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NEWINGTON, NH -- Planet Fitness has received new financing
from GE Capital, Corporate Finance to the tune of a $40 million
revolving credit facility.
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HASTINGS, MN -- Anytime Fitness clubs are remodeling with the
help of design firm Fabiano Designs.
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LOS ANGELES -- A woman collapsed and died on Wednesday night
inside an Equinox club in Los Angeles, according to multiple
reports.
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SAN RAMON, CA -- 24 Hour Fitness has had a strong
relationship with youths in California. Now the company has a new
relationship to benefit the young at heart.
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CHANHASSEN, MN -- Life Time Fitness has a naming rights
partnership with the NBA’s Minnesota Timberwolves.
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OVERLAND PARK, KS -- Club Industry has a brand new
website for the upcoming Club Industry Conference and Trade Show in
Chicago.
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FRAMINGHAM, MA -- A 45-year-old man died after being found
unconscious and burned in the sauna of a YMCA in suburban
Boston.
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LEESBURG, VA -- For many people, holidays mean overeating and
vegging out in front of the TV. That’s just the kind of tradition Dina
Skulte, founder and owner of Fit for Kids' Sake! LLC, wanted to avoid
when she created International Fitness Day in 2009.
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Casey Conrad, industry consultant, is leading some Internet
marketing seminars at the Club Industry show next week. She says that by
attending these seminars, you could get paid to come to the Club
Industry show. Find out how by watching her video on YouTube.
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Here’s an interesting nugget: Our Lifetime Achievement
Award winner, Curt Beusman, has an Academy Award in his house.
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Learn how wellness businesses can win the Groupon/daily deal
marketing battle in October’s WebSavvy
column, provided by Club Industry and Leslie Nolen, CEO of
the Radial Group and a Step by Step
columnist. Get more from your website by reading past WebSavvy
articles about how to get more e-newsletter subscribers, analyze Web
traffic and make your site more useful.
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Here’s your VIP pass for complimentary show admission—a
$35 value—to the Club Industry Conference and Trade Show, next
Wednesday through Friday in Chicago.
Register now. To save resources, paper tickets have been eliminated,
but you also can print out this ticket and bring it to the show for your
free admission or pass it along to a friend.
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RetroFitness,
Colts Neck, NJ, is expanding beyond its Mid-Atlantic roots into four new
major metropolitan areas nationwide. Only five years after it first
offered franchising opportunities, the company says more than 100 clubs
are already in development in the Chicago, Dallas, Atlanta and
Washington, DC, markets. It plans to bring that number up to 300 clubs
over the next three years.
Equinox, New York, is teaming
up with New York-based family lifestyle brand Citibabes to provide child care and
children’s classes at some of its clubs. Citibabes at Equinox will
offer educational and interactive programs for children aged 3 months to
9 years, allowing their parents time to work out.
YogaFit, Beverly Hills, CA,
will offer seven new workshops for yoga and fitness professionals
through its teacher training program in 2011. The workshops include
YogaFit Sweat (instruction in a warm studio), YogaFit Lean (designed for
weight loss), YogaFit Plus (for full-figured participants) and YogaFit
Back (for those with back problems). Other new training programs focus
on props, therapeutic benefits and breathing techniques.
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Fitness Anywhere
Inc., San Francisco, makers of TRX Suspension Training, recently
named Ethan Sernoff its new senior vice president of marketing and
product. Sernoff previously held marketing positions with Nike and
Disney. “Ethan’s extensive experience in sports, brand and product
marketing will be invaluable to keeping Fitness Anywhere at the
forefront of the fitness industry and helping us to get to the next
level,” Fitness Anywhere CEO and Founder Randy Hetrick said in a
statement.
GlobalFit, Philadelphia, a
provider of corporate health and wellness programs to employers and
insurers nationwide, is partnering with Power Pilates to offer
reduced-rate access to its 110 affiliated studios. Employees can attend
sessions at the Pilates-dedicated studios on a pay-as-you-go basis at a
25 percent discount. GlobalFit says the partnership will benefit
employees who would like to improve their fitness but do not feel
comfortable in a traditional gym setting.
Endless Pools, Aston, PA,
is working with “The
Biggest Loser” TV show to provide this season’s contestants with
access to a custom-built pool that features adjustable-speed swimming
lanes and underwater treadmills. The company also partnered with the
popular NBC series, now in its 11th installment, during the show’s
second season.
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