Our Story

Hi, my name is Kyle Taylor. I am the owner and founder of New Horizon Fitness Center located in Swansea, SC. I opened NHFC because I'm passionate about health and fitness and I realized that it was lacking in my  hometown.

There was not access to a local gym or fitness center for people in Swansea, Gaston, and surrounding areas. 

I desired to solve this problem by offering a friendly atmosphere for people to better their life through health and fitness. I was fortunate when a member of the community saw the potential in what I wanted to achieve and was willing to invest in my dream. 

I remember discussing my future plans; I was going to work as a personal trainer at a facility in Columbia but my ultimate goal was to eventually own my own gym in Swansea. He said that he had a building that he could show me if I was interested, and after considering his offer, I said yes. He gave three days to put together a business plan to present to him and his wife. I put everything I had into researching and constructing my business plan that would soon become a reality. They accepted the plan and we began to renovate the building one year prior to our grand opening on February 18th 2013.

The first day was exhilarating and scary all at the same time. There were some bumps along the way. We ran out of paper and even ink from printing all of our gym agreements. Within the first month we had over 300 members join. 

In the beginning,  we only offered gym access, that included machines, cardio equipment and free weights which is now the main floor.  Our goal was to add additional services each year.  Within the first year we renovated and opened the group fitness room to incorporate group classes, personal training, and karate. During that time we also partnered with Relentless Training Corp (Luke Beasley) to help meet the growing demand for personal training. 

Within the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th year we renovated the rest of the building to add tanning services, a smaller functional training/multi purpose room and started selling supplements.

We wanted to offer a local place for our members to learn about and purchase various supplements at reasonable and affordable prices to help aid in their fitness journey. Over the last 3 years our supplement inventory has grown increasingly so that we were able to convert an office space into a pro-shop; an easily-accessible space dedicated to providing a relaxed environment for members and customers to check out our merchandise. 

We have also added additional equipment each year such as; glute-ham developer, t-bar row, hack squat, and various cable attachments.  We are striving to improve our facility and provide the best for our members.

Our biggest improvement to date was on May 24th, 2019 when we officially converted to 24 hour access.   I wanted to provide around the clock access for our gym goers so they could train whenever they please, allowing flexibility in their schedule. Our gym goers can train whenever they please, giving them flexibility in their schedule. All is required is a bar-coded key fob to scan at the entrance and members can use the gym’s main floor day or night.