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Dallas Cowboys Legend, Troy Aikman, Cooper Aerobics President and CEO, Dr. Tyler Cooper, and Retiring Frisco Independent School District Superintendent, Dr. Jeremy Lyon, to Join The Cooper Institute
Posted: March 21, 2017 in Suppliers
DALLAS, TX - The Cooper Institute is pleased to announce three new additions to the organization. Troy Aikman and Dr. Tyler Cooper have formally accepted positions on The Institute's Board of Trustees. Dr. Jeremy Lyon, retiring superintendent of Frisco Independent School District, will join The Institute as the first president of Cooper Youth in July 2017. Read More...
Brick Bodies Announces the Opening of New State-of-the-Art Health Club in the Historic Rotunda
Posted: March 20, 2017 in Chains
TIMONIUM, MD - Brick Bodies announces the opening of its new state-of-the-art coed health club in the historic Rotunda. With its emphasis on small group training and creative programming, the new 26,270 square-foot health club will be the first of its kind in the Hampden area and will be opening in late May/early June. Read More...
Ride For A Reason To Be Held During Second Annual St. Jude Event At Life Time Destinations Nationwide On Saturday, April 22
Posted: March 17, 2017 in Chains
CHANHASSEN, MN - At a time when children of all ages should be celebrating every day of their young lives, the reality is thousands of children nationwide face the uncertain diagnosis of cancer, as well as sky rocketing youth obesity rates making the life expectancy for kids less than those of today's adults. In an effort to identify a cure for childhood cancer and improve children's nutrition, more than 100 Life Time destinations across the country are hosting the second annual Ride for a Reason event to benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and the Life Time Foundation on Saturday, April 22. Read More...
Power Wellness Begins Partnership With Mercy Medical Center
Posted: March 16, 2017 in Suppliers
LOMBARD, IL - Mercy Medical Center, a 4-hospital integrated Catholic healthcare network in Des Moines Iowa, has rebranded their state-of-the-art 65,000 square-foot fitness center as the Mercy Health & Fitness Center. To help accelerate medical integration and population health strategies, Mercy Medical Center has retained Power Wellness to manage the Mercy Health & Fitness Center starting April 1, 2017. Robert Ritz, President and CEO of Mercy Medical Center, seeks to strengthen the Mercy Health & Fitness Center’s medical fitness programs and to bridge the gap between the Center and medical professionals. Read More...
Fitness Industry Celebrates Record-Breaking Fundraising Year During IHRSA’s 12th Annual BASH for Augie’s Quest to Cure ALS
Posted: March 15, 2017 in Other News
LOS ANGELES, CA - Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a neurodegenerative disease affecting far too many people and families. It steals people’s muscles and robs them of every benefit exercise provides. That’s why for more than a decade, the fitness industry has refused to accept that fate, rallying hundreds of companies, countless professionals, staff, studio and club members and local communities to take on this disease and unifying cause. Augie’s Quest to Cure ALS is the challenge the fitness industry dared to accept, raising a record-breaking $3.5 million in the last year alone and more than $45 million total since its inception, as announced and celebrated during the recent International Health, Racquet and Sports Association’s (IHRSA) International Tradeshow and Convention and its BASH for Augie in Los Angeles. Read More...
REX Field Trips During IHRSA 2017
Posted: March 15, 2017 in HFA
LOS ANGELES, CA - Just before the IHRSA 2017 Los Angeles conference, 120 REX members and their staffs took a field trip to four different health clubs in the Santa Monica area. This happened on Tuesday, the day before the IHRSA convention began in Los Angeles. The participants traveled in two luxury tour buses to visit these sites, and each site had a unique story to tell. Read More...
New Members, Chair for IHRSA Board of Directors
Posted: March 14, 2017 in HFA
LOS ANGELES, CA - IHRSA, the International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association, announced that Carrie Kepple, Alan Leach, Brad Wilkins and Bryan O’Rourke have been elected to the IHRSA Board of Directors, to be led by newly elected chair Derek Gallup. The election took place during IHRSA 2017, the Association’s 36th Annual International Convention & Trade Show. Derek Gallup, Executive Vice President of Fitness for New Evolution Ventures, will begin his term as IHRSA’s 2017-2018 chairperson on July 1, 2017. Read More...
ClubCorp Announces Third Acquisition in 2017 with Purchase of Norbeck Country Club
Posted: March 14, 2017 in Chains
DALLAS, TX - ClubCorp – The World Leader in Private Clubs (NYSE:MYCC) – announces the acquisition of Norbeck Country Club, a premier country club in Rockville, Maryland, just north of Washington, D.C. This marks the third acquisition this year for ClubCorp, which plans a multimillion-dollar reinvention of the club that will feature new dining amenities, and improvements and upgrades to the club over the next two years. Read More...
Orangetheory Fitness More Than Doubles Donation Goal To Help Find A Cure For ALS
Posted: March 13, 2017 in Chains
BOCA RATON, FL - Orangetheory Fitness, the scientifically backed and fast-growing fitness franchise, announced it raised more than $2 million in two weeks for Augie's Quest, a foundation dedicated to finding a cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) disease. Orangetheory Fitness more than doubled its original goal of raising $1 million thanks to the support of its franchisees, coaches, studio staff and more than 430,000 members nationwide. The company's first national fundraiser, named the #IBurnForALS campaign, took place from February 20 to March 5. Read More...
Off The Scale Partners With American College of Sports Medicine to Scale its Chronic Disease Intervention Care
Posted: March 13, 2017 in Suppliers
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Off The Scale (OTS) and the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) have announced a significant strategic partnership, with ACSM and its Exercise is Medicine (EIM) Global Center teaming up with OTS to combat the progression of chronic diseases. This partnership supports continued efforts to develop and implement lifestyle change programs aimed at combating sedentary lifestyle, obesity and those chronic diseases that can be significantly treated or managed by physical activity and other lifestyle interventions. Read More...
