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Each Fitness First Community club will off er a diff erent design and range of facilities New Dubai clubs for Fitness First
Fitness First Middle East has taken over a chain of community health clubs in Dubai. The deal, which went through on 1
March, sees the four full-service clubs – formerly operating under the Hayya brand – incorporated into the Fitness First estate. However, the clubs will maintain their unique family and community focus, and will grouped under the Fitness First Community clubs umbrella. Each Community club is unique,
with a different design and range of facilities. For example, the gym and group exercise studios at Fitness First Lakes are complemented by a lawn area overlooking the lake, with a leisure and kids’ pool, volleyball area, outdoor tennis courts and
a kids’ play area. At Fitness First Meadows, there’s a multi-purpose, 1,384sq m indoor sports hall with seating for 500 people. The chain also opened its 29th club
in the region last month, located in the business park at Dubai Motor City. The 2,220sq m mixed club offers the
chain’s usual combination of extensive gym area, group exercise studios and personal training. There’s also a members’ lounge with wireless internet and DVD library, plus sauna facilities. Two further clubs were scheduled to
open at the end of May – a 900sq m site in Dubai and a 2,000sq m club in Abu Dhabi – with a further Abu Dhabi site on pre- sale, due to open in August.
Expansion for Portugal’s Fitness Hut
Low-cost operator Fitness Hut has opened its second and third clubs in Portugal. The new openings, in Porto in April and Cascais in May, follow the launch of the inaugural site in Lisbon in October 2011. The clubs range from 1,600–1,800sq m.
All three offer large gyms split into seven activity zones: CV, resistance, free weights, functional training, fight, stretch and sprint. Equipment is supplied by Star Trac, Jacobs Ladder, Concept 2, York, TRX, Bosu, PurMotion and Dynamax. Audiovisual elements include live DJ sets and extreme sports movies showing on big screens.
june 2012 © cybertrek 2012 Classes are offered across three studios
and are bookable online. There are also changing rooms and a rest area with snacks. Fitness Hut adopts a ‘FIT’ philosophy:
Focus, Innovation and Transparency. “Our focus is exclusively on fitness,” says CEO Nick Coutts. “We won’t diversify into spas or pools, or chase secondary revenue by opening a shop in each club. We’re also committed to transparency: no aggressive selling or contractual commitment.” Membership starts at €4.40 a week. Four more clubs, all in the Greater
Lisbon area, will start construction in Q3. T: 01494 458 970 W:
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