"Debbie is a true entrepreneur. She knows her business and her market extremely well. She strives to deliver a very good member experience and to serve the needs of her clientele and community."
Bill McBride


"Debbie Swigert keeps her health club, The Lafayette Health Club, up-to-date and on the cutting edge of fitness, offering and teaching the latest and most popular activities the fitness industry has to offer. She has a love for fitness and the desire to help others to achieve their fitness goals."

"She has a passion for making a difference in peoples' lives. She is a master at modifying activities to accommodate injuries and physical limitations. She has said, 'Activities change as you age. You don't have to stop, you just have to regroup and do a little mental adjustment, JUST KEEP MOVING!!!' "
Cori Lentz
Debbie Swigert, Owner

Meet Debbie Swigert
Owner / Operater since 1981.
BA, ACE Certified

Deb was 25 years old when she started LHC!

Debbie has owned and operated the Lafayette Health Club since 1981. She was an active and competitive athlete from a very young age. Her adolescent years were spent submerged in a pool as a year-round, age-group swimmer.

Debbie dried off in her 20's and started to lift weights and run, and she began to teach aerobic dance classes. By her 30's she hit the pool again and was back into competing year-round with Masters Swimming (19 and over).

In her 40's, Deb decided to expand her athletic horizons and began racing mountain bikes and competing in road & mountain bike triathlons, where she was a frequent age-group winner. While still swimming competitively, she managed to stay in the top 10 in the nation, in her age group, in the 200-yard butterfly.

Over the past 3 decades, Deb has kept LHC up-to-date and on the cutting edge, offering and teaching the latest and most popular activities the fitness industry has to offer. She has a love for fitness and the desire to help others to achieve their fitness goals.

The Lafayette Health Club continues to make a difference in many peoples' lives. Many relationships have begun here and many people live much richer lives due to what they have learned and experienced within the walls of LHC.

Now in her 50's, Deb has had to curtail her activities to accommodate some injuries and physical limitations. Instead of running mountain trails, she and her husband hike. Instead of swimming competitively, she now swims for fitness and the pure joy of being in the water.

"Activities change as you age. You don't have to stop, you just have to regroup and do a little mental adjustment, JUST KEEP MOVING!!!"

Debbie contributes in many areas around the community of Lafayette, especially when it comes to health or fitness.

She's also on the committee for the annual Lafayette Reservoir Run, a fun community event that takes place the last weekend of October. There are family walks, strollers, kids and grandparents ... as well as 5 K and 10 K competitive runs.

Here she is seen at the Masters Swim Meet, Oct. 2011. She sponsored one of the lanes and has been on the team for the last 25 years.