RSG Group

Gold's Gym Studio in Milan opended in 2023.[13]

Since 1965, Gold's Gym has developed into a global brand with over 600 locations, expanding to six continents with three million members.[2] More than 70 gyms are company-owned, the rest of the gyms are franchised. Famous personalities such as Arnold Schwarzenegger,[14] Lou Ferrigno and Franco Columbu trained at the original Gold's Gym in Venice Beach. Ten months after the Gold's Gym acquisition,[13] new gyms were opened also in Europe. RSG Group opened the brand's flagship gym in Berlin in June 2021, which is also the world's greenest gym as well as the greenest LEED Platinum certified studio.[15]

John Reed Studio opened 2016 in Berlin.[16]

The approximately 50 clubs of the John Reed Fitness brand stand out from regular gyms primarily because of the specially curated art and music, as well as live DJs and club atmosphere.[17] John Reed Fitness curates each location specifically. Around a third of the studios have additional wellness facilities such as sauna, swimming pool and whirlpool. In 2021 a new location was opened in London[18] and in March 2021, the first John Reed brand gym in North America opened in Los Angeles.[19][20][21] The brand's flagship studio in Europe was inaugurated in Vienna, Austria in September 2022.[22]

Heimat is a new brand of the RSG Group that focuses on the top premium and lifestyle market as a place where you feel most at home in an exclusive club environment.[23] This includes different wellnesses such as, massages, sauna, swimming pool, health courses, restaurant, as well as hydrafacials and pedicures. Heimat combines the idea of discipline and sacrfice of a gym with the idea to live a little, making it more an exclusive lifestyle club.[24] The word Heimat derives from German language and can be translated to home or homeland, although there is no exact semantic translation to English possible, that would match idea and feeling of a location one is deeply connected to, more than your own home. The first Heimat fitness opened on 75,000-square-foot in Hollywood[25][26] in 2022 and an exclusive female gym in Paris[27] in 2023.

McFit is the core brand of the RSG Group in Europe and has over 250 studios in Germany, Italy, Austria and Spain. It is with 1.7 million members the largest fitness chain in Europe.[3] Most studios are open 365 days a year, around the clock. The offer includes equipment for endurance, functional and strength training as well as fitness courses. In order to keep the monthly fee low, the studios do not offer wellness facilities such as saunas. McFit started to expand in 2009 Europe-wide.[28]

The group operates a pan-European modelling agency under its eponymous name focusing on sports models.[29] The talent scouts recruit new models that are actual members of RSG Group gyms. Instead of classic model measurements, the agency emphasizes a healthy appearance. The models are used for mainly sports and lifestyle shoots. In 2017 it started a new body award McFit in Europe.[30]

The magazine with a focus on sporty exercise and healthy eating was published in print form from 2012 to 2014 and has now been published free of charge as an online magazine in German since 2018. The target group consists of primarily lifestyle-oriented readers. Regular interviews feature celebrities as well as RSG Group's own members, who share their personal training stories.[31]

Gold's Gym Nutrition is an international supplier of sports nutrition and dietary supplements tailored to the individual needs of athletes.[32] The goals of this line are promoting muscle building in weight training, supporting weight loss and improving well-being.[33]

Cyberobics is a provider of digital video courses and workouts with different levels of difficulty and with the goals of muscle building, weight loss, body toning, endurance training and increasing flexibility. Further training videos are offered on topics such as wellness, Pilates, dancing and courses with exercise bikes, dumbbells, steppers and latex bands. Numerous people around the world train with CYBEROBICS, at home and on the go with the CYBEROBICS app or at a large number of business partners.[34][35]

The Reed is a mixture of restaurant, café, bar and event space on Berlin's Alexanderplatz, Germany and offers various uses, including a classroom by John & Janes. Music events of various genres with international artists take place there at regular intervals. Inside is a 20-metre long LED wall, which is used time and again by different artists who present their digital works there.

RSG Group has been equipping its studios with gym80 equipment from day one. In 2020, RSG Group acquired a 35% stake in the leading German fitness equipment manufacturer, making it the sole outside investor. The objective is to increase cooperation in the development of new and improved weight training equipment as well as the expansion of new business areas.

RSG Group has held a 50% stake in fitness start-up Hero Workout since 2020. The company has developed a training app with fitness courses and interactive trainers for beginners, advanced and professionals. Using digital motion detection with the help of a special wristband, all exercise executions can be recorded and evaluated in terms of distance, accuracy and intensity, as well as their speed, with athletes receiving voice-activated feedback.

The German urban art duo Ron Miller has been part of the RSG Group since 2016. Behind them are two Berliners Ronny Kindt and Marcus Langenick. The key visual of the multidisciplinary artists is the iconic geisha. Their works have already been shown at art exhibitions and fairs worldwide in Miami, New York, Paris, London, Madrid, Milan, Monaco, Zurich, Munich, Leipzig, Frankfurt or Berlin. In many John Reed Studios, their work can be seen alongside those of other artists.[36][37]