July 1, 2009
First Word
What Bally Must Do to Stay in Business
Bally Total Fitness, Chicago led by Michael Sheehan, a former 24 Hour Fitness executive plans to emerge from its second bankruptcy soon. Will Sheehan...
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Part of this publication's mission is to provide you with the news that you need to run your business better. But in this day and age, you can't wait...
Top News
Kick Start
Don't know Chuck The Iceman Liddell and Randy The Natural Couture? Is an octagon merely a distant memory from your 10th grade geometry class? If so, you've...
Feature
The Top 100 Health Clubs of 2008
Skeptics might believe that few clubs made any money last year. From the looks of this year's annual Top 100 clubs list, which ranks clubs by 2008 revenue,...
Fitness Business News
Bally Club Closings Open Doors For Competitors in Those Areas
Last month's closures of 26 Bally Total Fitness clubs as part of the Chicago-based company's bankruptcy reorganization created several opportunities...
Yoga and Pilates Studios Weather Recession
Arlington, Va With stress levels rising and purse strings tightening, how are yoga and Pilates studios faring in the recession? Better than you might...
Rivals Pick Up What Peak Fitness Left Behind
Poor business practices ultimately led the North Carolina attorney general's office to begin its investigation of Charlotte, NC-based Peak...
Pool Entrapment Death in Club Leads to Lawsuit
Pittsburgh, Pa The Downtown Athletic Club of Pittsburgh (PA), which closed in May after its lease expired, was named as a defendant on June 11 in a wrongful...
In Brief
Texas Tech University Texas Tech University students kicked off summer last month in the school's new $8.25 million outdoor aquatics complex. The facility...
Inside Manufacturers
Fitness Equipment Sales Decline
Overland Park, Ks Exercise equipment sales for institutions, such as health clubs, universities and military facilities, fell 9.4 percent to $1.04 billion...
Flooring Industry Becomes More Competitive
Lancaster, Pa For a little more than 20 months, club owners have had more flooring choices than in the past. That's because in November 2007, rubber flooring...
TRX Suspension Training Gains More Attention
San Francisco Fitness Anywhere is on a pace to instruct more trainers on TRX Suspension Training this year than in the last three years, according to...
Precor's Parent Voices Concern
Helsinki, Finland Precor's parent company, AmerSports of Helsinki, Finland, says that unless market conditions turn around significantly through the end...
Life Fitness Battles LeMond Fitness
Woodinville, Wa LeMond Fitness and Life Fitness are in a distribution dispute related to LeMond's RevMaster Pro group cycling bikes. Life Fitness, owned...
Focus on Clubs
Leadership Skills Critical Now for Club Executives
Peter Drucker, author of some 60 management books, says executives worth their pay do not predict trends. Instead, they sense and see trends that are...
On the Mark
Owning Your Own Club
Pete Jones had been with The One and Only Fitness for 20-plus years when the company eliminated his job and offered him three months of severance. He...
