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HOWTIME!
Kate Cracknell rounds up the product
launches and presentations from this
year’s IHRSA Convention and Trade Show
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ew launches. Almost 160
educational and networking
sessions. Networking and
charity events. IHRSA’s
28th Annual International Convention &
Trade Show took place in San Francisco,
US, from 16–19 March.
UK attendance may have been down
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– a sign of the industry’s synchronised
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tightening of belts – but IHRSA T
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nonetheless reports nearly 10,000
delegates from more than 70 countries.
“What stood out loud and clear was the
:
THE PHO
commitment of the global health club
industry to lead both on the economy
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and in their communities,” says Joe
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Moore, IHRSA’s president and CEO.
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The 35,300sq m (380,000sq ft)
trade show fl oor was occupied by 327 Almost 10,000 delegates attended this year’s event, in spite of the economic crisis
exhibiting companies, with total booth
space equalling the third largest in IHRSA Cybex launched an 18-piece range of a total body trainer that offers hundreds
show history. Meanwhile, 52 companies ‘second generation’ plate-loaded and of exercises in one machine. Its USP
sponsored programmes and activities free weight equipment. With a bold, is progressive stabilisation: it allows
around the show – an IHRSA record. clean look, the range is said to offer the user to have as much or as little
Exhibitors showcased the latest outstanding biomechanics and durability. support as they require, spanning the
innovations in 30 categories of products, Launched in the UK in December but gap between resistance machines which
equipment and programmes. We round exhibited for the fi rst time at IHRSA offer complete stabilisation and the
up some of the new launches. was Cybex’s FT-450 Functional Trainer, ability to use high loads, and traditional
cable machines with non-stabilised
Cybex’s new range of movements and limited loads.
resistance equipment
includes a squat press FitPro officially launched the Outbox
among its 18 pieces programme – a boxing qualification
accredited by REPs and the British
Boxing Board of Control. Developed in
partnership with boxing world champion
David Haye and his trainer Adam Booth,
the three-level qualification teaches
boxing skills and also incorporates
applied physiology and sports science.
Les Mills unveiled CLUBCOUNT, a
web-based software application that
allows clubs to plan, report on and
evaluate group fitness offerings. It tracks
attendance and compares this to targets
and capacity, and includes an option to
benchmark against clubs worldwide.
From the dashboard, a manager can see
the club’s key group exercise metrics at
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