{"id":2613,"date":"2017-06-29T01:00:32","date_gmt":"2017-06-29T06:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/?p=2613"},"modified":"2017-07-04T13:03:14","modified_gmt":"2017-07-04T18:03:14","slug":"youfit-health-clubs-coo-j-j-creegan-receives-40-under-40-honor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/chains\/youfit-health-clubs-coo-j-j-creegan-receives-40-under-40-honor\/","title":{"rendered":"Youfit Health Clubs COO J.J. Creegan Receives \u201c40 Under 40\u201d Honor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Youfit-Health-Clubs-300x99.png\" alt=\"Youfit Health Clubs\" width=\"300\" height=\"99\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2252\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Youfit-Health-Clubs-300x99.png 300w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Youfit-Health-Clubs-200x66.png 200w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Youfit-Health-Clubs-768x254.png 768w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Youfit-Health-Clubs-800x264.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Youfit Health Clubs<\/p>\n<p><strong>DEERFIELD BEACH, FL<\/strong> &#8211; The <em>South Florida Business Journal<\/em> has selected Youfit Health Clubs Chief Operating Officer J.J. Creegan as a <em>2017 \u201c40 Under 40\u201d award recipient<\/em>. <em>South Florida Business Journal\u2019s 40 Under 40 program<\/em> recognizes outstanding executives under the age of 40 who have a significant impact in their field of expertise, their community and at their companies. This year\u2019s honorees were selected from hundreds of nominations and represent some the region\u2019s most entrepreneurial and influential young leaders in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe entire Youfit family is joining me in celebrating J.J. and this prestigious honor,\u201d says Rick Berks, Founder and CEO of Youfit Health Clubs. \u201cI have witnessed him first-hand develop as a professional and he has truly been an integral part of growing this company. His genuine passion for helping people feel better and live better is seen and felt throughout the Youfit brand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Creegan began his Youfit career when he was just 15 years old, working as a part-time employee. From his minimum-wage position, he has risen through multiple management positions, while also earning a dual-degree in Marketing and Management from Florida Atlantic University. Reflecting on his early Youfit experience and his educational background, Creegan created many of the systems and services that exist in the company today. Additionally, he is also responsible for molding strong leaders and engaged teams throughout the company. His efforts have made a lasting impression on individuals, local communities and the fitness industry as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>At the time Creegan joined the Youfit team, there were just three locations. Now, the national brand boasts 115 locations extending across 14 states.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEERFIELD BEACH, FL<\/strong> &#8211; The <em>South Florida Business Journal<\/em> has selected Youfit Health Clubs Chief Operating Officer J.J. Creegan as a <em>2017 \u201c40 Under 40\u201d award recipient<\/em>. <em>South Florida Business Journal\u2019s 40 Under 40 program<\/em> recognizes outstanding executives under the age of 40 who have a significant impact in their field of expertise, their community and at their companies. This year\u2019s honorees were selected from hundreds of nominations and represent some the region\u2019s most entrepreneurial and influential young leaders in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2252,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[272],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2613"}],"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=2613"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2614,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2613\/revisions\/2614"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}