Global fitness club chain Anytime Fitness recently celebrated the opening of its 1,000th club and now has big expansion plans for Australia and New Zealand. Justin McDonell and Jacinta McDonell Jimenez, a brother and sister team of fitness industry veterans, are the Australian and New Zealand master franchisees for the fitness club chain and have plans to open 350 clubs in Australia within the next five years.

The original goal of opening at least 20 clubs within the first 12 months has been reached with 22 territories launched in six months across New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia.

“ThatÕs where the territories are located so far”, said Jacinta. “But weÕre coming to Queensland within the coming months and weÕve also got serious interest in the Northern Territory and Tasmania. IÕd say by the middle of the year weÕll be in every Australian state.”

The brand was founded in the US in 2002. Anytime Fitness CEO, Jeff Klinger said “In two or three years weÕll have at least 2,500 clubs open in the US and weÕll have another 750 clubs open internationally. Right now, we see incredible opportunities for international growth.”

Anytime Fitness clubs are open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and operates in 46 US States, Canada and Australia, serving nearly 600,000 members.