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Codelocks Releases Its Third Generation KitLock with NetCode
Posted: December 23, 2021 in Suppliers
IRVINE, CA - Codelocks Inc., a leading access control company that designs and distributes innovative, keyless door locks and access solutions, announces the availability of its new KitLock, the KL1000 G3 NetCode. The new locker lock combines the style and functionality of the popular KL1000 G3 KitLock with the convenience of Codelocks’ NetCode technology, enabling administrators to generate temporary date- and time-sensitive access codes. Read More...
Universal Tennis Announces Collegiate Ambassador Program
Posted: December 23, 2021 in Suppliers
PALO ALTO, CA - Universal Tennis announces the launch of the Universal Tennis Collegiate Ambassadors program. Heading into 2022, four top collegiate student-athletes have been selected to represent Universal Tennis as the first-ever Ambassadors. With the newly adopted NCAA Name, Image, and Likeness rule allowing student-athletes to earn money, Universal Tennis has become one of the first companies to take advantage of the change in tennis. Read More...
24 Hour Fitness CEO Tony Ueber Leaves the Company
Posted: December 18, 2021 in Chains
CLUB INDUSTRY - As initially reported by Club Industry: 24 Hour Fitness CEO, Tony Ueber, has left the company, and 24 Hour COO, Karl Sanft, has taken over as interim CEO, according to a statement from 24 Hour Fitness. Ueber had been CEO since January 2019. He led the company through its Chapter 11 filing in June 2020, brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, and through its emergence in December 2020. Read More...
Crunch Franchise Opens New Facility in Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Posted: December 17, 2021 in Chains
MURFREESBORO, TN - Crunch Franchise announces the December 31st Grand Opening of Crunch Murfreesboro, a $5 million, 40,000-square-foot fitness facility in the heart of Tennessee. Crunch Murfreesboro is owned by seasoned fitness veterans Brian Hibbard and John Armatas of Fitness Ventures, who own 18 additional Crunch locations nationwide. The facility will be open 24 hours. Read More...
Is Your Gym Ready For The New Year?
Posted: December 17, 2021 in Suppliers
As we begin prepping for the New Year, you need to be asking yourself if your gym is really ready to take on the resolutions rush. We love making fitness resolutions and committing ourselves to better health. In 2020, it was the most common commitment people made, with 46% of Americans saying this was their New Year’s resolution. With January being the biggest month for new sign ups, according to the IHRSA (with more than 12% of all sign ups happening in January), it’s important that you prepare your gym to take on, and attract, new members. Read More...
Planet Fitness Hagerstown Reopens After Completing $1M Renovation
Posted: December 17, 2021 in Chains
HAGERSTOWN, MD - Planet Fitness, one of the nation’s largest and fastest-growing franchisors and operators of fitness centers with more members than any other fitness brand, recently completed over $1 million worth of renovations to its Hagerstown club, which originally opened in 2009. During a four-month period (which included a one-month closure), the facility was expanded by 4,000-square-feet of space. Now totaling 21,250-square-feet, the club features a new PF Black Card Spa area, new strength and cardio equipment, TRX suspension training, updated locker rooms, new entrance way floor tile and a new front desk. A grand reopening celebration will take place in early 2022. Read More...
Blink Fitness Continues its California Gym Expansion in the Rialto Community
Posted: December 16, 2021 in Chains
RIALTO, CA - Just in time to get moving in the New Year, Blink Fitness will be opening its highly anticipated Rialto, California gym location, offering local residents a welcoming fitness staff, state-of-the-art equipment and affordable pricing. The new fitness club is scheduled to open its doors on December 29 and is set to be the brand’s eighth gym opening in Southern California. Read More...
Burn Boot Camp Ends Year With Entrance into 40th State, Achieves Record Ranking
Posted: December 16, 2021 in Chains
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Burn Boot Camp, a leading boutique fitness franchise, ends the year with significant growth as the brand is projected to wrap up 2021 with over 60 signed agreements and a break into its 40th state by bringing a location to Eagle, Idaho. Burn Boot Camp now has 300 gyms open and operating and will continue the momentum with a robust roster in Q1, including its first location in the greater New York City area slated to open in January. Read More...
Kevin McHugh Receives 2021 MFA’s Hank Boerner Pioneer Award
Posted: December 15, 2021 in Independents
PINEHURST, N.C. - The Medical Fitness Association (MFA) announces that Kevin McHugh, COO at The Atlantic Club in New Jersey, is the 2021 recipient of the Hank Boerner Pioneer Award. This is the highest award given by MFA in memory of Hank Boerner, a Founding Member of MFA who passed away in 2012. Boerner was the Director of the North Mississippi Medical Wellness Center for 20 years. Read More...
Mountainside Fitness Commits to $30,000 Donation to St. Mary’s Food Bank This Holiday Season
Posted: December 15, 2021 in Chains
SCOTTSDALE, AZ - With a commitment to health that goes far beyond the fitness center, Mountainside Fitness is teaming up with its members as it commits to donate at least $30,000 to St. Mary’s Food Bank. Mountainside will donate 100% of all proceeds for one day, December 20th, 2021, which will include any sales within its café, pro shop, supplements, personal training and new memberships. All of the 19 Valley-wide locations will work together to reach the goal of $30,000 in a single check to St. Mary’s Food Bank prior to the Christmas holiday. Read More...
