The LA Fitness Janitor Who Was a Bank Robber
Did you read the story about the LA Fitness janitor, who, as it turns out, was a serial bank robber? The story has a sad and tragic ending.
View ArticleGiving Thanks in the Fitness Industry
As you sit around the table tomorrow surrounded by family, friends and mounds of food, you likely will be thinking about what you are grateful for this holiday. Stopping for just one day to count your...
View ArticleWe’re in the Winner’s Circle Again
Earlier this month, we added to our growing list of awards and honors in the trade publication industry. For the third consecutive year, Club Industry won the gold Eddie Award presented by FOLIO:...
View ArticleNew Orleans Displays Its Southern Charm on Tour
One of the pre-conference tours at the Athletic Business Conference and Expo in New Orleans involved alcohol and brief nudity. Should I explain? Gladly, but keep in mind, this was not a tour of Bourbon...
View ArticleClub Industry: Your Top Industry Source
It’s time to toot our horn again. A recent survey says Club Industry is the No. 1 source for information in the fitness industry.
View ArticleObesity Efforts at City and State Levels May Pay Off
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation released a report in September that few people seemed to take note of at that time. That may have been because few people were sure that the statistics were true....
View ArticleAED Save Stories Never Get Old
We’ve published several stories over the years about fitness club members whose lives were saved by quick-thinking staff members who used an automated external defibrillator (AED) in the club. Those...
View ArticleSpotlight Shining Bright on Fitness Industry
It’s been a pretty impressive few weeks for the industry in the mainstream media, hasn’t it?
View ArticleEquinox Rolls Out Another Set of Barely Clothed Ads
Despite criticism from members as well as yours truly for its provocative advertising campaign that doesn’t appear to have anything to do with fitness clubs, Equinox is going to keep doing what it...
View ArticleWill Mark Mastrov Own the Sacramento Kings? (And Is He Russian?)
News of Mark Mastrov’s interest in buying the NBA’s Sacramento Kings came down after 4 p.m. last Friday afternoon. Because, well, of course it did.
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