For the first seven years of his career, Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal shied away from being vocal about issues to avoid being the target of political zealots.

I hate politics, Beal said of his general mindset. With politics comes judgments, and when you speak out, thats when the shut up and dribbles come out.

But in 2020, during his eighth professional season and amid a global pandemic and worldwide protests, Beal found motivation to leap into the political realm.

I have two boys, Beal said, and, while they wont be raised the way I was raised, the decisions we make today ultimately impacts what happens to them down the road.

Theres a lot at stake in the 2020 election including economic inequality, a growing health crisis and political decency that will impact Beals sons. Thats why the 27-year-old NBA star is voting for the first time.

Beal represents a new awakening for professional athletes who have thrust themselves into this years political process. The tragic killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and others have fueled athletes to become vocal participants. And among all the professional sports leagues, the NBA and WNBA have assumed the most prominent roles in encouraging people to vote.

Voter registration was one of the NBAs main platforms when play resumed in July and, as a result, the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) says more than 90% of its members who are eligible American voters are now registered. Last week the NBPA announced a $350,000 donation ($250,000 from proceeds from the 2019-20 season restart jersey auction) to support 18 organizations that work to increase voter turnout and combat voter suppression.

The WNBA, which has been a leader among all professional sports leagues on social issues, also introduced a platform in August called Unite the Vote in an effort to enable each of the leagues 12 teams to register as many voters as possible.

Earlier this year, Beal joined Washington Mystics guard Natasha Cloud to lead a march on Juneteenth through the streets of Washington. Beal has quickly gotten comfortable in his new role of speaking out against police brutality and encouraging people to vote.

Ive had to educate myself, Beal said. Ive been looking into the history of my family, my grandparents and learning about the struggles they had in gaining the right to vote.

During the summer, Beal expressed regret that he remained silent following the 2014 killing of Michael Brown, which occurred not far from the NBA stars hometown of St. Louis. He said he was wrong for thinking for most of his career that professional athletes didnt really have a voice.

As a basketball player, I just felt like I was removed as a citizen of the world and thought, we dont have a voice, we dont have an opinion, Beal said. Its kind of Fd up in a way.

But the NBA and the NBPA are supporting us and giving us a voice to use our platforms to be able to speak out and be the voices of people who arent heard, and the people who are underserved.

Playing for the Wizards, Beal sees underserved communities regularly, especially when he drives to the Entertainment and Sports Arena (the teams practice facility and the home to the Mystics) in Ward 8, one of the most economically challenged areas in Washington.

To grow up in that type of environment to now, where I see it daily, were still not removed from it, Beal said. Those are the people we have to utilize our platform for.

While a shoulder injury prevented Beal from accompanying the Wizards for their brief stretch in the NBA bubble in Orlando, Florida, he was thrilled to watch the games and see the messaging during every contest.

We wanted to continue to see Black Lives Matter on the court, and that theres going to be a commercial on the issue after every free throw break, until you were sick of seeing it, Beal said. And every sport was doing it, which makes it so funny to me when you tell basketball players to just shut up and dribble. We just have to ignore all the ignorance and try to reach those who want to come together and change.

It isnt just Beal lending his voice to the voting efforts. Other players from the Wizards, Mystics and Washington Capitals, which all fall under the Monumental Sports and Entertainment umbrella, are also stepping up.

Ive moved around so much that I never really had a chance to establish roots where I could vote, said Wizards guard Ish Smith. Now Im Googling all of the local races, and having political debates with my sister, my mom and my girlfriend.

The events of this year and the activism that was encouraged by the NBA in the bubble forced Smith, playing with his 11th NBA team, to slow down and take a closer look at the political process.

Ive learned that politics is crazy, and I realize that when Im in Starbucks with my mask on and hearing the different things that people are saying about different topics, Smith said. All that I hear makes me want to further educate myself so that, when it comes to the day that I vote, Im making a rational and not emotional decision.

Many sports venues around the country will be used as voting sites for the Nov. 3 presidential election. Voting has already started at some of those venues, including big turnouts in Atlanta (State Farm Arena is offering free COVID-19 tests and flu shots with early voting), Los Angeles and New York.

In Washington, that includes the Capital One Arena (home of the Wizards and Capitals) and the Entertainment and Sports Arena (ESA), both large-scale venues that have been classified as voting supercenters. Nationals Park will also serve as a voting supercenter. All will be open to voters on Oct. 27 and through Election Day.

The ESA was named a voting site after nudging from Cloud, who encouraged the move in a series of tweets.

The efforts of the Mystics, Wizards and Capitals have been fully supported by Monumental Sports.

When you see them giving of themselves their energy and their opinions its inspiring, said John Thompson III, vice president of player engagement for Monumental Basketball. With Bradley, theres a growth and maturity with him where he now understands he can make a difference.

While Beal said he isnt trying to tell people who to vote for, he wants them to consider whats going on in the world as they make their decision.

Educate yourselves, and understand whats at stake, Beal said. I was one of those guys in a different generation who didnt vote because I didnt think my vote counted. So here I am today preaching the exact opposite. Your vote matters.

Early voting indicates that there will be a record turnout for this years presidential election, and Beal likes to think that the efforts of professional athletes have played a small part in the increased numbers.

Athletes are role models and mentors and people value what we say, so I think what weve done has helped, Beal said. Seeing the numbers of early voters is an eye-opener, and it shows everybody is putting their heads together, diving into change and showing how they can affect the world.

Beal said that between now and Election Day hell be working in St. Louis and Washington to convince those to get out and vote.

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Ill definitely volunteer and if they allow me to work the polls in Washington, I will, Beal said. Its great that theyre using our arena as a polling place, and Im hoping thatll bring a big turnout.

In a year where he thrust himself into the political process, Beal said that 2020 wont be a one-off.

My grandparents were born in the 1930s, and it wasnt until the 1960s that they earned the right to vote, Beal said. Theyre blessed to be able to see how far weve come today. But to see how far we still have to go, its important we keep up the fight.

Jerry Bembry is a senior writer at The Undefeated. His bucket list items include being serenaded by Lizz Wright, and watching the Knicks play an NBA game in June.

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If you're a basketball fan, you already know that the Miami Heat recently lost 4-2 against the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2020 NBA Finals. Despite falling short, Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra was regularly recognizedfor his journey from obscurity to becoming one of the youngest and most respected coaches in the league.

Entrepreneurs can learn a lot from Coach Spoelstra and his story of grit and selfless determination. Did you know that he is the first Asian-American Coach in NBA history, or that his Dad, an NBA marketing executive, helped Spoelstra land his first job with the Miami Heat as a video coordinator even though Erik had zero editing experience? Lets analyze the four strategies that got him where he is today.

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Erik played basketball his whole life. He played with future Hall of Famers in high school and in the NCAA. He even had a short stint overseas in Germany as a pro player and coach. Upon his return to the States, he couldnt find a job. What did his dad do? What any father would do. He used his connections to get his son a job with the Miami Heat in 1995.

Now before you start crying "foul" or making excuses that it was daddys connections," you should remember that he remained the video coordinator for seven years before being promoted. Spoelstrawasn't that kind of entitled kid. He respected the opportunity. Every day on that job was a chance to prove his value to the organization that hired him as an afterthought.

Long before he was known as Coach Spo, he was known as Mr. No Problem, because it didnt matter what was being requested of himhis response would always be, "No problem." You have no idea how invaluable that is until you have someone like that in your organization.

Anyone can tell you that something can't be done. Anyone can bring problems to your attention. Captain Obvious can tell you that a building is on fire, but it's Captain Marvel that will put out the fire or rescue the people inside. Which captain are you?

Spoelstras official title was video coordinator, but he did whatever was asked and whatever was needed of him. Latte? No problem. Dry cleaning? No problem. Car wash? No problem. NBA Championship? No problem. You have to become the Mr. (or Ms.) No Problem of your organization.

These days, the average employee lasts four years or less at their job and that duration continues to decline. Your parents were wooed by the 40-40 plan. Work for one company for 40 hours a week, for 40 years, and retire on a company pension. These days, that sounds ridiculous, and why shouldnt it? You live in a microwave society where everything is available at your fingertips. Everything is on demand. Food? GrubHub. Music? Apple Music. Sex? Tinder.

Whatever you desire is available at your fingertips except for one thing:success. You cant buy success, let alone speed it up. It doesnt matter what the endeavor it is. Becoming proficient at anything takes time and effort. Malcolm Gladwell estimates that 10,000 hours is the magic number required to become an expert at something. If you were to work 40 hours a week, that would equate to about 2,000 hours per year for about fiveyears to reach 10,000 hours,and thats not taking into account any vacation time.

Spoelstra spent twoyears as a video coordinator watching thousands of hours of basketball video in what the Miami Heat called The Dungeon. He was then promoted to assistant coach, but remained the video coordinator for another two years. Two years later, he maintained his assistant coaching positionand became an advanced scout. At that point he had invested sixyears of his life into the Heat organization. He remained an assistant coach until legend and Hall of Fame Coach Pat Riley handed the reins to him seven years later in 2008. It took Spoelstra13 years of honing his craft and being Mr. No Problem before he landedhis dream job.

How many years have you invested in your business, your professionor your career? What new skills are you developing or improving to make yourself a more attractive candidate to your employers? Dont be discouraged if you arent seeing results after two years of hard work. You cant rush greatness anymore than you can slow down time.

WhenRiley decided that Spoelstra would replace him, he held a meeting his protegelikened to a scene out of The Godfather. As Spoelstra recounted an interview with TNT, Riley told him,Im done. Youre ready for it. This will be like youre in a birds nest,and Im going to push you off the branch, and you are going to have to figure out how to fly. You have enough experience, youve worked for great people. This is happening. Take a couple days to get your S-H-I-T together, and Monday is the press conference.

Talk about ripping off the Band-Aid. Elevenyears. Thats how long Spoelstraworked as an assistant coach to the great Pat Riley,and even then he wondered if he was ready for the job.

There will never be the perfect time to do something great. Your finances wont be 100 percentready. You will question your ability. There will be doubt. You might even panic. Do it anyway. Whatever it is that you want to start should be worked on today. Dont put it off.

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When you learn to live your life just outside your comfort zone, you will discover that you are stronger than you thought. You will also realize that most fear and stress is self-imposed. How many times have you lost sleep over something that you thought would blow up in your face, only to realize that it was an easy fix that you had been avoiding?

The Miami Heat didnt win the 2020 NBA Championship, but it was one heck of a run led by a special coach who knew how to extract every ounce of talent out of his players. Spoelstras journey is a tale of dedication to his craftand commitment to self-improvement that any entrepreneur veteran or rookiecan benefit from studying.

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She said its also important for leaders to be authentic about their efforts, and if the issue is treated as a box-ticking exercise, its impact will be diminished very quickly.

CEOs really set the tone and culture for diversity in their organisations, and they do that through visible demonstration of their commitment to diversity, Ferguson commented.

Read more: Diversity should just be about ticking the box

That can happen through the things they do every day, but also through the policies and procedures they put in place to champion diversity. Its about proactivity, speaking widely and being prepared to have those hard conversations across your organisation, but confidently and with authenticity.

People know when you arent speaking authentically, so its about really living and breathing diversity and being able to articulate that from a business, social and cultural perspective.

Ferguson said that a positive side-effect of the COVID-19 pandemic is that its moved the flexible working conversation forward, but she said leaders now need to be prepared to commit to what it involves long-term.

Its also about being able to listen to feedback and take it on board, and doing that throughout the entire organisation not just talking about it as something that needs to be done around the boardroom table, she said.

You need to take the time and commitment to speak to people on the front line, really understand what the challenges are, and then be prepared to put things in place.

You also need to put the lens on your organisation, and be prepared to have hard conversations around equal pay, she added. And then its about being prepared to pull the levers you need to in order to balance that out.

Teresa Tepania-Ashton, CEO of Mori Womens Development an organisation offering support, loans and coaching to Mori women in business said that a CEOs role as the head of the company is to identify the key values of the business, and to implement change based on those values.

Read more: Top executive on the momentum of change for women in insurance

She noted that a leaders role can be illustrated by a Mori proverb e t ki te kei o te waka, kia pakia koe e ng ngaru o te w. To stand at the stern of the canoe, and feel the spray of the future biting at your face.

The CEO is at the cold face, and not only do we implement, inform and direct both culture and change, whether it be to our governors or staff, we really need to direct and drive that canoe forward, Tepania-Ashton said.

COVID has helped us make that change for those who already predicted a change in trends, the move was seamless but others have needed to catch up.

For me, change in direction needs to be at the core of everything, she explained.

Change is inevitable, and, through that, we actually find the culture within our organisations. At Mori Womens Development, we are really keen on life coaching and mindfulness as a key component of our culture, because its driven by our values and to me, values drive what change in culture should be. Once we identify what those are, we can ensure that right at the top in governance we have diversity, and we have policies that guide our culture.

So for me, the CEOs role in driving change is to stand at the stern of that waka and steer, change, innovate and pivot in the right direction.

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Rachel Hays is moving into the Parkway Plaza building Nov. 1 for her new business, Walter Grace LLC. Pictured is Rachel, left, and her family, Emma, Brandon and Henry.

Pictured is Parkway Plaza, 4471 41st Ave., into which Rachel Hays will be moving her new business.

Pictured is Rachel Hays. Hays is set to move into the Parkway Plaza building soon as she starts her new business.

Rachel Hays just incorporated her new business, Walter Grace LLC, and will be moving into the Parkway Plaza,4471 41st Ave.,on Nov. 1.

Right now, she said its scary and uncomfortable, but also exciting. Her business will focus on empowerment and accountability coaching, as well as business relationship consulting, the former of which she needed to really get started.

This is where empowerment coaching is so important because even as an individual myself, I kept finding reasons not to do it right, like Oh, I dont know how to do this or I dont know how to do that, said Rachel, a Columbus native. One day I texted Renee Mueller if she had any office space in town that I could look at.

Within 12 hours, Mueller, broker and owner of kwELITE in Columbus, had her looking at a place. Mueller owns Parkway Plaza.

Now Rachel has office space, which means no more pushing her dogs out of her office when someone calls, and the physical space allowed her to start pulling together the necessary pieces, like a website and name.The name, Walter Grace, is her sons middle name and her daughters middle name put together.

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Colby College announced has opened the $200 million Harold Alfond Athletics and Recreation Center on its Waterville, Maine, campus.

The college says in a news release that the 350,000-square-foot building is the most advanced and comprehensive NCAA Division-III facility in the nation.

The center has an aquatics center with the only Olympic-sized Myrtha pool in Maine, an ice arena with year-round regulation ice, the Margaret M. Crook Center with three regulation-length basketball/volleyball courts, and the open-air ONeil Atrium at the center of the building. Additional highlights:

Construction of the center was made possible in large part from the philanthropic support of the Harold Alfond Foundation.

The three-story building was developed to emphasize daylight and openness, maximize views into venues, and intuitively articulate the buildings organizationconveying a sense of intimacy despite its expansive scale.

The college is aiming to achieve LEED Gold certification for the center's design and construction. Key sustainability components include optimizing natural resources (e.g. daylight harvesting), minimizing embodied carbon, and reducing energy and water use as well as carbon and greenhouse gas emissions.

The architects on the project are Hopkins Architects and Sasaki. The general contractor is Consigli.

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Introduction and Scope: Global Health and Fitness Club Market Based on highly decisive data unravelling approach braced by highly professional researchers and analysts in our teams, the Global Health and Fitness Club Market is expected to nail a bullish growth through the growth span, 2019-25.

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A personal trainer works with a client, as seen through the window of a downtown London fitness studio.

London's top doctor unveiled a list of modifications to new rules meant to limit the spread of COVID-19 within the city's sport and fitness community that are set to take effect this weekend.

The changes affect a sweeping new set of guidelines issued by the London-Middlesex Health Unit earlier this week, that imposed strict changes to the way health and fitness centres, such as gyms, spin and yoga studios and other fitness studios operate.

The modifications presented by Medical Officer of HealthDr. Chris Mackie Friday represent a slight loosening of the rules in some cases, but he emphasized that the intent remains the same to prevent the kind of super spreader event at a downtown Hamilton fitness studio earlier this month from happening in London.

"Spinco was following all the rules," Mackie said. "From a public healthcare perspective, this is a public health disaster. The main goal of our order around fitness facilities is to try to avoid this situation."

The incident at SpinCo in Hamilton infected a total of 80 people, even though all of the people participating in the high intensity workout were spaced two metres apart.

Mackie told the virtual town hall Friday that a total of 48people were initially infected directly by participating in the class, including 46 patrons and two staff, who then spread the illness other settings, resulting in 26 secondary cases, affecting 15 homes, eight schools, six healthcare facilities and 22 workplaces, resulting in hundreds of people being tested for the virus.

"We're not willing to wait until we have cases here before taking reasonable actions to prevent them. The fact that these things are dangerous somewhere else means they're dangerous here and we need to put limitations in place to prevent that risk."

The new, modified set of rules presented in the virtual town hall Friday affect all gyms, health clubs, community centres, arenas, exercise, danceand yoga studios in the London region and include:

Mackie said it's important for people who play team sports to physical distance when they aren't on the playing surface, to ensure a reduced risk of transmission of the virus.

"That's where you see those very large outbreaks," he said. "People sitting on a bench breathing heavily contributes significantly."

"We are not going to allow the kind of super spreader conditions that allowed the situation at SpinCo."

Mackie said the reason health officials are focusing so much on sport, and not places such as malls or large retail outlets where larger numbers of people are permitted, is because of the heavy breathing and increased cardiovascular activity associated with sport increases the risk of transmission.

"In all those settings people are wearing masks," he told the virtual forum. "Second of all, they're not involved in intense activity. You don't get people doing heavy breaking. Heavy breathing Contributes spectacular to the spread of COVID."

The new rules take effect Saturday at midnight and will affect all sports and fitness activities scheduled in the London region this weekend.

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Selbyville, Delaware, the 2019-2026 report on Global Health and Fitness club Market explores the essential factors of Smart Reefer Container industry covering current scenario, market demand information, coverage of active companies and segmentation forecasts.

Health and Fitness club provide people, access to controlled environmental condition space and services focused on health and fitness in exchange of a fee. Presently, various attractive membership fees offered by fitness and health clubs, increasing spending on advertisement and marketing, are helping the fitness and health clubs to attract mass segment. Rising awareness among people to avail healthy lifestyle and increasing number of lifestyle-oriented diseases are some major forces, contributing towards the growth of the health and fitness club market globally. Global Health and Fitness club Market is valued approximately at USD 87.64 billion in 2018 and is anticipated to grow with a healthy growth rate of more than 7.7% over the forecast period 2019-2026.

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Top Key Players Profiled in this Report:

24 Hour Fitness

Golds Gym International, Inc

Equinox

Life Time, Inc. Planet Fitness

McFIT GmbHVirgin Active

CrossFit Inc

Fitness First

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To provide detailed information regarding the major factors (drivers, restraints, opportunities, and challenges) influencing the growth of the Global Health and Fitness club Market.

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To describe and forecast the overall Global Health and Fitness club Market, in terms of value, segmented based on type, and application.

To forecast the market size for various segments, by key region.

The Global Health and Fitness club Market spans across five major geographies: North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East and Africa.

To analyze opportunities in the overall Global Health and Fitness club Market for stakeholders by identifying the high growth segments.

To profile key players and analyze their Market ranking in terms of revenues and core competencies and provide details of the competitive landscape for the Global Health and Fitness club Market leaders.

To analyze growth strategies such as Contracts, Mergers and Acquisitions, Product launches and Developments, and Research and Development in the overall Global Health and Fitness club Market.

Segmentation of Global Health and Fitness club Market:

Market by Service Type:

Membership fees

Total admission fees

Personal Training and instruction services

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Chapter 1 Introduction and Overview

Chapter 2 Industry Cost Structure and Economic Impact

Chapter 3 Rising Trends and New Technologies with Major key players

Chapter 4 Global Health and Fitness club Market Analysis, Trends, Growth Factor

Chapter 5 Global Health and Fitness club Market Application and Business with Potential Analysis

Chapter 6 Global Health and Fitness club Market Segment, Type, Application

Chapter 7 Global Health and Fitness club Market Analysis (by Application, Type, End User)

Chapter 8 Major Key Vendors Analysis of Global Health and Fitness club Market

Chapter 9 Development Trend of Analysis

Chapter 10 Conclusion

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Health and Fitness club Market Expanding at 7.7% CAGR to Hit USD 87.64 billion by 2026 - Illadel Graff Supply

BOSTON, Oct. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --The International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) released first-of-its kind data from a new national survey* of Americans with gym memberships that addresses their physical and mental state throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. The full results from the study, which was conducted in collaboration with leading international insights company Kelton Global, a Material Company, are published in "The COVID Era Fitness Consumer" IHRSA report and delve into how Americans feel about the pandemic overall, what effects it has had on their overall health and fitness, how the virus has shaped their personal wellness outlooks, their overall comfort levels returning to the gym and more.

As gyms closed due to COVID-19 in March, members were forced to change up their routines. While some got creative with at-home workouts, others struggled to find a comparable fitness solution. The study overwhelmingly found that gymgoers look forward to returning to their gym and at least one aspect of physically being in their gym (95 percent), plus the routines and sense of community they associate with it as they push to reach their personal fitness goals. In fact, when asked what they missed most, the only thing Americans miss more than going to the gym (59 percent) is visiting their loved ones (65 percent) more so than going to concerts or games (55 percent), bars or restaurants (51 percent) or even seeing movies in theaters (46 percent).

Not only do gym members feel positively about returning to the gym many feel ready and motivated to do so they look forward to enjoying the physical and mental benefits of working out at their gym again, from building strength and their immune system to releasing mood-boosting endorphins. Notably, exactly half (50 percent) of gym members express dissatisfaction with at-home fitness efforts and changes to their routine, primarily because those new routines are less challenging (54 percent), less consistent (53 percent) or just simply worse (51 percent) than their gym-going routines.

The study reveals a number of additional insights regarding how people feel about going to the gym amidst the pandemic, including:

"The data confirms the essential role health clubs play in promoting and maintaining the wellbeing of consumers," said Jay Ablondi, executive vice president for global products for IHRSA. "With 70 percent of members relying on their gyms to maintain their overall health, Americans are looking at getting back to, maintaining and even improving their exercise habits and noting nothing but confidence in their gyms to be safe, comfortable and clean. Clearly, there's no replacement."

The full results from "The COVID Era Fitness Consumer" IHRSA report study and report are available at IHRSA.org/the-covid-era-fitness-consumer.For additional details on the study and how the fitness industry is committed to keeping its members safe, healthyand moving, visit IHRSA.org.

*Online survey conducted by Kelton Global, a Material Company, to 1,171 people aged 18+ in the United States who currently have a gym membership, or recently canceled their gym membership due to COVID-19. The survey was conducted online during the period of August 24-28, 2020, and has a margin of error of +/- 2.9 percent.

About IHRSA

IHRSA, the International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association, is a not-for-profit trade association representing the global fitness industry of over 200,000 health and fitness facilities and their suppliers.

IHRSA maintains a leadership role in advancing physical activity, which is critical to peak health and the battle against obesity and chronic lifestyle disease. As one of the world's leading authorities on the commercial health club industry, IHRSA's mission is to grow, promote, and protect the health and fitness industry, while providing its members with benefits and resources. IHRSA and its members are devoted to making the world happier, healthier, and more prosperous through regular exercise and activity promotion.

About Kelton Global

Kelton Global, a Material Company, is a leading global insights firm serving as a partner to more than 100 of the Fortune 500 and thousands of smaller companies and organizations. For more information about Kelton Global please call 1.888.8.KELTON or visit http://www.keltonglobal.com.

Media Contact Meredith Poppler IHRSA, International Health Racquet & Sportsclub Association VP Communications & Leadership Engagement [emailprotected]

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October 22, 2020 14:10 ET | Source: Curves

WACO, Texas, Oct. 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- This year, Curves celebrates 28 years of delivering a fitness solution designed specifically for women and 28 years of creating entrepreneurial opportunities for women who want to own their own business, provide for the financial needs of their families, and be a health resource in their communities. Krishea Holloway, President and CEO of Curves NA and Oceania, Inc., says that in 2020, Curves offers even more opportunities for entrepreneurs who have a passion for fitness and healthy living.

When Holloway took ownership of Curves in North America and Oceania in 2019, she introduced changes to help existing franchise owners better manage their businesses, increase their revenue, and improve their members gym experience. Now Curves is offering entrepreneurs new ways to engage with the Curves brand.

For franchise owners of local Curves clubs, Holloways upgrades include:

State-of-the-Art Operating System Curves partnership with WellnessLiving offers owners an operating system that provides integrated CRM, payment, and member loyalty program tools and enables personalized webpages, reporting, and client communications.

Enhanced Revenue Opportunities The MyCurves on Demand program replicates the traditional Curves full body workout using a resistance band in place of the clubs circuit equipment for streaming workouts that can be done anytime, anywhere. When COVID-19 forced gyms to close temporarily, the at-home program provided an ongoing revenue stream for owners and a daily workout for Curves members. The MyCurves On Demand + Coaching Membership add-on includes weekly sessions with a Curves Coach.

The Curves Health and Wellness Education Series allows Curves Coaches to become health resources in their own communities by delivering the most recent research on important health topics. Courses include dynamic e-leanings, weekly content review, and an extensive library of functional exercises.

The Curves Strong (USA & Canada) and Curves Strong AU/NZ (Australia & New Zealand) apps provide Curves members with incentives to upgrade to premium status.

For entrepreneurs looking for a more flexible franchise option, Curves now offers: Curves Ambassador Program Curves Ambassadors are independent contractors who develop a network of prospects and subscribers. They earn commissions for direct sales of Curves virtual offerings and products in areas with no Curves gym.

Curves On The Go

Certified Curves On The Go Coaches lead group fitness classes at convenient drop-in, party, or corporate locations throughout their community.

I started my first Curves franchise at the age of 21, and I want more ambitious entrepreneurs to see Curves as a place to start and grow, said Holloway. My advice to aspiring business owners is, Its never too early or too late to start. Dont count yourself or your financial situation out before you try. I found a way to make the finances work on my own, even at an early age.

Curves is famous for its 30-minute fitness circuit, with a Curves Coach at every workout and accountability to stay on track for results. Each 30-minute session provides a fun, fast, and safe workout with strength training, cardio, and stretching. For more information about becoming a Curves franchisee or ambassador, visit http://www.BuyCurves.com.

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ABOUT CURVES For 28 years, Curves has been a leader in womens fitness, helping millions of women get stronger and healthier. Curves mission is to strengthen women by providing fun, fast, and safe programs to help women reach their health and fitness goals. Curves is one of the largest chains of fitness clubs for women in the world, famous for its 30-minute circuit with a coach that works every major muscle group with strength training, cardio and stretching. Curves Specialty Classes/Circuits focus on providing strength, balance, and flexibility through categories like Balance, Body Basics, Cardio, and Boxing. The Curves Nutrition & Weight Management Program promotes balanced and sustainable nutrition education designed to help decrease body fat, increase lean muscle mass, and improve metabolism when followed with the Curves workout. MyCurves On Demand brings the Curves trusted 30-minute workout to your own home. Led by real Curves coaches and developed by Curves program experts, MyCurves On Demand is accessible anytime, anywhere on your favorite smart device. The Curves Health & Wellness Education Series provides members with education on important health topics impacting women of all ages, so they can make improvements for their own health and wellbeing. For more information on any of Curves program offerings, please visitwww.curves.com.

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