Health Club Management magazine
2011 issue 4
3. Editor's letter: Creating fans
The Net Promoter Score provides
the industry with a new weapon
in its battle to improve member
retention, says Kate Cracknell
8. Letters: Write to reply
We need to reassess our approach
to education in the area of personal
training, says Faster's Peter Banbury
10. News: News round-up
New format of Quest assessment
scheme revealed and Swedish weight
loss programme to launch in UK
16. News: International news
Pelikaan's Medical Health Clinic
opens in the Netherlands
18. News: People news
New president for Star Trac and a
reshuffle at Millennium Partners
20. News: fia update
David Stalker reports on the new
Let's Get Moving initiative
25. News: Competitive edge
Cycle the Thames, run the Venice
marathon or hike and bike in the
French vineyards
26. Everyone's talking about...: Medical wellness
Should we be delivering medical
wellness and what will it involve?
28. Interview : Dr Art Curtis
Kate Cracknell talks to Millennium
Partners' head of club M&A - and
the chair of IHRSA - about the
sector's opportunity to evolve
34. New Opening: Building Bridges
Jo Talbot takes a look at Medfit,
Dublin's new European-style
physiotherapy-clinic-meets-gym,
which specialises in back care
38. Group exercise: Best in class
Phillip Mills outlines ways in which
clubs can work towards excellence
in group exercise, plus a round-up of
new group exercise options
44. Q & A: Pay & play
We talk to one of the co-founders of
payasUgym about the innovative new
'pay per visit' concept
48. Exercise and ageing: Positive ageing
Colin Milner, CEO of the
International Council on Active
Aging, looks at breaking down
stereotypes to target the grey market
52. Exercise referral: Terms of reference
We investigate the challenges of
exercise referral and look at some
existing best practice schemes
56. Show preview: FIBO
Looking ahead to the 26th FIBO,
covering fitness, wellness and health
57. Budget clubs: Battle of the budget clubs
Check out our fact-fi lled spreadsheet
comparing all the low-cost chains,
plus market analysis from Ray Algar
60. Research round-up: Lighten up
A look at new research, which
shows that resistance training can
also improve cardiovascular fitness
61. Retention series: Making an impact
Jon Nasta looks at ways in which
operators can cut through today's
'information overload', creating
meaningful member touch points
66. Show preview: BodyPower
We preview the third BodyPower
Expo, being held at the NEC in May
67. Club ents: The entertainment experience
From connectivity to consoles to
coaching, we take a look at recent
innovations in in-club entertainment
70. Q&A: Don Gatherer
The inventor of the new GP Analysis
Suite, the first device to measure
strength and endurance, looks at
how it could be used in health clubs
73. Projest profiles: Project briefings
A 50 per cent growth in fitness
income at Hartsdown and a stylish
changing room for David Lloyd
Leisure in Leeds
76. fitness-kit.net: Studio equipment
We round up the latest innovations
in studio equipment, including a new
group exercise boxing concept from
Tube Boxing and the UK launch of
the Freeform board
83. Lightweights: Exercise boost the popeye way
Proof that Popeye was right,
competition to throw a toilet seat,
Street Snooker, and weight loss related
interest rates in Japan
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