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.

History[edit]

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[edit]

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.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b 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.

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