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Horizontal low-pressure tanning bed. Indoor tanning involves using a device that emits ultraviolet radiation to produce a cosmetic tan. [a] Typically found in tanning salons, gyms, spas, hotels, and sporting facilities, and less often in private residences, the most common device is a horizontal tanning bed, also known as a sunbed or solarium.
Bally Total Fitness acquired Crunch in 2001 for $90 million in cash and stock, [14] holding the brand for four years. In 2005 Angelo, Gordon & Co., a private equity firm, purchased Crunch from Ballys for $45 million, and in 2009 added New Evolution Fitness Company ("NEFC"/New Evolution Ventures), a company founded by Mark Mastrov (founder of 24 hour fitness) and fitness Veteran Jim Rowley, as ...
Tanning lamps (sometimes called tanning bulbs in the United States or tanning tubes in Europe) are the part of a tanning bed, booth or other tanning device which produces ultraviolet light used for indoor tanning. There are hundreds of different kinds of tanning lamps most of which can be classified in two basic groups: low pressure and high ...
Jim Rowley knows uphill climbs—and which battles are worth fighting. He’s been in the fitness industry for over 30 years, and has spent over a decade at the helm of gym chain Crunch Fitness ...
Crunch Fitness CEO gets real about the tough transition from Marine to veteran—and how his business helped him overcome it Chloe Berger May 22, 2024 at 6:29 AM
Indoor tanning lotions accelerate the tanning process, by promoting the production of melanin. [1] Increasing blood flow to the skin is a proposed mechanism, which may in turn stimulate production of melanin by melanocytes. [ 2 ]
The study suggests that the melanoma risk is linked more closely to total exposure than it is to the age at which an individual first uses a tanning bed. [23] Frequent tanning also has behavioural reinforcing effects, [24] following UVA radiation epidermal keratinocytes synthesize POMC inducing the production of β-Endorphins, which are opioid ...
There are only three sources in the article that talk about Crunch Fitness. All three are from the New York Times and are dated 1996, 1997 and 2009. Some more recent sources would be good. In the meantime let's not give undue weight to the NY Times sources which mainly discusses CF in the context of other trendy health clubs in NYC.