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Your Guide to Joining Augie’s Quest This ALS Awareness Month
Posted: May 5, 2019 in Other News
May is ALS Awareness Month. All across the US, Augie's Quest To Cure ALS will be joining forces with our partners to fund innovative ALS research. And we can't do it without you! Read on for ways you can join Augie's Quest all month long! Read More...
Life Time Foundation Salutes Three of its School Lunch Heroes Across the Nation
Posted: May 3, 2019 in Chains
CHANHASSEN, MN - The Life Time Foundation, a public charity founded by Life Time to improve school nutrition across the country, is recognizing its incredible partners in celebration of School Lunch Hero Day (May 3). Lunch Hero Day, created by the School Nutrition Association, provides an opportunity to highlight hardworking professionals making a difference for kids in school cafeterias. Read More...
Planet Fitness Franchisee, PF Atlantic Holdings, Doubles Growth; Announces Addition of Four Executives
Posted: May 1, 2019 in Chains
CORAL SPRINGS, FL - Planet Fitness (NYSE: PLNT), one of the largest and fastest-growing franchisors and operators of fitness centers in the United States with more than 12.5 million members and 1,700+ locations, announced that PF Atlantic Holdings, one of the fastest growing franchisees in the Planet Fitness system, doubled its footprint over the past twelve months and now owns and operates 30 Planet Fitness health clubs in South Florida, Central California and New Jersey. To support its expansion plans to 40 clubs over the next twelve months on its way to 70 clubs, PF Atlantic announces the addition of four strategic executives to support its rapid growth and expansion. Read More...
Josh McCarter Promoted to President of MINDBODY
Posted: May 1, 2019 in Suppliers
SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA - MINDBODY, a leading technology platform for the wellness industry, announced the promotion of Josh McCarter to President of MINDBODY. McCarter joined MINDBODY as Chief Strategy Officer following the company’s acquisition of Booker in 2018, where McCarter served as CEO and co-founder. Read More...
Life Fitness Launches Innovative Digital Out-of-Home Advertising Platform
Posted: May 1, 2019 in Suppliers
ROSEMONT, IL - Life Fitness, a global leader in commercial fitness equipment, announced the launch of Life Fitness Media, its first venture in creating an innovative digital advertising platform. This new offering will leverage its large installed base of cardio equipment to effectively deliver unique forms of content to the thousands of fitness- and wellness-minded consumers who work out on Life Fitness equipment every day. Read More...
ACE Simplifies Options, Pricing for Aspiring Certified Personal Trainers
Posted: May 1, 2019 in Suppliers
SAN DIEGO, CA - The American Council on Exercise (ACE) has simplified and made more compelling its choices for those exploring investment in a certified personal trainer study program. Read More...
Thank You Team Quest4ALS Nashville!
Posted: April 30, 2019 in Other News
NASHVILLE, TN - Congratulations to everyone who participated in the Team Quest4ALS Nashville Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon & 5K this weekend! Your support led to $455,000 in critical fundraising for innovative ALS research. Congratulations to our top fundraisers: Rosalyn Yellin and Susie McLaughlin; Marc Masso; Paul Stabile; Vincent Zambrotta; Adam and Kaitlyn McHugh; Molly McHugh; Diane Karpus; Chrisy and Ashley Coon; Mark Lowder; and Alexis Arena. Read More...
Blink Fitness Moves into New Underserved Markets Across Eastern Seaboard
Posted: April 30, 2019 in Chains
NEW YORK, N.Y. - On the move again, Blink Fitness is rapidly accelerating its growth into major markets across the United States. Blink, which focuses on how exercise makes you feel rather than exclusively on how it makes you look, is set to break into new metropolitan areas across the Eastern Seaboard with the signing of a nine-gym agreement. The agreement inked with entrepreneurial couple Carlos and Laura Gavidia calls for three locations in Virginia Beach and six gyms in Jacksonville, Florida. The first gym is slated to open summer 2019 in Virginia Beach. This will be the first time Blink breaks ground in each of these markets. Read More...
Orangetheory Fitness to Use Augmented Reality to Promote Wonder Woman Race Affiliation
Posted: April 30, 2019 in Suppliers
VANCOUVER and FARGO, N.D. - Imagination Park Technologies Inc. (CSE: IP) (OTC: IPNFF), the company bringing augmented reality experiences to consumers and sports fans globally, announced that Orangetheory Fitness will don its super hero cape and bring an augmented reality experience to the people of Fargo, North Dakota. Starting next week until June 30, Orangetheory will launch a campaign to promote Orangetheory's affiliation with the Wonder Woman Run Series. Read More...
Fitness Holdings Northeast Acquires Crunch York
Posted: April 29, 2019 in Chains
GREENWICH, CT - Fitness Holdings Northeast, LLC ("Fitness Holdings"), one of the leading franchise groups in the Crunch Fitness network, announced its acquisition of Crunch York, in southern Pennsylvania. In addition to this acquisition, Fitness Holdings has also formed a strategic development relationship with the ownership group CAS, led by Chad Smith, for the development of another 4-5 clubs. With this acquisition, Fitness Holdings now operates 19 clubs with 6-8 additional clubs expected this year. Read More...
