{"id":4304,"date":"2019-03-21T00:00:02","date_gmt":"2019-03-21T05:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/?p=4304"},"modified":"2019-04-12T01:41:59","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T06:41:59","slug":"more-than-12000-convene-in-san-diego-for-ihrsa-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/ihrsa\/more-than-12000-convene-in-san-diego-for-ihrsa-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"More Than 12,000 Convene in San Diego for IHRSA 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/IHRSA-300x153.png\" alt=\"IHRSA: Success By Association\" width=\"300\" height=\"153\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-91\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/IHRSA-300x153.png 300w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/IHRSA-200x102.png 200w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/IHRSA-800x408.png 800w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/IHRSA.png 1180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>IHRSA: Success By Association<\/p>\n<p><strong>BOSTON, MA<\/strong> &#8211; Fitness industry professionals from nearly 80 countries were in San Diego, CA for IHRSA 2019, the International Health, Racquet &#038; Sportsclub Association\u2019s 38th Annual International Convention &#038; Trade Show, held March 13 &#8211; 16, 2019.<\/p>\n<p>IHRSA attendees experienced the cutting edge of fitness industry equipment and technology during the two-day Trade Show and early morning workouts, attended education sessions given by industry experts, worked out and power walked, networked and socialized.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=P7ezS25YKhs\" target=\"_blank\">See the IHRSA 2019 Highlight Video<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>IHRSA 2019 by the Numbers:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>More than 12,000 health club operators, suppliers, and fitness industry professionals;<\/li>\n<li>Attendees traveled from nearly 80 countries, taking advantage of simultaneous Interpretation for the keynotes and sessions into Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, and Japanese;<\/li>\n<li>The exhibit hall, with nearly 400 exhibitors, burst at the seams with vitality and motion throughout the two-day Trade Show and early morning workouts;<\/li>\n<li>Over 150 education sessions, networking opportunities, exercise classes, workshops, and new this year, Fireside Chats;<\/li>\n<li>More than 25.2M social media impressions, reaching over 4.2M people from posts mentioning IHRSA and the #IHRSA2019 hashtag.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Highlights included:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Keynote presentations from Chris Riddell (sponsored by Myzone), Mel Robbins (sponsored by Technogym), Rohit Bhagarva (sponsored by Matrix Fitness), and Denise Lee Yohn (sponsored by Gympass);<\/li>\n<li>The 10th annual IHRSA Women\u2019s Leadership Summit headlined by Sarah Moshman (sponsored by Club Automation +CSI Spectrum), Award-Winning Filmmaker and director of &#8220;The Empowerment Project: Ordinary Women Doing Extraordinary Things&#8221;;<\/li>\n<li>The standing-room only 23rd Annual IHRSA Financial Panel moderated by Rick Caro;<\/li>\n<li>The 22nd Annual IHRSA ILC Industry Leadership Summit (sponsored by ABC Financial) and Reception;<\/li>\n<li>The 14th Annual BASH for Augie\u2019s Quest which raised over $1.9 million for ALS research. During the BASH, IHRSA President and CEO Joe Moore was awarded the 2019 Augie\u2019s Quest Leadership Award;<\/li>\n<li>Jason Reinhardt of Go M.A.D. Fitness was elected as IHRSA Board Chair for the 2019\/2020 year;<\/li>\n<li>Four new directors were welcomed to the IHRSA Board: Chris Smith, Chris Stevenson, Frank Lawrence and Greta Wagner. Missy Moss, Ray O&#8217;Connor, Larry Conner and ex-officio Derek Gallup were thanked for their service as they leave after this year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2019 Award Recipients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Outstanding Community Service Award was presented to Midtown Sanctuaire of Montreal, Canada;<\/li>\n<li>The IHRSA Woman Leader Award was presented to Francesca Schuler, CEO, In-Shape Health Clubs;<\/li>\n<li>The Associate Member of the Year Award was presented to MINDBODY.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information about IHRSA\u2019s annual industry awards, including open applications, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/ihrsa.org\/awards\" target=\"_blank\">ihrsa.org\/awards<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>IHRSA 2019 Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Audio (MP3) recordings of select IHRSA 2019 educational sessions will soon be available for sale at ihrsa.org\/publications. A pre-order form can be downloaded;<\/li>\n<li>Official show images are available for a limited time at thephotogroup.com, access code: IHRSA19PRESS, or take a look at the IHRSA 2019 in Photos &#038; Videos recap article;<\/li>\n<li>IHRSA Live video interviews of IHRSA 2019 exhibitors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Update IHRSA\u2019s 2030 Global Membership Initiative:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During IHRSA 2018, the association set an industry goal to reach 230 million global health club members by the year 2030. During his IHRSA 2019 presentation, Derek Gallup, IHRSA ex-officio, noted that the health club industry served 174 million worldwide health club members in 2018, a 7% increase over 2017\u2019s 162 million. Gallup also presented the ten countries with the highest number of health club members as a percentage of population as well as the ten countries with the greatest increase in membership penetration rates.<br \/>\nGallup noted that the biggest competition for health clubs is not other fitness facilities, but the living room couch (i.e. inactivity). \u201cOnly 6% of the world\u2019s population has a health club membership,\u201d noted Gallup. \u201cAs an industry we can and must do better. It is our mission to increase the number of people globally who are physically active.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>IHRSA 2019 Sponsors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>IHRSA gratefully acknowledges all of the sponsors that helped to make IHRSA 2019 possible: 9Round Franchising, LLC; ABC Financial; Active Management; Airex AG; Aktiv Solutions; American Council on Exercise (ACE); ASF Payment Solutions; Augie\u2019s Quest; Balanced Body; ChinaFit Trade Co. Ltd.; Club Automation + CSI Spectrum; Club OS; Eleiko Sport, Inc; Fitness Brasil; Fitness Business Canada; Fitness Industry Council of Canada; Fitness Master, Inc.; First Degree Fitness \/ GDINA; Fitness Master, Inc.; Freemotion Fitness; Functional Remedies; Genavix, Inc.; Gympass; HydroMassage; InBody; Intenza\/HealthStream Taiwan Inc.; Iron Grip Barbell Company; JumpSport Inc.; Keiser Corporation; Les Mills Shared Services Limited; Lumen; Management Around Sports; Master Lock Company LLC; Matrix Fitness; Merrithew; MINDBODY, Inc.; Motionsoft, Inc.; MYE Fitness Technologies; Myzone; NormaTec; Perfect Gym Solutions S.A.; Polar Electro, Inc.; Precor Incorporated; SportsArt; Stealth Detox Performance Water; Styku; Technogym; Texas Capital Bank; The Helix Company; Torque Fitness; Total Gym; Trainerize; True Fitness; TSG; TuffStuff Fitness International, Inc; Twin Oaks Software Development, Inc.; Upper Hand; VersaClimber \/ VersaPulley; Virtuagym &#8211; Digifit BV; WaterRower and Zumba Fitness LLC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BOSTON, MA<\/strong> &#8211; Fitness industry professionals from nearly 80 countries were in San Diego, CA for IHRSA 2019, the International Health, Racquet &#038; Sportsclub Association\u2019s 38th Annual International Convention &#038; Trade Show, held March 13 &#8211; 16, 2019. 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