During summer, seeing more children in your facility is very likely. To better accommodate your youth and family demographic, there’s no better time to optimize your child care services, or consider integrating child care if ...
A few years back I spent three weeks working with a small chain of personal training studios that specialized in developing athletes of all levels. The facilities were remarkable and dynamic, the trainers were top ...
Summer is typically a more challenging season for clubs to navigate. However, if you have a strong youth fitness program, you might find summers aren’t so slow after all. Franco’s Athletic Club & Spa in ...
For many health clubs across the U.S., two particular segments of consumers have proved fruitful: youth and families. At Franco’s Athletic Club in Mandeville, Louisiana, youth and family-oriented programs and services are an integral component ...
If your club offers youth sports programs, camps or child watch services, you have a responsibility to keep children safe. With an increase in reported cases of abuse related to youth sports or camps over ...
It’s been said a health club’s competition isn’t just the club down the road, it’s any place a family hangs out in their free time. So, how do you make your gym the go-to place ...
Last year, Newtown Athletic Club’s summer camp program hit a goal of $1 million — highlighting the fact that youth programming can be a major asset for health clubs, if executed properly. The key to success? ...
School’s out for the summer, and for a lot of parents, it feels like school is actually out forever. Keeping children occupied after school is a task in and of itself, but when you add ...
For some health clubs, their secret weapon is Group X. For others, it’s personal training. But at Mountainside Fitness, the company’s secret weapon is non-fitness related, in the form of childcare. “When we were small ...
More than three quarters of children in the United States are currently not meeting physical activity recommendations, putting them at an increased risk for obesity, diabetes and related chronic illnesses, according to a report issued ...
