Club Elite elevates personal fitness using fiber connectivity

“This is a place where members access not only top-of-the-line fitness and cardio equipment but also the latest recovery modalities. To offer all that and the capacity to interface with member wearables require reliable, always-on bandwidth.”

Eric Schreimann, President & CEO, Club Elite

Club Elite is built on a vision of enabling holistic fitness and wellness journeys for members. With several locations across Illinois and Missouri, it offers a highly personalized experience utilizing data collected from wearable devices, WiFi and online instruction.

At the heart of the operation is a technology infrastructure which utilizes fiber connectivity and network tools from Spectrum Business incorporated over a Cisco platform. With this in place, Club Elite offers its members 24/7 gym access.

“Club Elite members often manage challenging schedules,” says Eric Schreimann, President and CEO, Club Elite. “That’s why we are open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. You can come into our studios at any time, go to a private kiosk, log in and get a great workout.”

Enabling this technology requires a secure, scalable network that offers ample bandwidth and full site coverage. Managed Network Edge, delivered over the Cisco platform, provides Club Elite with core networking needs that include WiFi, SD-WAN, managed firewall protection, routing and remote access.

Each Club Elite location is outfitted with powerful connectivity. This is made possible with Dedicated Fiber Internet, providing fast, symmetrical internet access backed by 24/7 monitoring and an industry-leading service-level agreement guaranteeing 100% uptime.

Video service is provided with the installation of Fiber Connect Plus TV, which offers over 200 channels of HDTV service. Its direct internet cable connection eliminates the need for in-room equipment and is not affected by weather.

“With satellite video service, signal strength can vary considerably depending on outdoor conditions,” says Jonathan Smith, Director of IT Operations, Club Elite. “Our Spectrum Business TV service keeps members plugged in to what they want to watch, because it travels over fiber.”