While I was in New York last month for the Club Industry East show, I was struck by how different my life is from the New Yorkers that hurriedly filed...More
Dear Editor,Your article, Underground: The Club Culture of Steroids (May 2005) brought up many good points on steroid use in the United States. As a football...More
The June 2005 First Word column (A Prescription for Professionalism) stated that membership has grown by 25 million in the past five years. That figure...More
The June 2005 article, Underground: The Youth Culture of Steroids, included a sentence about Steve Brisbois that implied he used steroids to win the 1986...More
Recently, in the middle of another one of my too-many-days-on-the-road-without-a-day-off consulting trips, I found myself in the food court of yet another...More
One last thought about the opposite sex. Every fitness professional knows that gender stereotypes abound in the fitness facility setting grunting, ripped...More
SACRAMENTO, CA California high school officials are getting serious about steroids. Three new regulations, the first to be passed by a U.S. high school...More
BALTIMORE Terry Dezzutti, COO of Merritt Athletic Clubs in Maryland; Geoff Dyer, president and CEO of Lifestyle Family Fitness in Florida; and Michael...More
BAKERSFIELD, CA California State University, Bakersfield (CSUB) students have approved a referendum that will help fund a new $24 million recreation center...More
CARLSBAD, CA The new CEO of Liberty Fitness, Linda Burzynski, has an unusual platform: to lead the chain to grow in the competitive women's fitness concept...More
STATEN ISLAND, NY Adults aged 55 years and older now represent one of the fastest growing age groups in fitness, according to the YMCA. The national organization...More
McKINNEY, TEXAS The fastest growing city in the United States will soon have a new state-of-the-art fitness center. Dr. Kenneth Cooper, the founder and...More
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ In early June, New Jersey became the first state to ban soda and junk foods in schools, but many states are following its lead. Acting...More
NEW YORK Fitness professionals strengthened their abs during an early-morning Pilates class and then browsed three floors of exhibits at the Club Industry...More
ANNAPOLIS, MD There is still no final word on the cause of death of a Naval Academy officer who died on the afternoon of April 18 after completing a routine...More
XSport Fitness Inc., Big Rock, IL, has signed its 17th and 18th facilities, one in Chicago (where the company is based) and the other its first venture...More
As Gold's Gym International (GGI) celebrates its 40th year in the fitness industry, the company is changing. For some, that change is a sign of maturity,...More
Without much further ado, we now introduce the Club Industry's Fitness Business Pro's annual listing of the highest grossing health clubs and chains in...More
We recently scoured the country for five of the most unique fitness facilities we could find, and we think we found a good selection. What makes them...More
The Business Solution for Personal Training in Health Clubs Billing, tracking and managing personal training services has never been easier. The Personal...More
You're looking for a shiny new sport utility vehicle. As you look at the price on one of the cars at a local dealership, you're thrown into sticker shock....More
Brands are big news. Or, as success guru Tom Peters explains, Today, brands are everything, and all kinds of products and services from accounting firms...More
Athletes and exercisers used to take a gulp from the water fountain rather than downing a sports drink after they finished a workout. But times have changed....More
In a recent issue of USA Today, Philip Gold, chief of clinical neuroendocrinology at the National Institute of Mental Health, stated that depression shortens...More
The Business Solution for Personal Training in Health Clubs Billing, tracking and managing personal training services has never been easier. The Personal...More
