Illuminate Gym Franchise News

April 01, 2010 // Franchising.com // DENVER — Illuminate Gym, affordable personal training featuring unique High Oxygen Training (HOT), announced today that the Greenwood Village franchise unit will be celebrating its 'Grand Opening' on Friday April 2 from 5 PM to 8 PM at its newest location at 5996 South Holly Street Greenwood Village, CO 80111.

Taj Leon will be the owner and operator of the newest Illuminate Gym which will offer 'High Oxygen Training', Yoga, Pilates and a variety of other group exercise classes. "As a company we couldn't be more excited for Taj Leon to be our newest franchisee because of his experience in the fitness industry and his passion to help people succeed," CEO and founder of Illuminate Gym said...

March 10, 2010 // Franchising.com // DENVER--Illuminate Gym, affordable personal training featuring unique High Oxygen Training (HOT), announced today that the 'Grand Opening' party of the Greenwood Village Illuminate Gym will be held on April 2 from 5 PM -8 PM.

Taj Leon, owner and certified personal trainer, will be hosting the 'Grand Opening' party with his fitness staff. The goal of the event is to invite as many members of the community and introduce them to both Illuminate Gym and 'High Oxygen Training'. Illuminate Gym in Greenwood Village will also be showing off their group exercise room and serene yoga studio which will be offering a variety of different fitness and yoga classes for their clientele.

Taj Leon and Illuminate Gym would like to welcome anyone who is interested in checking out the newest Illuminate Gym to do so on April 2 from 5 PM - 8 PM...

March 05, 2010 // Franchising.com // DENVER — Illuminate gym, affordable personal training featuring unique High Oxygen Training (HOT), announced today that the Greenwood Village franchise unit will be run by Taj Leon, a former professional boxer.

Taj Leon spent most of his youth working out and training to be a professional boxer only to find that working out was his true passion. Today Taj Leon is only a month away from becoming the newest Illuminate Gym owner and he couldn't be more excited and motivated. "I've worked inside of the Illuminate Gym model for over 3 years now and I feel that I have a great grasp on the business and I can't wait to open up the first Illuminate Gym in Greenwood Village Colorado," Taj said...

January 29, 2010 // Franchising.com // DENVER — illuminate gym, affordable personal training featuring unique High Oxygen Training (HOT), announcing publicly that as a company they are opening their second franchise location in the state of Colorado. illuminate gym and 'High Oxygen Training' was founded by David Sedbrook who began his fitness career alongside The 'Anti Gym's' Michael Karolchyk. Today illuminate gym is offering franchises nationwide but plans on growing to at least 3 more locations in Colorado within the next year.

"Fitness has been really great to me and my family here in Colorado and we're really excited to start replicating our business model across the state and then across the country," CEO and founder David Sedbrook said...

January 05, 2010 // Franchising.com // DENVER — illuminate gym, affordable personal training featuring unique High Oxygen Training (HOT), announcing publicly that as a company they have finished 2 real estate deals on new illuminate gyms in the state of Colorado. What makes these deals so incredible is the leverage that illuminate gym has been able to generate with new franchisees.

"It's a sign of the times. The economy has been down for the last couple of years and because of this we are having great success in negotiating some pretty amazing real estate deals," CEO and founder David Sedbrook said. illuminate gym has a real estate team in place that helps franchisees locate future sites and negotiate lease terms. This powerful combination of people have proved to be a powerful source for upcoming franchise owners as currently they have negotiated leases as low as 1/6 of the original asking price of the landlord...

November 09, 2009 // Franchising.com // DENVER — illuminate gym is on the cutting edge of the fitness industry offering its proprietary 'High Oxygen Training' in a private and personal setting. Today illuminate gym announces that they are making it easier to begin your own illuminate gym.

Illuminate gym really has decided to be very aggressive during these slow economic times to help the future entrepreneurs of America get their businesses started. "At illuminate gym we understand how hard it is to get funding for a new business venture so we're willing to help with some of the expense a future franchisee will have on such things as initial franchise fee and equipment costs," David Sedbrook CEO and founder of illuminate gym said...

October 27, 2009 // Franchising.com // DENVER — illuminate gym, affordable personal training featuring unique High Oxygen Training (HOT), announcing publicly that Rony Leon, illuminate gym's newest franchisee, will be opening an illuminate gym in Greenwood Village, Colorado.

Mr. Leon has worked for illuminate gym for three years and is very familiar with the principles of 'High Oxygen Training' and the illuminate gym model. Of course there are some aspects on the back end of the business that Mr. Leon will have to learn but the staff at illuminate gym is very excited about having someone within the company who is showing such loyalty and passion for the illuminate gym brand. "It's a great feeling to know that your employees have such faith and passion for the business they have been a part of for years...

October 14, 2009 // Franchising.com // DENVER — illuminate gym, affordable personal training featuring unique High Oxygen Training (HOT), announced today that there are plans as of this week to open 2 more illuminate gyms in the Denver area.

The first franchisee of illuminate gym is a long time client who originally started working with the personal trainers at the original illuminate gym over 4 years ago. His results and his faith in both 'High Oxygen Training' and the business model of illuminate gym made it an easy decision to look into joining the illuminate gym system.

The second franchisee, who is currently looking for real estate in the Denver Tech Center, is a current personal trainer at illuminate gym who has developed 'High Oxygen Training' from its inception...

October 05, 2009 // Franchising.com // DENVER — illuminate gym is proud to announce that today we are beginning the search with a franchisee for a second location in the greater Denver area. The newest illuminate gym will be located somewhere in the Denver Tech Center.

"We're really excited to be looking at opening our second location in the Denver area and we're quite certain we'll open another by the end of the year," David Sedbrook CEO and founder of illuminate gym said. The newest franchisee is a former personal trainer at illuminate gym who recognized the opportunity that illuminate gym could offer both he and his family. He has worked for illuminate gym since the day their doors officially opened in Denver.

"I think it's a testament to what we're doing here at illuminate gym that people who have been connected with our business for years are the franchisees pursuing our business model the hardest...

September 29, 2009 // Franchising.com // DENVER - illuminate gym, affordable personal training featuring unique High Oxygen Training (HOT), announcing publicly that it is offering creative ways to help franchisees get their business off the ground in a tough credit market.

illuminate gym is no different than most other fitness franchises in the way that we're all having trouble finding ways to get franchisees aprooved for the funds to start their own business. At illuminate gym we became a part of the SBA registry earlier this year but like many other franchises we've found it's tough to get people's SBA loans accepted by banks. Because of this issue it seems a new sort of financing has been born where accountants roll over people's 401k or IRA plans into usable cash for start-up money...

September 22, 2009 // Franchising.com // DENVER -- illuminate gym in Cherry Creek, Colorado was reminded why their business can be so much more than a money making venture. At illuminate gym our franchisees have the capability to change people's lives.

Last week a client working with a personal trainer made gains that were far greater than any ascetic goal or basic fitness goals. illuminate gym had a client who made his way into illuminate gym with a cane dragging his foot behind him months ago in search of a change in his life. The gentleman had been assaulted during a robbery at his house and had been struck from behind by a hammer which caused stroke like symptoms leaving him paralyzed on the left side of his body. The gentleman fell into a deep depression because of his injuries and didn't leave his house for years...

September 14, 2009 // Franchising.com // DENVER--Early this week illuminate gym was recognized in the Denver area for their work with clients suffering from Fibromyalgia. Fibromyalgia is an unexplained syndrome that causes pain in the soft tissues of those who have been diagnosed with the illness. Many doctors believe that Fibromyalgia is merely a psychiatric issue and has little to do with the physical body.

David Sedbrook was first introduced to Fibromyalgia while working as a personal trainer in a medical facility in Denver years before. After his experience with people with Fibromyalgia David Sedbrook developed a workout regimen within the guidelines of 'High Oxygen Training' for those people with the syndrome and found he was very successful...

September 02, 2009 // Franchising.com // DENVER — illuminate gym is happy to announce that they have been contacted by Headline News for a New Year's special this upcoming year. The story will be based on new career ideas for a struggling economy. The idea for the show grew out of the perception that there are many sophisticated and capable individuals who have been laid off in the last year. It is also this special's platform that they should only highlight careers that will help the community around them.

illuminate gym was the first franchise interviewed by the producers of this special for Headline News because the executive producer believed the illuminate gym model was something new and fresh that could attract future entrepreneurs...

August 20, 2009 // Franchising.com // DENVER - illuminate gym today is happy to announce that some older and more prominent fitness franchises have been inquiring into illuminate gym's 'High Oxygen Training' and their gym model. Since illuminate gym's inception they have always been committed to changing the fitness experience in America and some fitness franchises are taking note.

Earlier this week illuminate gym's franchise sales team was hit with a borage of phone calls with some very interesting questions about the inner workings of illuminate gym and 'High Oxygen Training' and one caller was even so bold to ask to see a copy of the illuminate gym's operations manual. "Some of the questions and comments we were getting led us to believe that these individuals were heavily involved in the franchise world," Taj Leon, director of sales, said...

August 10, 2009 // Franchising.com // DENVER — illuminate gym, affordable personal training featuring unique High Oxygen Training (HOT), announced today that it is teaming up with 'Fired up for Kids' and the Denver Fire Department to sponsor events and goods to help raise money for the Denver Children's Hospital.

illuminate gym has been a long time donor and supporter of the Denver Fire Department and Denver Police Department so the DFD along with 'Fired up For Kids' approached David Sedbrook, illuminate gym's founder and owner, to help with their efforts to both provide medical care to children who have been burned and to help educate kids about the danger of fire. illuminate gym will specifically be involved with sponsoring an upcoming event in the Denver area where fire fighters (and possibly some personal trainers from illuminate gym) will be auctioned off for the cause...

Franchise Offers Financial Freedom Through Physical FitnessAugust 06, 2009 // Franchising.com // DENVER--illuminate gym, affordable personal training featuring unique High Oxygen Training (HOT), announced today that it's offering franchise opportunities across the U.S. The boutique facility, has a unique 'gym culture' which is committed to changing the fitness experience in America. illuminate gym has been Denver's premier personal training gym since its 2006 debut (formerly known as Sunshine Gym).

David Sedbrook, illuminate gym's founder and owner, learned the craft of personal training and developed 'High Oxygen Training'. 'High Oxygen Training' is based on the basic principles of combining both anaerobic and aerobic movements together to create one efficient work out...