{"id":9523,"date":"2023-09-19T00:00:57","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T04:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/?p=9523"},"modified":"2023-09-19T22:49:25","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T02:49:25","slug":"fitness-industry-leader-louis-welch-passes-away-at-71","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/chains\/fitness-industry-leader-louis-welch-passes-away-at-71\/","title":{"rendered":"Fitness Industry Leader Louis Welch Passes Away at 71"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"LALA Fitness<\/p>\n

IRVINE, CA<\/strong> – Fitness International, LLC (“Company”) is deeply saddened to announce the passing of Louis Welch, Co-founder, President and Co-CEO of the Company after a two-year battle with cancer. He was surrounded by his family and loved ones. Louis\u2019 impact on the Company and the health club industry cannot be overstated. He co-founded LA Fitness in Southern California in 1984.<\/p>\n

Under Chinyol Yi and Louis\u2019 tremendous leadership, the Company has grown from a single location to one of the country\u2019s largest fitness club chains, with over 700 locations across the United States and Canada and four brands. As a driving force behind the LA Fitness signature design model and the Company\u2019s commitment to enhancing the physical and emotional well-being of its members in each community it serves, Louis\u2019 almost 40 years of passionate dedication to Fitness International, LLC has shaped it into the industry leader it is today.<\/p>\n

Chinyol Yi, Executive Chairman, and the existing executive team are well positioned to continue driving Fitness International, LLC \u2018s strategy and business forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

IRVINE, CA<\/strong> – Fitness International, LLC (“Company”) is deeply saddened to announce the passing of Louis Welch, Co-founder, President and Co-CEO of the Company after a two-year battle with cancer. He was surrounded by his family and loved ones. Louis\u2019 impact on the Company and the health club industry cannot be overstated. He co-founded LA Fitness in Southern California in 1984.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[6],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9523"}],"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=9523"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9526,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9523\/revisions\/9526"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}