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WASHINGTON, DC -- The obesity rate for U.S. adults slowed in
2007-2008, according to statistics from the National Center for Health
Statistics at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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IRVINE, CA -- Entrepreneur magazine recently released
its 31st annual Franchise 500 list, which once again recognized 10
fitness companies.
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CHANHASSEN, MN -- Snap Fitness has promoted former Curves
President Gary Findley to chief operating officer.
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NEW YORK -- The fitness club industry is dealing with another
online scam involving invalid memberships.
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SILVER SPRING, MD -- Seventeen fitness industry manufacturers
and suppliers have joined AFIRM, the Association of Fitness Industry
Retailers & Manufacturers, which launched last month.
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AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND -- A new study examines the future of
the fitness industry, including the role that health clubs will
play.
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SILVERDALE, WA -- To enhance health and wellness
opportunities at the new Haselwood Family YMCA in Silverdale, WA, the
YMCA of Pierce and Kitsap Counties recently announced a partnership with
Harrison Medical Center.
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TUCSON, AZ -- The University of Arizona unveiled a
55,000-square-foot expansion to its student rec center last week that is
expected to achieve LEED Gold certification.
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NEWPORT NEWS, VA -- Upgrades were unveiled last week to the
Huntington Hall barracks in Newport News, VA, which house sailors from
the USS Theodore Roosevelt and staff from Northrop Grumman Newport News
Shipbuilding.
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The January issue of Club Industry magazine features a
look
ahead to 2010. The issue also includes a feature on how clubs are
attracting and retaining Baby
Boomers as members and a look at the benefits social
networking can have for club operators.
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Don’t miss out on the Club
Industry East show this May in New York, featuring keynote
presentations from former New York Yankees shortstop Bucky Dent and Ali
Vincent, winner of “The Biggest Loser.” For more details, visit the
show
site or view the pre-show
brochure (PDF).
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Equinox, New York,
has launched a new advertising campaign called My Body, My Biography,
which tells the stories of people who say working out at Equinox has
helped them overcome adversity. The Web site includes profiles, photos
and videos of select members as well as user-generated content where
anyone can share their own story. Visitors can get to know Equinox
members, such as an injured Olympic athlete, a struggling single mother
of five and a plane crash survivor.
UFC Gym will hold its official
grand opening at 10 a.m. PST Saturday in Concord, CA. Scheduled to
attend the grand opening are New Evolution Fitness Co. Co-founders Mark
Mastrov and Jim Rowley as well as UFC President Dana White and UFC Hall
of Famer Chuck Liddell.
VH1 will premiere its seventh season of “Celebrity Fit Club: Boot
Camp” at 9 p.m. Monday, Feb. 8. Celebrities on this season’s show
include Bobby Brown and Kevin Federline. U.S. Marine Corps Drill
Instructor Harvey Walden IV returns to lead the eight-week boot
camp.
The YMCA of Northwest North
Carolina officially opened its Robin Hood Road YMCA on Monday in the
former Peak Fitness facility in Winston-Salem, NC. Peak Fitness closed
the location last August after the gym went into bankruptcy. The new Y
already has about 500 members for the Robin Hood
location.
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Star Trac, Irvine,
CA, has announced a three-year agreement to be the exclusive equipment
supplier for Personal Training
Institute. The agreement includes the introduction of Star Trac’s
HumanSport cable-based strength machines and cardio products, featuring
touch screens and integrated TVs.
Sportsmith, Tulsa, OK, has
released its expanded winter edition catalog, which includes fitness
equipment parts, strength and functional training products, and the
latest eco-friendly yoga mats, blocks and straps. The company also has
completed its expansion into an additional 20,000-square-foot office
warehouse and has a new blog and user forum on its Web site as
well.
NASA is using technology like that patented by Heart Rate Inc. (VersaClimber),
Costa Mesa, CA, on the International Space Station. The astronauts are
using a flywheel exercise device that relies on rotary inertia rather
than weight stacks (making it ideal in weightless environments) to help
with their strength training. Heart Rate founders Richard and Dan
Charnitski had approached NASA 13 years ago with the idea for this
technology. The Charnitskis have since patented the technology and use
it in their VersaPulley product. NASA is using its own version of the
technology.
Hammer Strength,
Schiller Park, IL, announced its 2010 schedule of Hammer Strength
Clinics. The clinics feature training tips and techniques presented by
strength and conditioning coaches from professional, collegiate and high
school programs. The schedule is as follows: Atlanta, Feb. 27; Chicago,
March 19-20; Miami, March 13; Lawrenceville, NJ, March 26-27; San
Antonio, April 9-10; and San Jose, CA, April 23-24.
KrankcycleRx, Birmingham,
AL, donated two Krankcycles to the TRACK center in Jacksonville, FL, in
conjunction with the Wounded Warrior Project. The equipment will provide
the wounded warriors in the program with a new way to train and stay
fit. “The Johnny G Krankcycle by Matrix is fully wheelchair accessible
and allows the wounded warriors, as well as other physically disabled
individuals, to stay fit with a fun, engaging and challenging
workout,” Forrest Ward, president and CEO of KrankcycleRx, said in a
statement.
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I love a good feel-good story, and this one sure qualifies.
Roberta Kruse-Fordham, general manager at Sports Fitness & Fun, Florida,
NY, contacted me the other day to let me know about how her team pulled
together to save a life on Dec. 2.
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The writer of this recent New York Times column
contacted Club Industry a couple of weeks ago to get some scoop,
or background, about Bally.
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ESPN’s Chris Berman will be one of the featured speakers at
the IHRSA show in March in San Diego, or as Berman will call it, the
“Hotel California.”
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