Monthly Archives: November 2009

Everyone these days uses the Internet to do their research on you, long before they ever set foot in your club.  Wouldn’t it be valuable for your health club’s Web site to appear first when someone is searching for a facility in your city?  There are many ways to get ranked high on the first [...]

Fix Studio in Minneapolis has branched out from the regular health and fitness club. The club is geared towards performance athletes that have a desire to push themselves to their peak performance. The clientele varies from Olympic athletes to people who are trying to run their first 5k. The club helps people’s overall athletic performance [...]

Who would’ve ever thought that playing a video game could help someone get healthy? The Nintendo Wii seems to have done just that. And, just about everyone on the planet has heard about it. The Wii has helped people put down the remote, get off their couch and get active. The Detroit Free Press wrote [...]

Today, many people don’t join fitness clubs strictly to have a place to get in shape or lose weight. Instead, many members are looking for a new place to interact and enjoy the company of others. Consider transforming your club from a simple workout spot to a social gathering place where members feel comfortable just [...]

Create a sales questionnaire to give your sales associates the opportunity to know the potential member – uncover their greatest health and fitness challenges to increase sales during potential member tours. Not all sales associates sell gym memberships the same. By creating a questionnaire that sales associates must fill out on potential members, you can [...]

If you’ve spent any amount of time on the Internet, you’ve run across a blog.  A blog differs from a website in that it expresses the opinion and personality of the author.  Many times a standard website will simply be an online brochure about your health club.  But a blog allows your personality to shine [...]

Getting members into fitness classes can be a hassle. However, by developing classrooms that are welcoming to members, clubs will be able to involve more members in their group exercise classes. Mona Zignego wrote ‘Six Tips for Making Your Fitness Class Participants Feel at Home,’ for Fitcommerce.com. Take a look at her tips to help [...]

A frequent question in the fitness world has been, can exercising and working out wear down our bodies? Of course, using improper techniques and avoiding our body’s warning signs are bad, but is there such thing as too much exercise? Last year, the federal government released physical activity guidelines that recommended the average person get [...]

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 10, 2009 – Club One, a leader for award-winning fitness and wellness solutions, announced today that seven of its corporate partners were recently recognized by the California Task Force of Youth and Workplace Wellness for their commitment to employee health. Club One, who operates nearly 100 distinct fitness centers nationwide including corporate [...]

Gold’s Gym is about to open a 45,000 square foot, $2.5 million club in Kennewick, Wash. The club, which is set to open around the middle of 2010, has received excitement from the local community for its possible future impact. Along with the pool, racquetball court, spin classrooms and kid zone that will be installed [...]