[Holiday Gym Hours Megathread] Thanksgiving & Black Friday 2025 – Which Gyms Are Actually Open?

Hey everyone,Every single year without fail, the week before Thanksgiving my inbox and DMs explode with the same questions:
“Is Planet Fitness open on Thanksgiving?”
“Does 24 Hour Fitness really close on turkey day?”
“LA Fitness Black Friday hours?”
“EOS, Crunch, Lifetime, Vasa… help!”

So let’s end the madness and make one giant master thread for 2025.

I just spent way too much time calling corporate numbers, checking official sites, and cross-referencing member apps (because Google Trends literally shows these searches spiked 2,000-3,400% in the last 7 days).

Here’s what I found for Thanksgiving Day (Thursday, Nov 27, 2025) and Black Friday (Nov 28, 2025) at the biggest chains in the US. Hours can vary slightly by franchise location, so ALWAYS call your specific club the day before.

Thanksgiving Day 2025 (Thursday, Nov 27)  

Planet Fitness → Almost all locations CLOSED (a handful of franchise-owned spots may open limited hours 7am–1pm, but 95%+ closed)  
24 Hour Fitness → All locations CLOSED (even the “24 hour” ones) CLOSED on Thanksgiving  
LA Fitness → CLOSED nationwide  
Crunch Fitness → CLOSED  
EOS Fitness → CLOSED  
Life Time → All athletic resorts CLOSED  
VASA Fitness → CLOSED  
YouFit → CLOSED  
Anytime Fitness → Varies by owner; roughly 60% open with key fob 24/7 access, but staffless  
Gold’s Gym → Most CLOSED, some franchise locations open limited hours  
YMCA → 90%+ CLOSED (a few family Ys open morning only)

Black Friday 2025 (Friday, Nov 28)

Most gyms go back to normal or extended hours because they know everyone wants to burn off the pie:  Planet Fitness → Regular hours (most 24/7 locations never closed)  
24 Hour Fitness → Normal hours, many Super-Sports open 5am–11pm  
LA Fitness → Normal hours + many open as early as 5am  
Crunch → Packed by 6am, normal hours  
EOS → Normal hours  
Life Time → Opens 5 or 6am in most markets  
VASA → Normal hours

Pro tips from years of doing this:  

Screenshot your gym hours the week before; apps sometimes glitch on holidays.  
If your gym is 24/7 with key fob access (Planet Fitness, Anytime, some Snap Fitness), you can technically get in even if it’s “closed,” but no staff, no childcare, no classes.  
Hotels gyms (Marriott, Hilton, etc.) are usually your best bet if you’re traveling—most are open 24/7 for guests.  

Don’t be the person who shows up at 6am on Thanksgiving expecting a smoothie bar. It will be dark and sad.

Drop your gym below if it’s NOT on this list and tell us your location and hours—I’ll keep editing the original post. Let’s make this the one-stop thread so nobody has to Google at 2am after their third piece of pumpkin pie.Happy lifting (or couch-laying—no judgment),—Jake

Lol every year the same 10 questions. Thanks for doing the Lord’s work, Jake. Planet Fitness near me already has the “Closed Thanksgiving” banner up. Guess I’ll be doing burpees in my mother-in-law’s living room again.

Great roundup! Adding my local data (Denver, CO):  Chuze Fitness → Closed Thanksgiving, opens 5am Black Friday  

Anytime Fitness (Cap Hill) → 24/7 fob access as usual, but lights on motion sensor only and music off on Thanksgiving  

F45 → No classes Thanksgiving or Black Friday morning, resumes Saturday

Appreciate the thread, bookmarked!

This is exactly why I left 24 Hour Fitness. They literally advertise “open 24 hours” then lock the doors on Thanksgiving and Christmas like cowards. Switched to Anytime three years ago and never looked back. Franchise model actually works in the member’s favor on holidays.

Appreciate the effort man, but this thread is the final nail in the coffin for why I bought an NTAIFitness power rack last year.

Thanksgiving morning: I PR’d my squat while the turkey was in the oven. Black Friday: hit chest & tris while the rest of the planet fought over TVs.

Zero driving, zero wondering if the gym is open, zero judgmental stares when I re-rack 585.
If anyone is on the fence about building a garage/great-room setup, DM me—happy to share my layout and the exact rack I got from these guys. Money I’ve saved on memberships paid for the whole thing in 14 months.

Enjoy the holidays everybody!