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June.10.2008
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June Step by Step
Articles Online Now
Club Industry's Fitness Business Pro's online how-to section
helps our readers improve retention, increase sales, energize group
exercise programming and more. Visit
http://www.fitnessbusinesspro.com/stepbystep to read articles from
industry experts.
Here's what to look for in June in our Step by Step online section:
Step
by Step: Clubs
Leslie Nolen, who leads the Radial Group, shares eight tips for
defeating the planning monster.
Step
by Step: Personal Training
Patrick Rigsby, co-owner of the Fitness Consulting Group, gives clubs
five strategies for stronger sales.
Step
by Step: Marketing
Casey Conrad, founder of Healthy Inspirations, points out why clubs
should add blogging to their marketing mix.
Step
by Step: Retention
Paul Kuck, founder of Fitness Tutor, explains seven things clubs should
be doing to keep their clients for life.
Step
by Step: Vendor Viewpoint
Marci Clark, education director for SPIN Pilates, describes how to
create a revenue-generating group exercise program.
If you would like to be a Step by Step columnist, please e-mail
Jennipher Shaver at
jennipher.shaver@penton.com with your mug shot, a one-paragraph bio
and three topic ideas for 750-word how-to articles.
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Hot News
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U.S. Health Club Memberships
Decrease
BOSTON -- In 2007, the United States had 41.5 million health club
members, according to the “2008 IHRSA Global Report: The State of the
Health Club Industry” from the International Health, Racquet and
Sportsclub Association. Read the full story.
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Club Hopping
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Snap Fitness
Announces Minority Equity Investment
CHANHASSEN, MN -- Last month, amid rumors that Snap Fitness was for
sale, CEO and founder Peter Taunton said he had no desire to sell a
majority share of the company. But Taunton did not rule out finding a
minority partner. On June 3, the company announced a minority equity
investment from Summit Partners. Terms of the transaction were not
disclosed. Read the full story.
Convicted
Steroids Dealer, Girlfriend Found Dead
PLANO, TX -- A Dallas County (TX) medical examiner ruled that David
Jacobs, a personal trainer and convicted steroids dealer, committed
suicide Thursday by shooting himself twice. Read the full story.
Boy Dies in Apparent
Drowning at Nashville YMCA
NASHVILLE, TN -- A 7-year-old boy recently died in an apparent
drowning after going down a curling water slide at the
Donelson-Hermitage YMCA in Nashville, TN. Read the full story.
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School Days
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Florida Toughens Up
P.E. Standards
TALLAHASSEE, FL -- Florida Gov. Charlie Crist signed a bill on June
2 expanding physical education at the elementary and middle school
levels. Senate Bill 610, also known as the “Don Davis Physical
Education Act,” requires middle schools to offer students in grades
six through eight one class period of physical education per day for one
semester, beginning in fall 2009. Read the full story.
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Boot Camp
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New Fashions for
Navy Fitness
ARLINGTON, VA -- When it comes to fitness fashions, the Navy is on
the cutting edge. On May 30, representatives from the Navy Uniform
Matters Office and Navy Exchange Command unveiled a prototype of the
Navy’s Physical Training Uniform (PTU) Running Suit at the Navy
Uniform Center in Arlington, VA. On the same day, sailors aboard
amphibious assault ship USS Wasp in Portsmouth, VA, were issued the
first set of the Navy’s new physical training (PT) uniform. Read the
full story.
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Industry Beat
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More than $2 Million
Awarded to Study Health Games
PRINCETON, NJ -- More than $2 million in grants was awarded to 12
research teams in California, Florida, Indiana, Maine, North Carolina,
New York, South Carolina, Vermont and Washington to study how and if
digital interactive games improve players’ health behaviors and
outcomes.
This is the first round of grants to be awarded from the foundation
through its Health Games Research national program, based at the
University of California, Santa Barbara. The $8.25 million program
studies everything from traditional video games on game consoles,
hand-held game players, arcade machines, computers, Web sites and
multi-player online worlds, to new kinds of games, such as mobile
interactive television, virtual environments, electronic toys or other
emerging technologies that are becoming more affordable and accessible.
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Fit to Print
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In Brief...
The International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association
joined the Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease (PFCD), releasing a new
resource for policymakers and health experts. The publication,
“Keeping America Healthy: A Guide To Successful Programs,” was
compiled by the PFCD, with support from its members, and showcases
public and private programs from across the country that have been
successful in promoting healthy behaviors and reducing the burden of
disease.
Life Time Fitness formally announced last week its plans to open a
110,000-square-foot club in Florham Park, NJ, the company’s first in
the New York tri-state area. Florham Park Life Time Athletic, scheduled
to open during the fourth quarter of 2008, will include a full-service
day spa, a chef-driven café, and indoor and outdoor aquatics
centers.
Town Sports International recently announced the opening of two
clubs, a New York Sports Club in Dobbs Ferry, NY, and a Washington
Sports Club in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of Washington,
DC.
24 Hour Fitness announced 21 of its fitness managers and master
trainers will serve as fitness ambassadors and staff the United States
Olympic Committee’s High Performance Training Center in Beijing for
the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Cypress Bend Real Estate Development recently announced the
development of Stone Creek Club & Spa, a 52,000-square-foot upscale
health club in Covington, LA. The facility was built to serve the
suburbs north of New Orleans and Lake Pontchartrain, LA. The club will
feature a 4,700-square-foot full-service spa, 12 tennis courts with
viewing facilities, salt-water pools, child care, a café, locker rooms,
and fitness and group exercise areas. Membership pre-sales will begin in
September. The club is scheduled to open in May 2009.
The board of directors of the National Swimming Pool Foundation
voted to allocate $812,500 in research grants for the year 2008-2009.
This year's amount matches the amount budgeted the previous year and
represents a 134 percent increase since 2004. This budget includes the
first $200,000 installment of a $1 million grant to Washington State
University in Pullman, WA, to help establish the National Aquatics and
Sports Medicine Institute.
Inside
Manufacturers...
Star Trac and Mad Dogg Athletics recently helped
the Road 2 Recovery organization celebrate the completion of its first
outdoor ride at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. The 500-mile long ride, which
was held on the track prior to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Coca-Cola 600 race,
raised more than $150,000 to put Spinning labs in facilities across the
country.
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Speaking Out
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Reader Poll
What do you think have been the five most significant trends in the
fitness industry in the past 25 years? E-mail your responses to Club
Industry’s Fitness Business Pro Editor Pamela Kufahl at pam.kufahl@penton.com.
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