EXHIBIT 99.1


FROM:    Health Fitness Corporation
         3600 American Boulevard West, Suite 560 o Minneapolis, Minnesota 55431

CONTACT: Wes Winnekins, CFO
         952.897.5275 o wes.winnekins@hfit.com

         Dennis McGrath o 651-646-4115 o dennis@mcgrath-bucklely.com


HEALTH MANAGEMENT INDUSTRY LEADER GREGG LEHMAN JOINS HEALTH FITNESS
CORPORATION'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS

MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 25 -- Gregg O. Lehman, a nationally recognized leader in the
health management sector of the health care industry, has been elected to the
board of directors of Health Fitness Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: HFIT -
News).

Lehman, who has 20 years of executive level experience in the healthcare
industry, currently serves as chairman, president and CEO of INSPIRIS, a
Nashville-based specialty care management company that provides care to frail
Medicare Advantage members in long term care facilities.


Previously, he was president and CEO of Gordian Health Solutions, Inc. a
Nashville company dedicated to improving the health of employees and dependents
for employees and health plans. Earlier, he served as president and CEO of the
National Business Coalition of Health, a Washington D.C.-based movement of 90
employer led coalitions seeking better quality and more cost effective
healthcare for employees. He has held similar leadership positions with other
major health centers, healthcare purchasing organizations and a strategic
healthcare consulting firm.


From 1976 to 1985, Lehman served, in succession, as vice president of business
administration/development, executive vice president and then president of
Taylor University, a private undergraduate liberal arts university in Indiana
with over 2,500 students and 35 employees. He has a Ph.D. and an M.S. from
Purdue University in Higher Education Administration with minors in Economics
and Finance and a B.S. in Business Management and Marketing from Indiana
University. He has won numerous honors in the health care industry and serves on
boards of a large number of educational and patient care associations and
councils. He has also authored many professional articles on employee health
benefit issues.


"Health Fitness Corporation is pleased to have a nationally recognized health
care executive such as Gregg Lehman, join its board," said HFC board chair Mark
W. Sheffert. "We are most eager to add his extraordinary expertise and
experience to the governance and direction of this company, as HFC continues its
rapid expansion beyond fitness management into employee-employer focused
comprehensive health management services."


About The Company

Health Fitness Corporation is a leading provider of fitness and health
management services to corporations, hospitals, and communities. Serving clients
for over 30 years, HFC provides fitness and health management services to more
than 400 on-site and remote locations across the U.S. and Canada. For more
information about Health Fitness Corporation, go to http://www.hfit.com.