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Fitness Movin' & Shakin': Vision Fitness, Amer Sports, PaceMaster

Vision celebrates 10th anniversary. Amer Sports names VP of legal affairs. Aerobics Inc. hires Will Beckwith.

Author:: admin
Updated:: May 12, 2017
Original:: Jun 4, 2006

For May 31 to June 5

Vision Fitness celebrated its 10th anniversary on May 26 and plans a bit of a party in Denver at the Health & Fitness Business Show. The anniversary is the date the company officially split off from Trek Bicycle and became its own stand-alone company. Happy Anniversary, Vision!... Heikki Koponen has been appointed secretary to the Amer Sports Corp. board as of May 23. Koponen is the vice president of legal affairs for Amer Sports Corp., parent of Precor Fitness….

Will Beckwith has joined Aerobics Inc. (PaceMaster) as of June 1 as senior sales associate. "Aerobics is excited to have a person with his experience and industry knowledge join our team," said Tom Staub, Aerobics vice president. Beckwith was formerly with Quantum Fitness.

For June 13-19 Star Trac and Mad Dogg Athletics have announced they signed an agreement to continue their joint marketing and distribution arrangement for the Spinning program for another 10 years. First aligned in 2002, initially in a five-year contract, Mad Dogg came to Star ...read more

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May 12, 2017

For the weeks of Aug.1-20 Icon executives Scott Watterson and Gary Stevenson are back from their three-year missions as mission presidents for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. They returned in early July and, after settling back in after three years in Asia, they ...read more

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May 12, 2017

For the week of Nov. 21-27 Celebrating its second anniversary, At Home Fitness in the Phoenix, Ariz., area has opened its third store, co-owner Greg Feeder told SNEWS®. The new store is on the western side of the valley in Tolleson with a new World Gym using the same parking lot. ...read more

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May 12, 2017

For the week of Nov. 6-12 Here are a few notes about industry people and businesses "moving and shaking" in the last few weeks: John Conti has rejoined Bodyguard after spending the last six months consulting with Prospot Fitness. Prior to Prospot, Conti had spent a year at ...read more

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May 12, 2017

For March 7 to 13 Don't worry your little heads. Woody Fisher, sales dude for Spirit, is still there (to be kicked around) despite an email he sent out asking folks to use a non-Spirit email to reach him. Seems the company is bustin' at the seams and they worked out an ...read more

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May 12, 2017

For March 14-20 Stretchmate is now operating independently, no longer a licensee of Life Fitness after three years. To find out more information about the product and its function, contact Fred Dolan at 508-429-0707, ext. 201, or [email protected]. To take a look at the ...read more

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May 12, 2017

For the week of April 4-10 The Bash for Augie's Quest held at IHRSA has raised more than initially reported. It brought in $2,813,649 as of the first week of April. Also, stay tuned for more regional fund-raising events to support MDA's ALS division. You can get more information ...read more

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May 12, 2017

For Jan. 24 to Feb. 6 Stan Mavis is the new president of Sugoi Performance Apparel, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cannondale Bicycle Company. Mavis co-founded Pearl Izumi in the United States and held the titles of president and chairman for 12 years. Most recently, he was the ...read more

By admin
May 12, 2017

For March 14-20 Stretchmate is now operating independently, no longer a licensee of Life Fitness after three years. To find out more information about the product and its function, contact Fred Dolan at 508-429-0707, ext. 201, or [email protected]. To take a look at the ...read more

By admin
May 12, 2017