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Entertaining your members with television, music, cardio systems and fitness trackingcan bring profits toyour club.

Fitness First! management had to first consider what effect the generous policies might have on the center’s bottom line. “Like any other risk, we weighed the pros and cons. In the end, we felt that if other industries are flourishing with these types of total customer satisfaction guarantees, then we could too,” explains Blackburn. As [...]

For the staff at Fitness First! — a 60,000-square-foot exercise facility that operates as a public enterprise fund in Illinois’ Skokie Park District — being the best in their market wasn’t a lofty enough goal. The four-year-old organization, which brings in half a million dollars in sales a year, wanted to offer the best customer [...]

Sometimes it takes giving staff members extra responsibility to realize their full potential. Just ask LifeQuest Fitness & Aerobics Club. After its marketing director was dismissed in August, the club decided against making a hasty hiring decision, and divided the director’s responsibilities among support staff, giving them a chance to flex their professional muscle. Through [...]

Scuba Diving with breast implants There have been experiments conducted with silicone, saline, and silicone/saline filled breast implants. The results of the experiments showed that there was a minimal increase in bubble size in both saline and silicone gel implants. Fluctuations in results varied on the depth and duration of the dives conducted. The saline-filled [...]

However, it is a possibility that women that dive while menstruating are less able to expel dissolved nitrogen due to increased fluid retention and tissue swelling. This theory is not yet conclusive as a result of limited research in this area. One recent study found that 38 percent of women divers with DCS were menstruating [...]

Recreational diving has become an increasingly popular sport for women. Recent statistics show that the number of female scuba divers increases every year with about half of all new certifications being women.

Do you bet on sports? Do you mostly win or lose? Here’s a lesson from someone that used to be to brunt of baseball sporting bets, our expert and former Angels pitcher. During the winter of 1984, I decided to retire from my baseball career after my agent described a conversation he had with a [...]

Q.I gained weight because of a severely broken leg over a year ago. Now I have sciatica that doesn’t want to go away. But I need to exercise while dieting to help me lose the weight I put on. What can I possibly do that won’t bother the sciatica? What do other people with back [...]

What questions should be asked of a fitness trainer when considering that person to develop a program and work with you? I am a 67-year-old woman, and I am interested in bone density and aerobic exercises that do not cause joint pain. My goal is not weight loss.