Life Time Fitness Expands as Lifestyle Exits Markets
As Life Time Fitness grows its portfolio nationally, Lifestyle Family Fitness is drastically cutting back its operations, focusing its efforts instead in its home state of Florida....
Change in Patent Law Could Affect Fitness Equipment Innovations
Fitness equipment manufacturers are preparing for a change in the U.S. patent law that could affect future innovators and the speed of new patent approvals....
Bally, LA Fitness Complete Sale of 171 Clubs
Bally Total Fitness has completed the transaction to sell the assets of 171 clubs to LA Fitness, the companies announced today. The deal affects several major markets in the United States....
Peterson AFB Buys New Fitness Assessment Equipment
The Health and Wellness Center (HAWC) at Peterson Air Force Base, CO, has purchased a number of state-of-the-art tools designed to assess the fitness levels of the base’s enlisted and civilian employees....
Michigan Kroc Center Awarded Gold LEED Certificate
The Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Center in Grand Rapids, MI, has been recognized for its environmentally friendly design by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)....
Snap Fitness Gives Away Franchise in Contest
Peter Taunton made one woman very happy last month. The CEO of Snap Fitness, Chanhassen, MN, traveled to Albany, GA, with Snap Fitness COO Gary Findley on Oct. 11 to present a Snap Fitness franchise worth $250,000 to Charlice Noble-Jones, the winner of the Partner with Peter contest conducted by Snap Fitness. ...
Fitness Industry Veteran Bob Delmonteque Dies
The fitness industry lost a longtime advocate and former owner last week when Bob Delmonteque passed away at his home in Malibu, CA....
Cost Is Top Barrier to Health Club Membership, Per Study
Fifty-six percent of people polled said that cost is the top barrier to joining a health club. ...
Cybex Analyzes Legal and Financial Options in Barnhard Case
Cybex International is analyzing its legal and financial options related to a recent decision against it in a product liability case. However, the company’s first step is to file an appeal with the New York State Supreme Court....
Med-Fit Has 34 Percent Growth in Third Quarter
Med-Fit Systems Inc., Fallbrook, CA, manufacturer of Nautilus commercial products, announced a 34 percent increase in sales in third quarter 2011 compared to the same period last year....
Air Force to Eliminate Civilian Fitness Jobs
The Air Force is eliminating the jobs of around 300 civilian fitness testers in an effort to save money. ...
Cybex Loses Barnhard Appeal, Award Dropped to $44 Million
The $66 million product liability suit against Cybex International was upheld last week, but the court reduced the award to about $44 million. ...
24 Hour Mourns Passing of Ted Forstmann
24 Hour Fitness CEO Carl Liebert called Ted Forstmann a friend and mentor as he mourned the loss of the founding partner of private equity firm Forstmann Little and Co., 24 Hour’s parent company....
LA Fitness Acquires 171 Bally Total Fitness Clubs
LA Fitness, Irvine, CA, is acquiring 171 clubs from Bally Total Fitness, Chicago, for $153 million, the companies announced today. The blockbuster deal will change the landscape of the entire health club industry....
YMCA Takes Over Florida City Rec Center
The YMCA of Broward County (FL) has opened a new location in Pembroke Pines, FL, in a recreation facility that was formerly managed by the city. ...
Obesity Awareness Tops ACE List of Fitness Trends for 2012
The American Council on Exercise (ACE) has released its annual fitness trends forecast for the coming year, with obesity awareness topping the list....
Life Time Acquisition of Lifestyle Family Fitness Could Reach Up to Nine Clubs
Life Time Fitness, Chanhassen, MN, has acquired four clubs from Lifestyle Family Fitness, St. Petersburg, FL, which is closing most of its other clubs in Indiana and Ohio. The deal could involve as many as nine clubs....
Maryland AG Reaches Settlement with Baltimore Club Owner
Maryland Attorney General Douglas Gansler reached a settlement with a Baltimore health club owner who agreed to stop unlawful billing practices and pay restitution to members....
Greenwood Athletic’s $3.3 Million Expansion Adds Space for Mind/Body and Martial Arts
The newly opened $3.3 million, 11,000-square-foot expansion at Greenwood Athletic and Tennis Club, Greenwood Village, CO, has expanded the club’s mind/body and martial arts programming. ...
Johnson Health Tech Commercial Sales Increase 53 Percent in Third Quarter
Johnson Health Tech Inc. (JHT) had a 53 percent growth worldwide in commercial equipment sales in third quarter 2011....
Expansion Is Under Way for elements
The women-only fitness club chain elements is expanding in South Florida and beyond. The Miami Beach, FL-based company is opening a total of five South Florida locations over the next 12 months as well as adding clubs in the New York, Atlanta, Boston and Los Angeles areas....
Ohio Steroids Bust Affects YMCA, LA Fitness, Urban Active
Several fitness facilities in Ohio have been thrown into the spotlight as a result of steroid-related arrests, and one Ohio YMCA is trying to repair its reputation after a series of miscommunications about the extent of its involvement in the steroid sales investigation....
Florida Y Files for Bankruptcy
The North Central Florida YMCA, which operates three facilities in Gainesville, FL, has filed for Chapter 11 reorganization....
Cardinal Fitness Closes Six Clubs in Indianapolis
Cardinal Fitness closed six of its clubs in the Indianapolis area on Tuesday, several media outlets reported....
Bally Introduces First BFit Club
Bally Total Fitness, Chicago, has entered the high-volume/low-price arena with its new BFit model....
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