Fontana Center

01/02/2023

Check out this article from The Daily Advertiser:

Iconic Fontana Fitness Center closes after nearly 25 years in Lafayette

After welcoming members through its doors for nearly 25 years, the Fontana Fitness Center will close. The occupational therapy practice will continue.

01/01/2023

12/31/2022

This was presented to Jill & Jess. We thought we would share it with you. Cheryl Carpenter, Fontana Member, is the creator of this beautiful tribute to these two ladies.

We are in the process of setting up a page for Jill & Jess. You can click on this link to follow on Facebook: https://bit.ly/JandJfitness

12/30/2022

We will try our best to keep you updated on where Jill & Jessica will be teaching. We will post the location, classes, dates & times.

Please feel free to send a message through Facebook should you have any questions.

Attached is Jessica's class schedule for the month of January. She will be teaching @

Crossfit Herd
209 Southpark Road
Lafayette, LA 70508

Pricing is as follows:

Here is the current pricing information for the January classes:

$60.00 per month
$5.00 per class (not per day)

So if you attend the 9:30 and 10:30 it’s $10:00, and if you want to come back at 1:30 it’s another $5.00.

12/29/2022

Wonderful Water Memories on this Way Back Wednesday!

We feel that our swimming pool is one of the best anywhere in Acadiana. There are many a people that will miss coming here. We do hope that you all find another pool to attend and/or find some other suitable form of exercise that is suitable for your needs.

We are sharing some of our pool memories with you. Please hold off on any negative comments in regards to us closing. We need to be thankful to Paul & Rose for operating such a wonderful fitness facility through all of these years. We wish them both a Happy Retirement!

12/28/2022

Wikipedia: THERAPY DOG: A therapy dog is a dog that is trained to provide affection, comfort and support to people, often in settings such as hospitals, retirement homes, nursing homes, schools, libraries, hospices, or disaster areas.

Chester, Martha Harris' dog, has long been considered the Fontana Center's comfort dog, therapy dog, gym companion, etc. Chester's normal workday was every Wednesday for the past several years. However, when requested by some members, he chose to come in on one of his 'days off'. We know that once we close and no longer attend our safe haven here, our employees will miss our members and our members will miss our employees ... but EVERYONE will miss Chester! We want to give a huge shout out to Martha for bringing Chester to work with her. We know that we were good for Chester & Chester was certainly good for us! We will all miss him tremendously!

Hope you enjoy these random photos take of Chester through the years!

12/28/2022

We thought we'd share a few pictures from some of our group classes over the years. During those years, we observed the benefits in their socializing; their accountability not only to themselves ... but to other members to attend on a regular basis; for some, the classes allowed them to get out of their comfort zone; for some it helped to build confidence within themselves. Whatever it did for our members, IT DID THEM GOOD!

Let us know if you recognize anyone! Feel free to TAG them!