A workout just isn't a workout without music By Martin Gangnier, director of licensing, Re:Sound For many Canadians, good music goes hand in hand with a good workout. The right music can energize, uplift, and even improve a workout. The combination of music and working out is hard to beat. With high intensity fitness classes choreographed around the right number of beats per minute to pump up gym-goers, you can’t deny the value music brings. If you’re a fitness business owner or franchisee in Canada, you understand the value of recorded music. Whether you’re using recorded music...

The new year is a time for reflection, and our industry is certainly one that benefits greatly from that time. Weight loss or getting in shape is the most frequently made resolution, leading to packed gyms in the month of January. Unfortunately, most of the New Year’s Resolution crowd is gone by February, and then it’s back to the same old thing. As the owner of a gym you have certainly observed this, but have you done anything differently in years past to change the tendency? This year, you should make a resolution to do something to help your new year’s resolution crowd. This year… Resolve...

Since the Harvey Weinstein scandal exploded into the public realm, the floodgates have opened and hardly a day goes by without new allegations, firings, resignations and apologies… or denials. #MeToo stories have shined the spotlight on bad behaviour in every industry. The fitness industry is no exception. Our industry with it’s focus on anatomy and body image presents its own distinct challenges when it comes to sexual harassment. One simply needs to google the topic and you can find countless instances of allegations and lawsuits against clubs, managers and owners. There are cases involving...