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Technogym Village opens Technogym this month launches its brand new Technogym Village. Located in Cesena, Italy, the
consolidated Wellness Campus extends over 60,000sq m (645,000sq ſt ) and will be the hub for Technogym going forward. T e complex encompasses
offi ces, factory, warehouse, research centre, restaurant, gym and landscaped grounds, with the gym free to use for local residents. T e buildings make use of
Estimated start-up costs for an Anytime Fitness franchise are around £150,000–£250,000 Anytime Fitness eyes UK roll-out
US chain Anytime Fitness has announced its intention to off er its business model to potential franchisees across the UK, having already opened its fi rst sites in the UK market in 2011 and 2012. Founded in 2002, Anytime Fitness has
almost 1.5 million members in 2,000 clubs spanning countries including the US, Canada and New Zealand. It was recently named the fastest-growing fi tness chain in the world by IHRSA and was ranked number one in the fi tness club category of the Entrepreneurs 500. Anytime Fitness estimates that start-up costs for potential franchisees are around
events diary Visit
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1–4 November 2012 12th Annual IHRSA European Congress – Vienna, Austria
15 November 2012 Social Media – Friend or Foe? (Webinar)
19–22 November 2012 ChinaFit / IHRSA China Management Forum – Shanghai, China
19–22 March 2013 IHRSA’s 32nd Annual International Convention & Trade Show – Mandalay Bay Hotel & Convention Centre, Las Vegas, Nevada, US
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£150,000–£250,000, and claims that the steady revenue provided by annual membership fees is a more reliable source of income compared to other franchised businesses. Anytime Fitness launched its UK
headquarters in Hertfordshire in the summer of 2011, and currently has fi ve clubs in locations that include Bristol, Basingstoke and London – Anytime’s fi rst central London club opened in the King’s Cross area of the city in early 2012. Original stated goals had been to have
up to 50 clubs in the UK and Ireland by the end of 2012.
Activity lessens
smoking cravings A study conducted by Adrian Taylor at the UK’s University of Exeter and other colleagues from the UK, US and Canada found that smokers were able to lessen their cravings for cigarettes by exercising. T e study examined 19 previous trials on
the subject. Most commonly, participants were combined into one of two groups, one tasked with a sedentary activity like watching a video or sitting quietly and the other tasked with a physical activity like walking briskly or riding a bike. In general, aſt er working out, people
had less of a desire to smoke than they had before. Although it is not clear what accounts for the diff erence, Taylor told Reuters that smokers who had exercised reported cravings as being a third less than those completing sedentary activities.
New site for John Harris John Harris Fitness has opened its second club in Linz, Austria, and its ninth in the country. T e site – which was previously
a Holmes Place location – was offi cially handed over on 6 August. Negotiations for the takeover of the location had gone on for months, since the insolvency of the Salzburg and Linz Holmes Place locations in late 2011. Five years ago, John Harris Fitness
opened its fi rst site in shopping centre ATRIUM City Center Linz.
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