I've long held the belief that people will only make exercise a daily part of their lives when they are ready. Offers of low monthly membership rates...More
Clubs at The Top This issue contains the Top 100 clubs list, an interesting look at who is moving up in the industry and who may be moving down. This...More
When people come into the spa at Old Palm Golf Club's fitness center in Palm Beach Gardens, FL, it's most likely that they're coming in for a massage....More
The introduction begins quietly as the letters T-H-E appear on the computer screen, as though they are drawn by a paint brush. Then the music kicks in...More
The extent of the damage caused by flooding in Iowa this summer won't be known for several weeks, perhaps even months. The rising waters from the Cedar,...More
Bloomington, In Alaska and Arkansas are near the top of the alphabet in the United States. They also are at the top of the recently completed President's...More
Oklahoma City Forty-eight individuals gathered in Oklahoma City earlier this month to see if they had what it takes to be one of the Navy's most elite,...More
Tallahassee, Fl Physical education received a boost in Florida last month when Florida Gov. Charlie Crist signed a bill expanding physical education requirements...More
Washington, Dc More than 24 million people, or 8 percent of the U.S. population, have diabetes, according to new 2007 prevalence data estimates released...More
Washington, Dc Major U.S. employers using incentives to promote employer-sponsored health and wellness programs rose from 62 percent to 71 percent between...More
Chicago When Bally Total Fitness announced last month that it had appointed 24 Hour Fitness Chief Operating Officer Michael Sheehan as its new chief executive...More
Chanhassen, Mn Last month, Life Time Fitness received some capital to help with its growth strategy. The company announced a new $34 million credit facility...More
Rapid City, Sd The Rapid City (SD) YMCA is calling it quits on a proposed $13.2 million expansion to its facility. After two years of fund-raising, the...More
New York A former restaurant company executive is getting a crash course in fitness as the new president and chief financial officer of Crunch. The New...More
Eighty-six percent of Americans attempt to make changes to improve their overall health, according to a recent survey. However, only 46 percent of those...More
Health and fitness industry sales and marketing professional Eddie Tock has launched a new company, Eddie Tock Health Club Sales and Marketing Consulting....More
NATIONWIDE -- Some fitness equipment manufacturers across the country are being hit hard by the slowing economy and rising energy and material costs. To reduce costs, some companies are laying off workers and restructuring. Others report they are doing business as usual....More
Pinehurst, Nc The FirstHealth Center for Health & Fitness in Pinehurst, NC, decreased member attrition by 5 percent over the last year while using Retention...More
Schiller Park, Il More than 40 seventh- and eighth-grade students from Albany Park Multicultural Academy (APMA) in Chicago visited the international headquarters...More
Sugar Land, Tx Go Figure Inc. donated its club management software and hardware to the Healthworks Foundation Fitness Center, scheduled to open later...More
San Ramon, Ca 24 Hour Fitness will offer Nike+iPod-enabled gym equipment in select clubs across the country beginning this month. The equipment will arrive...More
Treland is responsible for providing functional guidance and oversight for the Fitness Center Master Plan, assisting bases with fitness center design and construction projects,...More
The 24-hour fitness center is one of the fastest-growing fitness franchises, billing itself as an alternative to oversized and overpriced health clubs....More
Have you noticed that sometimes you seem to look better than other times? Perhaps you look younger, healthier or thinner. How can you look better in a...More
About nine years ago, we made a big deal about the health club industry entering the new millennium. We talked about the challenges of new technology...More
Exercise DVDs Each of SPIN Pilates' four DVDs is divided into segments that can be done individually to target a region of the body or consecutively for...More
