professionals is undervalued.
This created the evolution of Piranio Fitness Systems, regional franchise owner of Fitness Together. With the realization that most of the fitness industry was unfavorably not what Pete Piranio expected and did not want to associate himself with, he decided to build a company that could have an impact not only on its customers, but also fitness professionals. Piranio wanted to make a shift in the fitness and personal trainer paradigm by creating a company that respected personal trainers, mentored personal trainers to become respected professionals, created career growth opportunities that are such a limiting factor in the industry, and to actually deliver results to our customer’s consistently – not by accident. It was the belief of Piranio Fitness Systems, Inc that Fitness Together would be the perfect vehicle for realizing this vision.
Piranio Fitness Systems was established in August of 2001. The focus on providing a high standard of quality fitness consulting services provided the foundation of a philosophy and company dedicated to exceeding the expectations of their clients. The areas of personal fitness training, Fitness Together franchise development for Connecticut and Minnesota, information products, educational seminars, and fitness consulting for the consumer and fitness professional are provided. PFS, Inc. acquired the first Fitness Together franchise in Brookfield, WI in November of 2001 and since has demonstrated exceptional growth with four operating location currently open and six new locations planned over the next three years.
Fitness Together franchise was founded in 1983 by Rick Sikorski in Scottsdale, Arizona under the name Fitness For Life
By 1995, Fitness For Life had grown to four locations in the Phoenix metro area and, in 1996, Fitness Together Franchise Corporation was formed to help others benefit from the business model that has been so successful.
The first franchise was opened in the upscale neighborhood of Overland Park, Kansas. The hard work of our staff, along with outlying support from our Area Directors has enabled us to extend our franchise model throughout the United States, Costa Rica, Israel, Ireland and Canada.
Based in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, Fitness Together Holdings, Inc., is the world’s largest wellness organization. The parent company oversees Fitness Together Franchise Corporation and elements therapeutic massage, a massage therapy franchise that began franchising in 2006.
Notable Products / Brands
Fitness Together
Notable Accomplishments / Recognition
2007 Fitness Together Franchise Annual Achievement Award
Fitness Together Franchisee of the Month (8 times)
Benefits
Base salary commensurate with experience plus premium per session trained. Life Insurance, Disability, Simple IRA, Performance Bonuses, Paid Vacation, Continuing Education reimbursement and programs.