{"id":7019,"date":"2021-07-09T00:00:09","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T04:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/?p=7019"},"modified":"2021-07-13T14:08:20","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T18:08:20","slug":"2021-ihrsa-global-report-fitness-industry-seeks-relief-recovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/ihrsa\/2021-ihrsa-global-report-fitness-industry-seeks-relief-recovery\/","title":{"rendered":"2021 IHRSA Global Report: Fitness Industry Seeks Relief, Recovery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021-IHRSA-Global-Report.jpg\" alt=\"2021 IHRSA Global Report\" width=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7020\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021-IHRSA-Global-Report.jpg 250w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021-IHRSA-Global-Report-200x264.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>2021 IHRSA Global Report<\/p>\n<p><strong>BOSTON, MA<\/strong> &#8211; IHRSA, The Global Health &#038; Fitness Association, released <em>The 2021 IHRSA Global Report<\/em>. This year\u2019s report provides a comprehensive overview of the worldwide health and fitness industry with a focus on COVID-19\u2019s impact on health clubs, gyms and studios.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast year will go down in history as one of the most challenging for businesses globally, and the health and fitness industry in particular,\u201d said Jay Ablondi, IHRSA\u2019s publisher and executive vice president of global products. \u201cHowever, the permanent closure of 17% of clubs in the U.S.\u2014and even higher in some countries\u2014has left a large segment of displaced members seeking new alternatives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany surviving clubs in these markets have already seen significant increases in membership, outpacing pre-pandemic numbers. As we look to the future, all signs point to a strong comeback for the fitness industry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Information in the report is separated in four sections:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Industry Overview<\/strong> highlights relevant health and fitness industry news from the past year with insights from industry experts and leading club operators. This section also includes a summary of the pandemic\u2019s early impact on the industry.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Industry Research<\/strong> recaps the timeline of the pandemic\u2019s impact on the industry, closures and restrictions by region, insights on recovery, and the performance of publicly-traded fitness companies.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Company Profiles<\/strong> highlights more than 300 leading health club companies from around the world.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Partner Profiles<\/strong> features a variety of fitness industry suppliers whose innovative products and services help club operators serve their members and communities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Key research takeaways from The 2021 IHRSA Global Report include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fitness club closures and restrictions continue to overwhelm the industry worldwide.<\/li>\n<li>Recovery will be a long-term effort across the global industry and uneven across fitness club segments.<\/li>\n<li>Fitness clubs located in regions either less impacted by COVID-19 or with access to adequate government relief are positioned for an imminent recovery.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The 2021 IHRSA Global Report is now available. All IHRSA members will receive a discounted rate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BOSTON, MA<\/strong> &#8211; IHRSA, The Global Health &#038; Fitness Association, released <em>The 2021 IHRSA Global Report<\/em>. This year\u2019s report provides a comprehensive overview of the worldwide health and fitness industry with a focus on COVID-19\u2019s impact on health clubs, gyms and studios. Information in the report is separated in four sections: Industry Overview, Industry Research, Company Profiles and Partner Profiles. Key research takeaways from The 2021 IHRSA Global Report include&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[10,12],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7019"}],"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=7019"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7021,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7019\/revisions\/7021"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}