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NY gym owner guilty in murder conspiracy case .
Virgin Active to open ‘value’ clubs with cheaper rates
Revenue increased at Town Sports International
Tough economic times and the 24/7 business cycle are impacting the fitness industry
British Land sells five Virgin Active Health clubs
Virgin Active relaxes get-out clauses on gym membership contracts
Australian News: Two jailed over health club gym drug operation
International News: Gold’s Gym USA now open in – Indonesia
International News: Talwalkars Better Value Fitness
International Breaking News: Talwalkars Better Value Fitness
Virgin Active chain of health clubs to open eight clubs this year
Virgin Active to open eight clubs this year Virgin Active News
Snap Fitness ‘flexes’ muscle in the United Kingdom
Snap Fitness ‘flexes' muscle in the United Kingdom
Toddle Fitness success is strong even through tough economy
Toddle Fitness in Visalia stays strong through tough economy
Is Richard Branson’s Virgin Active Health Club becoming a racism hot spot?
Richard Branson’s Virgin Active Health Club is becoming a racism hot spot
Snap Fitness expanding to United Kingdom, with two London-area clubs opening soon
Snap Fitness expanding to United Kingdom, with two London-area clubs opening soon
LA Fitness renegotiates £63.4m debt pile to work off some of its annual loss
LA Fitness renegotiates £63.4m debt pile to work off some of its annual loss
The largest health club group in the world – Fitness First – is close to being rescued
The largest health club group in the world - Fitness First - is close to being rescued
Premier Fitness One of the largest fitness chains in Ontario has been in crisis
Local operators have taken over all of Hamilton’s former Premier Fitness clubs as the battered chain struggles through a financial crisis.One of the largest fitness chains in Ontario has been in crisis
Closing women’s gyms sparks controversy
Closing women’s gyms sparks controversy
Oxygen Women’s Fitness closing leaves members fit to be tied. One woman paid $1,000 two days earlier
Oxygen Women's Fitness closing leaves members fit to be tied. One woman paid $1,000 two days earlier
Schwarzenegger, LaLanne Head Hall of Fame Class
Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the late Jack LaLanne headline the inaugural class of the International Sports Hall of Fame.

CrossFit Oakland
CrossFit originated in 2000 with online workouts and now has 3,400 brick-and-mortar affiliates worldwide. Its Oakland location attracts carpenters, lawyers and employees from nearby Pixar. […]
Big Deal — Fitness Fever, With You in Mind
For residents of the city, the ultrahealthy lifestyle can sometimes find them, even in ways they weren’t expecting. […]
Working Out in Intense Temperatures
For many religious exercisers, only sweltering temperatures produce adequate workouts, so gyms are trying to lure them with ever hotter, harder classes. […]
Party Workouts Are Growing in Popularity
Plenty of people forgo happy hour to fit in exercise, but with evening party workouts, gyms are making it so that clients don’t have to choose. […]
Sitaras Fitness, Where Business Titans Work Out
Many of the business world’s titans stay in shape at Sitaras Fitness, a Midtown Manhattan gym that is the brainchild of a bodybuilder. He — and his software — track the members’ progress. […]
Sports Club Switches to Annual Fee in Lieu of Monthly Increases
The sports club operator Town Sports International has switched to an annual fee, instead of monthly dues increases. […]
BUCKS; Missed Gym? It'll Cost You
Bucks blog notes mobile app service called GymPact charges users $5 every time they miss going to the gym. […]
My Week at the Biggest Loser Fat Camp
You can watch “The Biggest Loser” on television. Or you can live it, at a resort where guests are prodded and pushed and left panting. […]
Cafes at Health Clubs Stress Eating Right
Many on-site cafes, geared to serve fitness-conscious exercisers with choices like vegetarian and gluten-free cuisine, are open to nonmembers, too. […]
New Year’s Resolutions, Recycled, Are a Boon for Business
The self-improvement industry thrives on New Year’s resolutions gone awry. After all, if you don’t lose those pounds or stop smoking this year, you’ll probably try again in 2013. […]

The Closeout
Closeout — many clubs have different standards to how they run their sales programs, but most clubs have one time period where everyone is on the same page. Typically the last three days of a month are a closeout. To some the last three days may result in as much as 25 percent of the […]
CS Interview with Erica Stenz, the Marketing Assistant for Club One, who Specializes in Social Media
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CS Exclusive: Group X Interview with Amy Larkin from Mountainside Fitness
Last week Club Solutions Magazine spoke to Amy Larkin, the district athletic director for Mountainside Fitness in Arizona. We picked Amy’s brain on everything Group X, from how they push people to use classes, to how they manage instructors: CS: How do you entice new members to try Group X classes? AL: Our sales team […]
Snap Fitness Members Lose Over 50,000 Pounds
Over an eight-week period beginning in March, 20,000 Snap Fitness members across 827 locations lost a total of 57,395 pounds during Snap’s “Lose Weight, Feel Great” challenge. Surpassing last year’s challenge by almost 15,000 pounds, members participated in regular weigh-ins and were given tips and free online meal planning from Chad Ruf, the director of [.. […]
The Galiani Brothers
Over the past several years we’ve heard a lot of stories about how our nation’s most recent recession has affected business and production. Our media has told many stories concerning the downfall of clubs and studios that just couldn’t make it through. However, as we persist we forget that our nation has pulled through recessions […]
The 29 Percent Solution
Networking is the process of developing contacts and relationships to increase your business, enhance your knowledge, expand your sphere of influence, or serve the community. You’ve heard that there are six degrees of separation between you and anybody else on Earth. Well, that’s a myth. In fact, only 29 percent of people are separated by […]
Create a Space for Trainers to Train
Trainers are by definition the experts in performing and executing exercises. The limits of their creativity are only constricted by the tools they have at hand. As a result, creating an area for them to shine in your club is an essential part of setting your trainers apart. Just using machines for a training session […]
America’s Children in Crisis
Recently HBO released a documentary on the obesity epidemic that has engulfed our society. Although a recent documentary, you quickly learn in the first half of the documentary that this epidemic has been growing on us for some time. In 1972, a study was initiated to measure heart related illnesses brought on by unhealthy habits […]
CS Exclusive: Celebrate National Women’s Health Week
This week is National Women’s Health Week (May 13-19). Coordinated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office on Women’s Health, one of the tenants of National Women’s Health Week encourages women to get active. To honor the initiative, we profiled a women’s-only gym in North Carolina that’s doing exactly that — encouraging […]
Time to Collect
Club management software (CMS) is often the lifeblood, and also the biggest cause of headaches to club owners. When many club owners take on the responsibility of managing a club, often operators don’t understand all of the ins-and-outs of the club’s software and how it can be properly utilized to benefit the club and its […]

Google Taking over Lease of Gold’s Gym ‘Mecca’
Internet search-engine giant Google has acquired the lease for the iconic Gold’s Gym in Venice, CA, considered the “Mecca” of bodybuilding. […]
Civilian Military Combine Set for Saturday
Military athletes are coming together to compete against civilians for charity in the Civilian Military Combine (CMC) competition on Saturday in Camelback, PA. […]
Man Shot in 24 Hour Parking Lot in Stable Condition
A man who was shot Monday night in the parking lot of a 24 Hour Fitness club in El Cajon, CA, was in stable condition on Tuesday, according to multiple San Diego media reports. […]
Proactive Partners Becomes Midtown Health
Proactive Partners, a division of TCA Holdings LLC, Chicago, has changed its company name to Midtown Health. The move closely aligns the company with its sister division, Midtown Athletic Clubs. […]
Executive Insights with Bill McBride, Club One
Bill McBride, president and COO of Club One, San Francisco, shares details about Club One and its future, insights about social media and mobile applications, how litigation and consolidation are affecting the fitness industry and more. […]