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IHRSA WIRE
Help Make
America
Combine networking and working out
Healthier
for a winning formula in tough times.
You have the power to
improve not only your own
health, but that of all
Americans! Join the
International Health, Racquet
& Sportsclub Association
(IHRSA) in the Campaign for
a Healthier America, a national
grassroots project bringing
together exercise enthusiasts
to make healthy lifestyles a
priority for all Americans. You
work hard to be healthy. We
think the government should
support that. Be a part of the
Campaign’s Virtual March on
Washington and tell Congress
to support the passage of the
Personal Health Investment
Today (PHIT) Act to make
exercise accessible for more
Americans. If passed, you
could pay for your health-club
membership, exercise classes,
Laid Off? Get to the Gym
home fitness equipment, your
kids’ sports league fees and
W
hen you lose your job, your first urge may be to hide under the covers in bed for
a few days. Don’t do it! Instead, visit a health club, advises life coach Brandi
much more with pretax dollars.
Hamrick (BrandiHamrick.com). “Health clubs are filled with all kinds of people,
You should be able to spend
and you just may meet someone who knows of an opening,” she says. “Most successful peo-
your pretax health-care
ple know the importance of staying fit and healthy, so no one is likely to wonder why you are dollars on preventing chronic
out at a gym when you should be looking for a job. On the other hand, if you were out at
disease, not just treatment.
a bar or dropping thousands at Nordstrom, it doesn’t exactly give off a good impression (so
Why be taxed for activities
don’t do that). Experiment with going to the gym at all times of the day. A couple of days, go
first thing in the morning. Many people who run their own businesses, or who have spouses
that make you, your family and
who do, have flexible schedules and will be able to work out in the a.m. Next, go at lunch.
your community healthier?It
Many busy people take advantage of their lunch hour to exercise. Finally, go in the evenings
doesn’t make sense (or cents)!
around 5–7 when people are getting off work. Strike up a conversation with people around Join the Campaign for a
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ty you, and take classes where you will be forced to interact.”
Healthier America, and ask
Get
As an added bonus, many health clubs and wellness companies are currently hiring! If
your legislators to support
you would like to work in a casual, positive, healthy environment, check out the opportu-
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nities in sales, service, marketing, management and other fields at ActiveCareers.com.
healthy lifestyles by passing
endo the PHIT Act. To learn more,
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or need a bit of inspiration, log on to HealthClubs.com and become part of the fitness revolution.
Let your voice be heard!
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