FBP_NEWSBEAT_ A Penton Media Property March.1.2010 If you want to view this on the web go to: http://enews.penton.com/enews/clubindustry/v/358 ---------------------------------------- ADVERTISEMENT (http://www.retentionmanagement.com) ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- ADVERTISEMENT 2010 is a critical year... * Stay connected with current members using automated email communication * Convert new sales into long-term members by integrating them more effectively * Proactive and automatic follow up with low and non-users * Market club services, specials, referrals and programs using our state-of-the-art broadcast email templates * Increase leads, follow up with guest traffic and reconnect with former members using our Prospect email program Now is the Time. 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Club Industry 2010 is accepting speaking proposals (http://national.clubindustryshow.com/National2010/Public/proposalsubmitter.aspx?ID=1010718&sortMenu=103000) for its conference program, to take place Oct. 6-8, 2010, at the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago. If you have spoken in the past at a Club Industry event, you will need your password/ecode to sign in to input a proposal. If you have never submitted or spoken at a Club Industry event, please create a password/ecode to sign in. If you need your password/ecode or wish to submit your proposal via e-mail, please e-mail Cristina Cotto at cristina.cotto@penton.com. (mailto:cristina.cotto@penton.com) Deadline for submission is March 19. --Facility News *Life Time Fitness (http://www.lifetimefitness.com/), Chanhassen, MN, will once again attempt to set a Guinness World Record for the largest static cycling class on Sunday, March 7, during the Ride of a Lifetime (http://www.mylt.com/rideofalifetime) at the Target Center in Minneapolis. Life Time CEO Bahram Akradi and several of Life Time's top Twin Cities cycle instructors will lead the class. A portion of the event's proceeds will benefit recovery efforts in Haiti. Life Time set the record on Jan. 9 in Houston with 600 participants. *Miramont Lifestyle Fitness (http://www.miramontlifestyle.com/), Fort Collins, CO, will expand on May 1 into a development called Centerra in Loveland, CO, with the opening of its fourth location, according to the Fort Collins Coloradoan. Yoga, group exercise, cardio, free weights, massage and personal training will be some of the features in the 11,000-square-foot club. "This is a new direction for us," Miramont owner Cliff Buchholz says. "We'll be entering the corporate fitness business." *The William Shore Memorial Pool District's (https://www.cityofpa.us/parksrec-pool.htm) plan to outsource management of the Port Angeles, WA, public pool fell through. The Clallam County Family YMCA (http://www.ccfymca.org/) board, which was negotiating a contract to manage the public pool, voted to withdraw its offer. The move came a day after members of the park district commission's advisory committee and several pool users protested the proposed contract at a public meeting. Pool users said they were worried that the YMCA would make a profit off of the proposed $363,552 per year contract, which commissioners say would only cover the expenses of running the pool. They also questioned the objectivity of a commissioner who also sits on the YMCA board. --Supplier News *Motionsoft Inc. (http://www.motionsoft.net/), Silver Spring, MD, recently appointed two new executives. Dennis Holcom was named vice president of sales, and Nikki Layke was appointed regional sales director. Holcom is based in Wichita, KS, and Layke is based near Cocoa Beach, FL. "With our additional financial offerings like billing and collections, we need individuals who understand the complexities involved in our whole range of services," Al Noshirvani, CEO of Motionsoft, said in a statement. "Both Dennis and Nikki have unique perspectives given their previous experience with ABC Financial and bring a customer-first focus that is so important for Motionsoft." *The American Council on Exercise (http://www.acefitness.org/) (ACE) and the IDEA Health and Fitness Association (http://www.ideafit.com/) announced that IDEA will develop a co-branded version of the IDEA Fitness Journal that will be sent to ACE-certified professionals beginning with the July/August 2010 issue. The initiative brings ACE professionals access to the latest industry news and expertise on a variety of fitness and wellness topics as well as expanded benefits for continuing education courses in every issue. This also will increase the IDEA Fitness Journal's circulation to 70,000. *Iron Grip Barbell Co. (http://www.irongrip.com/), Santa Ana, CA, recently outfitted the set of the TV show "Sport Science" with its urethane Olympic weight plates, urethane dumbbells and Olympic bars. "Sport Science" brings popular professional athletes together with cutting-edge technology in scientific facilities to test the limits of human athletic abilities while challenging popular assumptions about athletes and sports. *Curtis Mock, entrepreneur and author, recently launched Fitness Business Television (http://www.fitbiz.tv/), a weekly Web-based TV show for health club owners, gym owners and studio owners. The mission of Fitness Business Television is to help fitness entrepreneurs run a more profitable fitness business, while enabling them to have a little fun along the way. A new episode of Fitness Business Television goes live on the site every Wednesday. FROM THE BLOG --Missing: Jeff Klinger The recent Delta Airlines in-flight magazine features an article about Anytime Fitness. In the article, Chuck Runyon and Dave Mortensen are mentioned as the company's co-founders. But there is no mention of Jeff Klinger, the other co-founder of Anytime Fitness. To view the full article go to: http://blog.clubindustry.com/fitnessbusinessproblog/2010/02/26/missing-jeff-klinger/ --A Take on Tiger from a Yoga Teacher Many perspectives about Tiger Woods have been written in recent days, but how many of them have been authored by a Vinyasa yoga teacher? To view the full article go to: http://blog.clubindustry.com/fitnessbusinessproblog/2010/02/25/a-take-on-tiger-from-a-yoga-teacher/ --Is Free Fitness Really Free? This comes from the department of "Why Didn't I Think of That?" A law student in New York is attempting to regularly work out at as many fitness clubs as she can in 2010 without spending a dime. 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