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Gold's Gym Debunks America's Most Common Fitness Myths

DALLAS, July 13 /PRNewswire/ --As Americans hit the gym this summer to continue to tone up for the beach, Gold's Gym, the world's leading authority on health and fitness, is exposing some of the most common myths about getting in shape and offering the must have nutrition and fitnes...

Team Gold's Gym Continues to Lead the National Fight Against Diabetes

DALLAS , July 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Gold's Gym, the world's leading authority on health and fitness, has continued its fight against obesity and the diabetes epidemic by once again supporting the American Diabetes Association's Tour de Cure. For the fifth year in a row, the company is the Tour de Cur...

eDiets.com(R) Announces Meal Delivery Marketing Partnership With Gold's Gym Franchise Network

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., July 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- eDiets.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: DIET ) , a leading provider of convenient at-home diet, fitness and healthy lifestyle solutions, today announced a marketing partnership with Gold's Gym franchise network, in which eDiets' fresh-prepared meal deli...

Who Says a Gym Membership Can't Be Free? Wexer is Redefining the Fitness Industry

DUBAI INTERNET CITY, United Arab Emirates, June 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Every industry experiences disruptive innovation at some point, or even multiple times. When this happens a lifecycle reaches an end and a new one begins. It seems the health club industry could be seeing that kind of inno...

Travis McCoy, Lead Vocalist & Songwriter of Alternative Hip Hop Band Gym Class Heroes, Travels to South Africa, Philippines and India as MTV International's 2009 Staying Alive Foundation Ambassador

MCCOY TO CREATE NEW TRACK INSPIRED BY HIS JOURNEY Follow McCoy's Trip at http://www.theunbeatentrack.com LONDON, June 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Travis McCoy, lead vocalist & songwriter of Gym Class Heroes and MTV Staying Alive Special Ambassador today joined Georgia Arnold, Senior Vice ...

Hitting the Gym on the Web - a New Global Exercise Trend

Members from 46 countries only 4 weeks after launch indicate that online health club Wexer has hit upon a new global exercise trend. At this rate, Wexer could impact the health club industry as Skype has impacted the telecommunication industry. Dubai, UAE (PRWEB) June 1...

Gold's Gym Passes Massive $22 Billion Fitness Stimulus Package

Company Empowers Consumers to Strengthen the Health of the Country with Free Membership Passes, Health Audits and a Free Exercise Guide DALLAS, April 14 /PRNewswire/ -- In an effort to strengthen the health of the nation, Gold's Gym has put together its own version of a stimulus package that ...

Gold's Gym Offers Free Exercise Guide to Support American Diabetes Alert Day(R)

Company Joins Forces with The American Diabetes Association to Raise Awareness for the Role Exercise Plays in Fighting the Disease DALLAS, March 24 /PRNewswire/ -- In observance of American Diabetes Alert Day, Gold's Gym, the world's leading authority on health and fitness, is reaffirming its...

Learning Empowered by Movement; Brain Gym Exercises Wake Up Brain and Body

MANDEVILLE, La., March 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Brain Gym(R) provides a simple solution to the learning challenges faced by many children and adults every day; difficulties with reading, writing, math, comprehension, verbalization, music and sports. The solution is movement. Brain Gym(R) is based on t...

Gold's Gym Helps Couples Find 'More Love, Less Handles' This Valentine's Day

Company Unveils New Workouts Designed to Help "Strengthen" Four Key Areas of a Relationship DALLAS, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- In honor of Valentine's Day and Heart Health Month (February), Gold's Gym, the world's leading authority on health and fitness, is helping couples improve matters of the...

Celebrities Stay Fit at First Ever Full-Service Luxury Gym at Film Festival in Park City, Utah

PARK CITY, Utah, Jan. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- The annual film festival in Park City, Utah, usually known for power lunches, will now feature power crunches thanks to Gatorade creating the first ever full-service fitness center, called the "G Gym." Actors Eliza Dushku and Nick Cannon, both in town ...

Neuroactive Bike: America's First And Only Mind-Body Fitness Equipment Used For The Ultimate Brain Fitness Gym Program Launched This Month At Lady Of America Fitness Center

Brain Center America's New Neuroactive Exercise Bike Trains the Body and Brain for Total Fitness Miami, FL (PRWEB) January 8, 2009 -- Fitness centers are entering the next lap of their evolution with the NeuroActive Bike, a new breed of exerciser that simultaneously tra...

Consumer Reports: Big Promises of Some Infomercial Exercise Machines Fall Flat; Plus, Set Up a Home Gym for Under $100

What's real and what's hype in infomercial fitness machines; plus tests of 40 exercise equipment machines include 6 Consumer Reports Best Buys YONKERS, N.Y., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Two new reports from Consumer Reports separate the wheat from the chaff in home workout equipment ...

On Staying Alive's 10th Anniversary, Gym Class Heroes Singer Travis McCoy Named 2009 Foundation Ambassador

LONDON, Nov. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- To coincide with Staying Alive's tenth anniversary on World AIDS Day (December 1st), MTV Networks International has announced the appointment of Travis McCoy, lead vocalist of the alternative hip-hop band Gym Class Heroes, as the Foundation's new 2009 Ambassador. ...

The Little Gym of Fort Worth SW Introduces Kids' Cheerleading Program

Non-Competitive Classes Teach Cheer Basics with a Focus on Fun FORT WORTH, Texas, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- In January 2009, the nation's first non-competitive cheerleading program for girls and boys between the ages of 3 and 6 will be offered at The Little Gym of Fort Worth SW. With an emphasi...

Gold's Gym Members Outvote The Governator; Vote Barack Obama Over McCain as 'Best Workout Partner'

Democratic Candidate Overcomes "Skinny Legs/Scrawny Arms" to Outmuscle Republican Rival in Nationwide Poll DALLAS, Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- With Election Day less than 24 hours away, experts, pundits and election insiders are tirelessly analyzing reams of data to determine who holds the latest...

NFL Network Tackles Youth Fitness With New National Initiative to 'Keep Gym in School'

Program Includes Partnerships with NFL teams, Cox Communications, The President's Challenge and National Association for Sport and Physical Education Arizona Cardinals, Kansas City Chiefs, New Orleans Saints and Washington Redskins Lend Support to...

D1 Spas Unveils World's First Underwater Gym at IHRSA 2008

Award-winning Home Spa Company Taps World's #1 Aquatic Fitness Expert to Create Underwater Workout and Names Celebrity Fitness Guru as Spokesperson for AFS SAN DIEGO, March 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Dimension One Spas, the visionary and eco-savvy maker of luxury hot tub...

Getting Beach Ready Calls for More Than Hitting the Gym

More Women and Men Use Downtime in the Spring to Receive Cosmetic Surgery CHICAGO, April 16 /PRNewswire/ -- As the summer months approach, so does the desire to look good in that swimsuit. Many Americans these days are choosing to receive cosmetic surgery in early spring in order to ready thems...

Home Is Where the Gym Is

Almost everyone can exercise in some way. For some people, the most convenient approach is a home gym. There are many options in exercise machines to help burn calories and increase cardiovascular fitness.// Depending on your age, activity preferences, budget and health, some aerobic exercise...

More Gym Classes Don't Mean More Exercise

As childhood obesity has increased, many states are increasing their physical education (PE) requirements. Yet, increasing time spent// in gym class does not appear to increase overall physical activity or prevent childhood obesity, according to a new Cornell study. "Higher state PE requiremen...

E-gym is the latest fad: bring the gym home online!

The computer is at your service yet again and dons a new avatar that of a gym instructor. // With an internet connection and gym equipment one can do exercises taking cues from the net. One such follower Michele Galindo says, 'I don't have any problem seeing it. In the past I haven't kept up...

Sandbag Workout Takes Over, Gym Bags To Stay At Home

When it comes to choice, most Americans prefer a sandbag workout when compared to a visit to the gym, reveals a new study that has brought into focus the latest in fitness craze across the country. // The fitness maniacs are even prepared to lift a comparable load to what workers of the constructio...

Spread Of Fungal Infections At Gym Could Be Avoided By Using Towel

People who work out at the gym should use a towel when they are on the stationary bike or other shared exercise equipment to reduce the spread// of fungal infections. Fungi cause itchy rashes or in the worst case, circular patches where no hair grows, explains Hans-Juergen Tietz of the Institut...

Invest on gym memberships

Your attention please!! You will most probably get more benefit from investing in gymnasium membership and a exercise personal trainer than buying an machine. According to researchers at the Cleavland University // it is better to exercise at home or in the gym thatn to buy a machine Exercise machi...

Looking For A Friend Or Life Partner? Join A Gym

The popularity of ‘The Gym’ is due largely to the socializing that takes place there, according to a study.// People visit gym not only for keeping fit and losing weight but also for meeting new people and prospective life mates. Nick Crossley, a Professor of Social Sciences from the Un...

Crazy Things - Children aged five joining junior gym

‘Kid gyms’ have aroused as fear about childhood obesity grows and thus private fitness clubs rush// to install child-sized machines, during the past two years. Biggest Junior gym firms, like Shokk and Zig Zag was build...

Baby Boomers Visit Doctors As Frequently As They Visit the Gym

Baby Boomers have been known for their compulsive exercise programs are now running for succor to operating rooms and to orthopaedics, to combat the effects of over-exercise on their weary bones.// This phenomenon has acquired a sobriquet, boomeritis, which has necessitated that many baby boom...

Young Vets With PTSD More Prone to Heart Risk Factors

...ext step for the research," Cohen said. She did speculate, however. "People with depression or PTSD may have pretty low motivation to go out to the gym and stay physically active, and that can lead to obesity. We certainly see patients [at the VA] who say they have turned to smoking to calm their nerv...

Connectyx Partners with InstantAmber, a Leader in Child Safety and Missing Children Awareness

...ent only with the permission of its members. Other notable partners of InstantAmber are KinderVision, LifeLock, NOYS, Stop Internet Predators, and My gym amongst others. "Connectyx is proud to be able to partner with InstantAmber in order to provide additional resources that can help missing ...

Consumer Reports Launches Online Hospital Ratings for More Than 3,400 U.S. Hospitals

... for more than 20 common medical conditions; Ratings of more than 3,000 U.S. hospitals; a wide array of healthy living products such as sunscreens and gym equipment; thousands of natural medicines; and treatment options for more than 200 conditions and diseases. For a limited time, www.Consu...

Gym Class Injuries Up 150 Percent

...tle the childhood obesity epidemic, the number of kids being injured during gym class has risen dramatically, Ohio State University researchers report. ...ise physiologist with the American Council on Exercise, said he thinks that gym class injuries are increasing because young children are being taught how t...

Cheerleading is Leading Cause of Catastrophic Injury in Young Women

... Miller Bohn believes there aren't enough safety measures in place in schools. Many athletes will practice in places such as a back yard, a hard gym floor or a parking lot. There are often no supportive surfaces to shield them from falls. Participants also lack adequate supervision. If an ad...

MedVance Institute To Offer New High-Demand Courses

...tions. Or having a job in which one is practically required to live at the gym and work out. The 21st Century's high-demand careers are both vari...half month program will teach students to work one-on-one with clients in a gym or their home, assessing each client's level of physical fitness and improv...

Looking to Shape Up for Summer? The Solution May Be the Steps You're Already Taking

...riously a time when people want to get in shape. Yet nowadays, hitting the gym can be daunting, especially with so many people pressed for time and money....e Berry. "For me, being fit is a lifestyle. I'd be bored just going to the gym every day. That's why I always recommend walking to my clients as a great f...

While Health Clubs Say No to 'Canckles,' Leading Podiatrists Say No to Toenail Fungus

...agious toenail fungus (Onychomycosis). Because fungi thrives in warm, moist environments like locker rooms, communal showers, pool and spa facilities, gym goers are at a higher risk of contracting nail fungus, which is both unsightly and a serious health concern. According to the national fitness ch...

Freightquote.com Encourages Healthy Lifestyle, FreightFit Changes Lives

...pation has increased exponentially and Freightquote has a record number of employees registered to participate in this year's games. A $60 per quarter gym reimbursement, on-site café with healthy food choices, on-site treadmills, elliptical machines, basketball court, and walking trails, allow emp...

Living Healthily on Less

...just mix it up when you need it." Exercise You don't need a pricey gym membership to keep fit, said Michael Esco, an exercise physiology instructo...ur heart rate up," he said. "You can achieve a comparable workout to what a gym would give you." Buy a bicycle trainer. The equipment turns a regular...

Looking to Shape up for Summer? The Solution May be the Steps You're Already Taking

...riously a time when people want to get in shape. Yet nowadays, hitting the gym can be daunting, especially with so many people pressed for time and money....e Berry. "For me, being fit is a lifestyle. I'd be bored just going to the gym every day. That's why I always recommend walking to my clients as a great f...

Pumgo Fitness Scooter Will Highlight Venice Beach This Summer

...novative Pumgo Scooter was invented by Dr. Hui Yan, a Clemson graduate with two PhD degrees who noticed that people seemed bored during their indoor gym workouts. When he overheard a man complain that the stair-climber left him with "nowhere to go," Yan was struck with a flash of inspiration and the Pu...