A platform for people to connect, sweat, and belong.
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4810 Russet Hill Dr
Austin, Texas 78723, US
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12,000 humans - different ages, different backgrounds, different beliefs - all united by fitness. Congrats to David Grass for putting on the largest lifestyle fitness, health & wellness festival in the United States, Faces of Fitness - headlined by the GOAT herself, Simone Biles. The entire experience was powered by Sweatpals. Be the movement. 💪
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Hosting a Sweatpals Fitness Industry Night in Chicago this Friday! 🌆 Bringing together gym + studio owners, event hosts, and wellness brand leaders from our community for an evening of great conversation and better connections. Space is limited — shoot me a DM if you'll be in Chicago and want to join, or if you know someone who should be there! https://lnkd.in/gF_PsZXC
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This chart tells the story of why we built Sweatpals. Fitness is now the dominant third place in people's lives.
Fitness is becoming social infrastructure. For decades, people gathered at bars, bowling alleys, movie theaters, and social clubs outside of home and work. But, as a recent Bloomberg article outlines, many of those places are disappearing. Today, nearly 80% of Americans see friends or family fewer than three times a week. Fitness is filling the void. Since 2012, the number of gyms and studios has grown roughly 60%, while many traditional gathering places have stagnated or declined. More than a workout, the gym is a source of community, identity, routine, and belonging. The shift extends beyond four walls. Run clubs, sauna raves, listening clubs, HYROX, and other social wellness experiences are redefining how people connect. Fitness is a convergence point, where health, performance, friendship, and purpose overlap. As America loses places to gather, gyms are much-needed third places. 📩 Subscribe to Fitt Insider for the latest health & wellness headlines → https://lnkd.in/erFVbn5Z
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Leaving HYROX NYC with a deeper appreciation for what HYROX is building and the incredible community rallying around it. I had the opportunity to race in the CEO wave alongside our friend and partner Ron 'Boss' Everline, who generously slowed down for me 😅. It was a reminder that the best way to understand something is to dive in and experience it. At Sweatpals, we see that HYROX is rapidly becoming one of the fastest-growing fitness categories on our platform. A big thank you to Christian Toetzke, Douglas Gremmen, and the HYROX team for the partnership and for welcoming us. Looking forward to what’s ahead
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The shift is real - and it's happening faster than most people realize. Men's Fitness just published a piece on why fitness is replacing traditional nightlife and highlighted Sweatpals as leading the movement. People are choosing fitness communities over late nights at bars. Brian Cho put it perfectly: "Community is becoming the product." Sweatpals is the infrastructure for the future of fitness. The only fitness platform built around community - events, classes, memberships, discovery, and connections all in one place. We've grown more than 6x year over year. The daylife generation doesn't want alcohol. They want people. They want to sweat together. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/g_mpjrBh
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Today we’re excited to announce one of our biggest launches yet: Sweatpals for Pets (Sweatpaws). We kept hearing the same thing at workouts, runs, and events: “my dog would love this” And honestly, they would. They don’t cancel plans. They show up every time. They might be the best community members we’ve got. So we built something for them. Puppy runs. DOGROX. Playdates that somehow turn into full sprint chaos. This is their platform now. Kittens coming Q3 (pending product-market fit)
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Thanks to Bill Murphy Willpower and his team for hosting such a thoughtful SXSW event and conversation on wellness and the future of community. It was inspiring to hear from founders and executives from global brands such as Function Health, Bloom Nutrition, Vivobarefoot, WHOOP. The signal was clear across the board that people are craving real, in-person connections around wellness. The strongest businesses built aren’t just products, they’re places people belong. At Sweatpals, we’re building that infrastructure for fitness & wellness and creating a place to belong for millions of people. Excited for what’s ahead as we continue pushing the Daylife movement forward!
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Honored to see Sweatpals featured in the Belonging category of the Fitt Insider 2026 Scouting Report, highlighting the companies shaping the future of fitness and wellness around the world. In an age of AI, the value of real-world communities and human connection only grows. We’ve always believed community is a core piece of wellness infrastructure and that the Daylife movement is here to stay. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/g3hJtUrf
The 2026 Fitt Insider Scouting Report is here. We’ve assembled a high-signal, cross-sector heat map surfacing 50 of health and wellness’s most interesting early-stage startups. Importantly, this isn’t pay-to-play, and it’s not a ranked list. Designed as an industry field guide, the report aims to help founders, operators, and investors see where consumer behavior is heading and infrastructure is emerging. An overarching theme, wellness is moving from rigid goals and high-touch routines to existential infrastructure and bioadaptive background systems. Rethinking market needs, innovative companies aren’t just iterating on familiar concepts — they’re helping consumers gain agency over their lives across six distinct layers: Exposures – Environmental and material conditions Awareness – Biological signals and health knowledge Regulation – Nervous system and circadian stability Guidance – Continuous care and coaching Belonging – Social support and shared norms Meaning – Clarity and lived purpose This report highlights pioneers addressing the “why” of well-being, building in uncharted territory, and designing cohesive feedback loops across environment, body, behavior, and belief. 🔗 Read the full list and analysis here → https://lnkd.in/eC-7Vw8c
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Sweatpals 🔥📈 The creator economy looks a lot different than its 2022 surge. Artificial intelligence is changing how creators produce content and host communities. If you're an investor, where do you make bets? At Patron the consumer tailwinds behind social wellness were too hard to ignore, a category that Salar Shahini and Mandi Zhou are defining. #DayLife
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We are delighted to announce Salar Shahini, Founder and CEO, at Sweatpals to the speaker lineup at Willpower Wellness House 2026! Sweatpals is a social fitness platform shaping the “Daylife” movement - bringing people together through wellness, movement, and community. An immigrant entrepreneur, Salar previously founded and sold a deep tech company used in over 400 cities before starting Sweatpals to solve his struggle with belonging in a new country. Sweatpals is backed by investors including a16z, Kevin Hart, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and Max Mullen and is used by over a million users. Salar will join our Wellness at the Core of Community panel, alongside Nicholas Charlier of Vivobarefoot, and Brent Yates of Aion and Moderator Eric Hinman, Influencer Marketing. Only 4 days until Wellness House 2026, and we aren’t done with announcements. 📍 Wellness House — Friday, March 13 🎟️ Register here: https://lnkd.in/geAgAFrM