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BY ALEX REECE
Meet Sam Kennedy and Mary Peters, co-owners of local gym H2K Fitness Sam Kennedy and Mary Peters are two of four co-owners behind H2K Fitness, a gym that celebrated its grand opening Dec. 4. H2K Fitness, which stands for Hard To Kill, is a studio-style, boutique gym offering Pilates, strength training, infrared heat workouts and more. It is one of about half a dozen other health-related businesses to open in Frisco in 2023. Kennedy and Peters sat down with Community Impact for an interview about their new gym and the trend of studio gyms in the itness community. What about Frisco made it a good market to open a gym? Peters: We’re all local. My husband and I have lived in the Frisco area since 2005. And we love it here. ... Our kids go to school here, we love everything that Frisco has to offer and being in this downtown area has just been so nice. ... We’re in the middle of everything, and we’ve gotten to know our neighbors and ... everybody just has something so unique to offer to this
H2K Fitness co-owners Mary Peters (left) and Sam Kennedy (right) celebrated a ribbon-cutting for the gym Dec. 4.
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bored.” ... I need the class. So, if you’re a person that can go in and ... program your own stuff, it’s probably great, but if you’re a person that needs a program ... it’s pretty boring. Peters: People that want to come to the studio gyms ... want to feel a part of a community. ... If you’re going to a ... box gym, then you’re just going, sticking in your headphones, and having at it for an hour. Nobody is going to come in here with their earbuds on because everybody’s chatting with, “How was your weekend? What’d you do last night?” or ... things like that. What about studio gyms fosters community? Kennedy: When someone walks in the door, we are going to meet them and then get to know their name. And not only us, but our front desk team and our instructors. So when [someone] comes into a class, we’re going to know [them].
... Typically we have a 6 a.m. group that always works out at 6 a.m. or the 8 a.m. group always works out at 8 a.m., and then [they] have a spot in the room where [they] typically work out so [they] get to know [their] neighbors, and it really is just the community. ... Once you’re here every day seeing those same people, then it’s like, “Hey, you want to go grab a cup of coffee or meet for dinner?” ... It’s not just in the studio— there’s friendships that are important because of the studio that are now outside [of the gym].
downtown area. It’s been really great. What makes studio gyms so popular?
Kennedy: If you’re trying to target something or are really focused on ... your physique and ... how you feel, it’s really hard to get that by just walking to the gym by yourself because, I’m not going to lie, I’d probably walk into a box gym and get on the treadmill and be like, “I’m
This interview has been edited for length and clarity. For a longer version, visit communityimpact.com .
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