Health and Fitness Club Industry News: Suppliers
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Mary Pierce and Lucy Garvin Elected to PTR Board
Posted: February 26, 2017 in Suppliers
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. - Professional Tennis Registry announced that two prominent women in international tennis have been elected to serve 3-year terms on the PTR Board of Directors: Lucy Garvin and Mary Pierce. Garvin and Pierce bring the expertise and experience needed to continue growing PTR internationally. Read More...
Life Fitness Celebrates Expansion of Cybex’s Minnesota Factory
Posted: February 23, 2017 in Suppliers
OWATONNA, MN - Life Fitness, a global leader in commercial fitness equipment, held a ribbon cutting ceremony at its Cybex facility in Owatonna, Minnesota, on February 23, to celebrate the completion of a 150,000-square-foot expansion. Life Fitness leadership, employees and leaders of the Owatonna community participated in the ceremony. Completed in February, the expanded facility now totals 490,000 square feet. The expansion, coupled with an investment in automation and technology, dramatically increases the facility’s overall manufacturing capacity to support the continued growth of the fitness industry. Read More...
ClubConnect Implements NFPT Education Into Certification Prep Platform
Posted: February 21, 2017 in Suppliers
SAN DIEGO, CA - ClubConnect and National Federation of Professional Trainers (NFPT) are announcing their joint effort to bring a foundational learning approach to personal trainer certification prep. Health clubs who use the ClubConnect educational platform have the option to access NFPT’s personal trainer education material and assessment demonstration videos for the purpose of learning and growing in the personal training profession. Use of these materials also adds confidence to certification preparation with the opportunity to sit for the accredited national certification exam and achieve the NFPT-CPT credential. Read More...
Precor Targets Commercial Market Growth in Hawaii
Posted: February 17, 2017 in Suppliers
WOODINVILLE, WA - Precor, a leading home and commercial fitness equipment manufacturer, is expanding its partnership with longtime distributor Commercial Fitness Equipment to pursue commercial market growth opportunities in the Hawaiian Islands. Commercial Fitness Equipment already provides Precor commercial exercise equipment and networked fitness software solutions throughout Oregon, Northern California and Nevada. Read More...
American College of Sports Medicine and Polar Team Up to Create New Heart Rate Monitoring & Assessment Course
Posted: February 13, 2017 in Suppliers
INDIANAPOLIS, IN – The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and Polar, a leader in wearable sports and fitness technology, announced the launch of a new heart rate monitoring and assessment course. The 3-hour course, designed for fitness professionals and heart rate monitor users, provides a foundational knowledge of the physiology of heart rate, including how to perform maximal and sub-maximal VO2 field testing and how to build an effective heart rate-based training program. The course focuses on using the five heart rate training zones through the exercise disciplines of cycling and running. Read More...
Fitness On Demand and Pure Fitness Setting a New Standard for Virtual
Posted: February 10, 2017 in Suppliers
CHANHASSEN, MN - Fitness On Demand has recently partnered with Pure Fitness to help bring virtual fitness to their clubs, while setting a new brand standard for virtual installations globally along the way. Pure Fitness is known to be an early adopter in the industry, being one of the first clubs in the world to launch The Immersive Trip and the only club in the world that has a 270 degree screen. Based on the success of virtual fitness at the Lan Kwai Fong club, Pure has decided to standardize Fitness On Demand across a number of sites including the brand new Pure Fitness Ocean Financial Centre in Singapore. Read More...
New Ecore Collection Elevates Traditional Fitness Surface Offering
Posted: February 8, 2017 in Suppliers
LANCASTER, PA - Ecore, a company that transforms reclaimed waste into unique performance surfacing, announces the launch of its new Elevate Collection, a group of surfaces designed to meet every need of a traditional fitness environment. The Elevate Collection is comprised of 5 surfaces. Read More...
MINDBODY Wins 2017 BIG Innovation Award for Branded App Solution
Posted: February 7, 2017 in Suppliers
SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA - MINDBODY, Inc. (NASDAQ:MB), a leading provider of cloud-based business management software for the wellness services industry, has been named a 2017 BIG Innovation Award winner for its branded mobile app solution, Engage by MINDBODY. Read More...
Current Sports Medicine Reports Becomes Official Journal of the International Federation of Sports Medicine
Posted: February 5, 2017 in Suppliers
INDIANAPOLIS, IN - The International Federation of Sports Medicine (FIMS) announced that Current Sports Medicine Reports (CSMR) is now the organization’s official journal. CSMR, which is a clinical review journal published by the American College of Sports Medicine, will now be available as a resource to all FIMS members, whose ranks include sports medicine physicians and researchers across the globe. Read More...
GOJO Shares Tips On How To Reduce The Spread of Norovirus
Posted: January 26, 2017 in Suppliers
AKRON, OH - It’s not only cold and flu season; it’s also norovirus season. Norovirus typically peaks between December and April, and right now, there are wide-spread outbreaks of norovirus cases throughout the United States, according to media reports. Read More...
