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Dallas YMCA Gets Boost from Oil Tycoon
DALLAS -- T. Boone Pickens was on hand Thursday to dedicate the newly renovated T. Boone Pickens YMCA in Dallas....
24 Hour Sponsors Six Olympic Hopefuls
SAN RAMON, CA -- 24 Hour Fitness announced its partnership with six U.S. Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls....
Americans Too Fat to Serve Country, Report Finds
WASHINGTON, DC -- Some 27 percent of young people in the United States are too overweight to join the military, a report finds. ...
Grants Offered for Digital Game Research
PRINCETON, NJ -- The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) today announced more than $1.85 million in grants for digital game research. ...
Health Fitness Revenue Increases in Third Quarter
MINNEAPOLIS -- Health Fitness Corp. grew its third quarter 2009 revenue by 6.9 percent, according to financials released by the company today. ...
Group Ex Instructors Sue 24 Hour Fitness
SAN DIEGO -- 24 Hour Fitness is dealing with a class-action lawsuit that involves the company’s system of paying group exercise instructors....
The Sports Club Co. Revenues Down
LOS ANGELES -- The Sports Club Co. Inc. had a decrease in revenues in the third quarter....
Life Fitness Sales Down, Earnings Up
LAKE FOREST, IL -- The fitness segment of Brunswick Corp. had a decline in sales but an increase in earnings in third quarter 2009....
First Hospital Wellness Center Receives LEED Gold
LONGVIEW, TX -- The Institute for Healthy Living at Good Shepherd, Longview, TX, has received Gold Certification....
TSI Hit with Revenue, Membership Decreases
NEW YORK -- Town Sports International Holdings Inc. (TSI), New York, had a tough third quarter with lower revenue and memberships than in third quarter 2008....
WOU Breaks Ground on Wellness Center
MONMOUTH, OR -- Western Oregon University (WOU) recently broke ground on a $30 million health and wellness center....
Judge Sues YMCA for Negligence
WAUSAU, WI -- A former judge is suing the Woodson YMCA claiming negligence on the part of one of the Y’s personal trainers....
24 Hour Accused of Bank, Wire Fraud
LOS ANGELES -- 24 Hour Fitness is facing a lawsuit claiming it has taken payments out of members’ accounts after they have canceled....
Three Fitness Centers Open at Camp Pendleton
CAMP PENDLETON, CA -- Three new fitness centers are coming to the Marine Corps’ Camp Pendleton, CA, base. ...
Hammann Named Power Plate CEO
IRVINE, CA -- Former Nautilus CEO Gregg Hammann has been appointed global CEO of Power Plate International....
Nautilus to End Commercial Orders This Month
VANCOUVER, WA -- Nautilus Inc. notified its customers this week that it would not take new orders for commercial equipment past Oct. 30. ...
Life Time’s 3Q2009 Revenue Up
CHANHASSEN, MN -- Despite an increase in revenue for Life Time Fitness in the third quarter, CEO Bahram Akradi is not satisfied...
24 Hour Opens Annapolis Club
SAN RAMON, CA -- 24 Hour Fitness has opened its first club in the state of Maryland....
Cybex Numbers Down in Third Quarter
MEDWAY, MA -- Cybex International experienced a drop in both net sales and net income for the third quarter....
Fitness Equipment Sales Dip
SILVER SPRING, MD -- For the first time in 20 years, overall sales in the fitness equipment industry declined....
GGFA Welcomes New Gold’s President
SUGAR HILL, GA -- The Gold’s Gym Franchisee Association (GGFA) welcomed new Gold’s Gym International (GGI) President Jim Snow....
Club Industry 2009 Concludes
CHICAGO -- Club Industry 2009 ended last Saturday at McCormick Place in Chicago....
O2 Fitness Acquires Ex-Peak Fitness Club
RALEIGH, NC -- Another former Peak Fitness club is changing ownership in North Carolina....
Safety of Exercise Balls in Question
OVERLAND PARK, KS -- A recent lawsuit and an injury to an NBA basketball player have raised issues over the safety of exercise balls....
YMCA in Talks for Peak Fitness Facility
WINSTON-SALEM, NC -- The YMCA of Northwest North Carolina is in final negotiations to lease a closed Peak Fitness facility....
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