The New York Court of Appeals, the highest court in the state, ruled that health clubs are not required to use automated external defibrillators (AEDs) on a club member even though state law requires clubs to have an AED and staff trained to use them....More
Flip through the pages of the 2012 calendar, and on any given day, it appeared that some big announcement was made about an acquisition or merger in the fitness industry. That, perhaps, was the biggest trend of the year....More
Although revenue grew by a greater percentage for more companies and several major acquisitions occurred
in 2011, the order of the top club companies remained the same....More
A man who claims he was injured at a Bally Total Fitness club in the Houston area is suing the company and Brunswick Corp., the manufacturer of the equipment, on the grounds of negligence....More
Bally Total Fitness, Chicago, announced Monday that it has completed the sale of 39 clubs to Blast Fitness Acquisition LLC, an affiliate of Blast Fitness Group LLC. The companies initially announced the deal on April 10. Terms were not disclosed....More
Bally Total Fitness Holding Corp., Chicago, announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Blast Fitness Acquisition LLC, an affiliate of Blast Fitness Group LLC, Auburndale, MA, in which Bally will sell 39 clubs to Blast Fitness....More
An LA Fitness club in Morton Grove, IL, which was previously a Bally Total Fitness club, reopened last week after it was closed for sanitation reasons....More