IDEA Survey Finds Fitness Facilities Focusing More on Community

Jul 22, 2008 5:01 PM

SAN DIEGO -- Fitness facility owners are focusing on building communities for their members, according to results from the IDEA Fitness Programs and Equipment Survey. The 13th annual survey also finds that although new pieces of equipment and group exercise formats are popular in clubs, the old standbys are holding strong in popularity, too. ...

24 Hour Fitness

Jul 21, 2008 1:33 PM

Planet Fitness Puts World Gym Up for Sale

Jul 16, 2008 6:04 PM, By Stuart Goldman, managing editor

DOVER, NH -- It appears the World has become too much to handle for one Planet. Planet Fitness, which two years ago bought World Gym for around $10 million, is putting World Gym up for sale, Planet Fitness CEO Mike Grondahl confirmed Tuesday....

24 Hour Sues Bally Over CEO Hiring

Jul 16, 2008 12:36 PM, By Stuart Goldman, managing editor

CHICAGO -- 24 Hour Fitness, San Ramon, CA, has filed a lawsuit against Bally Total Fitness, Chicago, accusing Bally of illegally hiring new CEO Michael Sheehan away from 24 Hour to gain access to trade secrets. The lawsuit was filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois....

Arkansas Fitness Trainer Convicted of Rape

Jul 10, 2008 10:54 AM

FAYETTEVILLE, AR -- A fitness trainer was convicted Wednesday of rape and was sentenced to a total of 45 years in prison, according to the Northwest Arkansas Times....

Life Time Fitness Triathlon Set for Saturday

Jul 9, 2008 11:29 AM

CHANHASSEN, MN -- The Life Time Fitness Triathlon will be held Saturday in Minneapolis and will include 11 triathletes who have qualified for next month’s Summer Olympics in Beijing. The event marks the start of the 2008 Life Time Fitness Triathlon Series Race to the Toyota Cup, which offers a $1.45 million purse....

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....

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...

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...