Franchise
IM=X® Benefits
Earn a living doing what you love! With our proven exercise programs and business model you will have the tools necessary to build your boutique studio. Our Operational Guidelines, Comprehensive Marketing Support, Web Integrated Software, Online and Onsite Instructor Training, Owner Portal, and Business Training prepare you to manage and operate your studio(s).
Tuition-Free
Staff Certification
With the IM=X® education program, you can feel confident that your staff will be the most competitive and advanced in the industry. Our certification system develops your team to deliver a distinct series of reformer, barre, tower and cycle classes. Franchise owners receive unlimited certifications for their staff for the growth of their business. Our goal is to assist you in making your personal trainers, instructors and medical exercise specialists the best in the industry!
Our Powerful Blend of
Pilates and Fitness
We are excited to share with you the many benefits of studio ownership and our powerful workout system! Integrated Movement Xercize (IMX) blends multiple physical disciplines plus reinvents and reconstructs pilates to include strength and cardiovascular training. We incorporate the newest research on spine stabilization, strength and endurance training; and thus we offer the optimal fitness equation.
Our Unparalleled Support
Is Your Stength
The greatest benefit of joining IM=X® Pilates and Fitness – from the initial business and certification training, to the first day of your Grand Opening and beyond – is the advantage of our proven franchise model and established brand. Our business framework ensures you have all the tools necessary to excel in a competitive industry and a team of experienced professionals to guide you.
Superior Equipment
Our Reformer
IM=X® manufactures superior patented equipment (made in the USA) to address the varied needs of your target customers with precision and integrity. The Xercizer and Tower as well as our certifications are powerful tools in selling and retaining memberships. You will be able to help clients of all sizes, shapes and abilities (from athletes to seniors) to achieve remarkable results using our equipment and the Integrated Movement Xercize pilates and fitness programs.
Boutique Fitness Opportunity
Whether you are a fitness enthusiast, investor, or medical professional our franchise model will help you capitalize on the rapidly growing pilates and wellness industries. We have both a a stand alone fitness franchise studio model and a medical plug-in model.
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PilatesStyle Magazine
“Stepping the intensity up a notch, IM=X incorporates cardio and strength-training elements for optimal sculpting success…utilizing pelvic and ribcage stabilization techniques. Save up your energy for the plyometric jump segments sprinkled throughout the workout which was created by exercise physiologist Elyse McNergney…”
Personal Fitness Professional
“The Integrated Movement Xercize program (pronounced IMX) incorporates pilates moves but emphasizes strength training and cardiovascular elements that are not inherent in traditional pilates.”
Entrepreneur Magazine
“Gym rats and couch potatoes alike have been embracing the low-impact, high-results workout known as pilates, currently one of the fastest growing fitness trends in the nation. IM=X Pilates has been training instructors for 12 years and now offers studio franchises…IM=X has updated the classic pilates method with modern gym practices by adding more cardio work, offering classes tailored to client’s fitness goals, and having members pay monthly rather than per class fees. And there is an added bonus: Franchisees are entitled to certifications annually which can be used in any manner they choose for employees.“
New York Times
“Some instructors have expanded on the Pilates workout and developed their own exercises and routines using the equipment…for example, Elyse McNergney has created a derivative workout called IM=X (pronounced IMX), or Integrated Movement Exercise.”
Entrepreneurial Woman
“Elyse McNergney…re-engineered, re-energized and re-branded the physical fitness system Joseph Pilates…Part jock, part dancer, part academic and part entrepreneur, McNergney has an intense interest in fitness, posture, strength training and the mechanics of making healthy bodies, which led her to devise “the next evolution in Pilates training.” It also compelled her to earn both an M.Ed. in exercise physiology from Columbia University and an M.A. in movement sciences from New York University . Her work with private exercise clients, from professional athletes such as Orel Hershiser and JoJo Starbuck to elderly people with back pain and regular folks looking for improved fitness, inspired her to develop the IM=X (pronounced IMX) system in 1996.”
Wall Street Journal
“Entrepreneurs are tapping the country’s thirst for individualized health and fitness…The Xercize Studio, LLC began franchising the IM=X Pilates Studios…for aging baby boomers fed up with overcrowded gyms…”