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Murder Strikes the Health Club Industry
August 2009 - BRIDGEVILLE, PA - A 48 year-old man, George Sodini, reportedly driven mad by a lifetime of failures with woman, sprayed a LA Fitness group exercise room full of women with an estimated 50 bullets from several guns. Three women were killed, and at least ten more were wounded and are recovering in local area hospitals. Sodini then turned a gun on himself. Read Article...

Muscle Up Marketing Acquired by Mudlick Mail
August 2018 - STAMFORD, CT - Mudlick Mail announces that it will combine operations with Muscle Up Marketing, a full-service marketing firm specializing in serving the fitness and health and wellness industries. The combination will expand Mudlick's expertise into a brand-new vertical market while enhancing the digital services offered to clients. This acquisition marks the first transaction driving towards Mudlick's vision to become the leading provider of direct response marketing. Read Article...

Muscle Up Marketing Becomes UpSwell
A Full-Service, Data-Driven Marketing Agency

March 2020 - KENNESAW, GA - Muscle Up Marketing has rebranded as UpSwell, offering clients an expanded range of services designed to draw a "wave" of new members. UpSwell was formed through the merger of Muscle Up Marketing and Mudlick Marketing, to create a turnkey marketing agency offering over 20 digital and print capabilities for small and medium-sized businesses. Read Article...

Muscle Up Marketing Ranks #40 on Inc. 5000 List of Fastest Growing U.S. Companies
September 2015 - ROSWELL, GA - Muscle Up Marketing has announced it ranks 40th on the Inc. 5000, Inc. magazine's annual list of the fastest-growing, privately held businesses in the U.S. Based on the company's 5,967% sales growth over the past three years, this designation marks a significant achievement for the 4-year old, Metro Atlanta-based marketing agency that focuses on the fitness industry. Read Article...

Music Tariffs in Australia and Canada Likely to Expand to the United States and Other Countries
March 2010 - Music downloads have lead to massive losses in revenue for the music industry. This has forced record companies and musicians to seek secondary sources of income. One of their solutions has been to push for the introduction of new fees (tariffs) on industries that use and play music. Read Article...

My Dear Aunt Mary
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MYZONE to be Honored as IHRSA's 2018 Associate Member of the Year
January 2018 - BOSTON, MA - IHRSA, The International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association, is pleased to announce that MYZONE is the 2018 Associate Member of the Year. MYZONE, an IHRSA member since 1997, was selected as this year's honoree due to its outstanding achievements, innovations and support of the health and fitness industry; its continued investment in leading-edge technology; and its unwavering support of IHRSA and its members. Read Article...

NAC Owner and IHRSA Chairman-elect, Jim Worthington, Appointed to Presidents' Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition
May 2018 - NEWTOWN, PA - On May 4, 2018, the President's Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition (PCSFN) announced that it appointed 40-year industry veteran, newly-elected Chairman of the IHRSA Board of Directors, Owner of the Newtown Athletic Club (NAC) and physical activity champion, Jim Worthington, to serve. Mr. Worthington will be serving with other newly appointed individuals including: Herschel Walker, Mariano Rivera, Bill Belichick, Dr. Oz, Lou Ferrigno and Misty-May Traenor. Read Article...

NACA Leaders Open New Fitness Center
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NACA No More!
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NASM and California University Pennsylvania Select 2009 Pursuit of Excellence in Health and Fitness Award Winners
$15,000 Tuition Grants Awarded to Two Fitness Professionals for Online Graduate Degree Program

February 2009 - CALABASAS, CA - The National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM), a health and fitness education authority and leading sports performance solutions provider, and its higher education partner, California University of Pennsylvania, today announced Craig Stull and Brenda Eiseman as recipients of the 2009 Pursuit of Excellence in Health and Fitness Award. Each award winner is currently a practicing health and fitness professional and will be prepared for NASM credentials through their planned educational work. Read Article...

National Federation of Personal Trainers Offers Cancer Recovery Specialist Course
May 2016 - LAFAYETTE, IN - The National Federation of Professional Trainers (NFPT) has partnered with Recovery Fitness to create and produce the Cancer Recovery Specialist Course. This specialty course is aimed at equipping personal fitness trainers with the skills and tools it takes to effectively help a cancer survivor maintain their quality of life without putting them at risk of injury. Read Article...

National Federation of Professional Trainers Partners With MS Fitness Challenge to Offer New MS Fitness Training Course
June 2018 - LAFAYETTE, IN - The National Federation of Professional Trainers (NFPT) has partnered with MS Fitness Challenge to create and produce the MS Fitness Essentials course. This course is an essentials concepts course which focuses on the fundamental needs and modifications that must be understood and implemented when working with clients who have been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. Using the correct training protocol for safe exercise with MS clients is crucial to injury prevention and comfort with the training program. Read Article...

National Fitness Business Alliance Planning a Big New Year!
December 2012 - The National Fitness Business Alliance is excited to announce 20 educational events in 2013. The focus will be the Training Centric Business System, which is the future of any fitness business. The NFBA has four platforms of education to get involved in: Mega.Fit.Con, NFBA Institute, Fit.Biz.Con and Biz.Train.Con. Each event will provide you a total business blueprint to take your business and staff to the next level of success. Read Article...

National Fitness Conference and IHRSA Team Up To Produce 1st Annual Club Business Entrepreneur Conference
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National Fitness Therapy Association Announces Formation of a National Advisory Committee
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National Fitness Trade Journal and Fitness Management's Distinguished Service Awards
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National Study Confirms It's Safe To Work Out At The Gym
Current Data Shows No Evidence of COVID-19 Spread in Gyms

September 2020 - BOSTON, MA - After analyzing millions of member's check-in data across 2,873 gyms, sports clubs and boutique fitness centers over the course of three months, The International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) and MXM, a technology and knowledge transfer company specializing in member tracking within the fitness industry, conclusively found that fitness facilities are safe and are not contributing to the spread of COVID-19. Read Article...

National Survey from Parker Finds Majority of Americans Hopeful and Optimistic About Aging
May 2017 - HIGHLAND PARK, N.J. - Most Americans appear hopeful and optimistic about aging according to a new, national study from Parker, one of America's leading aging services organizations that, this year, celebrates its 110th anniversary. Key findings from Parker's "Aging in America Survey," which examines the nation's changing attitudes and opinions around growing older in the U.S., include... Read Article...

Nautilus Owners Raise $20 Million!
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Nautilus Signs Agreement With FitLinxx
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Nautilus To Be Sold
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NBC's The Biggest Loser Kicks Off Another Season With Iron Grip Free Weights
October 2011 - ORANGE COUNTY, CA - The new fall season of NBC's The Biggest Loser may feature new contestants, new trainers and new challenges, but it will still have Iron Grip's premium urethane Olympic weight plates, urethane dumbbells and Olympic bars in the show's gym at "The Ranch." Read Article...

Nearly 3,000 Join New Crunch Gym on Record First Day of Pre-Opening Sales
October 2018 - RIVERVIEW, FL - Crunch Franchise announced that 2,915 memberships were sold for the Crunch gym opening in Riverview, Florida on the first day of its pre-opening sales period. That figure sets a Crunch Franchise record for the most memberships sold by a Crunch gym in a 24-hour period, and it comes on the heels of 1,500+ and 1,200+ day-one membership sales during July 2018 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and Killeen, Texas, respectively. Read Article...

NEHRSA Selects Susan K Bailey Marketing & Design As Agency of Record
May 2013 - BOSTON, MA - NEHRSA announced it had selected Susan K. Bailey Marketing & Design as its new advertising agency of record. The selection follows a review process that began in January when Casey Murphy was tabbed as the new Executive Director. Read Article...

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