Tras alcanzar cifras récord en 2019, el sector de los gimnasios en Estados Unidos tuvo un comienzo prometedor el año pasado. Nadie habría imaginado que, en primavera, prácticamente todos los gimnasios y estudios estarían cerrados. La pandemia ha tenido graves consecuencias para los operadores de gimnasios, los empleados y los consumidores. Y puede que se necesiten años para que...
Up until very recently, it wasn’t that hard to find specs for sizing a group fitness room. The late club industry icon Michael Scott Scudder put them as follows: First, establish your Maximum Room Capacity (MRC). Take that number less 100, divide it by 35, and you get the maximum number of participants per group…
Updated February 12, 2021. As the COVID-19 pandemic—including new, more transmissible variants—continues to spread, health authorities emphasize the importance of wearing masks or cloth face coverings in indoor settings, and even crowded outdoor settings. This is because masks can be an important strategy to reduce the spread of the virus in the community, given the…
The author of this article, Paul Hackett, is a chartered safety & health practitioner and OSHCR registered consultant with extensive international experience and a former sports, fitness, and aquatics facilities operator. He is also a member of the IHRSA-led experts group who developed the key considerations and risk assessment tools to help clubs reopen and stay…
We’re testing a new feature. Click the play button above to listen to this article! Updated January 5, 2021 Note: Important further updates have been made to this article as more research and data becomes available around COVID-19, including the latest statement and infographic from the World Health Organization (WHO), which reiterates that swimming pools…
We know that ancient Egyptian, Chinese, and Indian cultures practiced forms of body-weight and yoga-based exercises. The ancient Greeks developed among the first free weights, hand-held weights with a hole for gripping rather than a handle, called “halteres.” As history goes, fitness and the tools we use to achieve it have been somewhat of a…
This is an IHRSA featured article, brought to you by Matrix Fitness. Throughout the travails of the last year, two certainties have emerged: the future of the health club industry is closely tied to increasing inclusivity, and clubs need to strengthen their alliance with wellness and healthcare. These are not new concepts. In fact, earlier…
Updated September 22, 2020 As an industry, we want people to encourage each other to be more active. Not just people who are already healthy, but all people—the young, old, healthy, chronically ill, and those with and without disabilities. “Inclusivity is everything,” says Tiphany Adams of Freemotion and a wheelchair user. “We can do everything…
Según un informe, Jillian Michaels, una entrenadora personal que saltó a la fama en el programa de juegos de la NBC The Biggest Loser, ha contraído la COVID-19. Afortunadamente, Michaels se encuentra en vías de recuperación, pero sus conclusiones y consejos sobre la enfermedad son contraproducentes para la salud pública, su supuesta área de especialización. En resumen, Jillian Michaels no sabe lo que...
En la mayoría de los mercados desarrollados, los gimnasios llegan a menos del 20 % de la población. Esto deja a un gran número de personas que podrían beneficiarse de hacer ejercicio en su gimnasio, pero que actualmente no lo hacen. Mientras el mundo se enfrenta a una pandemia viral en curso, que ha afectado con mayor dureza a las personas con enfermedades crónicas y obesidad, la importancia de...
Whether or not a person should resume exercising in a fitness center will depend on several factors. Some populations, such as those at higher risk for complications from COVID-19, have been advised by health authorities to continue taking extra precautions, which may mean staying at home even as some activities resume. But for most people,…
Actualización: La demanda contra Peloton se resolvió extrajudicialmente a finales de febrero de 2020 por una cantidad de dinero no revelada. Peloton y la Asociación Nacional de Editores de Música han firmado un acuerdo de colaboración para «optimizar aún más» el proceso de concesión de licencias musicales de Peloton. Los demás términos del acuerdo de conciliación no se han hecho públicos. En marzo de 2019...