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…
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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…
De acordo com uma reportagem, Jillian Michaels, uma personal trainer que ganhou fama no programa de jogos da NBC The Biggest Loser, contraiu COVID-19. Felizmente, Michaels está a caminho da recuperação, mas as suas conclusões e conselhos sobre a doença são contraproducentes para a saúde pública, sua suposta área de especialização. Em resumo, Jillian Michaels não sabe o que está a fazer...
Na maioria dos mercados desenvolvidos, os clubes de saúde alcançam menos de 20% da população. Isso deixa um grande número de pessoas que poderiam se beneficiar dos exercícios no seu clube de saúde, mas que atualmente não o fazem. À medida que o mundo lida com uma pandemia viral em curso — que afetou mais fortemente as pessoas com condições crónicas de saúde e obesidade —, a importância 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,…
Atualização: O processo judicial contra a Peloton foi resolvido fora dos tribunais no final de fevereiro de 2020 por um valor não divulgado. A Peloton e a National Music Publishers Association celebraram um acordo de colaboração para «otimizar ainda mais» o processo de licenciamento musical da Peloton. Os outros termos do acordo não foram divulgados ao público. Em março de 2019,...
Estamos no meio de um acontecimento histórico mundial, uma perturbação global que afetou quase todos os aspetos da vida quotidiana. Agora, em vários países, as pessoas estão sob ordens de «abrigo no local», os negócios não essenciais estão fechados e todas as regiões estão a orientar as pessoas a praticar o distanciamento social e o autoisolamento. Isso significa o encerramento temporário de...