Jennipher Shaver, Senior Associate Editor

Be sure to focus your services equally on both males and females. Male members can be just as shy about undressing in front of others as women are, and they deserve the same amount of respect and attention.

With reality weight-loss TV shows running amuck on the airwaves these days, it's no wonder that clients and members expect quick results.

Fitness Flooring released Zenterra, the first bamboo sports floor designed specifically for group exercise and yoga.

NATIONWIDE -- As college athletics has become more competitive over the years, universities across the country are spending millions of dollars to build athletic training facilities equipped with state-of-the-art amenities for their sports teams. And many university athletic training professionals say that these features—many of which cost thousands of dollars if not more—could trickle down to the consumer health club market.

Arlington, VA Although the Marine Corps Combat Fitness Test (CFT) won't officially be implemented until October 2009, training and education command officials

Chicago During the past five years, membership at YMCAs across the country has increased by 2 million people nationwide 700,000 of that in just the last

SLIDELL, LA -- A full three years after Hurricane Katrina destroyed Cross Gates Family Fitness’ Lake Pontchartrain location in Slidell, LA, the facility reopened while its general manager nervously watched it weather Hurricane Gustav.