Health Club News….Bally Total Fitness opens spacious gym 46,000-square-foot health club

Amy Rosen and many other Bally Total Fitness employees eschewed sleep to work through the night on July 1 and put the finishing touches on a 46,000-square-foot health club scheduled to make its debut in Lansdowne Friday.At 5 a.m., 30 minutes before the club officially opened to the public, Rosen said a man knocked on the front door.Rosen, a spokeswoman for the company who lives in Chicago, said she greeted the man and congratulated him for being the first person to work out at the facility, which has been under construction for about 10 weeks.
The Bally Sport club in the Lansdowne Station shopping center on Washington Boulevard features several workout studios, a three-lane pool, a whirlpool, saunas, a child-care facility, more than 200 pieces of cardio equipment, a large weight lifting area and interactive equipment that tells the schedule of classes and can suggest workouts.”This is the first club of its kind. This is our flagship space right here,” Rosen said. “We have Bally Sport clubs that are older, but they are nothing like this.
“It’s the new generation of our Bally clubs.”Rosen estimated on the eve of the opening that nearly 1,000 people had already signed up.”The premise of this entire club was built on understanding (consumers),” Rosen said. “The thought was, ‘Let’s build it around getting people to get the results they actually want to get.’ ”
To facilitate people getting these results, the club has a childcare center that is free with a Bally Sport Elite Sport Membership, which costs $19.99 bi-weekly.
A Bally Single Sport Membership, which grants the user access to only one club, costs $15.99 bi-weekly.”We realize that a lot of parents, the reason they don’t work out is that they don’t find the time and don’t know what to do with the kids,” Rosen said.She said the center will have attendants, toys and games for the young charges while their parents take advantage of the weights, pool, cardio equipment and studios in the club.Along the perimeter of the club are areas specifically designed for martial arts,yoga andpilates, personal training and racquetball, as well as a group exercise space that measures nearly 2,000 square feet.Rosen said on June 30 that exercise classes at the gym will be running within a week.The club also has Wi-Fi access and three dozen televisions scattered around the workout areas.The club will employ about 50 full- and part-time employees and Rosen said the company will hire locally.According to the release, Bally Total Fitness has nearly 300 fitness clubs in the United States and more than 2 million members.Prior to the opening of this facility, the two closest Bally Total Fitness clubs to Arbutus were in Catonsville and Glen Burnie.Just before 9 a.m. on opening day, only a handful of people worked out as workers swung hammers and finished working on what appeared to be the aesthetic features of the club.Halethorpe resident Joseph Mildner walked out of the club at 8:30 a.m. after completing a cardio work out.”It’s close by to work. It’s nice. I could work out and don’t have to be to work until 11 o’clock,” said Mildner, a member at Bally Total Fitness since 2008.

Health Club News….Bally Total Fitness opens spacious gym 46,000-square-foot health club

Amy Rosen and many other Bally Total Fitness employees eschewed sleep to work through the night on July 1 and put the finishing touches on a 46,000-square-foot health club scheduled to make its debut in Lansdowne Friday.At 5 a.m., 30 minutes before the club officially opened to the public, Rosen said a man knocked on the front door.Rosen, a spokeswoman for the company who lives in Chicago, said she greeted the man and congratulated him for being the first person to work out at the facility, which has been under construction for about 10 weeks.
The Bally Sport club in the Lansdowne Station shopping center on Washington Boulevard features several workout studios, a three-lane pool, a whirlpool, saunas, a child-care facility, more than 200 pieces of cardio equipment, a large weight lifting area and interactive equipment that tells the schedule of classes and can suggest workouts.”This is the first club of its kind. This is our flagship space right here,” Rosen said. “We have Bally Sport clubs that are older, but they are nothing like this.
“It’s the new generation of our Bally clubs.”Rosen estimated on the eve of the opening that nearly 1,000 people had already signed up.”The premise of this entire club was built on understanding (consumers),” Rosen said. “The thought was, ‘Let’s build it around getting people to get the results they actually want to get.’ ”
To facilitate people getting these results, the club has a childcare center that is free with a Bally Sport Elite Sport Membership, which costs $19.99 bi-weekly.
A Bally Single Sport Membership, which grants the user access to only one club, costs $15.99 bi-weekly.”We realize that a lot of parents, the reason they don’t work out is that they don’t find the time and don’t know what to do with the kids,” Rosen said.She said the center will have attendants, toys and games for the young charges while their parents take advantage of the weights, pool, cardio equipment and studios in the club.Along the perimeter of the club are areas specifically designed for martial arts,yoga andpilates, personal training and racquetball, as well as a group exercise space that measures nearly 2,000 square feet.Rosen said on June 30 that exercise classes at the gym will be running within a week.The club also has Wi-Fi access and three dozen televisions scattered around the workout areas.The club will employ about 50 full- and part-time employees and Rosen said the company will hire locally.According to the release, Bally Total Fitness has nearly 300 fitness clubs in the United States and more than 2 million members.Prior to the opening of this facility, the two closest Bally Total Fitness clubs to Arbutus were in Catonsville and Glen Burnie.Just before 9 a.m. on opening day, only a handful of people worked out as workers swung hammers and finished working on what appeared to be the aesthetic features of the club.Halethorpe resident Joseph Mildner walked out of the club at 8:30 a.m. after completing a cardio work out.”It’s close by to work. It’s nice. I could work out and don’t have to be to work until 11 o’clock,” said Mildner, a member at Bally Total Fitness since 2008.

Health Club News…..Happy 4th of July!

During the American Revolution, the legal separation of the Thirteen Colonies from Great Britain occurred on July 2, 1776, when the Second Continental Congress voted to approve a resolution of independence that had been proposed in June by Richard Henry Lee of Virginia.[4][5] After voting for independence, Congress turned its attention to the Declaration of Independence, a statement explaining this decision, which had been prepared by a Committee of Five, with Thomas Jefferson as its principal author. Congress debated and revised the Declaration, finally approving it on July 4. A day earlier, John Adams had written to his wife Abigail:
The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forever more. Adams’s prediction was off by two days. From the outset, Americans celebrated independence on July 4, the date shown on the much-publicized Declaration of Independence, rather than on July 2, the date the resolution of independence was approved in a closed session of Congress.
Historians have long disputed whether Congress actually signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4, even though Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Benjamin Franklin all later wrote that they had signed it on that day. Most historians have concluded that the Declaration was signed nearly a month after its adoption, on August 2, 1776, and not on July 4 as is commonly believed. In a remarkable coincidence, both John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, the only signers of the Declaration of Independence later to serve as Presidents of the United States, died on the same day: July 4, 1826, which was the 50th anniversary of the Declaration. Although not a signer of the Declaration of Independence, James Monroe, the Fifth President of the United States, died on July 4, 1831. Calvin Coolidge, the Thirtieth President, was born on July 4, 1872, and thus was the only President to be born on Independence Day.

Health Club News…..Happy 4th of July!

During the American Revolution, the legal separation of the Thirteen Colonies from Great Britain occurred on July 2, 1776, when the Second Continental Congress voted to approve a resolution of independence that had been proposed in June by Richard Henry Lee of Virginia.[4][5] After voting for independence, Congress turned its attention to the Declaration of Independence, a statement explaining this decision, which had been prepared by a Committee of Five, with Thomas Jefferson as its principal author. Congress debated and revised the Declaration, finally approving it on July 4. A day earlier, John Adams had written to his wife Abigail:
The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forever more. Adams’s prediction was off by two days. From the outset, Americans celebrated independence on July 4, the date shown on the much-publicized Declaration of Independence, rather than on July 2, the date the resolution of independence was approved in a closed session of Congress.
Historians have long disputed whether Congress actually signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4, even though Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Benjamin Franklin all later wrote that they had signed it on that day. Most historians have concluded that the Declaration was signed nearly a month after its adoption, on August 2, 1776, and not on July 4 as is commonly believed. In a remarkable coincidence, both John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, the only signers of the Declaration of Independence later to serve as Presidents of the United States, died on the same day: July 4, 1826, which was the 50th anniversary of the Declaration. Although not a signer of the Declaration of Independence, James Monroe, the Fifth President of the United States, died on July 4, 1831. Calvin Coolidge, the Thirtieth President, was born on July 4, 1872, and thus was the only President to be born on Independence Day.

Can you believe it…. Fitness First to open mixed health club for men and women at Oasis Centre….better watch out for those men!

Health Club News……This sounds so outdated but here it is.
Fitness First Middle East’s new club at the Oasis Centre for both men and women will be officially inaugurated on 27 June. The opening will mark the 19th club in the Middle East and is the first of many to come in 2011, announced the world’s leading health and fitness club chain and a member of the Landmark Group.
The Oasis Centre mixed club is part of a bigger strategic expansion plan for Fitness First in the Middle East. The facility offers first-rate amenities including 1,350 sq. ft. floor area, state-of-the-art exercise machines by Technogym, as well as audio and visual entertainment throughout the club.

Top-of-the-line free weights, a group exercise studio with daily exercise classes, personal training and members’ lounge with complimentary drinks and free wireless internet access are some of the other offerings that define the new mixed club. The branch will also feature a new ‘freestyle area’, which is the latest innovation in training. Following its roll out at the Oasis Centre mixed club, the dedicated area will be introduced across all other Fitness First clubs in the UAE.

George Flooks, Chief Operating Officer, Fitness First Middle East, said: “Fitness First was envisioned to help the community embrace a healthy and holistic lifestyle. The inauguration of the mixed club reaffirms our commitment in this direction. Through our increased presence in the region, we at Fitness First continue to extend the opportunity for individuals to get fit and stay healthy. This is just the first of many new club openings that we have in the pipeline.”

The official opening of the mixed club at Oasis Centre will be marked by an array of activities, including an opportunity to win a one-year free membership to Fitness First and a host of other prizes in a grand raffle.

With more clubs opening up as part of its expansion strategy across the UAE offering state-of-the-art equipment, fully qualified personal trainers and the latest group exercise classes, Fitness First is dedicated to ‘making the world a fitter place’.
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