The new Spinner® Ride™, Spinner® Shift™ and Spinner® Rally™ enable operators to meet growing demand for indoor cycling with reliable, experience-driven design and comprehensive programming Precor® and Mad Dogg Athletics, Inc., the creators of the Spinning® indoor cycling program and Spinner® line of bikes, recently released the new Spinner® Ride, Spinner® Shift and Spinner® Rally, as well as an all new range of education resources, both of which aim to reinvent the indoor cycling experience for operators and exercisers. “When we looked at the offerings on the market, we saw a number...

IHRSA has opened an office in Europe to better engage, serve, and grow its membership. The office is located in Brussels. Two experienced association executives will lead a team of three other professionals. Jeroen van Liempd will serve as IHRSA Europe Director, and Angela Meurer will serve as IHRSA Europe General Manager. The new team will replace outgoing Europe Director, Hans Meunch, who announced his resignation last year to pursue other endeavors. “Hans Muench has done a great job for IHRSA,” said Joe Moore, President and CEO of IHRSA. “He stepped back into IHRSA eight years...

Midtown Sanctuaire General Manager, Richard Earney talks us through his latest development, The MCycle Studio. Indoor Cycling is hugely popular in Montreal, and this studio is combining the latest in technology and design to bring a complete experience to its members. Already getting International attention, this studio is leading the way for membership based clubs. What makes the MCycle Studio so special? We spent a lot of time planning and putting this together, there was a lot of research and development put into this studio. Firstly, we enlarged the studio, to fit the maximum class...

New Technology, Originally Designed for NASA, Brings Virtual Weight Training to the Mainstream Rethink Motion, a Houston-based physical fitness technology startup, has created the world’s first virtual weight training system. This innovative technology is a bid to redefine strength and fitness training, and to offer gyms and workout facilities a new advantage in customer attraction and retention. Customer retention has long been a pain point for workout facilities, as customers leave the traditional gym environment due to a lack of results in self-guided training. Instructor-driven training...

According to a survey of 1,500 fitness professionals, conducted by canfitpro, the top two fitness trends for 2016 are the same as 2015—functional fitness and HIIT training. Bootcamps and circuit training , present on last year’s list but missing this year, have been replaced with life/wellness coaching and fusion-style group fitness Emerging trends include technology-based fitness, such as virtual fitness classes, fitness and nutrition apps and wearable devices, says the survey. The top 10 Canadian fitness trends: 1. Functional fitness 2. High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) 3. Life/wellness...