Anytime Fitness
Let's Make Healthy Happen!​
The Anytime Fitness location I manage is located at 228 E Market Street in Celina, Ohio. We are a public gym franchise with over 5,000 locations around the world.
Our Story
Anytime Fitness started in 2002 by Chuck Runyon, Dave Mortensen, and Jeff Klinger. By 2005, ATF had opened its 77th club, and its first one outside of the United States. By 2009, the company had opened it's 1,000th club across 45 U.S. States and Canada. Now, the company has over 5,000 locations around the world.
Each club has a staff of a general manager, assistant manager, personal training manager, and multiple personal trainers.
Meet The Team
Mission
Our mission is to help people thrive through a fit and active lifestyle.
Values
Our values are:​
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Better health
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Convenience
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Community
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Inspiration-driven franchise ownership
Ashley Althouse
Ashely Althouse is the District Manager for the western region of Anytime Fitness of Ohio. She has a Bachelors of Science in Biological Sciences and a Masters of Applied Science in Sustainable Tourism. She has been with the company since 2019, where she started off as a general manager. Before that, she was the Manager Customer Relations of Peru for Less is Cusco, Peru. Fun fact: She was employee of the quarter in quarter 4 of 2020!
Ashley wants to own and operate her own travel agency specializing in custom made itineraries to include Peruvian destinations (historical sites, Amazon jungle, Andes mountains, Nazca desert, and pacific coast). She plans to incorporate her education, experience, training and skills from all areas of her life to result in one well-rounded organization that changes lives through responsible travel and environmental and cultural sustainability. The skills she is am learning and practicing in her role at Anytime Fitness allows her to get out of her comfort zone and understand how to lead herself and others to success which is directly beneficial to any area of work, especially as an entrepreneur. We focus mostly on sales, marketing, management, leadership and how to effectively build an individual business unit to positive growth while impacting the lives of members on their own fitness journey’s.
Beneficial Information
Ashley is a first-generation college student and am the first person in my family to have traveled and lived internationally. She immersed myself in a new culture and learned a new language on my own while living in Peru.
Career Aspirations
Responsibilities within Anytime Fitness
Ashley communicates with senior level management to execute marketing and sales goals/strategies. She recruits, hires, trains, and supervises staff to maintain employee retention and keep a strong, bonded team. She develops and delivers quarterly and monthly quantitative and subjective graded evaluations as well as daily in-person and virtual leadership coaching, and key performance indicator tracking to identify areas for improvement.
Tips for the Field
Stay open minded and goal driven. Be flexible and adaptable to learn new ways of setting goals and executing the steps needed to get there and make a difference. Stay consistent even when it's difficult.