Fitness Ventures, one of the fastest-growing Crunch Fitness franchisees, will host its annual 9/11 Remembrance Stair Climb Challenge on Thursday, September 11, 2025 at all Fitness Ventures-operated Crunch locations across 28 states.
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The event invites members, non-members, employees, first responders, and local neighbors to climb 110 flights of stairs, or 2,071 steps, in honor of the 110 floors of the World Trade Center. Each year on September 11, local firefighters in full gear use the StairMasters at Crunch to pay tribute to the first responders who gave their lives. The challenge brings communities together to remember the FDNY's sacrifice and to recognize the daily service of fire departments everywhere.
“It is essential to remember and honor the heroes who responded on September 11, 2001,” said Brian Hibbard, CEO of Fitness Ventures. “By hosting the Stair Climb Challenge in all our clubs, we're giving our members and communities a way to come together in gratitude and unity.”
The event will be open to all fitness levels, and participants can choose their level of involvement, whether they climb a single flight of stairs or complete the full 110-story challenge. Fitness Ventures encourages all participants to share their experiences on social media using the hashtag #CrunchStairChallenge to foster a sense of unity and remembrance across the nation.
For additional information and participating location lists, please contact Hiba Abduljawad at hiba@fitnessventuresllc.com, 407-360-6746.
About Fitness Ventures, LLC
Founded in 2016 by Brian Hibbard, Fitness Ventures, LLC is one of the fastest-growing franchises within the Crunch Fitness system. The Company operates over 70 locations across twenty-eight states, with several more in development. With a unique operating and development strategy and a keen focus on execution, Fitness Ventures LLC operates some of the highest volume Crunch locations in the system and boasts industry-leading financial returns. More at www.fitnessventuresllc.com
About Crunch FitnessCrunch 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 kinds 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 three million members with over 500 gyms worldwide in 41 states, the District of Columbia, Australia, Canada, Costa Rica, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Spain, and India. Crunch is rapidly expanding across the U.S. and around the globe.
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