In the 2022 November/December issue, we spoke with Chans Brown, the fitness director at the YMCA of Cass and Clay Counties, about hiring personal trainers. What’s the first step you take when it’s time to ...
Diana Fulton, a regional director of personal training with the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas, shares 11 tips for healthy living in spirit, mind and body. What does it mean to be “fit?” At the YMCA, ...
The annual ACSM’s Health & Fitness Journal survey is used to determine industry trends by health and fitness professionals. More than 4,500 health and fitness professional participated in the survey and named wearables as the ...
YMCAs, JCCs and community rec centers are unique. They’re nonprofit entities, but they have to keep the lights on. This puts community rec professionals in a difficult position of finding the balance between prioritizing initiatives ...
“Isn’t it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?” — L.M. Montgomery If you have worked in fitness long enough, you are familiar with what is known ...
Offering stand-out personal training programs begins with the trainers in your facility. At the Deland Branch of the Volusia Flagler Family YMCA in Florida, all trainers are certified with at least a bachelor’s degree in ...
One of the most important aspects of membership sales in a community rec setting is communication. This, of course, includes your pitch and how you speak by volume, tone and pace. Often forgotten and just ...
Did you know those who join a fitness center without accountability are part of the average yearly 43 percent dropout rate? But, with accountability, that number decreases to 6.3 percent. While you can’t ensure a ...