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A fitnook pod parked in a lot under an open sky, glass front revealing the gym interior
opening Q1 2027

A gym for one.

We're crowdfunding the first private gym pod, and looking for the perfect spot to put it in.

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The fitness industry sells you a building. We're building the room.

Most gyms have a crowd problem. The treadmills fill up at 6 p.m. The squat rack has a queue. Someone is filming. Someone is grunting.

fitnook is a smaller shape. A 160 square-foot studio, fully equipped, that you'll book like a hotel room. Unlock it from your phone. The door closes behind you. For forty-five minutes, the space is yours: every dumbbell, every cable, every inch of floor.

We're raising the money to build the first one (the pod, the equipment, the city permits) and scouting for the right space to put it in. If both come together, the doors open in Q1 2027.

1 in 2
Americans avoid the gym because of how it makes them feel. StudyFinds / Flex AI consumer surveys on gym anxiety, 2023–2024.

Forty-five minutes, all yours.

  1. Locate

    Open the app. See the pods near you, the ones available now, and the ones opening in fifteen. Pick a slot the way you'd pick a table.

  2. Unlock

    Walk up. Your phone unlocks the door. The studio is clean and ready to go.

  3. Train

    Forty-five minutes of full-rack strength, cable, cardio, and floor space. When you leave, the pod resets itself for the next person.

160 square feet. Everything you need.

Concept renders for the pilot.

Half-rack with adjustable bench. Full dumbbell ladder to 50 lb. Cable crossover. Stationary bike. TRX. Kettlebells. Plyo box. Floor space for stretching, mobility, and not bumping into anyone.

Interior view of a fitnook pod showing dumbbells, half-rack, hexagon ceiling lights, and panoramic window
01Panoramic glass front. Hexagon-lit ceiling.
Wide view of fitnook interior with cable machine, stationary bike, and screen
02Cable crossover · cardio · streaming display.
Half-rack and bench with adjustable plates and TRX straps
03Half-rack, bench, plates, TRX, kettlebells.
Cable functional trainer in a fitnook pod with branding visible
04Cable functional trainer.

A small idea with a big room.

$47B

U.S. fitness market

The American gym, health, and fitness club industry will print $47 billion in 2026, and most of it still flows through buildings designed in the 1990s.

IBISWorld, Gym, Health & Fitness Clubs in the U.S., 2026.
77M

Americans hold a membership

One in four. The market is enormous, mature, and largely unchanged in its basic format for decades.

IBISWorld, Gym, Health & Fitness Clubs in the U.S., 2026.
~50%

avoid the gym, full stop

Roughly half of Americans report being too intimidated to use a gym at all. Among women 18–29, the number climbs higher.

StudyFinds / Flex AI consumer surveys, 2023–2024; MyProtein "Gymtimidation" survey, 2024.
$70B

corporate wellness, 2026

Employers are spending more on wellness than ever, and looking for benefits employees actually use.

Mordor Intelligence / Fortune Business Insights, corporate wellness market, 2026.

Two ways to help.

Building the first pod takes funding and a place to put it. If you can offer either, we'd love to hear from you.

01 For backers

Fund the first pod.

We're crowdfunding the build, the equipment, and the city permits. Founding backers get the first hundred sessions and a permanent rate. The campaign goes live this summer. Drop your email and we'll send one note when it opens.

You're in. We'll email you when the campaign opens.
02 For property owners

Lend us a parking space.

We need eight by twenty feet of space with a 30-amp outlet. Apartment buildings, mixed-use lots, office parks, retail strips: they all work. We deploy in a single truck, run on day one, and split revenue with you.

Email abraham@fitnookusa.com

Also relevant: logistics, fitness operations, B2B real-estate, or city permitting experience? Tell us. We want to talk.