Memberships Grow after Two-Year Stall
Health club membership in the United States increased by more than three percent last year from 41.3 million members (over the age of six) in 2005 to 42.7 million in 2006, according to the International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association (IHRSA). This is the first increase after a two-year stall in membership numbers in 2004 and 2005. ...
Bally Stock to be Delisted
CHICAGO – The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) notified Bally Total Fitness that its common stock will be suspended prior to the market open on May 2 and that the NYSE will formally delist Bally’s stock, the club company announced. ...
Misawa Children Get Defensive
MISAWA AIR BASE, JAPAN-- Military children have lots of unique opportunities available to them, and one such opportunity is the kajukenbo karate class offered at Misawa Air Base. A hybrid martial art that combines karate, judo, jujutsu, kenpo and kung-fu, kajukenbo is helping these military children stay fit....
Gold's Gym Opens First Club in Columbus, OH
COLUMBUS, OH -- Gold's Gym recently opened its first facility in Columbus, OH. The 58,000-square-foot club features an indoor swimming pool, a panoramic elevated indoor track, a full-court basketball court, a racquetball court, cardio areas with more than 150 pieces of equipment that include personalized flat-screen televisions, a cardio movie cinema, group exercise classes, a smoothie bar and a pro shop. Another addition is the Fit Factory for children. This section of the club is equipped with a basketball court for children, computer stations, a movie-viewing area with a flat-screen television and a floor-to-ceiling play land. ...
Bally Sells 16 Canadian Clubs
CHICAGO – Bally Total Fitness announced today that it has agreed to sell its 16 Toronto, Canada, facilities to Extreme Fitness Inc., which is acquiring six of the clubs, and GoodLife Fitness Centres Inc., which is acquiring the remaining 10 clubs....
JCC Association Earns Top Rating
NEW YORK -- For the second consecutive year, Charity Navigator recognized the JCC Association for its fundraising practices. The continental umbrella organization for the JCC Movement earned the group’s highest four-star rating for fiscal 2005, which was the most recent data available. Charity Navigator is the nation’s largest independent evaluator and assesses 5,000 charitable organizations annually to determine how much each spends to raise money and what percentage of the dollars raised are allocated to programs and services. ...
'Team Lean' Challenge Promotes Weight Loss, Camaraderie
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, OH -- Hoping to promote wellness and weight loss through camaraderie and enjoyable activities, Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) officials introduced a command-wide competition that relies on concerted efforts of people supporting and motivating one another. ...
Severely Obese Growth Rate on the Upswing
WASHINGTON—The proportion of Americans who are severely obese (100 pounds or more overweight) increased by 50 percent from 2000 to 2005, twice as fast as the growth seen in moderate obesity, according to a Rand Corp. study issued last week....
YMCAs Get Interactive on Healthy Kids Day
WASHINGTON, DC -- On Saturday, an estimated 550,000 children and families visited nearly 1,700 YMCAs nationwide for the 16th Annual YMCA Healthy Kids Day, the nation’s largest health day for children. In preparation for the event, Nintendo donated 100 Wii party packs to YMCA chapters nationally. ...
Minnesota School Offers Personal Training Degree
MINNEAPOLIS – The Minnesota School of Business/Globe College is one of the first schools in the nation—along with Purdue University (IN)—to offer a four-year degree with a concentration in personal training....
Bally Makes Forbearance Deal With Lenders
CHICAGO – Bally Total Fitness announced Thursday that it has obtained a forbearance agreement from the lenders under its $284 million senior secured credit facility and that the company will not pay its scheduled interest payment of about $15 million due Monday on its 9 7/8 percent senior subordinated notes....
Texas Senate Passes P.E. Bill
AUSTIN, TX – The Texas Senate passed a bill Wednesday that would require all school districts in the state to have students in kindergarten through eighth grade participate in “moderate or vigorous” daily physical activity each day for at least 30 minutes as part of the district’s physical education curriculum....
Study: YMCAs Kids Get More Activity than Average U.S. Child
CHICAGO -- Children enrolled in YMCA programs not only have very positive attitudes about physical activity, but they also are more physically active than the average U.S. child, according to the results of a national poll targeting 6- to 12-year-old children conducted by YMCA of the USA....
From the IHRSA Show Floor
The editors of Club Industry’s Fitness Business Pro were able to visit just a fraction of the more than 400 exhibitors at the International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association Conference and Trade Show in March 2007. The following paragraphs feature information about products recently introduced in the market from the companies the editors visited (listed in alphabetical order):...
The Sports Club Co. Revenue Increases 4 Percent
The Sports Club Co. Inc., Los Angeles, saw a 4.4 percent growth in fourth quarter 2006 revenue and a 4.6 percent revenue growth for the year ended Dec. 31, 2006. ...
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....
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