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YouFit was founded by Rick Berks. [1] The first YouFit, in St. Petersburg, Florida, opened in 2008 [2] and grew to over 100 gyms across the United States. [2] Berks separated from YouFit in May 2020, citing differences with the firm’s financial backers in his resignation letter.
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.
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 ...
Anytime Fitness; Bannatyne; Ben Dunne Gyms; David Lloyd Leisure; Energie Group Gyms; Everlast Gyms (Sports Direct); F45 Training; Fitness First; Gold's Gym; The Gym Group; Gymbox; JD Sports Gyms
LA Fitness in Markham, Ontario, Canada. LA Fitness was founded in 1984 by founder Chinyol Yi and Louis Welch in Covina, California. [1] Through the mid-1990s, the company expanded by acquiring under-performing fitness clubs in Southern California, and by developing, opening and operating newly constructed properties.
Bally Total Fitness was an American fitness club chain. At its 2007 peak, prior to the filing of the first of two Chapter 11 bankruptcies, Bally operated nearly 440 facilities located in 29 U.S. states, Mexico, Canada, South Korea, China, and the Caribbean under the Bally Total Fitness, Crunch Fitness, Gorilla Sports, Pinnacle Fitness, Bally Sports Clubs, and Sports Clubs of Canada brands.
This person-level file contains information on health status and limitation of activity, health care access and utilization, health insurance, socio-demographics, and income and assets. Examining this file using the final weight variable (WTFA) generalizes to the entire noninstitutional, civilian United States population. [19]
In 2004, 24 Hour Fitness became a sponsor of the 2004–2008 United States Olympic teams. The sponsorship grants memberships to some U.S. Olympic hopefuls, and includes upgrades to some U.S. Olympic Training Centers across the country, including renovation of the facility in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in 2004 to be followed by Lake Placid, New York, and Chula Vista, California.