Anytime Fitness to Reopen as Sky Club Fitness 24/7

With the same location, equipment, schedule and even the same staff, the fitness club formerly known as Anytime Fitness is hoping to attract back the almost 800 members who originally signed on to the club.What attracted these members was the opportunity to exercise on state of the art equipment anytime during the day or night, hence the 24/7 schedule. What the members did not foresee was the club going bankrupt.”It left a bad taste in people’s mouths,” said Dawn DiMasi, Anytime Fitness’s Group Fitness Director who has now signed on to be the General Manager of Sky Club Fitness 24/7.”The new owner is a good guy. He wants the club run right. He cleaned up the mess and is opening debt free,” DiMasi added.
According to DiMasi and Sky Club Fitness Sales Manager Andre Lopez, while the new owner had tried to work out an agreement to operate as an Anytime Fitness franchise, corporate headquarters tacked on additional fees that made this option cost prohibitive.
The club will operate as an independent club. However, members will receive access to a sister Sky Club in Hoboken, NJ. This club offers a pool and rooftop deck.To lure original and new members, the Sky Club in West Caldwell will offer discount memberships in July and August. The club plans to open its doors either this Friday, July 1 or after the holiday weekend on Tuesday, July 5. DiMasi explains the equipment has been serviced and a cleaning crew swept through the club on Wednesday. A group fitness schedule will be running by Aug. 1, and the club is planning a grand opening in September. Lopez, who has worked as a personal trainer, is hoping to bring back the “family atmosphere” the original gym achieved. Both Lopez and DiMasi say Sky Club is hoping to become involved in community service and volunteer events similar to the Cycle for Survival fundraising Spin event held at Anytime Fitness in 2010. “Everyone in town loved the gym. We want the gym to be run like it was originally planned,” Lopez said, but without the financial meltdown.As for former members, DiMasi said people she has spoken to are willing to come back. One former member, Julianne Maguire, who took full advantage of Anytime Fitness’s off peak hours, did tell Patch she is currently happy exercising at home with a pair of fitness DVD’s and her treadmill, but if the “price is right”, Maguire would consider rejoining the new club.
By Ellen Coughlin, The Patch

Anytime Fitness to Reopen as Sky Club Fitness 24/7

With the same location, equipment, schedule and even the same staff, the fitness club formerly known as Anytime Fitness is hoping to attract back the almost 800 members who originally signed on to the club.What attracted these members was the opportunity to exercise on state of the art equipment anytime during the day or night, hence the 24/7 schedule. What the members did not foresee was the club going bankrupt.”It left a bad taste in people’s mouths,” said Dawn DiMasi, Anytime Fitness’s Group Fitness Director who has now signed on to be the General Manager of Sky Club Fitness 24/7.”The new owner is a good guy. He wants the club run right. He cleaned up the mess and is opening debt free,” DiMasi added.
According to DiMasi and Sky Club Fitness Sales Manager Andre Lopez, while the new owner had tried to work out an agreement to operate as an Anytime Fitness franchise, corporate headquarters tacked on additional fees that made this option cost prohibitive.
The club will operate as an independent club. However, members will receive access to a sister Sky Club in Hoboken, NJ. This club offers a pool and rooftop deck.To lure original and new members, the Sky Club in West Caldwell will offer discount memberships in July and August. The club plans to open its doors either this Friday, July 1 or after the holiday weekend on Tuesday, July 5. DiMasi explains the equipment has been serviced and a cleaning crew swept through the club on Wednesday. A group fitness schedule will be running by Aug. 1, and the club is planning a grand opening in September. Lopez, who has worked as a personal trainer, is hoping to bring back the “family atmosphere” the original gym achieved. Both Lopez and DiMasi say Sky Club is hoping to become involved in community service and volunteer events similar to the Cycle for Survival fundraising Spin event held at Anytime Fitness in 2010. “Everyone in town loved the gym. We want the gym to be run like it was originally planned,” Lopez said, but without the financial meltdown.As for former members, DiMasi said people she has spoken to are willing to come back. One former member, Julianne Maguire, who took full advantage of Anytime Fitness’s off peak hours, did tell Patch she is currently happy exercising at home with a pair of fitness DVD’s and her treadmill, but if the “price is right”, Maguire would consider rejoining the new club.
By Ellen Coughlin, The Patch

Health Club News….Tax Payers Still Paying For Weiner’s Workouts….Unbelievable!

Rep. Anthony Weiner can still get his demons out at the House Health Club, though he resigned from Congress a week ago in the wake of a lurid Twitter scandal. As an ex-member of Congress, the New York Democrat will enjoy certain perks in the nation’s capital for the rest of his life — in addition to a pension that could easily be worth $1 million over the next several decades. On the list of facilities he’ll have access to is the House Health Club, the location where several photos of Weiner in various states of disrobe may have been taken. He’ll also be allowed to use the Library of Congress, eat in House restaurant facilities and park on the House side of the Capitol — space permitting. And in case he has a hankering to deliver a thunderous speech, former members typically are afforded floor privileges while Congress is in session. For the time being, Weiner is working on honing his mental state more than his abs. The New York Post reports that Weiner is about to enter an “intensive” rehab program, as he and wife Huma Abedin try to salvage their marriage.Abedin is pregnant, and Weiner has said they have no intention of splitting up. A former colleague told the Post the ex-congressman is “headed next” to the rehab program.Weiner resigned after admitting to sending lewd photos over the Internet to several women.Health Club

Health Club News….Tax Payers Still Paying For Weiner’s Workouts….Unbelievable!

Rep. Anthony Weiner can still get his demons out at the House Health Club, though he resigned from Congress a week ago in the wake of a lurid Twitter scandal. As an ex-member of Congress, the New York Democrat will enjoy certain perks in the nation’s capital for the rest of his life — in addition to a pension that could easily be worth $1 million over the next several decades. On the list of facilities he’ll have access to is the House Health Club, the location where several photos of Weiner in various states of disrobe may have been taken. He’ll also be allowed to use the Library of Congress, eat in House restaurant facilities and park on the House side of the Capitol — space permitting. And in case he has a hankering to deliver a thunderous speech, former members typically are afforded floor privileges while Congress is in session. For the time being, Weiner is working on honing his mental state more than his abs. The New York Post reports that Weiner is about to enter an “intensive” rehab program, as he and wife Huma Abedin try to salvage their marriage.Abedin is pregnant, and Weiner has said they have no intention of splitting up. A former colleague told the Post the ex-congressman is “headed next” to the rehab program.Weiner resigned after admitting to sending lewd photos over the Internet to several women.Health Club

ZX Fitness Closes Three Clubs in South Carolina

Coop’s Health and Fitness has acquired three ZX Fitness clubs in South Carolina, according to local media reports.

Beginning Friday, Coop’s clubs in Spartanburg, Greenville and Anderson, SC, will take on an estimated 8,000 memberships from the ZX Fitness clubs in Spartanburg, Greenville and Taylors, SC, the Spartanburg Herald-Journal reported.

“I’m absolutely over the moon about this,” Michael Cooper, founder and CEO of Coop’s, told the newspaper. “This is a very exciting time for Coop’s. It is one of the largest fitness mergers in the Upstate’s history. It’s a way for us to become stronger and better serve the fitness needs of the community.”

ZX Fitness spokesman David Buzo told the newspaper that ZX Fitness’ decision to close the three South Carolina clubs was due to its inability to negotiate a long-term lease at each location.

“We wanted to provide an equal health and fitness provider, and as a result of Coop’s reputation, amenities and locations, it was an easy and logical partnership,” Buzo told the Herald-Journal.

On June 18, an employee of the ZX Fitness club in Spartanburg told local authorities that someone had broken into the club, damaged several items and stole fitness equipment, the newspaper reported.

ZX Fitness, Charlotte, NC, entered the low-price/high-volume arena with its $10-per-month memberships after taking over the troubled Peak Fitness clubs, which filed for bankruptcy. The closures leave ZX Fitness with eight clubs in North Carolina. Buzo told the newspaper that the company plans to focus its attention on the North Carolina clubs with hopes of expansion on the West Coast.
By Club Industry staff

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