Middle School Students Tour Life Fitness Facility
Schiller Park, Il More than 40 seventh- and eighth-grade students from Albany Park Multicultural Academy (APMA) in Chicago visited the international headquarters...
Florida Toughens Physical Education Standards
By: 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...
Go Figure Makes Donation To Healthworks
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
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...
Washed Away
By: 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,...
Top 100: Peak Performers
By: 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...
Alaska, Arkansas Top President's Challenge
By: 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
By: 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,...
Mastrov Approves of Bally's Hiring of Former 24 Hour COO
By: 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
By: 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
By: 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
By: 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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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...
South Dakota Y Puts Expansion on Hold
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 Y had raised about $8 million. ...
More Employers Offer Incentives for Health
WASHINGTON, DC -- Major U.S. employers using incentives to promote employer-sponsored health and wellness programs rose from 62 percent to 71 percent between 2007 and 2008, according to a recent survey by the ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC), the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) and IncentOne. ...
Pennsylvania Club Settles with AG Office
YORK, PA -- The owners of Leader Health and Fitness, which abruptly closed June 9, reached a settlement with the Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General to send club and pool members refund checks. The office expects to send out the checks later this summer, according to The York Daily Record....
Diabetic Numbers Rise
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 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The number represents an increase of more than 3 million diabetics in approximately two years. ...
Schools Named Finalists in California Challenge
SACRAMENTO, CA -- Seventy-five California schools were recently named finalists in the Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports’ 2008 Governor’s Challenge Competition....
Bally Plucks New CEO From 24 Hour
By: By Stuart Goldman, managing editor
CHICAGO -- A loss for 24 Hour Fitness is Bally Total Fitness’ gain. Bally announced today it has appointed Michael Sheehan as its new chief executive officer, effective July 1. Sheehan had been the chief operating officer at 24 Hour since 2005 and was with that company the last seven years, also serving as an executive vice president....
Crunch Hires President
NEW YORK -- Crunch has hired Michael R. Jacobs as president and chief financial officer. Jacobs has more than 25 years experience in operational management, retail development and corporate expansion. He will oversee the management of Crunch’s 30 locations in the United States. ...
Life Time Increases Credit Capabilities
CHANHASSEN, MN -- Life Time Fitness announced Wednesday a new $34 million credit facility to provide permanent financing for its corporate headquarters in Chanhassen, MN, and a fitness club in Overland Park, KS....
Alaska, Arkansas Finish 1-2 in President’s Challenge
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 Challenge national fitness competition. ...
Cowboys Owner Helps Renovate Boys & Girls Club Gymnasium
ARLINGTON, TX -- The owner of the Dallas Cowboys helped give the gymnasium at the Arlington, TX, Boys & Girls Club’s main branch a makeover in an effort to combat childhood obesity and encourage children to stay physically active....
Ys Get Unique Visitors
EASTON, NJ, and BEAVERCREEK, OH -- Two YMCAs recently had unique visitors to their facilities. The Family Y of Easton, Phillipsburg and Vicinity (NJ) had a bear cub on its grounds, and the Beavercreek Y (OH) had a deer in its pool....
Oklahoma City Navy Hosts SEAL Fitness Challenge
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, a Navy SEAL....
