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EP 2010 issue 5

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3 Editor's letter

Remember the fun?

Managers rarely take their role as hosts that seriously and are largely invisible to members. I've asked several if they introduce themselves or walk the floor and found they rarely do either

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6 Letters

Write to reply

Fitness instructors aren't trying to replace dance teachers, says IFS presenter of the year Greg Sellar

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8 News

News round-up

New kids' gym for a Folkestone and a change of hands for The Health Club in Clevedon

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14 News

International news

Gold's Gym in Middle Eastern expansion and the launch of a second Domyos site in France

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16 News

FIA update

Free membership profiles for FIA members, and Active IQ named as the Code of Practice assessor

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18 News

People news

John Stransky resigns from his post as president of Life Fitness

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21 Leisure diary

Diary dates

Including the FIA FLAME Conference and Festival del Fitness in Italy

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22 News

Competitive edge

Fancy taking part in the London to Bruges bike race? The Moontrekker challenge in Hong Kong? Find out about these opportunities, and more, in our charity events listing

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24 Everyone's talking about

Testing kids' fitness

Is the introduction of an annual bleep test the way to do encourage our kids to be physically active?

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26 Interview

Heather Frankham

Magali Robathan talks to the CEO of Lifetime about the changing needs of the health and fitness industry

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30 Political focus

Running for Government

With the General Election looming, the key health spokespeople for the three main political parties put forward their parties' views on health, fitness and wellbeing

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34 New opening

Zoning in

A new gym in Southwark is the product of a unique four-way partnership and the first budget club in London's zone 1

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39 Dance mats

Quickstepping

How do the various brands of dance mat measure up? We take a look at the offering from five different suppliers to see how they measure up

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45 Teenagers fitness

Keeping them sweet at 16

Why do so many kids drop out of physical activity when they hit 16, and what can health clubs do to better engage with this market?

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50 Suspension training

Kept in suspense

With suspension training taking the health and fitness sector by storm, Kate Cracknell outlines the benefits of this technique and tries out some of the class options currently on the market

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54 Health club spa

Tough and go

The short- and long-term effects of shiatsu massage have been investigated in a pan-European study

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55 Out of club training

Reaching out

There's a huge opportunity for operators to venture beyond the confines of the club and deliver their health and fitness services to the wider community. But how? Vicky Kiernander investigates

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58 IHRSA review

Forward momentum

This year's IHRSA International Convention & Trade Show took place in San Diego, US, in March. Kate Cracknell asks a selection of delegates for their thoughts

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62 Health club spa

Spa news

Bannatyne invests £300k in its Inverness and Chafford Hundred spas

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63 Health club spa

Spa service

When it comes to handling prospect enquiries, new research suggests that health club and leisure centre spas are performing well in the context of the overall spa sector - but there's still work to be done

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66 Changing facilities

Changing places

Getting your changing rooms right is key to driving participation among market segments such as women and disabled people. We report

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68 Fitness-kit.net special

Resistance euqipment

A snapshot of some of the new launches in this product category

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75 Health club spa

Lightweights

The launch of the world's first 'beer health' centre, and a new record for the largest simultaneous massage

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EP 2010 issue 5

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Magazine archive

3 Editor's letter

Remember the fun?

6 Letters

Write to reply

Fitness instructors aren't trying to replace dance teachers, says IFS presenter of the year Greg Sellar

Download PDF magazine

8 News

News round-up

New kids' gym for a Folkestone and a change of hands for The Health Club in Clevedon

Download PDF magazine

14 News

International news

Gold's Gym in Middle Eastern expansion and the launch of a second Domyos site in France

Download PDF magazine

16 News

FIA update

Free membership profiles for FIA members, and Active IQ named as the Code of Practice assessor

Download PDF magazine

18 News

People news

John Stransky resigns from his post as president of Life Fitness

Download PDF magazine

21 Leisure diary

Diary dates

Including the FIA FLAME Conference and Festival del Fitness in Italy

Download PDF magazine

22 News

Competitive edge

Fancy taking part in the London to Bruges bike race? The Moontrekker challenge in Hong Kong? Find out about these opportunities, and more, in our charity events listing

Download PDF magazine

24 Everyone's talking about

Testing kids' fitness

Is the introduction of an annual bleep test the way to do encourage our kids to be physically active?

Download PDF magazine

26 Interview

Heather Frankham

Magali Robathan talks to the CEO of Lifetime about the changing needs of the health and fitness industry

Download PDF magazine

30 Political focus

Running for Government

With the General Election looming, the key health spokespeople for the three main political parties put forward their parties' views on health, fitness and wellbeing

Download PDF magazine

34 New opening

Zoning in

A new gym in Southwark is the product of a unique four-way partnership and the first budget club in London's zone 1

Download PDF magazine

39 Dance mats

Quickstepping

How do the various brands of dance mat measure up? We take a look at the offering from five different suppliers to see how they measure up

Download PDF magazine

45 Teenagers fitness

Keeping them sweet at 16

Why do so many kids drop out of physical activity when they hit 16, and what can health clubs do to better engage with this market?

Download PDF magazine

50 Suspension training

Kept in suspense

54 Health club spa

Tough and go

The short- and long-term effects of shiatsu massage have been investigated in a pan-European study

Download PDF magazine

55 Out of club training

Reaching out

58 IHRSA review

Forward momentum

This year's IHRSA International Convention & Trade Show took place in San Diego, US, in March. Kate Cracknell asks a selection of delegates for their thoughts

Download PDF magazine

62 Health club spa

Spa news

Bannatyne invests £300k in its Inverness and Chafford Hundred spas

Download PDF magazine

63 Health club spa

Spa service

66 Changing facilities

Changing places

Getting your changing rooms right is key to driving participation among market segments such as women and disabled people. We report

Download PDF magazine

68 Fitness-kit.net special

Resistance euqipment

A snapshot of some of the new launches in this product category

Download PDF magazine

75 Health club spa

Lightweights

The launch of the world's first 'beer health' centre, and a new record for the largest simultaneous massage

Download PDF magazine

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