Photo: Last year’s Mucker

As April thaws, we embrace this season in its entirety—from the first warm bursts of sunshine (a welcome sight after a long winter of indoor workouts!) to the familiar mud squishing underneath our feet as our bodies move outside for some much-needed fresh air. The Mucker, our annual trek through Hubbard Park, should have plenty of both, and is part of Montpelier’s MudFest, April 25-26, 2026.   

Exciting things are coming to GMCF: Over the next few months, we’ll be doing some equipment and machine upgrades! Last Spring, I took a trip to a health and fitness expo with a clear mission to find the right partners and gear to level up our fitness floor. If you know us at all, you know this: We don’t make decisions like this based on a spec sheet. We make them based on people, trust, and whether or not we feel like someone actually sees and values what we’re building here. We’re not a big-box gym. We’re a small, family-run, community-first place. And I needed to find companies that would treat us that way.

But before we made any big moves, we went back to something really important: Feedback from our members. In our Fitness Survey last summer, we gathered real, honest input from the people who use this space every single day to inform our choices. We hope the changes reflect what our members had in mind and if you haven’t been here in a while, we’d love for you to come in and see what’s new. Read more about our plans for the fitness floor here, take a look at our brand new cedar sauna benches, and check out our Spring referral special if you’re not currently a member and want to be!

Everyday Stronger,

The Mucker, powered by the GMCF ENDURANCE Team, invites you to bring your energy outdoors into the mud and fresh air, a rounding out a full weekend at this year’s Montpelier MudFest! Choose your adventure—hike, haul, or hustle—through beautiful Hubbard Park.

Whether you take a leisurely 5k trek, test your stamina with a 5k ruck, or lace up those running shoes for a speedy 5k run, there’s fun for everyone (even the kiddos, with a Mini Mucker around the State House lawn). And for the true trail enthusiasts, don’t miss the Double Hustle for a 5-mile run!

Date: Sunday, April 26, 2026, 9 am

Cost: $25 (Mini Mucker is free!)

April is National Pickleball Month and National Parkinson’s Awareness Month, and GMCF is excited to support both at the same time! Our team is actively pursuing grant opportunities to offer Adaptive Pickleball to ambulatory individuals with mobility impairments, including Parkinson’s Disease.

Our current plan is to launch a program in the Fall, so stay tuned. If you’d like to support this project, please contact [email protected].

We’ve partnered with Community National Bank for this year’s Pickleball Meltdown, our annual pickleball tournament benefitting Capstone’s Fuel Your Neighbors campaign, helping to provide heating and food assistance to those who need it.

Format: A scramble-style doubles tournament with three levels of play, which means you’ll register as an individual and then be partnered with other players at your skill level. Each player will get (9) games of play.

Dates: April 18-19, 2026

Schedule: SAT, 8 am-1 pm/1-6 pm & SUN, 8-1 pm

Cost: $40

We’re excited to announce OutFIT Youth, a new program specifically for queer and gender-diverse youth ages 12-18. It’s a small-group fitness series designed to create an affirming, non-competitive space to explore movement, build strength, and at its core, this program is about body autonomy, regulation, and community. OutFIT Youth is free to all participants thanks to a generous grant from the United Way of Northwest VT in Burlington.

Dates: April 8 – May 3, 2026

Schedule: WED, 4-5 pm & SUN, 11:15 am-12:15 pm

GroundWORK: MON afternoon classes removed (starting 4/20)

SlowBurn: WED morning classes removed (starting 4/1); WED evening classes now 75 min; FRI morning classes removed (starting 5/1)

Vinyasa: TUE evening classes with Robin added (starting 4/7)

Yin: WED evening classes moved to 5:30 pm (starting 4/8)

GETFIT: Returns TUE + THU evenings at 5 pm (starting 5/5)

RowFIT: MON + FRI evenings moved to 4:30 pm (starting 5/1)

For our complete class schedule, click the link!

Register in the Member portal, in the GMCF app, at the front desk, or by calling 802-223-6161.

Spring into strength! From now until May 31, 2026, we’re rewarding you for referring a friend to GMCF.

How it works: GMCF Members who refer a friend to activate a monthly (non-contract) membership receive $20 off their next month. And, if the referral commits to an annual contract, they’ll receive $20 off their first full month. Not a member? Tell us you came back after seeing this in the newsletter and you’ll save $20 off a new contract!

Not valid on passes or punch cards. Must sign up in person at our location at 652 Granger Rd. No limit on # of referrals!

What an incredible four weeks of Squadapalooza!

The Blue Devils went up against the Green Machines once again and in an incredible final week upset, the Green Machines pulled ahead, coming in with 1396 overall squad points with the Blue Devils so close behind with 1373 squad points. 

Huge congrats to each of you for all of the hard work, camaraderie, support, and courage you put into each week, and special congratulations to all of our new athletes who joined us for Squadapalooza this year. All of your hard work made this possible—we’re looking forward to Squadapalooza 2027 rematch!