Health and Fitness Club Industry News
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Planet Fitness Reaches 2,000th Location Milestone
Posted: January 7, 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, announced that it has opened its 2,000th location in Colorado Springs, Colorado on December 31st, 2019. The Company also opened its 2,001st location on December 31, 2019, bringing its 2019 total openings to a record 261. Read More...
Town Sports International Announces the Acquisition of Flywheel Sports, Inc.’s Studio Business
Posted: January 6, 2020 in Chains
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Town Sports International Holdings, Inc. ("TSI" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: CLUB), a diversified holding company and one of the largest owners and operators of fitness clubs in the Northeast, announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the studio business of Flywheel Sports, Inc. (“Flywheel”). The acquisition is expected to close in the first quarter of 2020, upon satisfaction of customary closing conditions. Read More...
Equinox Unveils “Make Yourself A Gift To The World” Campaign
Posted: January 6, 2020 in Chains
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Equinox, a global high-performance lifestyle leader, has unveiled its 2020 brand campaign, “Make Yourself a Gift to the World,” a celebration and exploration of the positive effects that come from a deep devotion to oneself. Read More...
Blink Fitness Expands to Dallas – Fort Worth
Posted: January 6, 2020 in Chains
DALLAS, TX - Blink Fitness, an inclusive, affordable gym that values Mood Above Muscle, is expanding in Texas with four new spacious, state-of-the-art gyms offering monthly memberships starting at $10. Opening in the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) area for the first time, residents looking to forge forward with their new year fitness resolutions will be able to start building the positive vibes that are associated with exercise in four local neighborhoods beginning this month. Read More...
Eric McMahon Named New NSCA Coaching Program Manager
Posted: January 6, 2020 in Suppliers
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO - The National Strength and Conditioning Association announces that Eric McMahon, MEd, CSCS, RSCC*D, has been named the organization’s new Coaching Program Manager. In this role, McMahon will represent professional, collegiate, high school and private sector coaches who are part of the NSCA’s community. Read More...
MFA Certification Success: Five Centers Achieve Perfect Scores in 2019
Posted: January 3, 2020 in Suppliers
LOMBARD, IL - Power Wellness is proud to announce that five facilities that applied for recertification in 2019 all scored 100%. Congratulations to the following medically-integrated fitness centers on their perfect score: Chelsea Wellness Center; Northwestern Medicine Delnor Health & Fitness Center; Orland Park Health & Fitness Center; Valley Health Wellness & Fitness Center; and Virtua William G. Rohrer Center for HealthFitness. Read More...
PTR and iTPA Sign Partnership Agreement
Posted: January 2, 2020 in Suppliers
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. - Professional Tennis Registry (PTR) is proud to announce a new partnership with International Tennis Performance Association (iTPA). The partnership provides PTR members around the world access to the most comprehensive tennis-specific fitness, education and certification. With the accelerated advancement of PTR’s coach education offerings and requirements, partnering with iTPA offers an ideal enhancement to PTR Certification. Read More...
Bob and Holly Surface to Open Workout Anytime in Kettering, Ohio
Posted: January 1, 2020 in Chains
KETTERING, OH - Both Holly and Bob Surface worked for more than two decades in health- and fitness-related careers, and they met in a workout facility. So, the idea of opening their own fitness center, Bob Surface says, “just felt right.” It felt so right that the husband and wife are poised to open Workout Anytime Kettering, an 8,400-square-foot fitness center in The Shoppes at Kettering Pointe. Plans call for the new business to open “softly” in the next week or two, then host a grand opening shortly afterward. Read More...
Survey Reveals Nearly 50% of Respondents Would Give Up Pizza or Alcohol Forever To Maintain Goal Weight
Posted: January 1, 2020 in Chains
MINNEAPOLIS, MN - Each January, millions of Americans make resolutions to become healthier and lose weight, but research suggests the majority of resolutions fail. Life Time, the nation's premier healthy lifestyle brand, surveyed thousands of its members nationwide to determine trends, habits and what was motivating them to get healthy in the New Year. Notably, nearly 50% of respondents would give up alcohol or pizza forever in order to stay at their goal weight/physique... Read More...
You Can Make a Difference in 2020
Posted: December 31, 2019 in Other News
Over the past year, the ALS Therapy Development Institute (ALS TDI) continued our rigorous efforts to find effective treatments for ALS. As the most comprehensive research lab in the world dedicated to ALS, our research team is relentlessly working to attack ALS from every angle. As our team works through the last hours of 2019, I wanted to take the time to reflect on some of the year's milestones that you helped us achieve. Together, we are getting closer to ending ALS. Read More...
Support the IHRSA Foundation
Posted: December 30, 2019 in IHRSA
As 2020 begins, we are thankful for the ongoing support of the IHRSA Foundation. We hope you will support us in working toward an important goal: Making the benefits of physical activity accessible to everyone. Read More...
Here’s to Getting 2020 in Focus With Team Quest4ALS!
Posted: December 30, 2019 in Other News
It’s been another incredible year of progress in our quest to end ALS. Thank you for being on this journey with us. Our partners in the fitness industry play such a critical role, flexing your muscles as often as you can for our shared cause. You continue to take on ALS right beside us, stepping up your generous gifts, giving of your time and varied talents and fighting this disease with unmatched passion. You give us hope. And because of you, our dreams of curing ALS are in sight, we’re so much closer to seeing them actually coming true. Read More...
Tivity Health Presents New Offerings for SilverSneakers Members in 2020
Posted: December 30, 2019 in Suppliers
CHANDLER, AZ - SilverSneakers by Tivity Health, (Nasdaq: TVTY), the nation's leading community fitness program designed for seniors, has announced the launch of new healthy living solutions for members starting in 2020. Along with continued access to nearly 18,000 fitness locations nationwide, seniors can choose from a variety of program options that suit their interests, abilities and lifestyle. Read More...
Workout Anytime Opens its First Pittsburgh Area Gym
Posted: December 29, 2019 in Chains
EAST ROCHESTER, PA - In late-January, early February, Workout Anytime expects to open its first Pittsburgh-area gym. Workout Anytime will open in the East Rochester Plaza. The company’s first Pittsburgh-area location will offer 24-hour-a-day gym access with strength-training equipment and rows of cardio equipment, plus stand-up and lay-down tanning booths and two Hydromassage machines. Read More...
EōS Fitness Launches 2020 Fitness Contest
Posted: December 27, 2019 in Chains
SAN DIEGO, CA - EōS Fitness, a leader in the industry with its High-Value, Low-Price (HV/LP) gyms, has announced the launch of its inaugural 'New Year, New You' fitness contest, designed specifically to motivate individuals to stick with their 2020 fitness goals. Read More...
Life Time Work Announces Second Houston Location at GreenStreet
Posted: December 26, 2019 in Chains
HOUSTON, TX - Building on the success of Life Time’s first Houston-based Life Time Work at City Centre Five earlier this year, the premiere healthy lifestyle brand has announced the official launch of Life Time Work GreenStreet, set to open in Spring 2020. It will mark the fifth location across the country, with six to ten additional locations planned in the coming year. Read More...
Justin Drummond Named COO of PF Growth Partners
Posted: December 26, 2019 in Chains
TIMONIUM, MD - PF Growth Partners, LLC, an award-winning franchise division of Planet Fitness, has promoted Justin S. Drummond to Chief Operating Officer. Drummond joined PF Growth Partners in February 2010 as General Manager of the Planet Fitness club in Catonsville, Maryland. As regional manager, he later facilitated the opening of the 1,000th Planet Fitness club, located in Washington, DC. He has advanced to manage operations in the Maryland, District of Columbia and Florida markets, served as interim COO from March 2019 to December 2019 and earned the distinction of being PF Growth Partners’ longest-tenured employee. Read More...
Tilton Fitness Partners With Jersey Shore Council of Boy Scouts of America
Posted: December 26, 2019 in Chains
NEW JERSEY - Tilton Fitness locations in Northfield, Galloway, Manahawkin, Brick, Jackson and Hazlet have officially partnered with the Jersey Shore Council of the Boy Scouts of America. Tilton Fitness will be offering Boy Scout parents a discounted membership rate, reduced rates for swim lessons and Personal and Small Group training. Tilton Fitness will also be a location where Boy Scout participants have the option to earn a badge or host a badge workshop at any of the six locations involved. Read More...
Annual TOM Conference Set for January’s Racquet & Paddle Sports Show
Posted: December 26, 2019 in Suppliers
ORLANDO, FL - The Tennis Industry Association's annual Tennis Owners & Managers (TOM) Conference headlines a comprehensive program of educational opportunities at the 2nd Annual Racquet & Paddle Sports Show, January 22 - 24, 2020 at the Orange County Convention Center (OCCC) in Orlando, Florida. Read More...
Wellbeats Nominated for 8th Annual BOLD Awards
Posted: December 26, 2019 in Suppliers
MINNEAPOLIS, MN - Wellbeats has announced that the company has been nominated for the 8th Annual BOLD Awards, presented by the Minnesota Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG). The BOLD Awards are designed to honor and recognize innovation, inspirational moves, bold visions and leaders that have made BOLD moves to positively grow, restructure or enhance their companies for the benefit of all stakeholders. Read More...
