Health and Fitness Club Industry News: Suppliers
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ABC Financial and Lead Dolphin Announce Vendor Relationship
Posted: November 6, 2017 in Suppliers
LITTLE ROCK, AR - ABC Financial (ABC), a leading software and payment processing provider to the health and fitness industry, announced their preferred partnership with Lead Dolphin. Lead Dolphin is a lead management and member acquisition platform. They have evolved member acquisition and lead management for the fitness industry into a strategic process allowing clients to optimize their sales efforts and ensure the best result possible. Lead Dolphin enhances customer engagement with relevant and timely content. Read More...
Newly Released Research Answers: How Safe and Effective Is Wearing a Sauna Suit While Exercising?
Posted: November 1, 2017 in Suppliers
SAN DIEGO, CA - With more than 2 in 3 adults in the U.S. considered overweight, there is an always-growing demand for products, diets and exercise programs to help people shed pounds, often with disappointing results. Are claims that exercising in a neoprene "sauna suit" helps burn more calories and yield additional health benefits accurate or simply too good to be true? As part of its mission to get people moving, the American Council on Exercise (ACE) commissioned a study investigating whether sauna suits could help people struggling with obesity achieve healthy weight loss at an expedited rate. Read More...
Matrix Fitness Welcomes Vinnie Saunders as Territory Manager for the NY Metro Area
Posted: October 30, 2017 in Suppliers
COTTAGE GROVE, WI - Matrix Fitness announces the addition of Vinnie Saunders as the new Territory Manager for the Vertical Markets in the NY Metro Area, including Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and Long Island. Saunders’s primary responsibilities will be to build relationships in the areas of multifamily development as well as the hospitality and education channels. Saunders comes to Matrix with eight years of sales experience on the dealer side and is excited about the transition. Read More...
Strength and Conditioning Certification Dedicated to Tactical Communities Approved for Post 911 GI Bill
Posted: October 30, 2017 in Suppliers
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO - Service members seeking a strength and conditioning certification to train their peers can now utilize the Post 911 GI Bill to obtain the only nationally-accredited certification dedicated to the challenges and demands specific to tactical communities. The National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) Tactical Strength and Conditioning Facilitator (TSAC-F) certification will provide the necessary tools for eligible participants to train Service Members to increase performance capabilities, recognize and correct patterns related to injury propensity (the potential for injuries to occur), and to build resiliency throughout their career. Read More...
ACE Welcomes New Board Members in Its Reach Beyond Traditional Fitness Industry
Posted: October 26, 2017 in Suppliers
SAN DIEGO, CA - A leading health and fitness nonprofit, The American Council on Exercise (ACE), announces six new board members with expertise in fields that will support the organization’s mission to get people moving. "The tide won't turn on inactivity-related chronic disease if we approach systemic problems in isolation," says American Council on Exercise CEO, Scott Goudeseune. "The diversity of skill sets and backgrounds in our board of directors will help us equip more people with the skills, expertise and credentials to help people adopt and maintain physically active lifestyles and advancing programs that bring physical-activity options to places and populations where it’s most needed." Read More...
Despite Fears, Fitness Pros Name HIIT Top Trend for 2018
Posted: October 26, 2017 in Suppliers
INDIANAPOLIS, IN - No pain, no gain? The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) surveyed more than 4,000 fitness professionals, and the results are in: High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) is forecast as next year’s most popular trend in fitness. HIIT training is made up of bursts of all-out exercise followed by short periods of rest for recovery. The fitness trends forecast was released in the article "Worldwide Survey of Fitness Trends for 2018: The CREP Edition," published in the November/December issue of ACSM’s Health & Fitness Journal. Read More...
Fitness On Demand Partners with SH1FT Functional Training
Posted: October 26, 2017 in Suppliers
CHANHASSEN, MN - Fitness On Demand has announced a partnership with SH1FT, a revolutionary new functional HIIT brand, to deliver SH1FT workouts to fitness facilities worldwide. SH1FT stands for Smart High Intensity Functional Training and is designed to allow people of every fitness level to train smarter and stay fit for life. Read More...
Octane Fitness Named Snap Fitness’ Vendor of the Year
Posted: October 26, 2017 in Suppliers
VANCOUVER, WA - Nautilus, Inc. (NYSE: NLS), a leader in innovative fitness equipment, announced that Octane Fitness was recently named Vendor of the Year by Snap Fitness, the first time the fast-growing worldwide franchise has presented this award. At the 2017 international Snap Fitness convention in Las Vegas, the company praised Octane’s dedication to creating top-of-the-line low-impact fitness equipment that helps members achieve their goals. Read More...
Zeamo Inc. Announces Appointment of Rick Caro to Advisory Board; Expands Global Fitness Initiative
Posted: October 24, 2017 in Suppliers
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Zeamo Inc., a global digital fitness platform, announced the appointment of Rick Caro to their Advisory Board and the continued growth of its global strategic expansion plan. Mr. Caro, a 44-year veteran of the health club industry, was a Co-Founder, Past President and Director of IHRSA (International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association), the leading trade association for the health club industry with over 10,000 member clubs in over 80 countries around the world. A long-time industry thought leader and voted Person of the Year, Distinguished Service Award and Lifetime Achievement Award by two separate organizations, Rick is a distinguished writer, expert and lecturer in the fitness field. Already hosting the largest directory and search engine of its kind of more than 25,000 gyms so far, and with plans to increase that number significantly worldwide, Zeamo directory users have the ability to search and select facilities in their location by their favorite activities. They are then able to purchase day pass access to Zeamo's Partner Gyms. Read More...
Technogym to Host the 12th Annual Global Wellness Summit
Posted: October 24, 2017 in Suppliers
PALM BEACH, FL - The Global Wellness Summit (GWS), the annual event focused on the $3.7 trillion global wellness economy, wrapped up its successful 3-day Summit earlier this month at The Breakers, Palm Beach, FL. The event, which attracted a record 600+ health and wellness leaders from 43 countries, included an inspirational “Wellness Moonshot,” a call-to-action to rid the world of preventable diseases. At the close of the event, Susie Ellis, Chairman & CEO of the Global Wellness Summit, announced that Technogym, a world-leading company specializing in technologies for fitness, wellness and health, will be the 2018 host sponsor. Read More...
