Backing Boosts Titan's Plans To Open 60 Clubs
By: Pamela Kufahl
Mclean, Va Jeff Skeen has his sights set on 60. Sixty Gold's Gym locations, that is. Skeen, president and CEO of Titan Fitness, recently announced that...
Cameras Help Nab Locker Thieves at Y
By: Jennipher Shaver
Glens Falls, Ny Two men suspected of carrying out 16 robberies at the Family YMCA of the Glens Falls Area (NY) were recently arrested thanks in part to...
New Personal Training Franchise Launches
By: Pamela Kufahl
Anaheim Hills, Ca For 12 years Mike Salerno ran his own clubs, Precision Fitness in California, but recently, he decided to take that personal training...
Health Club, Community College Reach Agreement
By: Stuart Goldman
Saranac Lake, Ny North Country (NY) Community College (NCCC) and the Lake Placid (NY) Health and Fitness club have reached a mutual agreement in which...
Plus One Takes Over Google's Corporate Sites
By: Pamela Kufahl
New York Management and staffers at Plus One Health Management Inc. haven't wasted any time getting down to business with one of its newest clients, Google....
Idaho State Plans Rec Addition
By: Stuart Goldman
Pocatello, Id Idaho State University will take construction bids next month for a proposed $6.3 million addition to the school's student recreation center....
Snap Makes Online Moves
By: Pamela Kufahl
Chanhassen, Mn Snap Fitness, a franchisor of small 24-hour fitness clubs, is taking its members online with their own Web pages and some new offerings...
Group Helps Sailors Prepare for Marathon
By: Jennipher Shaver
Oak Harbor, Wa The Whidbey Island Marathon in Oak Harbor, WA, may still be two months away, but Navy Fitness professionals at Naval Air Station Whidbey...
Y Introduces Strategic Plan
By: Jennipher Shaver
Chicago Because of the current health challenges facing families and individuals, Neil Nicoll, president and CEO of the YMCA of the USA, issued a New...
Council Launches Challenge
By: Jennipher Shaver
Washington, Dc The President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports is launching the first-ever National President's Challenge in March. The six-week...
Most Club Chains Rank Low
By: Stuart Goldman
Yonkers, Ny Readers of Consumer Reports gave higher marks to private studios, nonprofit organizations, local community centers and office fitness facilities...
Naval Base Kitsap Spins into Shape
By: Jennipher Shaver
Silverdale, Wa Navy Region Northwest sailors and their families participated in the fourth annual Spinvivor Spin-a-Thon captain's cup event at Naval Base...
Assault Suspect Turns Himself In
By: Stuart Goldman
Atlanta A man who was wanted in connection with the beating of a celebrity fitness trainer turned himself in to authorities last month. Apollo Holmes,...
What Winners of the Last Recession Did Right
By: Ed Tock
The record-setting economic growth of the past several years temporarily obscured the reality that recession is a fact of business life. The current business...
Cry Foul
By: By Stuart Goldman, managing editor
A newspaper columnist in Vancouver, WA, once referred to that city's $25 million Firstenburg Community Center as a Taj-Ma-health club. It's no wonder....
Florida First Coast Y Receives $16 Million
By: Jennipher Shaver
Jacksonville, Fl Starting Feb. 1, current Florida First Coast YMCA members in Jacksonville, FL, will have another Y where they can work out. In January,...
In BRIEF
Jim Mizes, CEO at Club One in San Francisco, completed a 500-mile charity bike ride in November in Israel. The ride, called Wheels of Love, benefits the...
Marines Test New Combat Fitness Test
CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, JAPAN --Over the past month, 14 selected units through the Marine Corps have been testing the Marine Corps’ new combat fitness test (CFT) The new CFT is designed to more closely replicate the physical demands of combat and augment the Marines’ physical fitness test, according to Marine Corps officials. ...
Fitness Club Complaints To BBB on the Rise in 2007
By: Stuart Goldman
Arlington, Va The number of complaints received by the Better Business Bureau (BBB) about fitness clubs has increased more than 90 percent in the last...
TSI Leadership Has a New Look
By: Pamela Kufahl
New York Leadership at Town Sports International (TSI), New York, looks a little different today than this past summer when Bob Giardina headed the company...
Four More Executives Leave 24 Hour
By: By Stuart Goldman, managing editor
SAN RAMON, CA -- On Mark Mastrov’s official last day at 24 Hour Fitness yesterday, a spokesperson for the company confirmed that four additional executives have left the company. ...
Central Michigan Residents Join Fitness Challenge
MOUNT PLEASANT, MI -- Taking its cue from TV’s “The Biggest Loser,” a Central Michigan University residence hall complex began a “Battle of the Shrinking Halls” contest this week to determine which hall can lose the highest percentage of weight in a five-week period....
Five Ys Recognized for Building Healthier Communities
CHICAGO -- The YMCA of the USA recently recognized five Ys for their involvement in Pioneering Healthier Communities (PHC), an initiative that helps communities form a team of community leaders to implement solutions to improve eating habits and increase physical activity. ...
New Air Force Fitness Class Brings Parents and Children Together
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany -- In an effort to get families fit and spending more quality time together, fitness professionals at the Kaiserslautern Military Community in Germany have created new fitness programming. ...
Titan Fitness Gets Financing for Growth
MCLEAN, VA -- Titan Fitness has secured private equity backing to further its efforts to open 60 Gold’s Gym locations in the next five years. Backing comes from WestView Capital Partners, a $200 million private equity fund based in Boston, that includes National City Equity Partners, a Cleveland, OH-based private equity fund – and WestView fund investor – with more than $1 billion of capital under management. ...
