The gym is becoming a longevity hub.
What’s happening: Equinox is evolving beyond fitness, with CEO Harvey Spevak telling Vogue, “people will pay anything for longevity.”
New standard. Putting high-performance wellness front and center, new clubs integrate contrast therapy, IV drips, and hyperbaric chambers alongside strength and conditioning. Merging gym and clinic, its $40K-per-year Optimize program blends bloodwork, sleep analysis, and nutrition into data-led coaching.
It’s personal. Tailoring training to specific demos and outcomes, Equinox launched ARC, a diagnostics-led women’s health program informed by hormone panels. Prescribing strength training, it introduced GLP-1 protocols focused on muscle retention and metabolic health.
Just the beginning, as fitness and pharma converge, Monarch Athletic Clubs is scaling medically driven gyms, while telehealth platform Eden opened its own health club. Layering longevity, Life Time’s MIORA clinic and Next Health’s hub in Royal Personal Training link training and rejuvenation.
Punchline: With 100+ clubs open and 40 in development, Equinox is uniting hotels, sleep, spa, and fitness under one brand. Beyond locations, the race to own the member’s healthspan journey will shape the future of luxury fitness.
