Home featured Tim West, 12RND Fitness | Image provided Advice Featured Franchising Advice The fitness franchise that’s punched up during the pandemic Guillermo Troncoso February 8, 2021 As the pandemic continues to take a toll on business everywhere, a small number of sectors have managed to move through. Some businesses have not only survived; some have even managed to draw up quite the expansion. Among them: 12RND Fitness, a boxing and strength-focused fitness franchise that has 18 more locations set to launch in the next few months alone – and even more as 2021 unfolds. In fact, their pipeline is primed for them to open, on average, a new club every week . The fitness brand puts a boxing spin on the gym class workout formula, putting customers through a 12-round workout that has them sweating it out for 3 minutes per round. There’s a traffic light system, starting a new round when the green light is triggered and moving you to the next station when the red light comes on. And with customers able to pick from any round from 1 to 12 when arriving at a 12RND club, the system enables up to 24 people to be training at any point in time. If it’s full, just wait 3 minutes to get your jab on. “Our members get one-on-one boxing padwork with a coach throughout their session,” 12RND Fitness MD and Co-Founder Tim West explains to Dynamic Business . “Out of our 12 rounds, 6 have boxing equipment,