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Fuel Fitness Closes Chattanooga Facility  

— Manny Butera, who owns Fuel Fitness, closed one of his Chattanooga locations last week. Fuel Fitness filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in December, but Butera had kept open all of his Tennessee clubs until last week. He had already closed his Alabama, Colorado and Atlanta ...

Bally Announces New Partnership  

Bally Total Fitness recently announced a partnership with the Web site drugstore.com, an online provider of health, beauty, vision and pharmacy products...

24 Hour Fitness to Team with Yankees  

24 Hour Fitness has signed a 10-year deal with the New York Yankees baseball club. ...

AAHPERD Name Stays the Same  

The American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) will keep its name...

Eastern Lycoming Y Hits Building Speed Bump  

– The Eastern Lycoming YMCA in Williamsport, PA, needs to raise about $1.5 million after bids for its new facility came in more than $2 million above the architect’s original estimate, according to The Williamsport Sun-Gazette...

NIRSA Teams with ACSM  

The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA) recently announced a partnership that will make ACSM certification programs more accessible to NIRSA member institutions....

Regional Fitness Leaders On Board With Youth Fitness Training  

Fitness leaders from Commander, Navy Region Hawaii (CNRH), Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) and Naval Station Pearl Harbor (NAVSTA PH) participated in a two-day Commander...

Campaign Urges African Americans to Lose Weight 

On Saturday, African-Americans rallied on the Mall in Washington to urge other African-Americans to lose weight in what organizers are calling the 50 Million Pound Challenge...

Foundation Pledges $500 Million to Reverse Childhood Obesity  

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) will commit at least $500 million during the next five years to tackle one of the most urgent public health threats facing our nation: childhood obesity. This is the largest commitment by any foundation to this issue....

Peak Fitness Agrees to Alter Misleading Ads 

RALEIGH, NC – Peak Fitness, a North Carolina chain that is facing a lawsuit from the state Attorney General’s Office, agreed Wednesday to stop running misleading advertisements and to set aside money to cover future refunds....

Bally May Be Delisted From New York Stock Exchange 

CHICAGO -- Bally filed a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Form 8-K on Friday in which the company said its shares may be delisted from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) if the company does not submit an acceptable business plan that indicates how it will regain compliance within 18 months....

HFC Has Nearly 20 Percent Fourth Quarter Increase  

Health Fitness Corp., Minneapolis, experienced a 19.3 percent increase in revenue for the fourth quarter 2006 and a 15.7 percent increase for all of 2006, according to the company, which provides fitness and health management services...

North Carolina School Receives $350,000 Gift  

– The University of North Carolina at Wilmington has received a $350,000 gift from Charlotte-based supermarket chain Harris Teeter and the Dickson Foundation to support student health ...

NJ JCCs Outsource Fitness  

JCC MetroWest branch in New Jersey is outsourcing its health and fitness centers and membership functions to the Manhattan-based fitness management company Plus One, according to the New Jersey Jewish News....

Zumba Master Class Comes to Yokosuka Naval Base  

More than 30 Sailors participated in the first Zumba Master class sponsored by the Wellness and Fitness Center at Fleet Activities Yokosuka on March 22. ...

Circuit Workout Burns More than 450 Calories  

The circuit-training workout offered at Denver-based fitness franchise 1-2-3 Fit burns more than 450 calories in 30 minutes, according to a study released by The American Council on Exercise ...

IHRSA Opens in San Fran 

SAN FRANCISCO -- The International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) Convention and Trade Show opened yesterday with addresses from boxer Sugar Ray Leonard, Vice Admiral Richard Carmona and former Disney CEO Michael Eisner....

The Sports Club/LA Moves East  

The Sports Club/LA is venturing out of California next year with its first club in Dallas. The new facility will be an 80,000-square-foot, $35 million luxury sports and fitness complex offering more than 30 sports and fitness options under one roof. The club will feature a lobby ...

YMCA of Central Maryland Plans to Double Size  

The YMCA of Central Maryland will conduct a major realignment of the organization, including plans to double the size of the organization during the next 10 years, rebrand the YMCA’s logo ...

Junior High to Hold Fitness Expo  

– Sierra Vista Junior High School (CA) will hold a Fitness Expo on March 28 to raise money to install interactive gaming equipment at its fitness center. ...

Summit Focuses on New Cardio Options  

In early March, representatives from the Navy Fitness program office based in Millington, TN, provided information on initiatives and issues related to the physical fitness assessment (PFA), including medical waivers, and the preventive health assessment and physical ...

Exercise Boosts Memory  

Exercise does more than keep your heart health. It also boosts brainpower. Researchers recently found that exercise targets a region of the brain within the hippocampus that underlies normal age-related memory decline that begins around age 30 for most adults...

Celebrity Doctor to Keynote at Club Industry East  

Club Industry East show organizers recently announced that they are adding a second Keynote Address to the show. Dr. Ian Smith is a medical contributor to “The View,” contributing editor ...

Bally May File for Chapter 11 

CHICAGO – Bally Total Fitness may file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection if it is unable to restructure its debt, the company announced yesterday....

California Introduces Tax Credit Bill 

SACRAMENTO, CA – A bill that is pending in the California Assembly would give businesses a tax credit to improve the fitness of their employees. The credit would be equal to 10 percent of what businesses spend each year on fitness improvement....

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