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By C. singha
24 Hr Fitness (24 Hour Fitness); The world wide leader and expert in the health and fitness industry.
(official is 24 Hour Fitness) is the world's largest privately owned and operated fitness center chain. The company's corporate office is loacted in Carlsbad, California. The operations' headquarters is in San Ramon, California in the Bay area. has over 19,000 employees. The founder is Mark S. Mastrov and current CEO is Carl Liebert III. is currently a subsidiary of the private equity firm Forstmann Little & Company, since its acquisition in a $1.6 billion leveraged buyout in 2005.
began as a one-club operation in 1983 called 24 Hour Nautilus. Mark Mastrov, Leonard Schlemm and a third partner began the firm, but eventually it was only Mastrov and Schlemm who continued its expansion.
In 1994, 24 Horr Nautilus partnered with McCown De Leeuw. Soon thereafter the Northern California-based Family Fitness Centers chain was acquired and renamed 24 Hour Fitness.
24 Hr Fitness has since grown to more than 385 clubs in 16 states and become the largest privately owned and operated fitness center chain in the United States and world.
expanded to Asia in 2000 through the purchase of Ray Wilson’s California Fitness Centers, and currently operates facilities in four Asian countries. The company now boasts more than 3 million members in more than 385 clubs worldwide.
Beginning in 2000, further differentiated its business by partnering with five fitness superstars - Andre Agassi, Lance Armstrong, Jackie Chan, Earvin “Magic” Johnson and Shaquille O’Neal. During the last six years, embarked on these partnerships to advocate fitness and help reach the company’s mission of making fitness a way of life for everyone. These athlete partners embody what stands for: hard work, determination, a positive attitude and persistence while having fun along the way.
In 2004, became the first official fitness center sponsor of the 2004-2008 United States Olympic teams. The sponsorship grants memberships to some U.S. Olympic hopefuls and includes upgrades
New Happenings this Week
The practice of yoga improves the blood and oxygen flow around the body which aids in the removal of toxins and waste. Yoga also reduces stress hormones, which in turn lowers cholesterol. To learn more check out this week's article on Yoga and Cholesterol Management. In fitness, Namita
Hot Fitness Tip of the Week
If you eat a low-fat diet in the hope of losing weight, you unintentionally make the problem of weightloss worse. If, like millions of women, you have eaten a low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet for many years, or followed fad diets, the odds are good that you have become at least partially insulin resistant. Millions of women are trying the Atkins Diet or the South Beach Diet. While these diets are an improvement over the conventional low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet, they can worsen your metabolic problems, because dieting itself is stressful to the body. So many women need to heal their metabolism first before even considering weight loss.
Words of Inspiration
Visualize to Realize: You can't hit a target you cannot see! Create a visual picture of where you want to be, who you want to be, and you will become that person. How do you stay motivated? How do you keep on the right path? You must see it before you can be it! Create your very own visual picture. Make a collage of your goals, dreams, wishes and fantasies. Your mind does not know the difference between what is real or imagined. What you think about most you move towards. There is an invisible gravitational force that directs you towards your thoughts. Your mind thinks in pictures; begin now to plant the visual images you wish to saturate your mind. Mary Lou Rhetton saw herself winning her first gold medal long before she actually competed in the Olympics. Your mind's eye is much more powerful than your physical eye's. See your goals in vivid detail -- meditate on them. Running, jumping, singing, playing, moving with less fat on your body. You are graceful, strong, powerful, energetic. You eat only healthy fuel. The more specific your goals are the easier it is to visualize the process of attaining the goal and the stronger your belief will be in being able to accomplish the goal. Strong belief is the catalyst to appropriate action. Belief strengthens your motivation and motivation stirs you to take the next important step....ACTION!
Suceess Quote
Almost any idea is good if a man has ability and is willing to work hard. The best idea is worthless if the creator is a loafer and ineffective.-William Feather
Healthy Recipe
Garlic-Potato Linguine: Makes: 6 servings, Ingredients: 8 new potatoes, 3/4 cup cooked green beans, 10 ounces of your favorite pasta, 1/2 cup vegetable stock, 3/4 cup green peppers, sliced, 1/2 cup onions, chopped, 1 tablespoons garlic, minced, 3 teaspoons red pepper flakes, 1/2 cup tomato juice, 4 cups mixed greens, Directions: Bake the potatoes at 350 degrees F for 35-40 minutes. Cut the potatoes into small chunks. Cook green beans and immediately rinse in cold water. Cook pasta according to package directions. Drain well, and return to the pot. Set aside. Heat the vegetable stock over moderate heat. Add the green peppers and onions and cook, covered for about 10 minutes. Add the garlic and hot red pepper flakes and cook another 2 minutes. Add the tomato juice, potatoes, greens, beans, and pasta and cook until heated through. Nutritional Information: Serving size: 1 1/2 cups, Calories: 200, Fat: 1.5 g, Cholesterol: 0 mg, Protein: 12 g, Carbohydrates: 34 g, Sodium: 270 mg.
Article of the Week: Yoga and Cholesterol Management
Yoga and Cholesterol Management: Cholesterol is a soft, waxy substance found among lipids (fats) in the bloodstream and cells. Cholesterol isn't all bad. Our bodies use it to form cell membranes, for example. But too much cholesterol in the bloodstream can be unhealthy, and lead to coronary heart disease. Yoga, uses exercises (asanas) to relax and tone the muscles and to massage the organs, breathing techniques (pranayam) to regulate the body's energy levels, meditations to calm the mind, and relaxation postures to reduce and eliminate stress and anxiety. The practice of yoga improves the blood and oxygen flow around the body which aids in the removal of toxins and waste. For yoga to be truly beneficial to the lowering of your unwanted bad cholesterol it must be practiced on a regular basis. Yoga also reduces stress hormones, which in turn lowers cholesterol. That is why meditation is similar to yoga in its cholesterol-lowering power. Yoga will surely help you get rid of the cholesterol and you will be highly satisfied when after two months you go to check the level and find them impressively low. To bring down the ill effects of stress and its byproducts, a daily regime of meditation practices involving simple breathing techniques, and the use of deep meditative techniques practiced for at least 20 - 30 minutes daily can greatly bring about a feeling of good health and a significant lowering of cholesterol. Breathing exercises, meditation and poses namely the Kapalbhati Pranayama is the perfect combination for lowering cholesterol.
to some U.S. Olympic Training Centers across the country, including renovation of the facility in Colorado Springs, CO in 2004 to be followed by Lake Placid, NY and Chula Vista, CA.
worked with NBC to develop a reality show, "The Biggest Loser", which featured 12 overweight contestants competing to lose weight over several months. The show aired in late 2004 and early 2005, and again in late 2006.
Today has about 3 million members and 425 clubs in 16 states, and 24 clubs in five Asian countries. Besides the USA, it has centers in Asia (Singapore, Hong Kong, Taipei and Taichung in Taiwan, Beijing and Shanghai in China, and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) through its wholly owned subsidiary California Fitness. Its European clubs closed in the early 2000's. Its major competitors in the US are Bally's, Gold's Gym, and LA Fitness. Its main competitors in Asia are also the same, plus the Fitness One Chain of Australia.
Its rapidly expanding affiliate California Wow Xperience (CEO is a former Cali Fitness executive), is a California Fitness offshoot, has member swap agreements with both chains, and runs 15 gyms located in Seoul and Daegu, Korea (4) and Bangkok, Chiang Mai and Pattaya, Thailand, including one female only club(10). In Asia, its major chain competitors are Fitness First and Gold's Gym.
plans to have more than 1000 clubs in the next five years. With sponsorships with various celebrities and athletes such as Jackie Chan, Lance Armstrong, Shaquille O'Neal, And Andre Agassi.
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New Happenings this Week
The practice of yoga improves the blood and oxygen flow around the body which aids in the removal of toxins and waste. Yoga also reduces stress hormones, which in turn lowers cholesterol. To learn more check out this week's article on Yoga and Cholesterol Management. In fitness, Namita
Hot Fitness Tip of the Week
If you eat a low-fat diet in the hope of losing weight, you unintentionally make the problem of weightloss worse. If, like millions of women, you have eaten a low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet for many years, or followed fad diets, the odds are good that you have become at least partially insulin resistant. Millions of women are trying the Atkins Diet or the South Beach Diet. While these diets are an improvement over the conventional low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet, they can worsen your metabolic problems, because dieting itself is stressful to the body. So many women need to heal their metabolism first before even considering weight loss.
Words of Inspiration
Visualize to Realize: You can't hit a target you cannot see! Create a visual picture of where you want to be, who you want to be, and you will become that person. How do you stay motivated? How do you keep on the right path? You must see it before you can be it! Create your very own visual picture. Make a collage of your goals, dreams, wishes and fantasies. Your mind does not know the difference between what is real or imagined. What you think about most you move towards. There is an invisible gravitational force that directs you towards your thoughts. Your mind thinks in pictures; begin now to plant the visual images you wish to saturate your mind. Mary Lou Rhetton saw herself winning her first gold medal long before she actually competed in the Olympics. Your mind's eye is much more powerful than your physical eye's. See your goals in vivid detail -- meditate on them. Running, jumping, singing, playing, moving with less fat on your body. You are graceful, strong, powerful, energetic. You eat only healthy fuel. The more specific your goals are the easier it is to visualize the process of attaining the goal and the stronger your belief will be in being able to accomplish the goal. Strong belief is the catalyst to appropriate action. Belief strengthens your motivation and motivation stirs you to take the next important step....ACTION!
Suceess Quote
Almost any idea is good if a man has ability and is willing to work hard. The best idea is worthless if the creator is a loafer and ineffective.-William Feather
Healthy Recipe
Garlic-Potato Linguine: Makes: 6 servings, Ingredients: 8 new potatoes, 3/4 cup cooked green beans, 10 ounces of your favorite pasta, 1/2 cup vegetable stock, 3/4 cup green peppers, sliced, 1/2 cup onions, chopped, 1 tablespoons garlic, minced, 3 teaspoons red pepper flakes, 1/2 cup tomato juice, 4 cups mixed greens, Directions: Bake the potatoes at 350 degrees F for 35-40 minutes. Cut the potatoes into small chunks. Cook green beans and immediately rinse in cold water. Cook pasta according to package directions. Drain well, and return to the pot. Set aside. Heat the vegetable stock over moderate heat. Add the green peppers and onions and cook, covered for about 10 minutes. Add the garlic and hot red pepper flakes and cook another 2 minutes. Add the tomato juice, potatoes, greens, beans, and pasta and cook until heated through. Nutritional Information: Serving size: 1 1/2 cups, Calories: 200, Fat: 1.5 g, Cholesterol: 0 mg, Protein: 12 g, Carbohydrates: 34 g, Sodium: 270 mg.
Article of the Week: Yoga and Cholesterol Management
Yoga and Cholesterol Management: Cholesterol is a soft, waxy substance found among lipids (fats) in the bloodstream and cells. Cholesterol isn't all bad. Our bodies use it to form cell membranes, for example. But too much cholesterol in the bloodstream can be unhealthy, and lead to coronary heart disease. Yoga, uses exercises (asanas) to relax and tone the muscles and to massage the organs, breathing techniques (pranayam) to regulate the body's energy levels, meditations to calm the mind, and relaxation postures to reduce and eliminate stress and anxiety. The practice of yoga improves the blood and oxygen flow around the body which aids in the removal of toxins and waste. For yoga to be truly beneficial to the lowering of your unwanted bad cholesterol it must be practiced on a regular basis. Yoga also reduces stress hormones, which in turn lowers cholesterol. That is why meditation is similar to yoga in its cholesterol-lowering power. Yoga will surely help you get rid of the cholesterol and you will be highly satisfied when after two months you go to check the level and find them impressively low. To bring down the ill effects of stress and its byproducts, a daily regime of meditation practices involving simple breathing techniques, and the use of deep meditative techniques practiced for at least 20 - 30 minutes daily can greatly bring about a feeling of good health and a significant lowering of cholesterol. Breathing exercises, meditation and poses namely the Kapalbhati Pranayama is the perfect combination for lowering cholesterol.
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