Hitting the Links, Social Media Style
We hope you’ve been following us on Twitter and Facebook. In addition to our own stories from our website, we’ve posted several good stories from other news sources over the last few days. more…
Pardon Our Bragging
I really don’t like it when people brag, but we are a little proud of three awards that our publication just won, so please excuse me while I tell you about them. more…
Paul Ireland to Power Plate
We’ve got confirmation that Paul Ireland, late of Star Trac, has landed at Power Plate.
Ireland was vice president of sales with Star Trac and had been with that company for more than 15 years before he was part of Star Trac’s layoffs earlier this summer. more…
Gold’s Offers JetBlue Flight Attendant Free Membership
Gold’s Gym has taken a page out of the Town Sports International playbook by offering JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater a free membership. more…
John McCarthy: Bahram Akradi is the New Curt Beusman
In writing about Lifetime Achievement Award winner Curt Beusman for our September issue, several people have offered up great stories and perspectives about the man. One such view came courtesy of former IHRSA Executive Director John McCarthy. more…
Time to Clean Up Our Act
I’m a fan of The New York Times, so I’ve been watching with interest this week as this story published on Monday about getting skin infections from gym equipment has crept up to the top of the newspaper’s most popular articles list. This tells me people are concerned about getting MRSA from touching fitness equipment, or that they’re getting ready to be after reading the article. more…
LA Fitness Shootings: One Year Later
Wednesday marks the one-year anniversary of the horrific shooting rampage at an LA Fitness in Pittsburgh, which attracted instant national attention. more…
Fun Alert: Richard Simmons is Coming to Club Industry!
I talked to Richard Simmons yesterday for our Club Industry show preview in the September issue. What an amazing man! At age 62, he is still inspiring others to lose weight and live healthier lives. more…
24 Hours in a 24 Hour
Often, pranks just end up being annoying, but this prank (or perhaps we should call it a publicity stunt since they sent out a press release in advance) by Zug.com writer Bayan Rabbani caught my eye because it involved 24 Hour Fitness and Rabbani spending 24 hours in a club. more…
Group X Gallery at Club Industry 2010
If you attended the Club Industry East show in New York this past May, you know that the group exercise competition was one of the most compelling events there. Large and small clubs strutted their stuff, enthusiastically demonstrating their new and original classes in 15- to 20-minute segments. Each presentation brought big crowds to the Live at Club Studio! area to see how it was done and to catch the excitement of the workouts. more…
