Health and Fitness Club Industry News
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Life Fitness Announces The Top 10 Global Finalists For 2015 Personal Trainers To Watch Competition
Posted: October 13, 2015 in Suppliers
ROSEMONT, IL - Selected from nearly 1,000 nominations and a record-breaking 49 countries and territories, 10 elite trainers have emerged to compete for the title of world’s best Personal Trainer to Watch. On October 30, Life Fitness, a global leader in commercial fitness equipment manufacturing, will gather these finalists at David Lloyd Club Turó in Barcelona, Spain, for one last challenge: a final judging event to evaluate their training skills. Read More...
Town Sports International Holdings, Inc. Announces the Appointment of Michelle Ryan as Chief Marketing Officer and Leam Nelson as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Posted: October 12, 2015 in Chains
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Town Sports International Holdings, Inc. ("TSI" or the "Company") (NASDAQ:CLUB) announced the appointment of two new executives joining TSI on October 19, 2015. Michelle Ryan will join the company as Chief Marketing Officer and Leam Nelson will join the Company as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. Read More...
Crunch Fitness Franchise To Open 100th Location In Mason, OH
Posted: October 8, 2015 in Chains
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Crunch Franchise, a renowned gym chain best known for making serious workouts fun through innovative group fitness programming and cutting-edge training offerings, is proud to announce the opening of its 100th Franchise location in Mason, OH. Read More...
Details of Motionsoft’s Successful 2nd Annual Technology Summit
Posted: October 8, 2015 in Suppliers
WASHINGTON D.C. - The 2nd annual Motionsoft Technology Summit, the fitness industry’s premier technology event for IT executives in the health and fitness arena, took place in Washington, D.C., on September 22nd - 24th, at the Fairmont Hotel. Over 100 senior IT fitness industry executives attended the Motionsoft Technology Summit collectively representing approximately 25 million active gym members. Bill Besselman, VP of Integration and Digital Strategy, Under Armour Connected Fitness delivered the Summit keynote. Read More...
ClubCorp CEO Named the Most Powerful Person in Golf
Posted: October 6, 2015 in Chains
DALLAS, TX - Eric Affeldt, CEO and President of ClubCorp --The World Leader in Private Clubs (NYSE: MYCC)-- has been named No. 1 on the Golf Inc. 2015 "Most Powerful People in Golf" list, which ranks individuals' influence and their organizations' ability to positively impact the golf industry. This is the second year in a row that Affeldt has received this top honor. Read More...
Gold’s Gym Teams Up with After-School All-Stars for the Gold Star Campaign
Posted: October 5, 2015 in Chains
DALLAS, TX - Gold’s Gym, a leading authority in health and fitness, has partnered with After-School All-Stars (ASAS), a national nonprofit that provides comprehensive after-school programs to keep children safe and help them succeed in school and life. As part of the Gold’s Gym 50th Anniversary celebrations, the organizations have launched the “Gold Star Campaign” to fundraise for the nonprofit founded by Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1992. Read More...
Life Time Foundation, Chef Ann Foundation and Whole Kids Foundation to Support Clean Food and Children’s Health
Posted: October 1, 2015 in Chains
BOULDER, CO - Dedicated to improving school meals, three top school food nutrition foundations have teamed up to provide $600,000 in support to five school districts across the nation through the School Food Support Initiative. Launched by the Life Time Foundation, in partnership with the Chef Ann Foundation and the Whole Kids Foundation, the School Food Support Initiative is seeking five motivated school districts that want to establish healthier meal programs and want the guidance and support to truly improve the health of children in their communities. Read More...
ACE Applauds Focus On ‘Clinic To The Community’ Approach To Reducing Obesity
Posted: October 1, 2015 in Suppliers
SAN DIEGO, CA - The American Council on Exercise (ACE) issued the following statement in response to The State of Obesity: Better Policies for a Healthier America 2015 report, released last week by the Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The annual report is one of the most widely read and referenced documents on the current state of the obesity epidemic in the United States. Read More...
IHRSA Releases 2015 Health Club Consumer Report: The Story Behind Members and Their Clubs
Posted: September 30, 2015 in HFA
BOSTON, MA - The International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) released the 2015 Health Club Consumer Report: The Story Behind Members and Their Health & Fitness Clubs. This annual publication provides demographics and participation data on American health club consumers. New to this year’s edition is an in-depth review of activity preferences by gender, consumer trend analysis of generational and ethnic groups, and multi-year analyses of membership trends by club type. Read More...
Chicago’s David Muir Receives USPTA Lifetime Achievement Award
Posted: September 29, 2015 in Suppliers
NEW ORLEANS, LA – David Muir of Chicago was honored with the 2015 George Bacso Lifetime Achievement Award by the United States Professional Tennis Association. Muir was recognized during the annual awards ceremony at the USPTA World Conference at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside in New Orleans on Friday, September 25. This award was developed to honor individuals who set the highest standards in volunteerism on behalf of tennis teachers. Read More...
