Health and Fitness Club Industry News: Chains
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UFC Gym Announces Exclusive Partnership With Life Wellness International Development To Open Franchise Locations Throughout Taiwan
Posted: April 6, 2017 in Chains
TAIPEI, TAIWAN - UFC Gym announced an exclusive partnership with Life Wellness International Development to open ten locations throughout Taiwan. The countries first signature UFC Gym will be in Taipei and is scheduled for its grand opening in June. The 35,000-square foot signature gym will mark the commencement of a partnership that joins recent of UFC Gym expansion announcements pan-regionally across Asia. Read More...
Equinox Unveils First East Bay Club in Berkeley
Posted: April 6, 2017 in Chains
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Equinox, the high performance lifestyle leader, announced the opening of its first club in Berkeley, California. Located in close proximity of the world-renowned university, the 30,000-square foot club combines the unparalleled experience that Equinox offers at each of its 87 global locations with touches that feel unmistakably "Berkeley." Read More...
GoodLife Fitness ‘Lights It Up Blue’ for World Autism Awareness Day
Posted: April 5, 2017 in Chains
LONDON, ONTARIO - GoodLife Fitness illuminated its Home Office building in blue lights on Sunday, April 2, as part of the ‘Light it Up Blue’ campaign to mark World Autism Awareness Day. After his daughter Kilee was diagnosed on the autism spectrum disorder at age two and a half, GoodLife Fitness Founder and CEO David ‘Patch’ Patchell-Evans made it his mission to support awareness and research to help Canadians living with autism spectrum disorder, which now affects one in every 68 Canadian children. Patch urges Canadian businesses and individuals to find their own ways to ‘light it up blue’ for autism awareness. Read More...
Blink Fitness Launches “Tune Out While You Work Out”
Posted: April 5, 2017 in Chains
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Americans are experiencing record levels of stress (1). To raise awareness of the importance of mental health during National Stress Awareness Month, Blink Fitness has launched "Tune Out While You Work Out," an initiative to encourage members to minimize stress and focus on themselves. Every Monday for the month of April, Blink will be switching its television programming to mood-lifting and news-free content in all locations, while inspiring members to take a step back from social media and all of their daily stressors through exercise. The content will include comedy, entertainment, music and educational programming. Read More...
Planet Fitness Reaches 10 Million Member Mark
Posted: April 4, 2017 in Chains
NEWINGTON, N.H. - Planet Fitness, Inc. (NYSE: PLNT), one of the largest and fastest-growing franchisors and operators of fitness centers in the U.S., announced that, as of the end of March 2017, the brand reached the significant landmark of 10 million club members across its entire system. "We are thrilled to announce this milestone," said Chris Rondeau, Chief Executive Officer of Planet Fitness. "A key to our success is our differentiated Judgement-Free environment combined with our affordable price point and high-quality experience. While the industry targets avid exercisers, Planet Fitness has consistently attracted first-time users who have never belonged to a gym before and casual users. In fact, of almost one million new Planet Fitness members surveyed in 2016, over 40% had never belonged to a gym before." Read More...
Genesis Health Clubs Continues to Grow as Largest Health Club Provider in Midwest
Posted: April 3, 2017 in Chains
WICHITA, KS – Genesis Health Clubs has announced that it has purchased HealthRidge Fitness Center in Olathe, Kansas, its 13th Kansas City area location. The facility, now known as Genesis Health Clubs – Olathe Ridgeview, is a massive health club, including strength and cardio equipment, personal training, indoor and outdoor pools, basketball, racquetball, day spa, indoor running track, outdoor fitness trail, CrossFit, over 100 group fitness classes per week and kids programs, including karate. Read More...
Cycle For Survival Raises A Record-Breaking $34 Million In One Year To Beat Rare Cancers
Posted: April 3, 2017 in Chains
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Cycle for Survival, the movement to beat rare cancers, raised $34 million in 2017 through its indoor team cycling events, the most raised in a single year in the history of the movement. Cycle for Survival's overall fundraising total since it started in 2007 is $140 million, of which $110 million was raised in the past four years. 100% of every dollar is allocated within six months to groundbreaking rare cancer research and clinical trials led by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, which owns and operates Cycle for Survival. Read More...
Orangetheory Fitness Signs Deal To Develop 70 Studios In The UK
Posted: April 3, 2017 in Chains
BOCA RATON, FL - Orangetheory Fitness, a scientifically backed and fast-growing fitness franchise, announced it has signed a master franchise agreement to expand the unique fitness concept in the United Kingdom. The master franchisee, 3 Kings, LLC, has agreed to open 70 studios over the next decade throughout Southern England, including at least 30 studios in London. 3 Kings, LLC will also be taking over three of the four current Orangetheory Fitness studios in the U.K. The company plans to renovate the existing Orangetheory Fitness studios and open an additional three to five new studios within the next 12 months. Read More...
ClubConnect to Power Staff Education for American Family Fitness
Posted: March 29, 2017 in Chains
SAN DIEGO, CA - ClubConnect, a fast-growing club software platform in the fitness industry, announces that American Family Fitness has joined its platform. ClubConnect is a leading health club-focused platform that powers the education for the world’s top health clubs. The platform includes certification verification, a fitness-specific LMS, 200 CEC courses, over 10,000 professional award-winning articles, a proprietary education score for each staff member, customized dashboards, a program-design tool and much more. Read More...
Austin Independent School District Receives More Than $600,000 Grant To Bring Healthy Meals To Students
Posted: March 28, 2017 in Chains
AUSTIN, TX - Nearly 84,000 students at Austin Independent School District (AISD) will benefit from a healthy and tasty school lunch makeover with a new food truck, healthy breakfasts in the classroom, made-to-order salad bars and farm-to-table scratch cooking. All of this supported by a $608,100 grant from the Minnesota-based Life Time Foundation, which has set its sights on improving school lunch programs across America. Read More...
