Health Club News

Check out the CDC website for tips on protecting yourself and others, and for answers to what you should do if you are having symptoms.

March 12, 2020 | Anthony Dominic | Club Industry

Many industries are feeling the effects of the coronavirus, even the fitness industry, whose health clubs revolve around sweat and tight-knit communities. The good news about the virus—despite its new pandemic label—is that it can be suppressed and controlled unlike any disease before it, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a March 11 statement.

MARCH 3, 2020 | Anthony Dominic | CLUB INDUSTRY

It is little surprise that Stephen Tharrett's recent presentation on current and future fitness trends has already become one of Club Industry's most-ever-viewed Master Class webinars.

March 3, 2020 | CLUB INDUSTRY staff

Gold’s Gym International, Dallas, has sold 24 of its corporate-owned facilities in the Washington, D.C., area to former Gold’s Gym International executives, the company announced.

February 25, 2020 | ANTHONY DOMINIC | CLUB INDUSTRY

Slightly more than one in five Americans—64.2 million consumers—belonged to a health club in 2019, according to new data released by the International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) and Physical Activity Council (PAC).

FEBRUARY 21, 2020 | Melissa Rodriguez | ihrsa

U.S. health club membership is up by 28% since 2010, according to a study conducted by IHRSA as part of the Physical Activity Council.

February 20, 2020 | ANTHONY DOMINIC | CLUB INDUSTRY

VASA Fitness, Orem, Utah, is planning to grow by 13 locations in 2020 as part of a Midwest-centric expansion plan that will see the high-volume, low-price (HVLP) chain add clubs in Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin.

FEBRUARY 13, 2020 | ANTHONY DOMINIC | CLUB INDUSTRY

The proliferation of today's workout opportunities drove three million more Americans to begin exercising in 2019, curbing a three-year-long trend of stagnant activity rates, according to the latest report by the Sports & Fitness Industry Association (SFIA).

January 29, 2020 | Club Industry staff 

24 Hour Fitness is expanding to the Chicago market, and its first clubs are slated to open in the suburbs of Carol Stream and Schaumburg this spring. Each club will be nearly 40,000 square feet and offer multiple group exercise studios, an indoor lap pool, basketball court and locker rooms with private showers.

January 28, 2020 | Club Industry Staff

Life Time, Chanhassen, Minnesota, opened its Life Time Rancho San Clemente Tennis and Athletic Resort on Jan. 24, the company announced. The 10.5-acre resort with a 46,000-square-foot facility was formerly the Rancho San Clemente Tennis and Fitness Club.

This is the fifth Life Time facility in California, according to the company’s website.