NEWSWIRE April 06, 2007 |
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NEW YORK - Physical fitness and baseball have had a rocky relationship over the years.
Babe Ruth is nearly as renowned for his girth and excesses as for his achievements on the diamond. In recent years, a steroid scandal has ....
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WASHINGTON D.C. - Working as a fitness center director, Ted Vickey's morning commute started much like anyone else's.
And then he got to work, where a K-9 unit would search his car - an officer checking underneath it with a ....
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KALAMAZOO, Mich. - Gretchen Shannon says she has a time-tested theory that helps explain why many women are uncomfortable working out at a coed health club.
The problem lies in the cardio room, she says, where rows of treadmills and elliptical ....
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NEEDHAM, Mass. - A question parked in the back of every marketer's mind is: What are kids doing these days?
Lars Hem, chief executive of Competitive Athletic Training Zone (CATZ), says they're out playing sports.
Hems points to a U.S. Census ....
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SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Expresso Fitness, the developer of a stationary bike that has made outdoor riding an indoor sport, has shifted into high gear after receiving $9.3 million in venture capital funding and adding the former president of Precor to ....
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NEWSWIRE March 30, 2007
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SAN FRANCISCO - On the floor of the IHRSA show this week, SportsArt Fitness is hosting the Xtreme EcoChallenge at its display booth to see who can expend the most energy on a new treadmill that expends the least.
The ....
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SAN FRANCISCO - Micro-managing has taken a bad rap, former Disney Co. chief executive Michael Eisner told health and fitness professionals Thursday during the keynote address at the opening of the annual IHRSA trade show.
"It's come to be seen ....
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Before he was the owner of a string of health clubs, Geoff Dyer was a flabby 245-pound teenager. Then, the summer after he graduated from high school, Dyer joined a gym and changed his shape.
"I don't ....
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PROVIDENCE - With its Ivy League heritage and $2 billion endowment, Brown University is among the elite colleges in America.
When it comes to fitness, however, Brown hasn't kept pace with dozens of schools that have spent millions of dollars ....
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SACRAMENTO - California companies may soon be able to save money by investing in their employees' health.
California state assembly member Lloyd Levine has introduced a bill that would cut health care costs for companies that provide fitness programs for ....
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NEWSWIRE March 23, 2007
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MEDWAY, Mass. - Cybex announced Tuesday that it has acquired the rights to a line of strength-training equipment that is being developed by former company executives Roy Simonson and Steve Smith.
The two fitness-industry veterans are the principals of eNova Group ....
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CHICAGO - An analyst says Bally Total Fitness may be forced to sell some of its 360 health clubs to pay off massive debt and avoid bankruptcy.
Shares in Bally lost 62 percent of their value last Friday, tumbling to an ....
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - Dae Williams came to the JCC North America Professional Conference last week with a message for his fellow aquatics directors.
"The [JCC] aquatics programs think the only way to make money is through swimming lessons." He said. ....
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HOCKESSIN, Del. - Mushrooms used to be a cash crop here, populating inside squat cinder-block buildings that dotted the landscape. Over the years, car-repair shops and welding businesses also sprouted.
But today the 30-acre tract near the Pennsylvania border has ....
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NEW YORK -Town Sports International executives trumpeted a strong 2006 performance in a conference call with analysts this month but avoided a question about the fate of two private equity groups that own a combined 45 percent of the company's ....
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