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Gyms in Singapore hiit by a knockout punch

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Paige Lim

Paige Lim

Published Fri, Mar 1, 2024 · 06:28 PM — Updated Mon, Mar 4, 2024 · 09:19 AM
    • Home-grown boutique fitness gym Ritual is the latest gym to bite the dust in Singapore. It follows a string of closures in recent months.
    • Home-grown boutique fitness gym Ritual is the latest gym to bite the dust in Singapore. It follows a string of closures in recent months. PHOTO: BT FILE

    FROM big-box gyms to high intensity interval training (HIIT) boutique studios, Singapore’s fitness landscape has seen a significant shake-up of late.

    Home-grown boutique fitness gym Ritual is the latest casualty. It abruptly shut all its four branches in Singapore on Thursday (Feb 29); the company Cheat Day, which owns and operates Ritual Gym, has been voluntarily placed under provisional liquidation.

    The Business Times takes a look at other gyms that have called it a day over the past 20 months:

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