Retro Fitness Newtown Square: Our New Results-Oriented Community Gym

Business Profile by Craig Whitney

Photos courtesy of Retro Fitness Newtown Square

Remember when a personal trainer was a luxury only the wealthy could afford? Not so anymore, thank goodness. Today’s dizzying pace and stresses make it more important than ever that everyone have a fitness or wellness professional, someone who is passionate about helping you learn how to be proactive instead of reactive about your health. If you’re looking to get and stay healthy, look no further than to Luigi Truono, one of the owners of Retro Fitness Newtown Square, opening soon in the Edgmont Square Shopping Center at Marville.

Since his teen years, Luigi has been dedicated to looking and feeling good, inside and out. His extensive education, training and certifications make him an expert on how to get results. Luigi’s good health and youthful looks are due to many decades of eating right, exercising regularly, proper skin care, and spiritual exercises such as meditation and energetic healing.

Luigi gets great satisfaction from helping others look and feel their best. After working many years as a professional Cosmetologist, he committed fully to being a wellness professional by becoming certified in Medical, Clinical and Sports Massage.

My primary goal is to help people learn and do what it takes to grow older and be happy,” Luigi explained.

He’s thrilled that his longtime dream is finally coming true: To have one facility to offer the wellness services he believes will help create the New you.

Luigi’s personal background and impressive results as a wellness professional sparked him to open a Retro Fitness gym in the Newtown Square area with his partner Geno Truono. After 30 years in corporate America, as an attorney and Regulatory Compliance Officer, Geno decided it was time for a change, a common theme for many former corporate executives. “It’s a risk well worth facing so that I can fully support Luigi’s lifelong dream,” Geno said.

We’re very excited to now be working together on our vision of making a positive difference in the lives of many people in the Newtown Square community.

Geno and Luigi’s extensive due diligence and Geno’s legal experience made them both feel very confident that opening a Retro Fitness gym for Edgmont and Newtown Square residents was a sound financial decision. Since Retro Fitness was founded in 2005, it has grown into a national fitness system with more than 150 clubs across 16 states. Its rapid expansion is often due to partnerships with visionary local business owners like Luigi and Geno, and because each RF location receives dedicated start-up and ongoing operational support.

(left to right) Geno Truono, Luigi Truono, Mike Watsloff and Ed Winfield

The Members of Retro Fitness Newtown Square will be in very good hands with Ed Winfield, Director of Fitness and Programming. After serving our country as a Navy SEAL, Ed worked many years as an artist. To support his art business, Ed became a personal trainer. “I quickly realized the work fitness trainers and massage therapists do is an art form,” Ed stated. “It requires creative thinking and transforming someone into a healthier person.”

Ed’s 30 years as a full-time fitness professional make him an expert in supporting and mentoring the Club’s personal trainers, all of whom are nationally certified, some with college degrees in fitness and exercise kinesiology. Ed and his staff will help members understand that physical transformation is not just all about muscle; many physical and personal factors affect progress and results.

Everything we offer gives each member the opportunity to make solid changes within themselves and outside of themselves,” Ed said. “That’s what we’re bringing to the community.

Members may already know General Manager Mike Watsloff, who has been involved in Newtown Square youth sports and events for 20 years. Mike served as a volunteer, coach, and manager for the Newtown Edgmont Little League (NELL). He also owns a local business that promotes and benefits youth activities by running and overseeing 20 annual sports events.

I’m looking forward to getting to know all members by name,” Mike said. "We want to build long-term relationships that create a community spirit.” “Yes!” Geno added, “We want to be like the Cheers bar, where ‘everybody knows your name.’

Luigi and Geno chose to partner with Retro Fitness because each location’s gym, fitness programs and amenities are designed so that members enjoy working toward goals and results. As our new community gym attracts people interested in feeling better, Luigi expects many will be interested in and can benefit from the many wellness services he can provide.

Retro Fitness Newtown Square’s awesome new 14,400-square foot state-of-the-art gym offers a wide variety of the newest top-of-the-line exercise equipment and fitness programs. Members get access to over 150 Retro Fitness locations, and can train their way by choosing from among several personal training options: TEAM, Strong, or One-on-One. The Hydro- Massage lounges will help you recover from your workouts. Medical and sports massages are available by appointment. The Retro Blends® Smoothie Bar offers delicious and nutritious pre- and post-workout benefits. Tanning and child-sitting are also available. The Club is conveniently open Monday- Friday 5am-11pm; Saturday & Sunday 7am-7pm.

Everyone at Retro Fitness Newtown Square is excitedly preparing for their grand opening, scheduled for Saturday, September 14 (subject to the township issuing the Certificate of Occupancy). The night before Opening Day, members and their families will be invited to tour this beautiful brand-new facility, to see everything it offers. The first 50 new members will receive a $20 online shopping gift card. Through the end of September, there’s no enrollment fee and the first month is free (a $100 value).

The owners and staff of Retro Fitness Newtown Square are committed to making this the last place you’ll ever have to come to or become a member of to get the fitness and wellness results you desire and deserve. They confidently say:

Your search is over!

Visit the Retro Fitness Preview Center today to see everything we have to offer.

4847 West Chester Pike, Newtown Square (in the Marville Shopping Center at Edgmont Square)

484-420-4935

www.RetroFitness.com/EdgmontSquarePA