The Community Gyms Coalition, which represents 15,000 gyms struggling through the pandemic, endorsed the legislation. The coalition includes big-name fitness studios like CrossFit, SolidCore, Pure Barre, Orange Theory and ClassPass.

“Whenever we heard that Zac was coming, I was super excited,” Coach Panda, head coach and program director at FSFIT said. “I was over the moon because that just, that’s what CrossFit is for me, that’s inclusion. So, having Zac just brings that home.”