{"id":218336,"date":"2026-01-05T19:14:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T19:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/218336\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T19:14:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T19:14:08","slug":"gems-fitness-opens-in-stourbridge-after-fitness-factory-closes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/218336\/","title":{"rendered":"Gem&#8217;s Fitness opens in Stourbridge after Fitness Factory closes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  2025 may have marked the end of the road for the Fitness Factory gym, but not for one of its founders, Gemma Webster.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  January 3 marked the start of Gem&#8217;s Fitness &#8211; Ms Webster&#8217;s new business delivering fitness classes at venues in Norton, Stourbridge, Pedmore and Hagley.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  From &#8216;Boogie Bounce&#8217; trampoline fitness classes and &#8216;Combat Core&#8217; HIIT-style classes to &#8216;Pump and Pilates&#8217; sessions and &#8216;Stretch and Flex&#8217; classes, Ms Webster is offering something for everyone.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  From kids to seniors and people of every age in between, there is something on offer for people of all walks of life to keep fit and have fun.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Ms Webster said: &#8220;I\u2019m really excited to be starting the new chapter of my fitness business as Gem\u2019s Fitness.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;We are lucky to have some amazing venues in and around Stourbridge that I can use for my fitness classes, which has made this next step an exciting one!&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  She added: &#8220;I have over 20 years experience teaching fitness classes for children and adults and I feel privileged to do a job I love. \u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;I believe that fitness should be fun, it should\u00a0focus on\u00a0physical and mental health, and it should embrace the amazing community it creates.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u200b&#8221;In my classes everyone is welcome. You&#8217;ll always be offered high or low options, you won&#8217;t be judged, and I can guarantee there will always be a friendly face ready to welcome you.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stourbridgenews.co.uk\/news\/25616721.fitness-factory-stourbridge-set-close-30-years\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fitness Factory closed its doors after 30 years on December 31<\/a>, having fallen on &#8220;tough times&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Now, Ms Webster is looking forward to 2026, having started on her next fitness chapter.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Currently, classes are being offered at GigMill Methodist Church, Redhill Secondary School, Pedmore Primary School, Our Lady and All Saints Catholic Church, The Elton Centre and Hagley Scout Hut.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2025 may have marked the end of the road for the Fitness Factory gym, but not for one&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":218337,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[565,134,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-218336","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fitness","8":"tag-fitness","9":"tag-health","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-newzealand","12":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218336\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}