Workout Buddies Increase Retention

May 18, 2009 1:11 PM

SAN RAMON, CA -- Eighty percent of people surveyed said that having an exercise partner would help them adhere to an exercise plan, according to a survey conducted by StrategyOne on behalf of 24 Hour Fitness, San Ramon, CA. ...

Club Workout Participants Increased in 2008

Apr 28, 2009 11:47 AM

In 2008, the number of people who worked out at a club increased to 39.3 million people, according to the National Sporting Goods Association (NSGA). That made working out at a club the No. 8 participant activity in NSGA’s annual “Sports Participation – Series I and II” reports. In 2007, the survey ranked working out at a club at No. 10 with 33.8 million participants. ...

Larger Waist Size Linked to Increased Risk of Heart Failure, Study Finds

Apr 9, 2009 11:25 AM

BOSTON -- People carrying around a “spare tire” around their midsections could be at greater risk for heart failure, a study by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) finds. ...

Industry Revenues Increased, Members Decreased in 2008

Apr 1, 2009 10:36 AM, By Stephanie Bloyd, senior associate editor

BOSTON -- U.S. health club industry revenues reached $19.1 billion in 2008, a three percent increase over 2007 revenues of $18.5 billion, according to a survey by the International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association (IHRSA). ...

Goodbye, Michael

Mar 1, 2009 12:00 PM

The staff of this publication has had the pleasure of working with Michael Scott Scudder for many years. In this issue, we are running Michael's last column with us ...

Fear and Loathing Doesn't Cut It

Mar 1, 2009 12:00 PM, Pamela Kufahl, editor

Fear is spreading across the country these days. A late February poll from CNN and Opinion Research showed that 73 percent of Americans surveyed are fearful...

Fat Gene Research May Lead to Weight-Control Drugs

Feb 23, 2009 11:46 AM

LONDON -- In the future, people may be able to take a pill to control their obesity. That is, if the recent research on a gene long-associated with obesity leads where German scientists studying the gene say it could. ...

Lifting Weights Can Reduce Cholesterol, Study Finds

Feb 18, 2009 3:18 PM

Weight training can lower cholesterol rates in adults, a study by researchers at the West Virginia University School of Medicine finds. ...

Study Finds Swimming Cuts Men’s Mortality Risk in Half

Feb 4, 2009 1:40 PM

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO -- A University of South Carolina study shows that swimming cuts men’s mortality risk by about 50 percent over men who run or walk to stay in shape, as well as over their sedentary peers. ...

More Americans Now Classified As Obese Than Overweight

Feb 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Stephanie Bloyd (stephanie.bloyd@penton.com)

The number of Americans classified as obese now outweighs the number of people defined as overweight, according to a report recently released by the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey....