Leading Indoor Cycling Brand Enhances Group Training Offering Life Fitness, recently announced that its parent company, Brunswick Corporation (NYSE: BC), has completed its acquisition of Germany's Indoor Cycling Group (ICG), a leading provider of indoor cycling equipment. The intention to acquire the company was first announced in July, and was subject to review by the German competition authority, which has now been completed. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. ICG is the latest acquisition to join Life Fitness' leading health, fitness and well-being brand portfolio and further...

Mr. Reed was a pioneer in the martial arts and fitness industries.  He was the co-founder of American Tae Kwon Do Association (ATA) and founder of ASF Payment Solutions.  In retirement he started the Richard R. Reed Foundation, which is a private foundation that focuses on presenting grants to other non-profits that promote science and reason, as well as to help children and animals in need.  The foundation is privately funded and does not seek donations from the general public. His lifetime achievements and legacy will live on in both the ATA and ASF Payment Solutions, as these organizations...

Organizations join forces to promote walking, improve health The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) announced a new partnership with the Walk with a Doc program today, forged to promote walking for better health. Walk with a Doc encourages healthy physical activity in people of all ages, because it can reverse the consequences of a sedentary lifestyle and improve the health and well-being of Americans. ACSM is an international leader in promoting the benefits of exercise. “Walking is a safe, easy and effective way for all people to become healthier through physical activity,”...

In May 2015, Chantal Brodrick hosted the first show on the Fitness Business Podcast and twelve months later the podcast celebrates 40,000 downloads and an incredible 58 shows! “I had no idea if we’d get to 3 months! And to hit a milestone of 40,000 downloads is so exciting for all the Team,” said Chantal. A podcast is a digital audio file that is available for downloading and listening to, via a computer or portable media player including smartphones. Podcasts are one of the fastest growing mediums for professional development across all business categories. "The benefit of a podcast...

ABC Financial (ABC), the leading software and payment processing provider to the health and fitness industry, named Mike Escobedo as Senior Vice President of Client Management and Kelly Card as Vice President of Client Management. In their roles, Escobedo and Card will manage the overall strategic approach of executing techniques designed to drive a consistent and unmatched customer experience. Their teams specialize in ABC’s software and share the overall vision of ensuring ABC’s clients become and remain “raving fans” as well as provide clients applicable ABC tools and services to ensure...

UFIT USA Launch and Global Launch of the Marseille Declaration On the 16th of May 2016 two exciting launches took place at the American Heart Association in Washington DC – (1) the UFIT USA Launch and (2) the Global Launch of the Marseille Declaration. Both initiatives are the kick off to a social change movement aiming to increase fitness opportunities for people with disabilities and by that striving for more inclusion in society. UFIT USA Launch Universal Fitness Innovation & Transformation (UFIT) is a global social change movement, led by the UNESCO Chair in the Institute of Technology...