Total Fitness

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Total Fitness is a chain of health clubs in the UK that has been operated by Total Fitness Health Clubs Limited since 1993.

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History

Total Fitness opened in 1993 after being established by Kwik Save founder Albert Gubay on the Isle of Man. [1] It was sold to the private equity arm of Legal & General in December 2004 for £80 million [1] (€120 million [2] ). In 2015, Total Fitness was bought by North Edge Capital. Sophie Lawler joined Total Fitness in June 2018 as CEO.

Description

Total Fitness claims to be a mid-market health club brand in the North. It has 15 health clubs across the North of England and Wales. It claims a staff of 600 people and 80,000 members. [3] [ citation needed ]

Total Fitness' head office is based in Wilmslow, [4] [ failed verification ] within the Wilmslow Club.

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References

  1. 1 2 Feddy, Kevin. Total Fitness limbers up", Manchester Evening News , 28 January 2008.
  2. Webb, Nick. "Business guru Albert Gubay sells Total Fitness to L&G for €120m", Independent.ie, 1 August 2004.
  3. Leisure Clubs Archived 2011-08-07 at the Wayback Machine at official website. accessed 13 April 2011.
  4. "Wilmslow - Cheshire Peak District". Visit Cheshire. Retrieved 6 March 2023.