Daily News | PHL’s new gym offers workout clothes, private showers and on-demand classes for $25 a day
Travelers with downtime at Philadelphia International Airport can now do something besides grabbing beers at Chickie’s & Pete’s or taking a nap at the gate. This month, the airport openedThe PHL gym is the company’s second location.
“Time management on travel days is one of the biggest sources of anxiety and stress for people,” said Cynthia Sandall, a co-founder of Roam Fitness. “It did not make sense to be pre-security because of unpredictable wait times, [and] just general anxiety.”The idea for airport gyms started when Sandall was completing an MBA at the University of Oregon in 2014 with fellow student and co-founder, Ty Manegold. They liked to travel but didn’t like all of the unhealthy options in airports.
Their first gym launched in 2017 with a gym at the Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, which has seen up to 40 visitors per day.Airport business leases can be long and when a space does become available, it is slated for a specific kind of business, says Sandall. A burger shop that closes
“Attracting new and good talent has been a focus for everybody in this time,” said Jim Tyrrell, chief revenue officer of the Philadelphia Airport, in an interview last month. “We are looking at ways to make the experience much more attractive for our partners and our employees — and this is definitely one of them.”
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