Crunch Fitness Austin Franchise Announces Names Barry Smith VP Fitness


Crunch Fitness Austin Franchise announced today the appointment of Barry Smith as Vice President of Fitness. In this position, Smith will lead the Crunch Austin franchise fitness strategy and operational integration, rapidly expanding the brand’s footprint from 6 to 50 locations in the next 5 years.

As the previous Vice President of Fitness and Education at Fitness Connection, Smith is a seasoned professional with over 22 years of multi-unit sales and operations leadership including work with brands such as Texas Family Fitness, UFC Gyms, My Fit Foods and 24 Hour Fitness.

“Barry is an experienced operator and transformative leader who has implemented end-to-end fitness strategies and has a track record of rapid scale for growth. He has the experience and expertise in sales, education, and overall capability to accelerate the Crunch Fitness brand throughout Texas and Oklahoma,” said Tony Hartl, CEO and Founder of Crunch Fitness Austin.

About Crunch Fitness:

Fusing fitness with entertainment to make serious exercise fun, Crunch Fitness offers miles of top-quality cardio and strength training equipment, power half-hour circuit training, a functional training area with indoor turf, a dedicated group fitness studio offering 70+ weekly classes, Ride Studio for high-energy spin classes, Kid’s Crunch Babysitting, a sauna, premium tanning beds, spray tanning, HydroMassage® and more.

Crunch is a gym that believes in making serious exercise fun by fusing fitness and entertainment and pioneering a philosophy of ‘No Judgments.’ Crunch serves a fitness community for all types of people, with all types of goals, exercising all different ways; working it out at the same place together. Today, we are renowned for creating one-of-a-kind group fitness classes and unique programming for our wildly diverse members. Headquartered in New York City, Crunch serves over 1,300,000 members with over 300 gyms worldwide in 29 states, Puerto Rico and 4 countries. Crunch is rapidly expanding across the U.S. and around the globe.

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