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A health club (also known as a fitness club, fitness center, health spa, weight room and commonly referred to as a gym) is a place that houses exercise equipment for the purpose of physical exercise. In recent years, the number of fitness and health services have increased, expanding the interest among the population.
On October 2, 2004, Vancouver resident Ralph Stopps applied to the Just Ladies Fitness facility in Metrotown and was denied membership because he is male. Stopps filed a complaint with the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal on November 21, 2006 that he was discriminated against because of his gender, violating s. 8 of the "Human Rights Code," which prohibits discrimination by sex.
In January 2011, GoodLife Fitness was caught in a media backlash, [20] [21] [22] after one customer who was attempting to cancel his membership was allegedly 'roughed-up' by security guards at its Rideau Centre location; [23] And after another, at its Orleans location, was chastised and banned for chatting about the benefits of other fitness ...
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The examples and perspective in this article deal primarily with Western culture and do not represent a worldwide view of the subject.The specific issue is: This is article is missing discussion of non-Western examples of women-only spaces such as, for example, women-only sections of malls, restaurants, etc. in Saudi Arabia You may improve this article, discuss the issue on the talk page, or ...
24 Hour Fitness was created in 1983 by Mark Mastrov.With the merger of the #2 and #3 largest fitness chains in the United States. Mastrov had been using a local gym for rehab after a knee injury, and turned the gym into a 24-hour nautilus facility after buying out the owner. [1]
The modern non-metropolitan district of Peterborough was created in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, covering the whole area of five former districts and part of a sixth, all of which were abolished at the same time: [20] Barnack Rural District; Norman Cross Rural District (parts within designated area for Peterborough New Town only)