Expansion plans working out

A tech fitness startup which was founded in Cork this week announced it has major expansion plans for Ireland, the UK and the USA.

Revelate Fitness was founded in Cork in 2022 and is now in 10 gyms around Ireland including five in Cork, two in Galway and in Tipperary, Wicklow and Dublin. There are over 1,200 people doing Revelate classes every month and several more gyms are signing up to the technology around Ireland as well as in London and Scotland. Revelate Fitness is also working with gyms in Washington DC and Texas.

It is bringing technology to any gym cardio class with a 45 minute workout designed using an app developed by company founder, Chris Kenefick and his team. It involves three cardio machines - a rower, bike and ski machine – and the technology ensures each person gets a workout tailored to their fitness level. This means both the average gym goer and the professional athlete always get a challenging workout for them in every class.

Chris said: “We looked around at all the classes in our area and they were all more or less the same and people were either becoming bored very quickly or intimidated by the fitter people in the class. We wanted to offer a better system that suits everyone and keeps them for longer. When we were developing the Revelate IT platform we based it on two principles. The first is that every user has a target for their own fitness level. The second is that they can track their progress and we have seen that when a person can see their results and the improvement in their fitness, then they’re more likely to keep going.”