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13.7.2021 13:02:13 CEST | Business Wire | Press release
iFIT Health & Fitness Inc. (“iFIT”), a global leader in connected fitness software, content and equipment, today announced it has acquired Sweat, a leading platform for women's health and fitness. The acquisition of Sweat expands iFIT’s presence in the global digital fitness market, and accelerates the company’s delivery of best-in-class interactive fitness experiences for consumers worldwide. Sweat will remain a standalone brand as part of iFIT. Financial terms were not disclosed.
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Founded in 2015 by renowned trainer Kayla Itsines and CEO Tobi Pearce, Sweat has engaged with millions of women around the world in their journeys to become healthier, stronger and more confident. The Sweat platform is powered by a team of industry-leading personal trainers and offers over 5,000 unique workouts across 26 exercise programs ranging from high-intensity interval training and strength to yoga, barre and Pilates. Sweat Co-Founders Kayla Itsines and Tobi Pearce will continue to lead the Sweat business in their existing roles, with the company remaining headquartered in Adelaide, Australia.
Working with the Sweat team, iFIT will use its over four decades of experience and innovation in the connected fitness space to strengthen the Sweat member experience, build brand presence in key international markets, and grow and diversify content offerings, including the introduction of cardio-based and equipment workouts in the coming months. The acquisition will also provide opportunities for iFIT and Sweat to collaborate on content development, resulting in an increased range of exciting fitness experiences. iFIT plans to support job growth in the Sweat business over the near- and long-term across product, engineering, marketing and content divisions.
“Kayla, Tobi and the team at Sweat have built an incredible brand and community of fitness enthusiasts,” said Scott Watterson, CEO and Founder of iFIT. “We are delighted to welcome Kayla’s authentic fitness training and charismatic personality—along with all of Sweat’s other star trainers—to the iFIT family.”
“Our two founder-led businesses are highly complementary and this acquisition extends our market reach into new geographies, demographics and fitness preferences spanning both home and commercial markets globally. We have a shared vision of helping people around the world achieve their goals for health and well-being.”
Watterson added, “The addition of Sweat will allow iFIT to further expand our membership base as well as add new fitness genres and modalities to our fast-growing subscription business, giving our company a tremendous competitive advantage.”
“We have long admired iFIT as a fitness industry leader and are proud to join the iFIT family,” said Sweat CEO and Co-Founder Tobi Pearce. “We look forward to working with Scott and his leadership team to accelerate our global expansion and further enhance the consumer experience for Sweat as part of the iFIT ecosystem. iFIT enables us to create a breadth of engaging new content to fulfill the rapidly growing fitness needs of our members around the world.”
Sweat Co-Founder Kayla Itsines said the acquisition represented a new chapter in the company’s history.
“Sweat has had an incredible journey from our humble beginnings training women one-on-one in my Adelaide backyard to launching the Sweat App in 2015 to now joining the iFIT family,” Itsines said. “Sweat was founded on our simple belief that fitness can genuinely help women improve their confidence, health and quality of life. Through iFIT’s strategic leadership, we will be able to create new world class fitness content and product experiences to support more women on their fitness path forward.”
“IFIT’s acquisition has opened the door to an exciting new future for Sweat where we can deliver greater fitness variety, choice and value for women everywhere.”
About iFIT Health & Fitness
iFIT Health & Fitness is a global health and fitness technology company that provides unmatched fitness experiences and solutions to its growing community of millions of engaged members across 120 countries. iFIT’s industry-leading brands – NordicTrack®, ProForm® and Freemotion® – are powered by the iFIT integrated health and fitness platform, which seamlessly connects the company’s proprietary software, experiential content and interactive hardware. Based in Logan, Utah, with offices in Paris, Shanghai, Melbourne, and Manchester, the company offers immersive, adaptive, personalized workout experiences for every fitness level and interest. iFIT delivers these patented interactive experiences through an extensive offering of live and on-demand content across a full range of fitness modalities.
About Sweat
The Sweat app is one of the world’s largest digital fitness training platforms for women. Founded in 2015, the category leading app gives women affordable and on-demand access to expert fitness advice, one-on-one personal training and unique exercise content that is made by women, for women. With 26 unique workout programs powered by a team of 13 female trainers led by Co-Founder Kayla Itsines, Sweat has built a global community of more than 50 million women across its social channels offering support and inspiration to help women reach their fitness goals. The Sweat app is translated into eight different languages and is available in 155 countries.
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