Fitness Alive

Living for the Fall Fitness Schedule at our pool.

Build strength and endurance with one of our fitness classes:

💪 Water Aerobics:
➡️ Mondays at 10:15 am
➡️ Wednesdays at 10:15 am & 6:00 pm
➡️ Fridays at 10:15 am
➡️ Saturdays at 10:15 am

💪 Lap Swim for Fitness
➡️ Tuesdays at 7:00 pm

You can also level up your swim game with a four-week swim intensive:

🏊 Level 1: Foundations of Water Confidence
🏊 Level 2: Essential Water Skills + Safety
🏊 Level 3: Fundamentals of Stroke Mechanics
🏊 Level 4: Stroke Efficiency and Endurance

All classes and intensives are happening at our Center City pool (1425 Arch Street) and are open to adults age 18 and up. Look in the comments for details!

[Image description: A picture of Spongebob Squarepants bowing down in front of a poster on a wall. Spongebob is labeled with the words “swimmers in philly,” and the poster on the wall has the words: “Fitness Alive’s Fall Fitness Classes and Swim Intensives.”]

This is your sign to learn to swim at Fitness Alive! We still have spots available for weekly private and semi-private swim lessons for our Fall Swim Session, but book soon - registration for the fall closes on August 31st.

[Image description: A photo of a handmade flyer in front of the pool at Fitness Alive in Center City. It reads: “I heard y’all are tired of AI flyers. So here’s your sign to Learn to Swim at Fitness Alive! We teach kids AND adults. Sign up now at FitnessAlivePhilly . com.”]

You may hear a Dolly Parton song or two during our classes at Fitness Alive today, to honor her life and work 🎶

In addition to being the Queen of Country Music, Dolly Parton was a champion for water safety. Her Dollywood theme park hosted a free swim lesson every June as part of the World’s Largest Swim Lesson, to ensure children and adults alike knew how to swim safely.

Whether she was helping children learn to read through her Imagination Library or helping families learn to swim safely together at Dollywood, Dolly’s passion for education and making it more accessible will be her greatest legacy.

We will always love you, Dolly!

[Image description: A photo of our Bluetooth speaker playing Islands In The Stream by Dolly Parton at the pool.]

FYI, all Fitness Alive swimming pools will be CLOSED for Summer Break from Monday, August 31st to Monday, September 7th, 2026.

This week is the perfect time to enjoy extra lap swims and classes at our Center City and South Philly pools, and to thank our coaches, instructors, and deck staff for all the hard work they do to make our pools the best swim spots in Philly 🙌

Extra special thanks to Coach Berlin for snapping this picture!

[Image description: A photo of a yellow fold-up caution sign floating in the middle of our Center City pool on a kick board.]

Looking for a swim coach who loves competitive swimming AND can help you avoid getting hurt as you train? You need to meet Coach Anika!

Anika is a swim instructor who’s using her physical therapy background to empower swimmers to excel in the water.

Coach Anika has loved swimming for as long as she remembers. After she competed on her high school’s varsity swim team and her local swim club in Princton, NJ, she continued her aquatic journey in college as a lifeguard. It was during her college years that she also began her career as a swim instructor and coach.

Today, Anika is pursuing her Doctorate through Temple University’s Physical Therapy Program while she coaches swimmers of all ages and skill levels. We’re grateful to have a teacher-turned-doctoral student who is eager to share her love of the water with our swimmers at Fitness Alive!

[Image description: A picture of Coach Anika, giving a confident smile as she gets ready to teach her student swimmers at Fitness Alive.]

Swimming doesn’t have to be competitive. It can be the reset you need after a long day at work, or a new skill that’s been on your list your whole life that you’re finally getting around to learning.

Whether you’re learning to swim or trying to level up, remember - the only swimmer you need to impress is YOU.

Each day you’ll swim a little further, get a little stronger, and become more confident. Wherever you are in your swim journey…

just
keep
swimming.

We’re Fitness Alive, Philly’s favorite women-owned swim community for kids and adults. Learn to swim, build strength, and find confidence through swimming with us 🏆

[Image description: A photo of a lap pool underwater, with the words: “compete with the person you were yesterday.”]

It’s time to level up.

New to swimming? Hit a wall in your swim education? Take an Adult Intensive class with us this fall and achieve your next level of confidence in the water:

1️⃣ Level 1: Foundations of Water Confidence
2️⃣ Level 2: Essential Water Skills + Safety
3️⃣ Level 3: Fundamentals of Stroke Mechanics
4️⃣ Level 4: Stroke Efficiency and Endurance

Ready to challenge yourself and unlock next level confidence? Sign up now (look in the comments for more info).

[Image description: A picture of a determined-looking swimmer doing her laps in a Fitness Alive pool. Above her are the words: “Swimming is tough. But so are you.”]

Another reason to get excited about fall!!!

Learn to swim in 13 weeks through private (one-on-one coaching) semiprivate (two-to-one coaching), and group (three or more people with a coach) lessons. Our swim lessons are open to adults and kids age three and up.

We’re also offering small-group Swim Skills classes for kids and Adult Intensive classes for new swimmers age 18 and up 🎓

Priority registration for members and current swim students begins August 11, and general registration opens August 13. Adult Intensive classes are open now. Head to our website to learn more!

[Image description: A picture of our Center City pool in orange (pumpkin-flavored, if you will!) with a hand holding a mobile phone with the Fitness Alive website on it. Next to the phone are the words: Learn to swim* in Philly this fall! *Yes, we mean kids AND adults!”]