{"id":10150,"date":"2024-04-10T01:00:19","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T05:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/?p=10150"},"modified":"2024-04-16T20:26:19","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T00:26:19","slug":"statement-from-health-fitness-association-ceo-liz-clark-honoring-the-life-of-waldyr-soares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/ihrsa\/statement-from-health-fitness-association-ceo-liz-clark-honoring-the-life-of-waldyr-soares\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement from Health &#038; Fitness Association CEO Liz Clark Honoring the Life of Waldyr Soares"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Health-and-Fitness-Association-300x72.png\" alt=\"The Health and Fitness Association\" width=\"300\" height=\"72\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10014\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Health-and-Fitness-Association-300x72.png 300w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Health-and-Fitness-Association-200x48.png 200w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Health-and-Fitness-Association-768x185.png 768w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Health-and-Fitness-Association-800x192.png 800w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Health-and-Fitness-Association.png 836w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The Health and Fitness Association<\/p>\n<p><strong>BOSTON, MA<\/strong> &#8211; Health &#038; Fitness Association President &#038; CEO Liz Clark released the following statement to honor the life of Waldyr Soares, founder of Fitness Brasil and a longtime industry leader in Brazil and internationally:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWaldyr Soares was a giant in Brazil and throughout the world as an advocate, educator, mentor, and spokesperson for the international community of the health and fitness industry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the most valuable and longstanding alliances is that between the Health &#038; Fitness Association and our partner, Fitness Brasil, and the co-branded convention and trade show known as IHRSA Fitness Brasil. Waldyr deserves much credit for the strength and longevity of this relationship.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom the New York Times and other top media outlets, to government officials, and to industry events throughout Latin America and around the world, Waldyr was proud to share the success, growth, and belief of his fellow citizens that exercise and activity are not about appearance but about a lifelong commitment to improving one\u2019s physical and mental health.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWaldyr will be missed and leaves big shoes to fill. The Health &#038; Fitness Association will share additional stories and memories about Waldyr in the May issue of Club Business International to promote his legacy. We extend our condolences to his family, friends, colleagues, and the Latin American industry at large.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BOSTON, MA<\/strong> &#8211; Health &#038; Fitness Association President &#038; CEO Liz Clark released the following statement to honor the life of Waldyr Soares, founder of Fitness Brasil and a longtime industry leader in Brazil and internationally&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10014,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[10],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10150"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10150"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10151,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10150\/revisions\/10151"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}