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Gold’s Gym Opens Sixth Facility in Greater los Angeles
the world’s largest coed gym chain is expanding its territory in the metropolitan
district of Los Angeles. Gold’s Gym of Los Angeles recently opened
a Culver City location, its sixth club in the area. “With the new Culver City
Gold’s Gym now open, we’re raising the bar by which gyms of this size will
be measured,” observes
Angel Banos, CEo of Los
Angeles’ Gold’s Gyms.
“It’s a smaller footprint than
our other Gold’s Gyms, but
still contains many of the
amenities that gym enthusiasts
are looking for.” Among
them are a diverse range
of group exercise programs,
including yoga, Pilates,
dance, kickboxing, boot
camp, core training, Zumba,
tRX suspension training, and more. Additional services include nutritional
counseling, personal training, a supplements store, cardio equipment with
tvs and iPod docking stations, top-of-the-line strength training equipment,
and spacious locker rooms. —|
latest Goodlife Fitness Offers One-Stop Shop
GoodLife Fitness, western
Canada’s largest club
chain, is opening its second
coed location in Winnipeg
this month. the nearly
16,000-square-foot space
provides an all-inclusive
fitness destination with
state-of-the-art cardio
and strength equipment;
personal training services;
group exercise classes,
featuring Les Mills programming; dry cedar saunas; tanning; and massage
therapy. the club also offers a special 20-minute circuit-training workout
called “Fit Fix” for time-pressed members. “they can come in at lunch, blast
through the program, and work every big muscle group,” explains Sherri
Romas, the club’s general manager. —|
Sport & Health
Family Welcomes
latest Addition
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the Washington, D.C.,
area’s largest family of
full-service health clubs
continues to grow. the
grand opening of its newest
facility, a 38,000-square-
foot location in Ashburn, virginia, is scheduled for
June. new members can look forward to high-quality
cardiovascular conditioning and strength-training
equipment; a free-weight room; indoor and outdoor
pools; a basketball court; a group exercise studio;
Kidz Klub activity center; a juice bar; spacious locker
rooms; and the Serenity Day Spa. “Sport & Health
is committed to bringing our wealth of fitness programming
to neighborhoods throughout the D.C.
metro area that are often underserved,” notes
Jonathan Alder, CEo. —|
Public Service
Trainer Revives Member at
Sports, Fitness & Fun
lifesavers: from l., Scheiman, Matchett,
Rimipici, Marshall, Sanchez
thanks to the quick-thinking efforts of the staff
at Sports, Fitness & Fun in Florida, new York,
a 57-year-old member survived a heart attack.
Just two weeks shy of his 58th birthday, Jack
Swem had started his usual morning routine when
he collapsed onto the floor and went into cardiac
arrest. Jason Sanchez, a personal trainer and
kettlebells specialist, sprang into action, alerting
tara Marshall, the club’s membership director, to
dial 911. Sanchez realized that Swem had stopped
breathing, so he ran to retrieve the automated
external defibrillator (AED), which helps to normalize
heart rate via electric shock. After Sanchez
alternately administered shocks and CPR, Swem
returned to consciousness—just in time for the
arrival of paramedics, who transported him to
a nearby critical care unit. He was relocated to
a specialty hospital, where a pacemaker was
implanted. Following his recovery, Swem treated
Sports, Fitness & Fun’s lifesaving team—which
also included Melissa Rimipici, customer service
director, and personal trainers Wayne Scheiman
and Barbara Matchett—to dinner. —|