July 1, 2008
First Word
The Call to Ready, Set, Action
Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Pamela Kufahl, editor
I've long held the belief that people will only make exercise a daily part of their lives when they are ready. Offers of low monthly membership rates...
Clubs at the Top
Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Clubs at The Top This issue contains the Top 100 clubs list, an interesting look at who is moving up in the industry and who may be moving down. This...
Fitness Business news
Alaska, Arkansas Top President's Challenge
Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Stuart Goldman
Bloomington, In Alaska and Arkansas are near the top of the alphabet in the United States. They also are at the top of the recently completed President's...
Oklahoma City Navy Hosts SEAL Fitness Challenge
Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Jennipher Shaver
Oklahoma City Forty-eight individuals gathered in Oklahoma City earlier this month to see if they had what it takes to be one of the Navy's most elite,...
Florida Toughens Physical Education Standards
Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Stuart Goldman
Tallahassee, Fl Physical education received a boost in Florida last month when Florida Gov. Charlie Crist signed a bill expanding physical education requirements...
Diabetic Numbers on the Rise
Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Pamela Kufahl
Washington, Dc More than 24 million people, or 8 percent of the U.S. population, have diabetes, according to new 2007 prevalence data estimates released...
More Employers Offer Incentives for Health
Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Pamela Kufahl
Washington, Dc Major U.S. employers using incentives to promote employer-sponsored health and wellness programs rose from 62 percent to 71 percent between...
Mastrov Approves of Bally's Hiring of Former 24 Hour COO
Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Stuart Goldman
Chicago When Bally Total Fitness announced last month that it had appointed 24 Hour Fitness Chief Operating Officer Michael Sheehan as its new chief executive...
Life Time Announces Financing For Corporate HQ, Kansas Club
Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Stuart Goldman
Chanhassen, Mn Last month, Life Time Fitness received some capital to help with its growth strategy. The company announced a new $34 million credit facility...
South Dakota Y Puts Expansion on Hold
Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Jennipher Shaver
Rapid City, Sd The Rapid City (SD) YMCA is calling it quits on a proposed $13.2 million expansion to its facility. After two years of fund-raising, the...
Crunch Hires New President
Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Pamela Kufahl
New York A former restaurant company executive is getting a crash course in fitness as the new president and chief financial officer of Crunch. The New...
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Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Eighty-six percent of Americans attempt to make changes to improve their overall health, according to a recent survey. However, only 46 percent of those...
In BRIEF
Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Health and fitness industry sales and marketing professional Eddie Tock has launched a new company, Eddie Tock Health Club Sales and Marketing Consulting....
Inside Manufacturers
Manufacturers Face Tough Economy
Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Pamela Kufahl and Jennipher Shaver
Nationwide Some fitness equipment manufacturers across the country are being hit hard by the slowing economy and rising energy and material costs, but...
Retention Management Helps Decrease Member Attrition
Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Pinehurst, Nc The FirstHealth Center for Health & Fitness in Pinehurst, NC, decreased member attrition by 5 percent over the last year while using Retention...
Middle School Students Tour Life Fitness Facility
Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Schiller Park, Il More than 40 seventh- and eighth-grade students from Albany Park Multicultural Academy (APMA) in Chicago visited the international headquarters...
Go Figure Makes Donation To Healthworks
Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Sugar Land, Tx Go Figure Inc. donated its club management software and hardware to the Healthworks Foundation Fitness Center, scheduled to open later...
Select 24 Hour Fitness Locations Just Do It
Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM
San Ramon, Ca 24 Hour Fitness will offer Nike+iPod-enabled gym equipment in select clubs across the country beginning this month. The equipment will arrive...
Top News
Washed Away
Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Stuart Goldman, managing editor, and Jennipher Shaver, senior associate editor
The extent of the damage caused by flooding in Iowa this summer won't be known for several weeks, perhaps even months. The rising waters from the Cedar,...
Executive Insights
Interview with Margaret Treland, Chief of the Air Force Fitness Branch, San Antonio
Jul 14, 2008 10:37 AM
Treland is responsible for providing functional guidance and oversight for the Fitness Center Master Plan, assisting bases with fitness center design and construction projects,...
Focus on Clubs
Weighing the Pros, Cons Of 24-Hour Key-Card Clubs
Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Karen Woodard-Chavez
The 24-hour fitness center is one of the fastest-growing fitness franchises, billing itself as an alternative to oversized and overpriced health clubs....
Focus on Seniors
For Seniors, It's Time to Get Serious About Humor
Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Sandy Coffman
About nine years ago, we made a big deal about the health club industry entering the new millennium. We talked about the challenges of new technology...
Focus on Design
Using Softer Lighting in Clubs Can Be a Bright Idea
Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Bruce Carter
Have you noticed that sometimes you seem to look better than other times? Perhaps you look younger, healthier or thinner. How can you look better in a...
Feature
Top 100: Peak Performers
Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Pamela Kufahl, editor
Most people would probably shout from the mountain top when they finally reach the pinnacle. However, in the fitness industry, shouting about your achievements...
Trend Watches
Hands On
Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Jennipher Shaver, senior associate editor
When people come into the spa at Old Palm Golf Club's fitness center in Palm Beach Gardens, FL, it's most likely that they're coming in for a massage....
Net Profits
Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM
The introduction begins quietly as the letters T-H-E appear on the computer screen, as though they are drawn by a paint brush. Then the music kicks in...
Pro Shop
Pro Shop
Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Exercise DVDs Each of SPIN Pilates' four DVDs is divided into segments that can be done individually to target a region of the body or consecutively for...
