After unveiling a new look for our magazine, our staff is excited to announce our new Web site design, set to launch this month at www.fitnessbusinesspro.com....More
We all need a mission. It guides us as we go about our business. The mission of the national YMCA is to put Christian principles into practice through...More
My wife and I recently completed a five-week, business-and-vacation trip of 5,000 miles through the Northwest and into British Columbia. During that trip,...More
One last thought about going back to school. It's September and that means the cicadas are humming, the temperature is cooling and neighborhood kids are...More
Iona College's Hynes Athletic Center chose 15,000 square feet of two of Taraflex Sports Flooring's newest surfaces for its gym, aerobics studio and Core...More
The name of the artist for the illustrations in the August 2006 story, Personalized Pilates, is Laurice Nemetz rather than Laurice Nemez. We apologize...More
CHICAGO Fitness facility owners, managers and directors are gearing up for the Club Industry show in Chicago Oct. 4-7. The show will feature a keynote...More
DENVER, CO On Aug. 17, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in Denver upheld the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) final rule declaring...More
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA Helping fitness professionals work better with sailors getting ready for deployment was the focus of a Navy Advanced Fitness Training...More
WASHINGTON, DC Adult obesity rates climbed even higher last year in 31 states, according to a report, F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies Are Failing America,...More
ROCHESTER, MN Don't put away that tape measure yet. Body mass index (BMI), the standard measure of obesity used by many professionals in the fitness and...More
WAYNESBORO, VA City workers are running on the treadmill and swimming laps at the Waynesboro YMCA as part of a $15,000 fitness program funded by the city...More
MATAWAN, NJ Whether protein is needed in a sports drink may depend on the results an exerciser is seeking. A Gatorade-funded study performed by researchers...More
LITTLE ROCK, AR Former President Bill Clinton addressed representatives from 170 schools at the first Alliance for a Healthier Generation Healthy Schools...More
SAN DIEGO Personal training is still the most successful program for retaining newcomers, according to a survey by IDEA Health & Fitness Association....More
SLIDELL, LA If you asked Dion Grossnickle, general manager of Cross Gates Athletic Club in Slidell, LA, what 10 average people think of New Orleans one...More
When Bally Total Fitness tabled plans to find a buyer, lowered its cash flow projections by 10 to 20 percent and dismissed Paul Toback, chairman and CEO,...More
A profile of Rick Caro, president of fitness industry consulting firm Management Vision, and recipient of Club Industry's Lifetime Achievement Award....More
When Paul Bruni, the former owner of Long Island, NY-based Personal Training Studio, hired a 68-year-old personal trainer, his partners thought he was out of...More
While visiting a client in Wisconsin, I was taken to a wonderful coffee shop where I was told that the coffee was much better than the Starbucks in town....More
If you've been paying attention, you know that many of the promises of club-based technologies have not worked well or have been slow coming to market....More
We have definitely spread the word to older adults about the importance of exercise for their future quality of life. The Alliance for Aging Research...More
Software MembersFirst's new Member Relationship Management software application has a new look and feel with improved graphics and layout, a customizable...More
