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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 ...
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.
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 ]
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 ...
Stating he wishes others would “find fitness as their outlet, " he acknowledges many vets simply want to get away from that lifestyle. “It’s hard. But that difficulty, that’s where the ...
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 ...
Frequent tanning bed use triples the risk of developing melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, according to a 2010 study. 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]
The crunch or curl-up is an abdominal exercise that works the rectus abdominis muscle. [1] It enables both building and defining "six-pack" abs and tightening the belly. Crunches use the exerciser's own body weight to tone muscle and are recommended by some experts [ like whom? ] , despite negative research results [ citation needed ] , as a ...