The year 2011 was a year of few highs, few lows and overall, wasa continuation of the story of 2001. On a macro level, the basic industry trends followed on the same path. There were more fitness facility members, but this increase was at a lesser rate than previous years. The number of commercial health clubs keeps growing, with an additional 700 to 800 each year. Average health club attendance also keeps rising. Read more…
Because no scientific formula exists that accurately maps out the appropriate combination, frequency and prescribed duration of different activities for cross training, designing a cross-training program is both an art and a science. Read more…
Right about now, people are thinking about bathing suits and how it is time to shed that winter weight gain and get in shape for the warm season ahead.
Ideally, of course, you have been keeping in shape all year long. You do not use bad weather as an excuse to eat more and exercise less. Read more…
Team Spanked decides that it’s best to make themselves feel better now than it is to survive for the next 20 days. They say that since it was their chicken, they should cook it now so that they can all enjoy it together. Not one of them said, “Umm… you know, if I’m voted out, I’m going to be eating pretty dang good. So, unless you guys are starving – and until those idiots stop pretending like those Special Forces guys didn’t teach them anything – I say save the chicken until it becomes a dire need.” Read more…
Footage of a Naturopath
That Saturday afternoon, I phoned Minarik and made a next-day appointment for a 45-minute “treatment” at the “SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY FEE” of $15. Minarik’s office, apparently an apartment, was on the first floor of a seven-story apartment building in Rego Park, Queens (a borough of New York City). Read more…
Star Collector?
Brochures distributed between mid-1990 and August 1995 stated that foot reflexologist “Dr. Richard Minarik, N.D.,” of Rego Park, New York, had treated various celebrities and talents with foot reflexology, including those named or alluded to below. Read more…
The word “reflexology” is generic and, in alternativist circles, broadly refers to any method whose essence is the stimulation (especially digital) of areas below the skin (especially of appendages) to benefit a specific part of the body not proximate to the stimulated area. Read more…
Lettering: You have several options in the area of lettering. You can use stencils to create letters from fabric, construction paper, oaktag, foam core, mat board, etc. Once finished, you can continually reuse these letters for different purposes. You can also spray paint stencil designs and letters onto your chosen surface, but remember they cannot be reused and your surface will be marked permanently. Stencils can be found in hardware stores, hobby or craft shops, and design stores. Read more…
After three years, it was time to redesign my Web site.
The Internet moves remarkably quickly, and a Web design that looks great one day will appear stale the next. Certainly that had happened to my own site. While it still worked, it didn’t seem to have the cutting-edge design found elsewhere on the Web.
Educational classes and motivational contests are an excellent way to stimulate member interest and participation in your facility. By developing and offering instructional classes and motivational contests, you will assist members in pushing themselves to exercise, try new things and learn new skills.
While many fitness centers across the country provide the standard offering of wellness classes such as weight management, stress management, smoking cessation and healthy back, you may want to branch out and offer a wider variety of exciting classes and instruction. For example, consider trying classes in low-fat cooking, in-line skating, snow skiing, golf and competitive running and swimming, to name just a few. Read more…