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Gold’s Gym Signs Franchise Agreement to Expand Presence in Nashville Area
Posted: April 12, 2017 in Chains
DALLAS, TX - Gold's Gym, a trusted authority on health and fitness, announced Tennessee Fitness LLC has signed a franchise agreement to bring five additional Gold's Gym locations to Middle Tennessee. Owned by Robert Dennis, Andrew Davis and John Davis, Tennessee Fitness LLC currently owns and operates seven locations throughout the market in Murfreesboro, Henderson, Smyrna, Bellevue and Clarksville. The new locations will be opening throughout five counties in the Middle Tennessee region, including Wilson, Davidson and Williamson. Read More...
ClubCorp CEO Eric Affeldt to Retire
Posted: April 12, 2017 in Chains
DALLAS, TX - ClubCorp – The World Leader in Private Clubs (NYSE:MYCC) – announced that Eric Affeldt intends to retire from his role as Chief Executive Officer upon the appointment of his successor. As part of its regular CEO succession planning process, the Board has identified a strong internal candidate and will engage a leading executive search firm to identify additional, highly qualified, external candidates. Read More...
GoodLife Members Spin, Groove and Move to Help Get Kids Active
Posted: April 12, 2017 in Chains
CANADA - GoodLife Members across Canada joined together to Spin, Groove and Move for a great cause at Spin4Kids 2017. Whether it was at the 1,000+ participant event in St. John’s, NFLD or a more intimate event like the Hawaiian luau-themed affair in Chatham, Ontario, 65 communities across the country shared the same goal: To raise funds for GoodLife Kids Foundation to help get Canadian kids physically active! Results have been tallied, and GoodLife is proud to announce that, with the help of thousands of GoodLife Members, Associates, family and friends, over $940,000 was raised at Spin4Kids 2017! Read More...
April 2017 Cover Story Preview: George Foreman III and EverybodyFights – Train Like a Fighter; Live Like a Champion
Posted: April 11, 2017 in Other News
Everyone has the fighting spirit in them. Because of the daily grind so many of us get used to, we may not realize it still exists inside of us, but it does. We’ve all studied it in school; it’s called the Fight or Flight Response, and it is ingrained in nature. When we perceive a threat, our heart rate increases, adrenaline kicks in and we become hyper-aware of our surroundings. It is in that moment that one chooses the course that best ensures their survival. We all hope we never have to experience this psychological/physiological response in our life, but it is refreshing to know our instinctual nature will kick in if and when it is needed. Now, more evolved, we have learned to tap into this response to propel ourselves to greater heights physical and mentally. At EverybodyFights, the core of their program is to do exactly this. In doing so, they tackle one’s own beliefs, attitude and effort. Read More...
ClubCorp and Alexandria Real Estate Equities Launch New, Dynamic Club in Seattle
Posted: April 10, 2017 in Chains
DALLAS, TX - ClubCorp – The World Leader in Private Clubs (NYSE:MYCC) – announces with Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. (NYSE:ARE), the leader in collaborative life science and technology campuses, plans for The Collective, a new club in the heart of South Lake Union. Slated to open in March 2018, The Collective will connect Seattle’s growing community of innovators and creatives, as well as provide them with an urban escape for the mind, body and soul. Read More...
Great Success for TechnoGym’s “Let’s Move for a Better World” Social Campaign
Posted: April 10, 2017 in Suppliers
CESENA, ITALY - TechnoGym, a leading wellness and fitness company, announced the results of its ‘Let’s Move for a Better World’ campaign, a worldwide social campaign to raise awareness in the fight against obesity and sedentariness, that ran its fourth edition from March 13-31, 2017. ‘Let’s Move for a Better World’ is the biggest social campaign in the industry and embodies TechnoGym’s mission to improve wellness on a global scale. Thanks to TechnoGym’s ecosystem platform, mywellness, gym members in fitness facilities around the world joined forces to donate their movement and promote wellness and healthy lifestyles in their local community and beyond. The more active the users were, the bigger the donation to the communities. Read More...
Planet Fitness Celebrates The End Of Tax Season With Free HydroMassages For All
Posted: April 6, 2017 in Chains
NEWINGTON, N.H. - Planet Fitness, Inc. (NYSE: PLNT), one of the largest and fastest-growing franchisors and operators of fitness centers in the U.S., invites everyone, whether a member of the Judgement Free Zone or not, to recover from tax season-related tension and anxiety by treating themselves to free HydroMassage at any of the more than 1,300 Planet Fitness clubs nationwide. The limited-time offer is available from April 15 – 22 in partnership with HydroMassage; de-stressers need only bring in a coupon available beginning April 15 on the Planet Fitness website. Read More...
UFC Gym Announces Exclusive Partnership With Life Wellness International Development To Open Franchise Locations Throughout Taiwan
Posted: April 6, 2017 in Chains
TAIPEI, TAIWAN - UFC Gym announced an exclusive partnership with Life Wellness International Development to open ten locations throughout Taiwan. The countries first signature UFC Gym will be in Taipei and is scheduled for its grand opening in June. The 35,000-square foot signature gym will mark the commencement of a partnership that joins recent of UFC Gym expansion announcements pan-regionally across Asia. Read More...
Equinox Unveils First East Bay Club in Berkeley
Posted: April 6, 2017 in Chains
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Equinox, the high performance lifestyle leader, announced the opening of its first club in Berkeley, California. Located in close proximity of the world-renowned university, the 30,000-square foot club combines the unparalleled experience that Equinox offers at each of its 87 global locations with touches that feel unmistakably "Berkeley." Read More...
GoodLife Fitness ‘Lights It Up Blue’ for World Autism Awareness Day
Posted: April 5, 2017 in Chains
LONDON, ONTARIO - GoodLife Fitness illuminated its Home Office building in blue lights on Sunday, April 2, as part of the ‘Light it Up Blue’ campaign to mark World Autism Awareness Day. After his daughter Kilee was diagnosed on the autism spectrum disorder at age two and a half, GoodLife Fitness Founder and CEO David ‘Patch’ Patchell-Evans made it his mission to support awareness and research to help Canadians living with autism spectrum disorder, which now affects one in every 68 Canadian children. Patch urges Canadian businesses and individuals to find their own ways to ‘light it up blue’ for autism awareness. Read More...
