Health and Fitness Club Industry News: Chains
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Life Time Launches Family-Focused On-Demand Classes
Posted: April 7, 2020 in Chains
MINNEAPOLIS, MN - The impact of COVID-19 has families spending more time together than ever, but aside from going outside for walks and games, family workouts can be hard to come by... until now. Life Time, one of the nation's premier health and wellness brand, which serves more than 600,000 kids every month, has just launched four family-focused classes to help keep families healthy and active together at home. The addition adds to Life Time's widely popular on-demand fitness classes, which launched within a week of the clubs nationwide closings on March 17, getting up to 50,000 streams daily. Read More...
SoulCycle Radio Launches Instructor-Guided Virtual Workouts on SiriusXM
Posted: April 7, 2020 in Chains
NEW YORK, N.Y. - SoulCycle has announced the launch of SoulCycle Radio, instructor-guided virtual workouts on the popular SiriusXM network, in addition to regular programming, to help listeners workout with inspiration and music-motivation at home. SiriusXM listeners will now find their favorite SoulCycle instructors sharing their own music playlists and workout tips to take them through a one-hour workout at home, no equipment or level of expertise needed. Read More...
Planet Fitness Changes to a Virtual-Only Format for Its Annual Meeting of Shareholders
Posted: April 6, 2020 in Chains
HAMPTON, N.H. - Planet Fitness, Inc. (NYSE: PLNT), one of the largest and fastest-growing global franchisors and operators of fitness centers with more members than any other fitness brand, has announced that, due to the public health and safety concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Company will change its 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (including any adjournments or postponements, the "Annual Meeting") to a virtual-only format. As previously announced, the Annual Meeting will be held at 2:00 PM EST on Thursday, April 30, 2020. Read More...
EXOS and BridgeAthletic Offer Student Athlete Support
Posted: April 3, 2020 in Chains
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - In the midst of school closures across the country, high school and college athletes found their seasons abruptly ended, championships canceled and teams essentially disbanded. For students relying on their athletic skills to help them earn scholarships to deal with the rising costs of tuition, taking time off of their training isn’t an option. That’s why EXOS and BridgeAthletic are working together to help student athletes adjust to the sudden shift with BridgeRemote for school coaches. Read More...
LA Fitness’ Response To COVID-19 Crisis
Posted: April 1, 2020 in Chains
IRVINE, CA - We have kept the safety and wellbeing of our employees and members utmost in our minds during this crisis and have let that be our guide in making decisions. So, when we temporarily closed all of our clubs at the end of the day on March 16, our motivation was to do our part to help curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus. We hoped (like many others) that this would be a short-lived phenomenon. Once we determined that we would need to extend the temporary closure, we made the difficult and unwanted decision to temporarily furlough nearly all of our club employees. Fortunately, despite having closed every club on March 16, we were able to continue to fully compensate every employee, whether working or not, for the entire month of March, and we will continue to provide health insurance at no cost for all current benefit holders through June 30. Read More...
Planet Fitness Provides Business Update in Response to COVID-19
Posted: March 30, 2020 in Chains
HAMPTON, N.H. - Planet Fitness, Inc. (NYSE: PLNT), one of the largest and fastest-growing global franchisors and operators of fitness centers with more members than any other fitness brand, has provided a further update on its response to COVID-19. Read More...
Business Far from Usual: A Message from 9Round’s CEO
Posted: March 30, 2020 in Chains
SIMPSONVILLE, S.C. - COVID-19 has presented many challenges to business owners, including the need to adjust and adapt quickly to customers’ new way of life. But, it is also presenting a unique opportunity that 9Round CEO, Shannon “The Cannon” Hudson, discusses. Continue reading to see his thoughts on the situation and to learn how 9Round is charging forward despite this pandemic. Read More...
Amid the Spread of COVID-19, Blink Fitness Is Teaming Up with WorkWell NYC to Provide Free Blink Fitness App Access to all Local Government Employees
Posted: March 26, 2020 in Chains
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Blink Fitness has announced a partnership with WorkWell NYC that will allow all New York City government employees free access to the Blink Fitness App offerings as part of an overall discounted membership program. Earlier this month, Blink Fitness unlocked all content on its mobile app, which was historically a premium-only benefit, to all new and existing members until April 30, 2020. Read More...
Just Launched Life Time On-Demand Classes and Personal Training Soar During Temporary Closure
Posted: March 25, 2020 in Chains
MINNEAPOLIS, MN - Life Time, the company best-known for bringing an average of 3,000 to 4,000 members daily to its sprawling luxury athletic resorts, pivoted its business model to meet members where they currently are... at home. Life Time launched its On-Demand classes with a goal of ensuring members, who in an instant lost access to their clubs and community, could participate in their favorite classes and do their favorite workouts from their homes. In less than one week, the company is seeing nearly 50,000 streams per day, the same number of visits it recorded participating in its classes live in-club. Read More...
Town Sports International Holdings, Inc. Announces Appointment of Phillip Juhan as Chief Financial Officer
Posted: March 22, 2020 in Chains
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Town Sports International Holdings, Inc. (“TSI” or the “Company”) has announced the appointment of Phillip Juhan as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective immediately. Mr. Juhan, age 45, has served as Vice President of Business Operations for the Company since August 13, 2018. Read More...
