Category: Wellness

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8 Ways Fitness-Focused Businesses Can Get Customers Back After the Pandemic

Especially when it comes to gyms and other in-person locations, the health and fitness industry has faced a challenging couple of years — to say the least. Of course, on-site fitness facilities nationwide almost completely shut down when COVID-19 made its unwelcome arrival...
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Creating A Kids’ Health Program At Your Gym? Know What Parents Want Before Developing Your Plan

In a modern world filled with online entertainment and digital distractions, many of today’s parents are seeking ways to keep their kids engaged and healthy — all while teaching them valuable skills they can use throughout their lives. And as the fitness and martial arts...
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In The Post-COVID World, Parents Are Actively Making Plans to Get Their Children Healthier

When the coronavirus set in worldwide in early 2020, it almost immediately created significant lifestyle changes for nearly all Americans. And among the most notable impacts, many American families’ health and fitness routines were drastically altered — and in some cases...
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In COVID-19’s Wake, Consumers Rank Cleanliness As Their No. 1 Concern When Choosing a Gym

When it comes to consumers’ mindsets regarding a post-pandemic return to gyms, one of the top precautions taken to curtail the spread of the coronavirus — diligent cleaning and sanitation practices — seems to be holding sway even as the pandemic ebbs. This finding, rev...
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Post-Pandemic, Consumers Are More Focused Than Ever On Getting Fit

Following a roundly rough year for gyms and other public fitness facilities — a year in which pandemic-related precautions forced widespread facility closures throughout the industry — business owners are beginning to see real hope for a rebound. As vaccination numbers c...
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Does the Home-workout Movement Mean the End of Commercial Gyms?

Far from a recent phenomenon, commercial gyms and fitness clubs have been around for nearly 200 years. In fact, they got their start in the late 1840s, when the world’s first membership-driven gym — filled with the leading-edge fitness equipment of the day, including rop...