About Us

• 20 Minutes to Fitness® is not a gym! We offer a unique strength training protocol that takes just one 20 minute workout a week. We don’t sell “annual contracts or memberships.” We are a strength training studio which offers an effective workout AND is time efficient. Each and every workout is backed by our 100% Client Satisfaction Guaranty. 20 Minutes to Fitness is Changing the Way You Look at Exercise…Forever! The 20 Minutes to Fitness “Slow Cadence” fitness training uses safe, state-of-the-art equipment, with each and every session being supervised by one of our Certified Personal Fitness Coaches. We improve your body’s metabolic functions, so you burn fat more efficiently, tone your body, and turn you body into a “fat burning” machine. In addition, numerous scientific studies prove that building back the muscles that you lose as you age have a direct benefit on your health, including dealing with health issues such as: osteoporosis, arthritis, hypertension, Type II Diabetes, heart and lung issues, and some forms of cancer. 20 Minutes to Fitness was founded in 2001 by Laura and Paul Miller when they opened their first studio in Clayton, Missouri. In 2006 they opened their second studio in Chesterfield, Missouri. In 2003, the Millers licensed to Virginia Phillips and Al Roach the rights to open 20 Minutes to Fitness studios in the Sarasota, Florida market. The first Florida studio was opened in 2005 in Lakewood Ranch, near Sarasota, Florida. 20 Minutes to Fitness International, the franchise company for 20 Minutes to Fitness, opened in 2008. 20 Minutes to Fitness now has four locations in the United States: Clayton, Chesterfield, Lakewood Ranch, and downtown Sarasota.