Health and Fitness Club Industry News
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Medical Fitness Association Names New President and CEO
Posted: June 23, 2021 in Suppliers
PINEHURST, N.C. - The Medical Fitness Association announces that David Flench, MBA, FACHE, FMFA is the Association's new President and CEO. The Medical Fitness Association (MFA) is a professional membership organization that was formed in 1991 to assist medically integrated health and fitness centers achieve their full potential. Read More...
Peloton Announces Corporate Wellness Offering
Posted: June 23, 2021 in Suppliers
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Peloton (Nasdaq: PTON) has announced Peloton Corporate Wellness, a new way to bring Peloton content or connected fitness products to businesses and organizations operating in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Germany, with Australia coming later this year. Read More...
CycleBar to Debut in New York City with Multiple Former Flywheel Locations
Posted: June 23, 2021 in Chains
IRVINE, CA - Xponential Fitness brand CycleBar has announced it will enter the New York City market for the first time with six studios expected to open over the summer, beginning with a studio in Noho in late June. Read More...
Crunch Fitness Extends Business Relationship with ABC Fitness Solutions
Posted: June 21, 2021 in Chains
LITTLE ROCK, AR and NEW YORK, N.Y. - ABC Fitness Solutions, LLC (ABC), a leading provider of technology and related services for the fitness industry, and Crunch Fitness, the health club brand known for making serious fitness fun through innovative programming and an inclusive atmosphere, has announced the extension of their technology partnership as Crunch accelerates their growth throughout the pandemic. ABC will continue to provide strategic support and innovative technology to help Crunch optimize business functions such as revenue-cycle management, membership management and club administration. Read More...
OLC Celebrates its 60th Anniversary
Posted: June 21, 2021 in Suppliers
DENVER, CO - On June 15, 1961, mere years after growing up and playing on a dirt road called Colorado Boulevard, Stuart Ohlson hung up his shingle and started Stuart Ohlson and Associates. Working from an office he designed just across the street from East High School, he and his staff were soon busy with a series of residential and commercial commissions. Today, that firm has grown and become what is now called OLC | Ohlson Lavoie Corporation. Celebrating its 60th Anniversary this year, OLC is an architecture, interiors and aquatics four-office firm based in Denver with offices in Orlando, Cairo and Tokyo. OLC now specializes in recreation, health and wellness, hospitality and aquatic projects. Over the course of those 60 years, OLC has helped change the skyline of Denver, influenced how we exercise and has changed the lives of its employees, business associates, clients and those who live, work and play in its buildings. Read More...
Booming Pickleball Popularity Takes Center Court at Life Time
Posted: June 21, 2021 in Chains
CHANHASSEN, MN - Pickleball is taking the nation by storm, growing more than 21% during the past year and showing no signs of slowing down. Life Time, one of the nation's premier healthy lifestyle brands that continues to shape the way consumers move, work and live, digitally and physically, has announced that it will rapidly expand its pickleball programming to become the top destination and authority for the sport. Read More...
Raising ALS Awareness Around the World on International ALS/MND Day
Posted: June 21, 2021 in Other News
CAMBRIDGE, MA - In America, we work to spread awareness of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease, for the entire month of May as part National ALS Awareness Month. However, there is also one single day when the entire world comes together to share the story of this devastating disease, as well as the global effort to both find treatments for it and support those living with ALS. Read More...
Milena Stephens Named PTR Director of Education and Diversity
Posted: June 21, 2021 in Suppliers
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. - Milena Stephens has been promoted to Director of Education and Diversity at PTR Headquarters. In her new position, Milena will design, implement and manage PTR’s education for Level One, Level Two and specialty courses. To continue to expand tennis’ reach, Milena will work with PTR’s successful diversity programs suchas the PTR ACE Program, Wheelchair and Adaptive Programs and the Junior Apprentice Program set to release this fall. Read More...
An Open Letter to the Health & Fitness Industry
Posted: June 18, 2021 in IHRSA
BOSTON, MA - IHRSA 2021 in Dallas, October 13 - 15, is our time to relaunch the momentum of growth for our industry in a BIG way! We will be “Celebrating the Industry’s Revival,” and we need you there! Uniting for our common cause is arguably more urgent and vital than it has been for the last 16 months. Now is the time to pull together and get business flowing again for us all. With travel restrictions lifting and a flood of clubs already indicating they are coming, we are confident the turnout to this year’s convention and trade show will be strong! We will take every precaution to keep you safe and we will make a promise to deliver to you the ideas, the technology, equipment and customers that will help you to turn the world’s appetite for fitness into your business growth. Read More...
Medical Fitness Association Welcomes Evolt as an Industry Partner
Posted: June 18, 2021 in Suppliers
PINEHURST, N.C. - The Medical Fitness Association welcomes Evolt as an Industry Partner. Evolt is a digital body composition analytic company. Using BIA technology, it’s the only product on the market that offers personalised calorie and macronutrient recommendations based on an individual’s true lean body-mass. This innovative technology provides a digital health tracking platform for the user as an intuitive data analytics platform. Read More...
Integrating Digital into Member Lifestyle
Posted: June 18, 2021 in Suppliers
CHANHASSEN, MN - Across the country, clubs are busier than they’ve been in a year or more. Live instructor classes almost at capacity, personal trainers booked out again and the buzz is that clubs are back big time. That’s the good news. The less good news is that clubs lost 500,000 employees during 2020 and operators now report problems juggling the need to re-hire and find staff and instructors with member demand for more classes on the rise daily. But, as things heat up in person at clubs this summer, one answer might still be the very thing that connected clubs and members for the past year: Digital. Here’s how... Read More...
EVCS Collaborates With LA Fitness to Install EV Fast Chargers at Its Fitness Centers
Posted: June 17, 2021 in Chains
ARCADIA, CA - EVCS, one of the largest electric vehicle (EV) fast charging network operators on the West Coast, has announced a collaboration with Fitness International, LLC, a leading health club operator in the United States, to install fast charging stations at LA Fitness locations throughout Southern California. Read More...
Fitness Industry Asks Congressional Leaders to Support GYMS Act
Posted: June 17, 2021 in IHRSA
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sixteen organizations, led by IHRSA, the Global Health & Fitness Association, and Community Gyms Coalition (CGC), released a letter calling on Congress to include H.R. 890 and S. 1613, the Gym Mitigation and Survival Act (GYMS Act), as part of any future economic recovery legislation. In addition to IHRSA and CGC, signatories to the letter included... Read More...
National Strength and Conditioning Association Foundation Announces 2021 Grant Recipients
Posted: June 17, 2021 in Suppliers
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO - The National Strength and Conditioning Association Foundation announces the recipients of the Foundation’s 2021 grants. Since the Foundation’s creation in 2007, it has awarded 189 grants, including 15 new recipients this year. This year’s recipients add to the prestigious legacy of those who came before them. The grants fulfill the Foundation’s mission of supporting the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) by providing funding for educational and research endeavors that enhance the practical applications of strength and conditioning. Read More...
Life Fitness and PEAR Sports Formalize Long-Term Strategic Partnership
Posted: June 16, 2021 in Suppliers
ROSEMONT, IL and NEWPORT BEACH, CA - To meet the need for adaptive, personalized training content, Life Fitness, a global leader in commercial fitness equipment, has announced a vested strategic partnership with PEAR Sports, a leader in smart, digital coaching technology. As part of this growing partnership, Life Fitness will expand its digital fitness solutions with AI-driven, digital coaching tools designed with PEAR. Read More...
Wellbeats Launches Athletic Performance Channel
Posted: June 14, 2021 in Suppliers
MINNEAPOLIS, MN - Wellbeats announces the launch of its Athletic Performance Channel. Members will learn how to improve speed, agility and explosiveness with sports performance classes designed by top athletic training specialist Dr. Grant Norland. Wellbeats’ new Athletic Performance channel debuts with seven high-performance classes simulating the advanced training of pro sports. Read More...
USTA Southern Executive Director John Callen to Retire
Posted: June 14, 2021 in Suppliers
PEACHTREE CORNERS, GA - John Callen, currently the longest serving USTA section executive director, has announced his retirement, effective January 31, 2022. In 1989, Callen was named USTA Southern Executive Director and now also serves as its Chief Operating Officer. Read More...
IHRSA Names Elizabeth Clark President & Chief Executive Officer
Posted: June 10, 2021 in IHRSA
BOSTON, MA - IHRSA, The Global Health & Fitness Association, has announced the appointment of Elizabeth Clark as the Association’s next President and CEO. Clark, a seasoned association executive, joins IHRSA at a critical time for the fitness industry and the association. IHRSA is the world's leading authority on the commercial health club industry. Clark previously led government relations and advocacy at the National Confectioners Association (NCA), the trade association for the $44 billion candy industry. Beginning August 16, she will be the first female chief executive in the association’s 40-year history. Clark's appointment concludes a five-month national search process completed by a six-member search committee chaired by Greta Wagner, Executive Director, Chelsea Piers Connecticut and IHRSA Board Member. Read More...
GreenStreet Merges Wellness and Work with Opening of Life Time in Downtown Houston
Posted: June 10, 2021 in Chains
HOUSTON, TX - At a time when consumers are reshaping how they live, work and play with a renewed focus on health, Life Time, one of the nation's premier healthy lifestyle brands, has opened its newest luxury athletic club and premium coworking space at GreenStreet in Downtown Houston. Read More...
Planet Fitness Appoints Sherrill Kaplan Chief Digital Officer
Posted: June 9, 2021 in Chains
HAMPTON, N.H. - Planet Fitness, Inc. (NYSE: PLNT), one of the largest and fastest-growing franchisors and operators of fitness centers in the U.S. with more members than any other fitness brand, announced that Sherrill Kaplan has been appointed Chief Digital Officer. Ms. Kaplan joins the brand this month leading the company's digital vision and strategy, including the continuous evolution of its mobile app, with a focus on consumer engagement, loyalty and a differentiated omni-channel experience to accelerate Planet Fitness' growth and success. She will report directly to Chris Rondeau, Chief Executive Officer. Read More...
