Health and Fitness Club Industry News: Suppliers
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Life Fitness to be Acquired by KPS Capital Partners
Posted: May 6, 2019 in Suppliers
ROSEMONT, IL - Life Fitness, a global leader in commercial fitness equipment, announced that its parent company, Brunswick Corporation (NYSE: BC), has entered into a definitive agreement with KPS Capital Partners, LP (“KPS”) under which KPS will acquire Brunswick’s Fitness business and related brands, including Life Fitness. KPS is a leading investment firm focused on manufacturing and industrial companies across a diverse array of industries. Read More...
Life Fitness Launches Innovative Digital Out-of-Home Advertising Platform
Posted: May 1, 2019 in Suppliers
ROSEMONT, IL - Life Fitness, a global leader in commercial fitness equipment, announced the launch of Life Fitness Media, its first venture in creating an innovative digital advertising platform. This new offering will leverage its large installed base of cardio equipment to effectively deliver unique forms of content to the thousands of fitness- and wellness-minded consumers who work out on Life Fitness equipment every day. Read More...
2019 Hammer Strength Clinic Unites Strength and Conditioning Professionals in Atlanta
Posted: April 15, 2019 in Suppliers
ROSEMONT, IL - Hammer Strength, the world's foremost strength training equipment brand, will host a strength training clinic on April 26 - 27 at Georgia State University in Atlanta, offering fitness professionals the opportunity to learn from some of the best strength and conditioning coaches in the industry. The clinic, the most recent in a series of hundreds that have been hosted by Hammer Strength over the past 27 years, is designed to bring the athletic community together to share knowledge and help build elite programs across the country. Read More...
Life Fitness Partners With Functional Solutions to Provide Digital Programming Solutions
Posted: March 20, 2019 in Suppliers
NEWPORT NEWS, VA - As part of a strategy to offer digital fitness solutions for small group training experiences, Life Fitness, a global leader in commercial fitness equipment, has chosen Functional Solutions as its digital programming partner. Life Fitness will use the Functional Solutions platform to offer exercise visualization on TV display for small group training, equipment education and to support individual member training when small group space is not being used. Read More...
Life Fitness Debuts Innovative Approach to Small Group Training Design at IHRSA
Posted: March 16, 2019 in Suppliers
ROSEMONT, IL - Life Fitness, a global leader in commercial fitness equipment, debuted new small group training modules at the 38th Annual IHRSA International Convention & Trade Show, the world's largest fitness trade show. These modules allow any fitness facility to create a robust and versatile small group training offering with tools provided by Life Fitness brands. To complement the small group training module system, Life Fitness is also announcing a partnership with innovative custom content platform, Functional Solutions. This on-demand, visual instruction can be used to guide individual exercisers or as a supplement to trainer-led small group training. Read More...
Life Fitness Launches Beta Media Offering
Posted: October 10, 2018 in Suppliers
ROSEMONT, IL - Life Fitness, a global leader in commercial fitness equipment, announced the beta introduction of Halo Media, a new addition to the Halo digital ecosystem. This new solution will leverage its large installed base of cardio equipment to efficiently deliver various forms of innovative content. The first beta offering is Halo Media-Sponsored Content. This offering, which creates an entirely new business model for fitness facilities, turns compatible connected Life Fitness cardio equipment into sources of additional revenue by displaying customized sponsored content to exercisers during their workouts. Read More...
Life Fitness Recalls PowerMill Climber Due to Fire Hazard
Posted: September 27, 2018 in Suppliers
WASHINGTON, D.C. - This recall involves Life Fitness PowerMill climbers models PMA, PFB, PMD, PFD, PMH, and PFH. The model letters appear at the front of the serial number on the bottom right of the unit, on the inside of the "step-up" support. The climbers were manufactured and distributed from 2014 through 2018. Life Fitness is printed on the side panels of the machines. The climber machines have a moving mechanical staircase (similar to an escalator) with rotating steps between two handrails. Read More...
Marie Graul Joins Life Fitness As Chief Financial Officer
Posted: September 6, 2018 in Suppliers
ROSEMONT, IL - Life Fitness, the global leader in commercial fitness equipment, announced that Marie Graul has joined the company as its Chief Financial Officer, reporting to Jaime Irick, President of Life Fitness. Most recently, Graul was CFO at the MXD Group, a logistics and supply chain provider, and before that assignment had served as the Chief Financial Officer of Enesco Group Inc., a global specialty retailer of collectibles. Read More...
Retro Fitness Selects Life Fitness Premium Cardio for Burgeoning Franchise
Posted: July 19, 2018 in Chains
ROSEMONT, IL - Retro Fitness, a high-energy, high-value franchise, has named Life Fitness a preferred cardio vendor as the group continues its development pipeline with new clubs opening across the U.S. The first Life Fitness-equipped club will open in Q3 2018. Retro Fitness has chosen Elevation Series treadmills and Lifecycle bikes with premium cardio consoles with app-enabled content for new Life Fitness-equipped clubs opening in the coming years, with 10 planned through 2019. Each machine is custom painted to fit Retro Fitness' bold brand colors and create a unique gym experience for members. Read More...
Life Fitness Selected By Orangetheory Fitness to be Preferred Treadmill Supplier for International Expansion
Posted: June 27, 2018 in Chains, Suppliers
ROSEMONT, IL - Orangetheory Fitness, one of the world's fastest-growing fitness franchise brands, has selected Life Fitness as the preferred treadmill supplier for its growing international business. The Life Fitness treadmills were custom-engineered to give Orangetheory’s members an intuitive high intensity training interface and an ultra-comfortable running deck. Read More...
Active Stirling Chooses Halo Fitness Cloud to Increase Member Engagement at Newly Redesigned Fitness Center
Posted: June 20, 2018 in Suppliers
ROSEMONT, IL - Active Stirling, a leading leisure trust delivering sport and physical activity opportunities in Scotland, has selected Life Fitness’ Halo Fitness Cloud as their facility management tool to increase engagement with exercisers and empower community members to reach their fitness goals. Read More...
