BANGKOK, 20 August 2026: World Gym, a global fitness brand founded on California’s Muscle Beach in 1976, announced Wednesday the upcoming opening of its first club in Thailand at Imperial World Samrong.
The launch will introduce the brand’s world-class fitness experience to Thai members, combining internationally benchmarked facilities, advanced technology and accessible membership options.
World Gym has grown from the golden era of bodybuilding at Muscle Beach into one of the world’s most recognised fitness names, operating nearly 300 clubs across six continents and serving more than one million members worldwide.
World Gym is today publicly listed in Taiwan (2762.TWSE), where it operates 140 locations, making it the company’s largest market. For Thailand’s rapidly growing fitness sector, the brand’s arrival brings an established international operator and a 50-year brand legacy to local members for the first time.
World Gym’s first Thai club combines internationally benchmarked facilities and equipment from partners including Matrix and Abs Company with advanced technology such as AI Posture Diagnostics, a three-minute assessment providing personalised insights into posture, balance and flexibility, and the MYZONE Switch wearable for effort-based training.
“Thailand is a strategic next step for World Gym. This market has the energy, ambition and rising fitness culture our brand was built on. Our promise here is simple: we’re not just opening a gym, we’re making world-class fitness part of everyday life. And we’re bringing our 50 years of legacy and the technology that defines the next generation of fitness here to achieve this,” says World Gym Corporation Chairman and President John Caraccio.
About World Gym Corporation
World Gym Corporation is Taiwan’s largest fitness chain, operating 141 locations. In 2024, it acquired World Gym International, securing the iconic World Gym brand and global operating rights, establishing itself as a global fitness leader.
(Source: World Gym)
