News: Fitness
15 Years for Australian Fitness & Health Expo
2010 will mark the 15th birthday of the Australian Fitness & Health Expo – the largest fitness and health event to be staged annually in Australia. Exhibition Manager, Ashley...
Mar 9, 2010
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Gym Alliance weighs in to Australian health insurers
Gym Alliance founder Stuart Grover is calling upon Australian health insurance companies to offer premium discounts to clients who lead healthier lives. Grover, who fronts an...
Mar 8, 2010
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Cowboys don't last in the modern fitness industry
Fitness Australia, the health and fitness industry association, has responded to recent media articles questioning the standard of personal trainers in the fitness industry. The...
Mar 4, 2010
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IHRSA Highlights Green Fitness Initiatives
The results of The International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association's (IHRSA) first Green/Sustainability Survey have revealed that fitness club operators have a positive...
Mar 4, 2010
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Hydrotherapy Expertise For the World
Hydrotherapy equipment designers and manufacturers HydroCo are an internationally recognised brand in the worldwide hydrotherapy industry. Based in Melbourne, they design and...
Mar 1, 2010
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Tepid Baths Gym Moves to Auckland's ANZ Centre
The Y-Fitness Centre at Auckland's Tepid Baths have moved to a new purpose-built fitness facility at the City's ANZ Centre. The new site, named Y-Fitness Albert Street, is a...
Feb 24, 2010
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Workout World and LeMond Fitness Inc form alliance
Workout World, Australia's largest fitness equipment retailer and fitness equipment producer LeMond Fitness Inc have formed a national distribution agreement that sees Workout...
Feb 22, 2010
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Royalty Free Music an Answer to Licensing Fee Rises?
With the imminent announcement of the Copyright Tribunal's final ruling in the long running dispute over the Phonographic Performance Company of Australia Limited's (PPCA)...
Feb 19, 2010
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Holding On With Mighty Grip
Mighty Grip is a remarkable product that improves and enhances bare handed grip. Great for sport, especially when playing in hot, humid or wet conditions, Mighty Grip is safe,...
Feb 19, 2010
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Ardent Leisure suffers revenue fall
The Ardent Leisure Group (the owners of Goodlife Health Clubs and the Dreamworld and WhiteWater World attractions) has released their half-year financial performance results....
Feb 18, 2010
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Precor Unveils Latest Catalogue
Precor Fitness has unveiled its latest equipment catalogue. One of the sections focuses on Precor's Experience Strength C-Line, whereby every component the user touches has been...
Feb 18, 2010
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Top Consumer Trends in Fitness
Using information gathered in the 2010 Australian Fitness Industry Survey, consumer trend reports and their own market awareness, Celeste Kirby-Brown and Simon Hall of EzyPay...
Feb 17, 2010
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Fitech Relaunches in Australia and New Zealand
Fitech has brought Australian and New Zealand distribution of its new V5 product in-house, under the auspices of a product development and programming manager based in Victoria....
Feb 16, 2010
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FitnessNZ Wins Childcare Regulations Battle
FitnessNZ has announced that, after extensive negotiations, the New Zealand Government has agreed to exempt gyms from new childcare regulations. FitnessNZ has had long held...
Feb 15, 2010
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Sport, Fitness and Aquatic Workplace Survey Results
The sport, fitness and aquatic sectors were not immune from the general economic downturn in 2009 with fewer people working permanent full-time and more working casual or...
Feb 12, 2010
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Nautilus Completes Sale of StairMaster & Schwinn Brands
US-based fitness equipment maker Nautilus, Inc. has sold its StairMaster and Schwinn commercial to Xiamen World Gear Sports Goods Co., Ltd (World Gear). The sale was completed...
Feb 12, 2010
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Support the Key to 12 Week Challenge Success
4,000 Australian women have embarked on the Get Foxy 12 week weight loss challenge across the 77 national Fernwood clubs in an attempt to lose weight, keep their New Year's...
Feb 11, 2010
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Fitness First Launches Group Outdoor Training
Fitness First has launched 'Fitness First Outdoor', a new group training program called to replace the more traditional Bootcamp. No less intense than Bootcamps, Fitness First...
Feb 10, 2010
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Brisbane's Parks Promoted as Places for Fun, Visits & Play
Every week, at more than 50 local parks across Brisbane, residents are enjoying mostly free activities, from art to group fitness sessions, as part of Brisbane City Council's...
Feb 9, 2010
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Fitness & Health Expo Retains Gymlink Sponsorship
The Australian Fitness & Health Expo has announced the signing of GymLink Australia as its major sponsor for the second consecutive year. Exhibition Manager, Ashley Robertson,...
Feb 9, 2010
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Energie opens club in Qatar
The first ever énergie Fitness Club in the Middle East has been opened in Doha, Qatar. Located close to the Doha International Airport, the new $4 million facility boasts Precor...
Feb 8, 2010
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Jetts Fitness 24/7 opens 50th Club
Having launched just two years ago and following 12 months of incredible growth, Jetts Fitness 24/7 has celebrated the opening of their 50th club, with a further 60 more outlets...
Feb 8, 2010
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Plan for Giant Pool on the Yarra
A giant outdoor swimming pool could soon be built on the banks of the Yarra near the Melbourne Aquarium in Batman Park. Melbourne's The Age newspaper has reported that a...
Feb 5, 2010
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Amanda Bracks to Inspire People to Exercise
Respected fitness sales and marketing leader Amanda Bracks has established a new consultancy, Bracks Consulting. Bracks aims to help aquatic, fitness and recreation operators by...
Feb 4, 2010
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