What happened to fitness first in Malaysia?

Opinion
26 Aug 2026 • 3:00 PM MYT
What happened to fitness first in Malaysia?

Fitness First entered Malaysia in 2001.

Anytime Fitness arrived 13 years later.

Today, Fitness First has 10 clubs in Malaysia. Anytime Fitness has 100+.

That doesn’t tell us who has more members or makes more money — but it does show how dramatically Malaysia’s gym landscape has changed.

So what happened?

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