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Survey Predicts Top 20 Fitness Trends for 2012
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011ACSM experts examine what’s hot, and what’s not, in the health-and-fitness industry
INDIANAPOLIS – Zumba is in and Pilates is out, according to more than 2,600 fitness professionals who completed an American College of Sports Medicine survey of the top fitness trends for 2012. The survey results were released today in the “Worldwide Survey of Fitness […]
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Rank the Most Damaging Sales Mistake
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011Do you have bad habits that might be hurting your sales?
Test yourself to see if you know which sales mistakes are the worst. Rank these common sales rep mistakes from 1-7, with 1 being the worst. Hint: The mistakes which frustrate the buyer the most and can thus cost future business for the […]
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Changing of the Guard at FIC
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011Brian Gilbank the current Executive Director of Fitness Industry Council of Canada (FIC) will be leaving his post at the end of September 2011. After four years of guiding, expanding and protecting the industry as well as achieving one of the core mandates of the Council (a federal Adult Fitness Tax Credit for FIC members […]
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Global Market Size and Scope 2011
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011(reprinted with permission from The IHRSA Global Report 2011)
After slowly climbing out of the global economic crises, select health club markets experienced positive growth from 2009 - 2010. These markets fueled industry growth in 2010, up $4 billion from $67 billion in 2009. Memberships have soared past the 120 million mark to an […]
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What is My Club Worth? Part 1
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011This article is a six part series originally printed in 2009, it has been updated and rereleased for 2011.
By: Mike McPhee
During my last 10 years as a club industry design, marketing and management consultant, the number of times I’ve been asked by club owners, “What do you think my club is worth?” are too numerous […]
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ICAA Joins National Go4Life Campaign
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011New public-private initiative encourages exercise, physical activity for older adults
VANCOUVER, BC—The International Council on Active Aging (ICAA), a professional association that leads, connects and defines the active-aging industry, announces that it is joining the National Institute on Aging (NIA) at the NIH in Go4Life, a new national exercise and physical activity campaign for people age […]
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