Workouts Becomes A Gold’s Gym

Lancaster Newspapers:

In York, a Gold’s Gym franchisee was looking for a way to return to Lancaster.

In Lancaster, the Workouts fitness center’s owners were looking for a way to upgrade their facility.

Each side has found its answer in the other.

Workouts owners Don Anderson and Mike Kellam have leased their Harrisburg Pike facility to Gold’s Gym franchisee Kurt Krieger. The change was effective Tuesday.

Krieger intends to invest $1.7 million in new equipment and renovations for the East Hempfield center, which adjoins Anderson and Kellam’s Golden Meadows swimming pools.

“We’ve been trying to get back into the market. … We’re going to come back strong,” said Krieger.

Though the deal means the end of Workouts, its owners were happy to lease their 41,000-square-foot building to someone who will improve the facility and its programs.

“Mike and I took Workouts as far as we could,” said Anderson. “But we knew it needed more staff, more classes and new equipment. This is the best way to take it to the next level.”

Krieger expects to spend more than $1 million in new equipment alone, eventually replacing all the Workouts equipment. New equipment is due to start arriving in early October.