Okay, maybe that headline is a little hard for you to swallow. Whether you own one club or 20, you probably prefer to think that your club is the fitness...More
Dear Editor, I read with interest your articles on the use of AEDs in health clubs (First Word and The AED Agenda, February 2005). We are one of the club...More
The name of the president of Retention Management, Richard M. Ekstrom, was misspelled in the January 2005 Trendy Tech article. Our sincere apologies for...More
Last year, in a mid-American city chosen for its location equidistant between north, south, east and west with availability of a major airport, a highly...More
One last thought about the sounds around you. Sit back and listen. What do you hear? The fitness facility is home to numerous noises not experienced in...More
BOULDER, CO It may not be a total news flash that active Americans are more likely to be members of a health club than the average population you already...More
LOS ANGELES There's not much else to do but stare in disbelief when presented with a 300-pound cadaver who has been dissected to reveal a thick layer...More
MIAMI With Trivest Partners, L.P.'s acquisition of a controlling interest in Lady of America Franchise Corp., the company expects to add a stronger field...More
GOLDEN, CO We all know the many benefits of exercise when it comes to heart disease and high blood pressure, but exercise may be quite the for mental...More
WASHINGTON The Department of Defense (DOD) has launched a new preventative health care program called Healthy Choices for Life (HC), according to a release...More
ORANGE, CA Some health and fitness organizations, including Curves International, the International Council on Active Aging (ICAA) and Walkstyles have...More
NEW YORK The Academy Award-nominated documentary, Super Size Me, is about to get a whole new audience. After the original version's success, Director...More
WALNUT CREEK, CA News that 21 Minute Convenience Fitness was franchising may have caused many people to yawn after all, what's so new about an express...More
RALEIGH, NC Raleigh is seeing a whole new scene when it comes to fitness these days. In January, new kid on the block, Capital Fitness, merged with Spa...More
BAMBERG, GERMANY and NAPLES, ITALY The military showed its commitment to fitness with the opening of two new, major fitness facilities for the Army and...More
CLEVELAND, OH Green is the word for Cleveland State. Work has begun on its new $29-million recreation center that promises to be energy efficient and...More
ESCANABA, MI and FT. LAUDERDALE, FL Fitness facilities across the country are reaching out to the military world to both recruits and family of deployed...More
Peter B. Hamilton, former vice chairman and president of Brunswick Bowling & Billiards, is the new president of Life Fitness. Kevin S. Grodzki, who headed...More
The Lotte Berk Method is now available for licensing after being brought to the United States 35 years ago by Lydia Bach, who used the Method at her two...More
If all good things come to those who wait, then Bally Total Fitness stockholders should be seeing something tremendous at the end of their wait. In November,...More
LOS ANGELES When Sports Club Co. announced that it had a letter of intent to sell most of its clubs, it wasn't a big surprise to many in the industry....More
Rhonda Gates makes her living developing weight management programs for hospitals, corporations and health clubs. Her work places her on the cutting edge...More
We've all heard the statistics about childhood obesity; rates of unhealthy body weight among children and adolescents have tripled since the 1980s. But...More
Getting overweight and obese people to join a health club is only part of the battle. The other is getting them inside to work out. The way to do that,...More
You don't need us to tell you that strength training is hot. In fact, the growing number of hydraulic and circuit clubs (starting with Curves, which now...More
It is a tough job keeping up with the especially when the Joneses are bigger fitness facility companies, which virtually all are when you're a one-shop...More
As Yogi Berra might have said, You gotta be careful about who you interview because you might hire them. That's the problem faced by club managers across...More
Health club instructors are fusing elements of yoga and Pilates together and with other programming, but some people are concerned that this practice is not safe....More
It's 6 a.m. Monday morning. It's been a long weekend. The alarm goes off. You know you should get up, but it's just so much more comfortable not to move,...More
Shave and a haircut, two bits. Of course, I'm far too young to recall the jaunty melody that goes with that ditty, but I am old enough to remember when...More
In our industry, like many others, we can often become myopic about our businesses, client beliefs and other relevant information. As business owners...More
Did you know that chronic disease accounts for roughly 75 percent of healthcare costs each year, according to the Power of Prevention, a program and policy...More
Foot Scrub Rosemary mint foot scrub is made with turbinado sugar, sucanet sugar, peppermint, spearmint and rosemary, and is used to soften callous and...More
