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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 HFA
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...
