Health and Fitness Club Industry News
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Snap Fitness Partners with Escape Fitness for Club Equipment
Posted: May 26, 2021 in Chains, Suppliers
CHANHASSEN, MN - Snap Fitness has announced a partnership with Escape Fitness that specializes in free weights and functional accessories in select or new U.S., Canada and APAC Snap Fitness clubs. This comes after both companies have successfully partnered in the U.K. for the past several years. Read More...
Merrithew Partners with Resellers in Kuwait and Taiwan
Posted: May 26, 2021 in Suppliers
TORONTO, ONTARIO - Merrithew, a global leader in mind-body education and equipment, announces its partnership with Sports World Fitness Solutions, an experienced distributor based in Kuwait, to bring its industry-leading Pilates, fitness and mind-body equipment and accessories to commercial gyms, health clubs, hotels, sports facilities, hospitals, educational facilities and home users in the region. Merrithew has also developed a new reseller partnership with Gymco Sports Ltd. in Taiwan, one of the top 10 recreational and physical activity markets in Asia, in response to skyrocketing consumer and professional demand for high-quality mindful movement equipment and education. Read More...
Parkinson’s Foundation and American College of Sports Medicine Announce Exercise Recommendations for Parkinson’s Disease
Posted: May 25, 2021 in Other News, Suppliers
MIAMI, FL and NEW YORK, N.Y. - The Parkinson's Foundation and the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) have announced new exercise recommendations to provide safe and effective guidance on physical activity to people with Parkinson's and to certified exercise professionals working with them. Read More...
ACSM Names Incoming Editor-in-Chief of Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
Posted: May 25, 2021 in Suppliers
INDIANAPOLIS, IN - ACSM announces that Andrew M. Jones, Ph.D., FACSM, has been selected as the next Editor-in-Chief (EIC) of Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise (MSSE). Dr. Jones was selected through a rigorous application and interview search process from among a pool of talented and qualified candidates. Read More...
Life Fitness Joins Movement Live by Michelob ULTRA as Official Fitness Equipment Partner
Posted: May 24, 2021 in Suppliers
ROSEMONT, IL - Life Fitness is teaming up with Michelob ULTRA to encourage fitness lovers to get back to working out with friends this summer and to have some fun along the way. As the official fitness equipment partner of Movement Live by Michelob ULTRA, Life Fitness will help inspire fitness lovers to sweat together and encourage a more active lifestyle through invigorating workouts. Read More...
Peloton To Build First U.S. Factory
Posted: May 24, 2021 in Suppliers
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Peloton Interactive, Inc. (Nasdaq: PTON) has announced plans to build its first U.S. factory. After a rigorous selection process, Peloton selected Troy Township in Wood County, Ohio for the site of Peloton Output Park (POP), a state-of-the art factory that will be dedicated to producing Peloton's award-winning Peloton Bike, Bike+ and Peloton Tread starting in 2023. Peloton expects to break ground on the site later this summer. Throughout the multi-year development, Peloton will commit approximately $400 million to the facility. Read More...
Ecore Offers Continuing Education Unit on Solving Secondhand Noise with Savvy Flooring Specification
Posted: May 24, 2021 in Suppliers
LANCASTER, PA - In certain environments, among them healthcare facilities, multifamily housing and fitness centers, the noise of clanging, banging, footfall, voices and machinery can be pervasive and seemingly uncontrollable. Ecore, a company that transforms reclaimed materials into performance surfaces that make people’s lives better, now offers a continuing education unit (CEU) focused on unwanted sound as a public health hazard. Read More...
Gyms See Membership Increase as COVID Restrictions Ease
Posted: May 21, 2021 in Chains
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Crunch Franchise CEO, Ben Midgley, discusses fitness center reopenings and how the industry is bouncing back as COVID restrictions ease. Read More...
Matrix Fitness Announces Integration with Ecofit
Posted: May 20, 2021 in Suppliers
COTTAGE GROVE, WI - Matrix Fitness, one of the world’s fastest-growing commercial fitness brands, has announced an integration partnership with Ecofit Networks, a leading Internet of Things (IoT) solution provider. The new partnership enables equipment reporting from any connected Matrix fitness equipment into Ecofit’s asset management system. Read More...
USTA Foundation Launches “Rally for the Future” Fundraising Campaign
Posted: May 20, 2021 in Suppliers
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - The USTA Foundation, the charitable arm of the USTA, has launched the “Rally for the Future” campaign, designed to raise $20 million over the next three years to support more than 250 National Junior Tennis & Learning (NJTL) chapters across the U.S. Read More...
