Could exercise be the panacea for all sorts of maladies? Every week I read another study finding that exercise could help prevent this disease or that...More
My phone has been ringing off the hook, and my e-mail account has been full of messages from independent facilities. The calls go like this: Things have...More
One last thought about organization. Some have it, others don't. In our industry, it's crucial to balance flexibility (and I'm not just talking about...More
NEW YORK Town Sports International Inc. is moving ahead with its initial public offering (IPO), which will make it just the third public club company...More
CLARK, NJ The first four Cuts for Women clubs, opening this month, will be the first and only women's circuit facilities to use the Kinesis system by...More
KANSAS CITY, MO Physical education (PE) professionals deserve more respect than schools give them. That was the message from Phil Lawler, the director...More
HIGHLAND PARK, MI Norman K. Dabish, co-founder of Powerhouse Gyms International, died last month from an apparent heart attack, according to the company....More
U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, CO Researchers at the University of North Carolina Injury Prevention Research Center, Duke University and Andrews Air Force Base,...More
SACRAMENTO, CA California clubs soon will be busy buying automated external defibrillators (AEDs) and training employees how to use them. Last month,...More
HARTSDALE, NY A record number of Americans are now members of health clubs, according to the Health Club Trend Report from American Sports Data. The number...More
NEW YORK College life is known for dorm food, cheap beer and all-nighters pulled off by a strong pot of coffee. While this stereotypical lifestyle holds...More
BOSTON The International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) is offering a general liability insurance premium credit for all health clubs...More
DES MOINES, IA The Iowa Department of Revenue notified dozens of Iowa Curves franchise owners that they owed state sales taxes from years past, and 18...More
NEW YORK Bally Total Fitness is engaged in a proxy fight with its largest shareholder. Pardus Capital Management, a hedge fund that owns five million...More
SAN DIEGO, CA Today more than 11 million Americans pack fitness studios around the country seeking the mind-body benefits of yoga, but yoga isn't offering...More
COASTAL SOUTH Fitness facilities in the coastal South continue recovering after three recent hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma. Dion Grossnickle, general...More
The Almaden Valley Athletic Club in San Jose, CA, introduced a nutrition program designed to provide individualized diet prescriptions aimed at disease...More
Natural gas prices could burn a hole right through your pocket this winter. Many fitness facilities nationwide are bracing for higher than normal energy...More
BOSTON Come January 2006, the $1,000 contract price cap for health club services will be lifted in California, opening a path for higher membership fees...More
Julie Main, general manager of Santa Barbara Athletic Club in Santa Barbara, CA, realized first-hand the benefits of exercise in preventing and treating...More
Basketball Analyst Dick Vitale's well-known catchphrase Awesome, baby! is just one of the many things you'll hear at the 2005 Athletic Business Conference...More
It's been years since fitness facilities had to store mountains of paperwork in file cabinets or spend hundreds of hours crunching numbers for a monthly...More
One of your members earnestly reveals the plight of her inactive and overweight 9-year-old son and 11-year-old daughter. She fears that if she doesn't...More
Few transactional relationships are more relational than those between health club employees and their members. Club owners, group exercise instructors...More
Can you hear it? That loud noise is the sound of the Baby Boomers blasting into their sixth decade of life, and oh what a decade it will be. But what...More
Pilates Power Systems Pilates Ring and Pilates Ring Plus integrate Pilates-style exercises into your members' workouts. Use the Pilates Ring for moderate...More
