IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Xponential Fitness, one of the leading global franchisors of boutique health and wellness brands, is thrilled to announce the winner of the highly anticipated Walk to Win™ Porsche contest in partnership with Princess Cruises. Guang Zhu, a CycleBar member, won the contest by completing a 30-day fitness streak consisting of a mix of attending CycleBar classes, walking at least 5,000 steps per day, and taking Pure Barre classes on the XPASS app, resulting in a 140-class milestone and marking a transformative journey in his health and fitness regimen.
Zhu, a senior project manager and general manager at a Bay Area construction company, began his fitness journey nearly a decade ago with a commitment to a healthier lifestyle. Discovering CycleBar and other Xponential Fitness brands through the XPASS app, Zhu found motivation and a supportive community that helped him achieve his fitness goals. The Walk to Win™ contest offered an additional layer of excitement and purpose, encouraging participants to achieve a 30-day fitness streak, whether that’s walking 5,000 steps a day or attending an in-studio class, for a chance to win a custom-branded, high-performance Porsche Taycan.
"The XPASS app has been incredibly beneficial and motivating in helping me achieve my daily fitness goals,” Zhu shared. “The Walk to Win contest played a crucial role in propelling my fitness journey forward. Over the past year, my wife and I experienced significant improvements in both our physical and mental well-being by participating in the contest."
CycleBar’s immersive cycling workouts, combined with the community's unwavering support, helped Zhu and his wife navigate the challenges of balancing fitness with their busy lives, especially with the recent arrival of their newborn. Zhu’s dedication to maintaining a healthy and active lifestyle has not only improved his physical endurance and recovery, but also served as a major stress reliever during demanding times. His next move is becoming a certified cycling instructor and joining the CycleBar and Xponential family as an instructor.
The contest follows a successful giveaway last year that drew nearly a million entries, showcasing Xponential and its brands’ collective commitment to creating engaging experiences for consumers to live healthier lives. “We are gamifying fitness with our Walk to Win Porsche contest, aiming to help consumers along their health and fitness journey. We’re so thrilled our CycleBar experience has had such an impact on Guang’s journey,” said Nate Chang, Chief Marketing Officer at CycleBar. “The whole CycleBar family congratulates Guang on his remarkable achievement and looks forward to inspiring more individuals to embark on their own fitness journeys.”
For more information about CycleBar and upcoming fitness challenges, please visit www.cyclebar.com and follow along on social media @cyclebar on Instagram and TikTok.
CycleBar
Founded in 2004, CycleBar is the largest indoor cycling brand by number of studios and offers a variety of low-impact, high-intensity indoor cycling workouts, which are inclusive of all fitness levels. CycleBar offers an immersive, multi-sensory experience in state-of-the-art “CycleTheaters,” led by specially trained instructors, enhanced with high-energy “CycleBeats” playlists and tracked using rider-specific “CycleStat” performance metrics. Ranked on Entrepreneur Magazine’s Franchise 500 six years running, Fastest-Growing Franchises in 2021 as well as Inc. Magazine’s Inc. 5000 in 2020, CycleBar is headquartered in Irvine, CA and backed by Xponential Fitness, one of the leading global franchisors of boutique health and wellness brands. To learn more about CycleBar, visit www.cyclebar.com.
Xponential Fitness, Inc.
Xponential Fitness, Inc. (NYSE: XPOF) is one of the leading global franchisors of boutique health and wellness brands. Through its mission to make health and wellness accessible to everyone, the Company operates a diversified platform of nine brands spanning across verticals including Pilates, indoor cycling, barre, stretching, rowing, boxing, running, strength training, metabolic health and yoga. In partnership with its franchisees, Xponential offers energetic, accessible, and personalized workout experiences led by highly qualified instructors in studio locations throughout the U.S. and internationally, with franchise, master franchise and international expansion agreements in 49 U.S. states and 26 additional countries. Xponential's portfolio of brands includes Club Pilates, the largest Pilates brand in the United States; CycleBar, the largest indoor cycling brand in the United States; StretchLab, the largest assisted stretching brand in the United States offering one-on-one and group stretching services; YogaSix, the largest yoga brand in the United States; Pure Barre, a total body workout that uses the ballet barre to perform small isometric movements, and the largest Barre brand in the United States; Rumble, a boxing-inspired full-body workout; BFT, a functional training and strength-based program; and Lindora, a leading provider of medically guided wellness and metabolic health solutions. For more information, please visit the Company’s website at xponential.com.
