About Fitness Design Group

FitnessDesignGroup® is a specialized gym design and wellness consultancy. We provide exercised based planning guidance for residential and commercial facilities worldwide. Our clients include public & private health clubs, hotels, corporations, property developers, universities, boutique studios, and private residences.

Our team of Functional Design Specialists provide unique perspective and deep expertise in project feasibility, execution, procurement, market research and technology integrations. We focus to increase program efficiencies, reduced cost, and deliver experientially competitive exercise environments.

Our PROCESS

We optimize space towards functionality.

Today, there are a plethora of modalities that require freedom of movement and flexibility in floor planning to achieve success in intended outcomes. Safety, functionality, user experience, and operational efficiencies are critical elements of our gym design and planning process.

Visualize the Environment

Our high definition rendering process demonstrates vision towards the intended outcomes. Our architectural designers serve to bring to life the ideology and passion behind every specialized environment.

Our Team

Bryan Green

Bryan Green

Founder

Bryan Green

Founder

Bryan is a wellness industry entrepreneur and functional fitness design expert. He has directed the design worldwide for Fortune 100 companies, global hospitality flags, professional sports teams, universities, as well as private gym design for countless executive and celebrity residences. Bryan is the founder and CEO of FitnessDesignGroup & Fitness Ventures International. Bryan’s passion for facility design and wellness solution innovation are the driving forces behind the growing demand for the company’s consultative support for non-traditional and increasingly specialized exercise facilities.

Bryan has been a designated partner of the California Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness & Sports, and remains a frequent industry speaker on the subject of fitness facility design, Digital Integration, and Wellness Platform Technology.

Greg Commins

Greg Commins

Chief Relationship Officer

Greg Commins

Chief Relationship Officer

Greg is a professional athlete turned tech entrepreneur, with 20+ years experience successfully creating and managing businesses in the health, wellness, and sports industries. As a WELL Building Standard ® Professional, Greg is a thought leader in the wellness entrepreneurship space. Prior to creating and launching his own wellness tech company, Greg worked as a professional rugby player & coach, owner of a personal training business, and a designer of wellness spaces. His eclectic professional path has given him a thorough understanding of the wellness industry and how it can be improved.

Over the past two decades Greg has managed performance coaches, film crews, product engineers, technology teams, fitness sales and design teams across multiple markets in North America, Europe, and South Africa. Greg spent 6-years as Managing Director and Head of Design for Fitness Design Group, being accountable for several hundred fitness design projects with leading global hospitality brands, multifamily residential and corporate real estate companies. Highlights included creating the global wellness design narrative for Hilton worldwide and the very popular Five Feet To Fitness concept.

Greg has been responsible for the creation of Three Sages, an innovative startup that delivers restorative wellness experiences via an immersive nature inspired tech platform to people where they live, work and stay. He sees the future of wellness rooted in how we restore our bodies and building spaces that support this vision.

Lauren Heckmann

Lauren Heckmann

Director of Design

Lauren Heckmann

Director of Design

Lauren Heckmann serves as Director of Design for Fitness Design Group and leads the company’s technical design process and major account oversight. Lauren graduated with honors from The University of Texas at Austin and holds a five-year professional degree in Architecture. Her passion for fitness combined with an exceptional eye for design provides unique perspective in collaborating with clients towards their wellness related endeavors. Lauren’s clients include Hilton Hotels, Nike, Apple, and The Los Angeles Clippers. Lauren enjoys all things fitness and is always expanding her knowledge of the industry through research and personal experience.

Stephanie Sola

Stephanie Sola

Director of Client Experience

Amanda Sells

Amanda Sells

Sr. Project Designer

Leah Russell

Leah Russell

Project Designer