The Fittest Cities in America — And What Fitness Operators Can Learn From Them

Yeah, without question.

Which cities were trending toward the bottom of the rankings?

I'll tell you the, the bottom five, and this is again not to shame them.

Please know that, right? We have Lubbock, Texas, we have Indianapolis, Indiana, Port St.

Lucie, Florida, Memphis, Tennessee, and at 100 is Oklahoma City in Oklahoma.

So...

And some of them have been in those places for a few years, Oklahoma City to be one, and it does raise concern in those cities, and that's good.

But then we hope that maybe this puts a little fire in the city officials to say, "Then what can we do so that next year, even if we move up one, we've done better?" But again, as I said earlier, not just about the rankings.

It's mostly about the health and welfare of the citizens in their community.

community.Yeah, I mean, it's something we talk about in the fitness business all the time, and something that officials, because I cover a lot of lobbying for the fitness industry itself and have been down to Capitol Hill, where they're emphasizing a really similar message, where the...

I mean, obviously, when it comes to government, they wanna know about the money and the economics of it, and when you have a healthier population, they're saving exponentially on healthcare costs.

There's so much more conversation around preventative over reactive healthcare.

So if you are frequently trending toward those bottom rankings, it, it, it is a wake-up call.

But the beautiful thing is there are steps that can be taken to be implemented and great examples of other cities that are doing it well.

So one of the biggest themes we saw in this is that where you live increasingly does determine how healthy you are.

So building movement into everyday life, what are the communities that are doing well doing differently? What are some good examples of that to promote movement?

Yeah, without question.

Which cities were trending toward the bottom of the rankings?

I'll tell you the, the bottom five, and this is again not to shame them.

Please know that, right? We have Lubbock, Texas, we have Indianapolis, Indiana, Port St.

Lucie, Florida, Memphis, Tennessee, and at 100 is Oklahoma City in Oklahoma.

So...

And some of them have been in those places for a few years, Oklahoma City to be one, and it does raise concern in those cities, and that's good.

But then we hope that maybe this puts a little fire in the city officials to say, "Then what can we do so that next year, even if we move up one, we've done better?" But again, as I said earlier, not just about the rankings.

It's mostly about the health and welfare of the citizens in their community.

community.Yeah, I mean, it's something we talk about in the fitness business all the time, and something that officials, because I cover a lot of lobbying for the fitness industry itself and have been down to Capitol Hill, where they're emphasizing a really similar message, where the...

I mean, obviously, when it comes to government, they wanna know about the money and the economics of it, and when you have a healthier population, they're saving exponentially on healthcare costs.

There's so much more conversation around preventative over reactive healthcare.

So if you are frequently trending toward those bottom rankings, it, it, it is a wake-up call.

But the beautiful thing is there are steps that can be taken to be implemented and great examples of other cities that are doing it well.

So one of the biggest themes we saw in this is that where you live increasingly does determine how healthy you are.

So building movement into everyday life, what are the communities that are doing well doing differently? What are some good examples of that to promote movement?