Movement Climbing, Yoga & Fitness wins Philly Favorites award

Movement Climbing, Yoga & Fitness picked up a 2026 Philly Favorites win in a contest decided entirely by the public, a vote of confidence from Philadelphia-area residents who chose the brand’s climbing-yoga-fitness formula over a crowded field. The competition drew 468,000 votes in its third year and covered 270 categories, underscoring how much local consumers now shape the prestige attached to neighborhood businesses.

For Movement, the award landed as more than a feel-good trophy. The company has built two Philadelphia locations, in Callowhill and Fishtown, and the win suggested that its mix of bouldering, rope climbing, lead climbing, yoga and fitness had real traction with voters across the metro area. The Philadelphia market has become a proving ground for the brand’s broader identity: not just a climbing operator, but a wellness space that folds yoga into a much larger community model.

That model is visible in the size and scope of the two gyms. Callowhill opened in 2019 and remains the largest climbing gym in Pennsylvania at 37,000 square feet. Fishtown opened in November 2025 and is described by the company as Pennsylvania’s largest indoor rock climbing gym, with more than 41,000 square feet total. Inside that footprint are about 29,000 square feet of climbing terrain, plus a dedicated yoga studio and fitness area.

Movement says the Philadelphia locations also offer cardio, weights, group fitness and youth or affinity-group programming, a lineup that helps explain why the brand has become more than a destination for climbers alone. The company says the gyms are meant to welcome people of all abilities, from first-time climbers and yogis to experienced athletes and families. That broad invitation matters in a city where loyalty often grows out of belonging as much as workout quality.

The timing of the award also pointed to Momentum in the market, arriving only months after the Fishtown opening. For yoga, that is the larger story inside the Philly Favorites result: local consumers were not just rewarding a studio room, but a hybrid wellness ecosystem where yoga sits alongside climbing walls, training gear and a steady stream of community programming. In Philadelphia, that combination clearly earned its own kind of vote.