Current Gym Locations
Opened April 15, 2019
- Number of gyms purchased: 1
- Membership price: $405/month
Opened August 19, 2019
- Number of gyms purchased: 2
- Membership price: $455/month
Opened May 3, 2021
- Number of gyms purchased: 2
- Membership price: $405/mo
Opened January 10, 2022
- Number of gyms purchased: 2
- Membership price: $325/mo
Opened January 11, 2022
- Number of gyms purchased: 1
- Membership price: $405/mo
Opened Nov 20, 2021
- Number of gyms purchased: 5
- Membership price: $455/mo
Support and Resources for Franchise Owners
“Everyone on the franchise team is dedicated to making my gym as successful as possible. Their level of support from technology, to marketing, to operations is top notch.” -Arthur Frontczak, Boston
"As a new business owner the support from the franchise team has been invaluable. They are there every step of the way.” -Brent Carter, Dallas
REAL ESTATE SELECTION
We combine web traffic data from startingstrength.com with local market data mapped to our target demographic to determine where potential trainees live and work in your city.
FINANCING OPTIONS
We have partners for equipment lending (not personally collateralized), personal lending, and SBA Express loans.
Read a Financial Professional's Assessment of Franchising a Starting Strength Gym here.
BUILD-OUT GUIDE
Our build-out guide is maniacally detailed to ensure that every gym adheres to strict standards of performance, quality, and aesthetics. Our build-out team will guide you, or your project manager, through the process.
CUSTOM EQUIPMENT AND FURNITURE
The barbells, power racks, platforms, plate trees, deadlift jacks, flat benches, barbell holders, and weightlifting belts were all designed by the creator of Starting Strength, Mark Rippetoe. Our gym furniture was custom designed for the gyms to match the wood and steel equipment.
HIRING AND DEVELOPING COACHES
Coaching jobs are posted on startingstrength.com. There is a backlog of coaches that want to coach at Starting Strength Gyms, including those that are willing to relocate.
Starting Strength offers coach development camps, weekend seminars, and an online coach prep course to help supplement your staff's education.
PRE-SALE AND GRAND OPENING
Geo-targeted ads are setup at startingstrength.com and on the Starting Strength forums to inform local Starting Strength fans that a gym is opening in their area. Prospective members see the ad, go to the website, and sign up with our custom pre-sale software.
CUSTOM SOFTWARE
Each trainee gets access to our digital logbook app that is custom designed for Starting Strength Gyms. The 65" flat screens in the gym's lobby display logbook data for each trainee in the current and upcoming group training session. The TVs also display gym-wide and franchise-wide PRs.
GYM OPERATIONS
Our 100+ page gym operations manual, gymOS, is a detailed guide that helps franchise owners run every aspect of their business as effectively as possible, with the best software tools available for small business management.
