|
LOS ANGELES -- 24 Hour Fitness, San Ramon, CA, denies
allegations of discrimination made in a class-action lawsuit filed last
week.
|
|
OAKLAND, CA -- As it turns out, 24 Hour Fitness founder Mark
Mastrov will not be the next owner of the NBA’s Golden State
Warriors.
|
|
OVERLAND PARK, KS -- Staff at two clubs in the industry
recently saved the lives of two members after each nearly
drowned.
|
|
PELLA, IA -- An Iowa aquatics center where two boys drowned
last week is in the midst of a lawsuit in which the city claims a
company improperly installed one of the pool’s underwater lights,
which have been shut off for about four years.
|
|
WASHINGTON, DC -- It’s official—the YMCA is now just
called the Y. The YMCA of the USA announced its new brand strategy in an
effort to modernize its image and draw attention to its core areas of
focus.
|
|
WASHINGTON, DC -- The share of spending on recreation
facilities at American colleges is rising faster than the share of
spending on instruction, according to a report released last week by the
Delta Cost Project.
|
|
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, CO -- In preparation for the new Air
Force physical fitness standards, fitness centers in the Air Force Space
Command (AFSPC) received $4 million for facility upgrades, including
$600,000 for new equipment.
|
|
You have until the end of this month to take advantage of
$100 off the regular price of $525 for the all-access pass to the Club
Industry Conference and Trade Show, Oct. 6-8 in Chicago. The
all-access pass enables you to attend any of the 110-plus seminars in 13
tracks and gives you admission to the luncheon roundtables on Oct. 6 and
the business breakthrough brunch on Oct. 8. All of these options
purchased separately would cost $980, so the all-access pass is a
savings of 60 percent. And, as always, the keynote addresses (Richard
Simmons and Bill Rancic, winner of “The Apprentice”) are free to
everyone.
|
|
Thieves have broken into at least 70 lockers and cars at
two clubs, Bally Total Fitness
and LA
Fitness, in Wayne, NJ, since January, according to The
Bergen (NJ) Record. Investigators do not know if one or more
persons are responsible for the thefts, the newspaper reports. Similar
crimes in nearby counties are also being investigated.
By Thanksgiving, Steve Lumpee expects to open the $1.3 million,
11,000-square-foot addition to his Aggieland Fitness Dome,
College Station, TX. The facility opened
in January 2004 as the world’s first monolithic dome fitness
center. The addition will house group fitness, group cycling, a
mind/body room for yoga and Pilates, and a full-sized gymnasium for
basketball, volleyball and indoor boot camps. The addition was designed
by the original architect for the dome, Robert Payne of R.L. Payne and
Associates, a local full-service commercial architectural firm. Lumpee
says he’s adding new amenities to increase the fitness choices for
current members, and he hopes to attract new members to what will be the
only indoor basketball/volleyball court at a private facility in College
Station. Membership pricing for the facility will remain unchanged.
|
|
Technogym,
Gambettola, Italy, will be the exclusive supplier for the 2012 Summer
Olympics in London. Technogym expects to supply more than 750 pieces of
equipment, including equipment for the main gymnasium in the Olympic
Village. The company also has supplied equipment for Olympic Games in
Beijing (2008), Turin, Italy (2006), Athens (2004) and Sydney
(2000).
Oprah Winfrey’s personal trainer, Bob Greene, recently gave his The
Best Life seal of approval to elliptical cross trainers produced by Octane Fitness, Brooklyn Park,
MN. Greene has awarded the seal to 25 brands thus far to help consumers
easily identify products that fit into a healthy lifestyle. Octane is
the first brand of fitness equipment to be awarded Greene’s
seal.
Emerson Bearing, a
Boston-based bearing company catering to original equipment
manufacturers and maintenance, repair and operations markets, now has a
recreation division that caters to fitness centers, among other markets.
The division caters to the fitness industry with ball bearings, taper
roller bearings, spherical roller bearings, oil seals, hydraulic
cylinders and pumps.
RenoSys Corp., Indianapolis, a
pool renovation company, has developed SoftSide, a foam-padded flooring
system that is combined with RenoSys PVC Pool Shell technology. The
slip-resistant SoftSide flooring is intended for use at water
playgrounds/spraygrounds and waterslides. It is available in light blue,
medium blue and off-white and as a textured or non-textured
surface.
|
|
The case of the missing boy in Oregon has a tie to a fitness
club, and by the looks of things, the club owner made a very wise
decision.
|
|
I had my second field trip of the week during a tour of the
recently renovated Midtown Athletic Club, which is just down the street
from our building in Overland Park, KS.
|
|
When most people think of the U.S. military, the word
“cute” doesn’t often come to mind. That’s why I had to share
this super cute photo essay from The Washington Post. Apparently,
soldiers in Afghanistan rescued a litter of tiger-striped kittens that
they found on base last summer.
|
|
I just returned from listening to first lady Michelle Obama
speak about childhood obesity–not just childhood obesity in general,
but more specifically how this epidemic is hitting the African-American
community. She was in Kansas City, MO, to speak at the NAACP national
convention.
|
|
|
This Issue Brought to you By
|
| SUBSCRIBE |
|
| DIGITAL EDITION |
Preview a sample of the digital edition of
our magazine and get a copy delivered to your inbox each month.
|
| E NEWSLETTER |
|
Delivered three times per month, Newsbeat
is a timely e-newsletter featuring breaking news, people on the move,
mergers and acquisitions, supplier news, industry trends and more.
|
| CLUB INDUSTRY SHOWS |
|
Club Industry trade shows are the most
comprehensive events in the fitness industry. Learn more about these
exciting conferences and expositions.
|
|
|
