Introducing our first ever Community Week! As a thank you to our wonderful community of FA members and clients, we’ve cooked up a week of extra fun just for you. All events take place at our Center City location.
Fitness Alive Community Week: January 3-12, 2026
Location: Center City, 1425 Arch Street
Member Challenges
Lap Swim and Fitness Members can participate in the following challenges to compete for prizes. There will be a board on the pool deck for members to track their progress.
Challenge: Bring the most friends to fitness classes!
Prize: Gift one month free fitness membership to a friend
Challenge: Swim 500 laps in a week!
Prize: If you get 500 laps you, get a swim cap.
Grand Prize: Person with the most laps gets a swim cap and a cozy FA sweatshirt
Extra Fitness Classes
On top of the normal fitness schedule we will be offering additional fitness classes during Community Week. Members and non-members are invited to join! Bonus: Lap Swim and Fitness members can bring friends for free.
Lap Swim for Fitness:
Sunday, January 4th @ 9am
Tuesday, January 6th @ 6pm and 7pm
Thursday, January 8th @ 6pm and 7pm
Sunday, January 11th @ 9am
Water Aerobics
Saturday, January 3rd @ 10am
Monday, January 5th @ 10:15am & 6pm
Wednesday, January 7th @ 10:15am & 6pm
Friday, January 9th @ 10:15am
Community Family Swim
We’re opening Family Swim to everyone! Family Swim Members are free as always, and non members are just $10 per family. Purchase 1 ticket per family.
Friday, January 9th @ 3:30-5:30pm
Saturday, January 10th @ 2:45 -4:45pm
Sunday, January 11th @ 2:15-4:15
Community Water Safety Clinic for Adults (Ages 16+)
Date: Saturday, January 3, 2026
Time: 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Location: Fitness Alive Center City, 1425 Arch Street
Cost: $5 to reserve your spot
Capacity: Limited to 16 participants
Whether you grew up without access to swim lessons, had negative experiences around water, or are simply ready to build confidence, this 90-minute clinic is designed to meet you exactly where you are.
Our Community Water Safety Clinic is a low-cost, trauma-informed introduction to the essential skills every adult deserves to know in order to feel safer and more empowered in and around the water. This program is specifically created for adults who have little to no formal swim experience — and who may be navigating long-held fears or generational barriers to learning.
At Fitness Alive, we believe water safety is a matter of equity, access, and dignity. With cultural awareness, our instructors create a supportive, judgment-free environment where every participant is encouraged to move at their own pace.
Interested in joining a future water safety clinic? Share your interest here!
FREE Crochet Classes
One of our coaches, Miya Lewis, LOVES to crochet, so she’s passing along her know-how to you. Walk-in friendly, parent-and-child oriented (ages 8+) and solo adults welcome, and all supplies included.
Dates: Sunday January 4th & 11th
Time: 10am -1pm
Where: Upstairs in the Fitness Alive Camp Room (ask the deck supervisor for directions!)
Cost: FREE
Dine and Donate at Aldo & Manny’s
Our wonderful friends next door are providing donations to Children’s Village, a Philly-based nonprofit childcare center that Fitness Alive teams up with throughout the year to provide swim lessons. When you dine at Aldo & Manny Pizza and Pasta, mention Dine and Donate and 15% of the coast of your order will go to Children’s Village to help provide swim lessons to their community. It’s a win-win!
Where: Aldo & Manny Pizza and Pasta, 1431 Arch Street
When: Tuesday, January 6th and Wednesday, January 7th
About: 15% of the cost of your order goes to Children’s Village to help provide swim lessons to their community.