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Every successful health club needs a leader who can make informed decisions, inspire their team, manage multiple areas of the business, and be an industry expert. 

Paying customers are the lifeblood of any company and, for health clubs, that means members.

While personal training is often a club's secondary source of revenue, it plays a vital role in the member experience. The challenge for clubs is to recruit excellent personal trainers and develop programming, like small group training, that takes advantage of their strengths.

Now you can download six session summaries from the "Fitness and Personal Training" IHRSA education track.

Data can be one of the most valuable tools at a health club operator's disposal. By using research and fitness trends, operators can improve their programming and member experience and, as a result, see higher member retention and revenue for their club.

The Strong++â„¢ Movement Library includes videos of favourite Queenaxâ„¢ exercises.

This workout is perfect for your recovery day! These movements focus on coordination, flow, balance, flexibility, core control and proprioception.

Technology can be an elusive and confusing term, yet it plays a huge role in everyone’s lives.

Learn how to boost soccer performance with Queenaxâ„¢ functional training. Be faster, stronger and smarter on the soccer pitch with these simple workout guidelines from Davide DeRemigis, Precor Master Coach and soccer coach for University and regional teams.

Perform this metabolic workout as fast as possible without compromising your training form. Use this as a benchmark workout to periodically assess your performance and see if you can reduce your completion time.

Try out these Queenaxâ„¢ moves to help improve your form, function and stamina on the slopes this winter.

While Queenax makes an incredible addition to the Precor portfolio, there’s no doubt that a Queenax system could also make an incredible addition to your fitness facility. If you’re unfamiliar with this modular functional training systems, it transforms a section of your gym into a multi-purpose, highly-customisable training area.

Precor China Education Manager Sky Zhang offers some unique exercises so you can train your core like an athlete using Strong++.

How can you use TripAdvisor to your advantage? How can it attract both new guests and return business? And how can you maximize your property's number of positive reviews? 

When planning a fitness room for your business, it’s hard to know what kinds of equipment you should invest in. Based on our experiences and research in the hospitality industry, we’ve established a successful ratio of how you should split up the pieces in your fitness amenity.

As a property owner in the hospitality industry, you already know how valuable guest reviews are to your business. But what effect does your property’s fitness room have on your customer's reviews and ratings? The latest Precor white paper tells you how having an up-to-date fitness center can help increase RevPAR, and how travelers’ online reviews can bring more appeal to your business, building strong customer loyalty.

The latest trends in hospitality demand a focus on fitness, and the number of fitness-minded guests is probably larger than you think. In a TripAdvisor survey, 53 percent of travelers said they always or often exercise while on the road. According to a Marriott survey, 51 percent of business travelers said they pack their gym clothes. But what about the other 50 percent? It turns out they may be influenced by the age of your gym equipment.

New to treadmill running? We’ve got you covered with this 20 minute introductory workout that uses variations in speed to create an aerobic foundation.

New to treadmill training? We’ve got you covered with this 20 minute introductory workout.

Challenge your stamina and lower body strength to shed pounds and enhance your fitness.

Pull-ups, an iconic exercise for upper body strength, can also be performed as a metabolic exercise. See how the Superfunctionalâ„¢ training bar can help you optimise the movement.