founder rick berks number of locations 100 locations 2015 area served 14 states in the united states services personal training group fitness website www.youfit.com youfit health clubs is a chain of american health clubs . founded in 2008 youfit has over 100 locations across 14 states predominantly in the south and west . 1 youfit primarily caters to casual gym goers and offers personal training at all locations and group exercise at select locations . contents 1 background 2 locations 3 services 4 references 5 external links background edit youfit was founded by rick berks with the aim of creating gyms with a welcoming atmosphere . 2 the first youfit in st. petersburg florida opened in 2008 . 3 youfit places a great emphasis on environmental responsibility . its gym floors are made from nike grind and other recycled rubber materials and each youfit location practices additional eco friendly initiatives . 4 to encourage its members to adopt eco friendly habits youfit holds annual earth day events at its locations . 5 locations edit there are currently over 100 youfit locations nationwide . florida arizona texas and georgia have the most locations . youfit also has health clubs in tennessee alabama mississippi louisiana california and colorado . beginning in 2015 youfit has expanded further north to open locations in rhode island kentucky virginia and maryland . 1 in 2015 youfit opened its 100th location in north providence rhode island . 6 youfit acquired the miami based porky s gym chain in 2015 and converted its four locations . youfit also acquired energy fitness center of randallstown maryland in 2015 . 7 services edit youfit offers personal training at all its locations through its youcoach program . 8 several youfit locations have group exercise classes branded as yougx . class formats include zumba yoga cardio kickboxing and insanity . 9 at select locations youfit organizes healthways silversneakers classes for seniors . 10 references edit a b find a youfit health club . youfit.com . youfit health clubs . retrieved 2015 07 15 . albright mark 2011 11 25 . youfit founder creates a no fat model of success in gym scene . tampa bay times . retrieved 2015 07 15 . howard maria 2015 06 27 . fitness youfit is a good starting point for beginners . richmond times dispatch . retrieved 2015 07 15 . going green with youfit . meals and miles . retrieved 2015 07 15 . youfit health clubs open to the public for earth day . pr newswire . 2015 04 17 . retrieved 2015 07 15 . youfit health clubs hosts great 100 giveaway . wdrb.com . 2015 05 14 . retrieved 2015 07 15 . gyms in randallstown md . youfit.com . youfit health clubs . retrieved 2015 07 15 . youfit personal fitness . youfit.com . youfit health clubs . retrieved 2015 07 15 . yougx classes . youfit.com . youfit health clubs . retrieved 2015 07 15 . active adult fitness . youfit.com . youfit health clubs . retrieved 2015 07 15 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title youfit & oldid 672216503 categories health clubs in the united stateshidden categories official website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 20 july 2015 at 03 03 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view