Health and Fitness Club Industry News: Chains
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What Really Motivates People? 24 Hour Fitness and University of Pennsylvania’s Behavior Change for Good Initiative to Launch Groundbreaking Science-Based StepUp Program
Posted: April 16, 2018 in Chains
SAN RAMON, CA - 24 Hour Fitness and the University of Pennsylvania’s Behavior Change for Good Initiative (BCFG) announce a science-based partnership and research study to explore what really motivates gym-goers with the goal of creating lasting habits. The StepUp Program, launching in April, 2018, is a science-based interactive digital program developed to encourage more visits to the gym and, ultimately, better health and fitness for life. Read More...
Inspired By Team USA Athletes, 24 Hour Fitness to Launches Team USA Bootcamp Program in January 2018
Posted: January 10, 2018 in Chains
SAN RAMON, CA - 24 Hour Fitness, a proud sponsor of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) and Official Fitness Center Sponsor of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Teams, introduces a Team USA Bootcamp into all club markets in January 2018, just prior to the start of the PyeongChang Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games 2018. Team USA Bootcamp is inspired by the three distinguished “Team 24” U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Team athletes announced by 24 Hour Fitness earlier in fall, 2017. Read More...
24 Hour Fitness Opens New Location in Newark, CA
Posted: June 7, 2017 in Chains
NEWARK, CA - 24 Hour Fitness is expanding its Bay Area presence with a new club in the conveniently located and recently renovated NewPark Mall that also includes 150 stores, a 12-screen theater, an Entertainment Promenade and Restaurant Pavilion. The NewPark Mall features over 1 million square feet of shopping options for residents, with the new 24 Hour Fitness club offering a health and wellness component that was previously missing within the complex. Read More...
Mack-Cali Announces Lease With 24 Hour Fitness In Hanover, NJ
Posted: May 22, 2017 in Chains
JERSEY CITY, N.J. - Mack-Cali Realty Corporation (NYSE: CLI) announced it has signed a lease with 24 Hour Fitness at the Company's shopping center at the intersection of Sylvan Way and Ridgedale Avenue in Hanover, New Jersey. 24 Hour Fitness will join anchor tenant Wegmans and will occupy approximately 40,000 square feet. Read More...
24 Hour Fitness Opens New Clubs in Katy, TX and Kapolei, HI
Posted: November 30, 2016 in Chains
KATY, TX and KAPOLEI, HI - 24 Hour Fitness is joining the flourishing Firethorne community of Katy, TX in the new approximately 40-acre Shops at Katy Reserve. Boasting a robust retail, food and entertainment lineup, the new club adds a much-desired fitness lifestyle component to the shopping complex. And, 24 Hour Fitness is joining West-Oahu’s fastest-growing community in Kapolei, with a new club in the recently opened Ka Makana Ali’i Mall, which boasts over 150 new retail options. The addition of the mall is one piece of the much larger economic development plans springing to life in Oahu. Read More...
24 Hour Fitness Celebrates New Club in Escondido, CA
Posted: June 20, 2016 in Chains
ESCONDIDO, CA - 24 Hour Fitness is joining the flourishing Westfield North County Mall, which recently completed a $55 million revitalization project. Boasting a robust retail, food and entertainment lineup, the new club adds a much-desired fitness lifestyle component to the shopping complex. Read More...
24 Hour Fitness Announces Partnership with Five Team USA Athletes Ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games
Posted: March 10, 2016 in Chains
SAN RAMON, CA - As the calendar marks less than 150 days until the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games, 24 Hour Fitness, a proud sponsor of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) and Official Fitness Center Sponsor of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Teams, announced its partnership with “Team 24 Hour Fitness,” five athletes expected to represent Team USA at the Rio Games. Read More...
24 Hour Fitness Introduces Innovative Group Exercise Program
Posted: February 16, 2016 in Chains
SAN RAMON, CA - 24 Hour Fitness, in partnership with world-renowned fitness and wellness expert, Tracey Mallett, is launching bootybarre across club markets in 2016. Created by Tracey Mallett, bootybarre is a 45 – 60 minute workout consisting of a dynamic warm-up and upper body work, followed by 30 minutes at the barre. Cardio drills are infused throughout, to keep the body moving and heart rate up. High-energy music is mixed to keep participants motivated through to the end and the workout concludes with Pilates-inspired abdominal and back work, followed by a restorative stretch. Read More...
The Music Run Brings the Beat to the USA in January 2016
Posted: December 15, 2015 in Chains
LOS ANGELES, CA - The Music Run, powered by 24 Hour Fitness, the ultimate 5K run and music festival, is bringing the beat to the LA Fairplex in Pomona on Saturday, January 9, 2016. L.A. is one of over 40 cities in over 18 countries that The Music Run will be introduced to in 2016, making it one of the fastest growing fun run events of its kind worldwide. Read More...
LA Fitness and 24 Hour Fitness Agree on Club Exchange
Posted: November 16, 2015 in Chains
IRVINE, CA and SAN RAMON, CA - LA Fitness and 24 Hour Fitness announced that they have entered into an agreement whereby LA Fitness intends to acquire the assets of the eleven 24 Hour Fitness clubs in Arizona and 24 Hour Fitness intends to acquire the assets of two LA Fitness clubs in Oklahoma and one in Nebraska. LA Fitness will honor the active member agreements it acquires and 24 Hour Fitness will honor the active member agreements that it acquires; this includes agreements for personal training services and other amenities. Read More...
