Follow the Fitness Leaders: Advice for Entrepreneurs Looking to Start a Fitness Business

Fitness business professionals face many questions and potential challenges when they begin to consider their own path to business ownership. In this gallery, four fitness leaders share their advice to anyone who hopes to become a successful entrepreneur in this industry.

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How the NAC Opens Its Doors to People Whether or Not They Can Pay Full Price

One high-end health club doesn’t shut its doors to low-income people or those going through temporary financial hardships; instead, it offers a scholarship program that other health clubs can emulate.

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Build Your Business Knowledge with This Club Industry Offering at SCW MANIA Events

Get the business knowledge you need at the Club Industry Business Summits, which offer 44 seminars led by 25 hand-picked elite fitness experts. The seminars are held at the MANIA® Conventions in New York City, San Francisco, Orlando, Atlanta, Dallas, Philadelphia and Boston. Visit  www.scwfit.com/CLUB  to take advantage of three days of laser-focused fitness business sessions exclusively dedicated to marketing, technology, trends, sales, retention, social media, products, programming, finance and leadership. Owners, managers and directors reach deep into new trends for multipurpose clubs, boutique studios, YMCAs, JCCs, parks and recs, universities and hospital wellness centers. 

Club Industry Is Seeking Speakers for Its 2019 Show

Are you an expert in the area of sales/marketing, retention, programming, personal training, leadership, wellness, technology or trends? Do you have a desire to help educate others in the fitness industry? Do you have an engaging, upbeat and clear speaking style? If so, we encourage you to apply to speak at the 2019 Club Industry Show Oct. 9-11, 2019, in Chicago. The call for speakers is now open. Deadline is Jan. 31, 2019. To apply,  click here.  

The Obesity Crisis: How the Health and Wellness Industry Can Help

The obesity epidemic continues to grow, seriously affecting the health and wealth of the United States. Operators of fitness facilities are in a prime position to change the trajectory that the country is on. Club Industry's latest report, "America’s Obesity Crisis and the Fitness Industry’s Role in Resolving It," looks at the depth of the crisis, some of the problems the industry faces in helping and examples of how some members of the fitness community have taken up the fight. Download this sponsored report for free by  clicking here .