F45 Military Discount: Reduced Rates on Base, None at 15 Studios Read

F45 Training runs real military programs, but almost none of them touch a membership bill. Its military division runs a SkillBridge internship and cuts the franchise fee in half for veterans and active-duty members. A member pays the studio’s posted price. The protection a member does have on orders is federal: 50 U.S.C. § 3956(e)(1) bars an early termination charge on a fitness contract ended under the statute.

F45’s military programs, in its own words

F45’s military site, read October 10, 2026, says its Military Division started in January 2020. Three of its programs matter here.

• SkillBridge internship. A DoD-approved program, up to 180 days “pending command approval,” with “approximately a 90% discount on fitness certifications” needed to coach F45 or FS8. Open to active duty, Reserve and Guard, spouses, and veterans, but “only active-duty participants will continue to receive their pay and benefits.”
• Franchise discount. F45 offers “a 50% discount on the initial franchise fee for veterans and active-duty service members opening their first F45 studio.”
• On-base studios. F45 and FS8 studios at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, with training on installations “at reduced rates.” F45 publishes no dollar figure for those rates.

A March 2025 F45 Training post on the Functional Inspired Training newsroom said the SkillBridge program had trained over 1,000 participants. The official SkillBridge site, skillbridge.mil, lists F45 Training as an authorized organization and describes the program as up to 180 days of permissive duty in a member’s last 180 days of service, with command approval.

Fifteen studio price lists, no military plan

F45’s FAQ says each studio is “independently owned and operated,” so pricing varies. Fifteen studio pages were read October 10, 2026, including Oceanside Pier, Coronado, Santee, and Temecula in California; Stafford, Virginia; Lawton West, Oklahoma; Kapolei West, Hawaii; and Annapolis Harbour, Maryland. None listed a military plan.

Each studio’s own listing on f45training.com, October 10, 2026. Prices before tax.

The membership rules F45 publishes

F45 corporate sets a few rules for every studio. The rest live in the studio’s agreement, which F45 does not post.

• One studio. A membership “generally can only be used at the studio where you initially signed up.” Paid-in-full and autopay unlimited members get Passporting, a set number of monthly visits at other eligible studios.
• Cancel through the studio. The FAQ says to contact your local studio. F45’s online cancel form adds that a request is processed under your terms, “including any required notice period or applicable early termination fees,” and is “not immediately cancelled upon submission.”
• Refunds. F45 says it is “unable to process refunds on behalf of franchisees.”
• Closures. If a studio closes, the membership is canceled automatically.

F45’s terms against § 3956

Section 3956 reaches a fitness program you signed before your orders, once those orders relocate you for at least 90 days to a location the contract does not support. It also reaches a contract signed after PCS orders that a stop-movement order then blocks. The general explainer covers other contract types, and the full text of § 3956 is on this site.

F45 quotes from its FAQ and online cancel form; statute from the 2024 U.S. Code on GovInfo. All read October 10, 2026.

The one-studio rule helps you. A Passporting allowance is a set number of monthly visits, not a membership at the new studio, so a move away from your home studio arguably leaves the contract unsupported.

A 6-month Oceanside Pier plan, priced

Take a service member on Oceanside Pier’s 6-month unlimited plan at $98 every two weeks, 13 payments in all. PCS orders arrive after five payments.

Figures before tax, from the studio’s listing. The studio’s agreement sets the actual remaining count and any fee.

The 6-month plan saves $156 over its term. A civilian who leaves early risks giving it back. A servicemember whose orders qualify keeps it.

Cancel F45 on orders

End an F45 membership under § 3956

1. Ask your studio for a copy of your membership agreement and note any term, notice period, or early termination fee.
2. Write the notice: name, studio, end date, and “I am terminating under 50 U.S.C. § 3956; do not charge an early termination fee.” The letter generator drafts it.
3. Put the orders behind the notice and point out that F45’s FAQ ties a membership to the studio where you signed up.
4. Email the notice and orders to the studio, and also submit F45’s online cancel form so the request is logged.
5. Wait for the studio’s confirmation; F45 says the form alone does not cancel.
6. Dispute in writing any fee or any draft for a billing period that starts after your end date. Refunds come from the studio within 60 days under § 3956(f).

SkillBridge interns and franchise buyers

A SkillBridge internship is not a gym membership, and a franchise agreement is a business contract. Section 3956(b)(1) lists six contract types, from cell phone and internet service to “a gym membership or fitness program” and home security. On this site’s reading, neither an internship nor a franchise agreement fits that list. A business loan signed before active duty is a different story; the business loan page explains the 6% cap. Guard and Reserve members on their own qualifying orders can use the same steps; Guard and Reserve coverage lists which orders count. Spouses should read the family guide before relying on § 3956, and the enforcement guide covers a studio that keeps billing.

The law behind this: 50 U.S.C. § 3956

Termination of certain consumer contracts: gym memberships and fitness programs: read the statute , or read § 3956 in plain English, with its enforcement record .