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Sport & Health Acquires World Gym in Gainesville X-Fit Celebrates Healthy Lifestyles
The Sport & Health Clubs continue to expand throughout the Washington,
D.C., metropolitan area with the recent acquisition of a 15,000-square-foot
Gold’s Gym in Gainesville, virginia. “With clubs in Woodbridge, Dale City,
Stafford, and Fredericksburg, operating in the Gainesville area makes
perfect sense in terms of filling in our service area,” observes Mark Fisher,
the president of the chain. The new club, which already features a variety
of high-quality equipment and amenities, will undergo a modest makeover
to reflect the Sport & Health look, and will introduce a new personal-train-
ing service and extend its hours of operation. While renovations are under
way, existing club members will be able to use any of the other 23 Sport &
Health locations. —|
X-Fit takes
yoga to Tunisia
Public Service
The X-Fit network of clubs, headquartered in
Tri-City Court Club Harnesses Teen Power Moscow, have been busy promoting active life-
styles with a series of exciting events.
Tri-City Court Club (TCCC), a 150,000-square-foot multipurpose health club
In September, the clubs celebrated neptune’s
in Kennewick, Washington, recently made a good idea even better.
Day, a 300-year-old holiday, with three generations
Joe Reardon, the TCCC’s service desk manager, heard about the IHRSA
of members taking part in the festivities. In the
Teen Fitness Connection while attending the 2009 IHRSA convention. The
clubs’ pools, X-Fit trainers dressed up as mermaids,
program was initiated in 2007 by Geoff Dyer, founder and CEO of Lifestyle
sea devils, and other mystical ocean inhabitants.
Family Fitness Centers, one of the 20 fastest-growing health club companies
During a special ceremony, neptune’s youngest
in the world. It offers young people, ages 12-17, a one-time free matinee
daughter tore her fairy necklace and all of its pearls
membership throughout
scattered along the bottom of the ocean/pool floor.
the summer months.
neptune promised a grand reward to the child who
The goal is to help teens
could find the most pearls. Then followed other
develop an appreciation
adventures: obstacle courses in the pool, raft races,
for—and hopefully
a ball toss, and even the storming of a pirate ship.
adopt—an active lifestyle.
The celebration culminated in the dance of the
“We liked the con-
mermaids, which was brilliantly performed by
cept,” says Reardon,
the clubs’ fitness trainers.
“but decided to take it
Also in September, the X-Fit located in Sevastopol,
a step further. With
ukraine, played host to another type of adventure:
President Obama call-
fencing. Fencing is a special kind of fitness, both
ing for volunteers to
physical and intellectual, the company reports,
Two-for-teens: help with community
Dickin, l., and Reardon
and one that the membership eagerly embraced.
projects, it seemed like
It challenges one’s form, coordination of move-
the perfect opportunity
ments, and responsiveness. The activity has been
to merge the two objectives.” TCCC partnered with the Benton-Franklin
so well-received that the club has decided to
County volunteer Center to offer teens a 12-week summer membership
continue to provide lessons to accommodate a
in exchange for volunteering to perform community service.
variety of fitness levels.
Roberta Dickin, kids’ program director at TCCC, worked with the volunteer
And yet another adventure: For 10 days, yoga
Center to pull it all together. “Our goal,” she recalls, “was to limit the program
enthusiasts joined X-Fit trainers Oksana Budkina
to 100 participants for the first year, and log over 400 hours of community
and Alexandra Zueva for a yoga retreat in Tunisia.
service.” Dickin reports that the 98 enrollees completed a total of 454
Men and women, ages 15 to 55, took part in three
volunteer hours.
yoga sessions per day, as well as water aerobics and
Organizations that benefited from the program include: The Humane
meditation. After 10 days, many of the participants
Society, Habitat for Humanity, Chamber of Commerce, and the Edith
had lost weight and increased their strength. Said
Bishchell Center for the Blind. “We’re very pleased with the results,”
member Maya Duduchava: “I stood on my head
notes Dickin. “We’re looking forward to improving and expanding the
and saw the world with new eyes! I am amazed
program next year.” —|
by the results I have gained in only 10 days. What
a wonderful holiday!” —|
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Club Business International | JAnuARy 2010 |
www.ihrsa.org
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