Search Weight Loss Topics:

Page 1,163«..1020..1,1621,1631,1641,165..1,1701,180..»

Home » Fitness » Page 1163

LONDON (AP) -- Police officers who run out of breath before making an arrest were warned Thursday they could be dismissed under proposed new fitness rules for British law enforcement.

Outlining plans for an overhaul of police pay and conditions, lawyer Tom Winsor commissioned by the government to carry out the first major review in 30 years said officers should face annual tests to check they are in shape for their job.

A review of about 11,500 officers and staff who work for London's Metropolitan Police showed about half of male employees and about a third of the females were overweight.

"Running after a suspect, or apprehending a violent or disturbed person, requires physical fitness and strength," Winsor said. "All officers need to be physically fit enough to do their jobs."

Under his proposals, police would undergo a yearly fitness check involving running exercises. Those who fail to meet specific standards would have their pay docked, or in extreme cases could be dismissed.

Winsor said that officers are currently only required to pass a fitness test when they join as a recruit, and that only some specialist police units such as firearms squads carry out regular assessments.

"Keeping fit is key to an efficient and effective police service, and it is what the public would expect and deserve. It is right and proper that police officers should do everything they can to keep themselves physically fit," London's police commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe said in a statement, supporting the plan.

Former West Midlands police chief Edward Crew, who also worked on the review, assured officers they would not be expected to hit the standards set by elite athletes. "We are not looking for supermen," he said.

The review also recommended lower starting salaries for constables the entry grade for British police officers and new educational requirements for recruits.

Britain's government has not yet discussed whether it plans to take up all or any of Winsor's proposals.

See the original post:
UK: Bloated bobbies face new police fitness tests

A Bushwick fitness instructor fired by the City Parks Department after she blasted the agency for cutting classes is teaching her students on her own dime.

Ivanna Nazaire is still leading ten heart-pounding sweatathons each week inside the I.S. 291 cafeteria on Palmetto Street despite the city cutting her $300 pay.

I cant stop teaching. I cant fail the people like that. Its wrong, Nazaire said.

Parks Dept. officials announced late last year that Bushwicks Shape Up - a program that provides free fitness classes around the city - would go from 12 to 7 hours of aerobics sharing the rest of the time with a site in hipster Williamsburg.

Nazaire bashed the plan to The News saying her faithful low-income students shouldnt be treated this way.

Two months later, Parks officicals told Nazaire to stop teaching the classes.

For these people, this is it; they have no other place to go, Nazaire said.

Coalition for Hispanic Family Services' Beacon Center for Arts and Leadership has been allowing Nazaire to use the cafeteria at night for the classes while it runs other night-time programs at the school.

Beacon Center director Sara Woolley is continuing Nazaires schedule despite the citys decision to can her.

She is an incredible instructor, said Woolley adding that nearly 800 Bushwick residents worked out with Nazaire in 2011 and already 500 people have come to her step, body strength, and boot camp classes.

Read more from the original source:
City fires Bushwick fitness teacher but she keeps pumping on  

RALEIGH, NC and WALTHAM, MA--(Marketwire - March 15, 2012) - Peoplefluent(TM), offering a unique combination of best-of-breed mobile and SaaS suite solutions for Talent Management, Vendor Management and Workforce Compliance and Diversity, today announced details of its latest expansion into the Canadian market by partnering with GoodLife Fitness. The largest fitness company in Canada, GoodLife employs approximately 10,000 people across the country and boasts almost 300 locations. With continued growth expected, the company will rely on Peoplefluent's Recruitment Management System (RMS) to improve the efficiency of its hiring processes.

GoodLife, based in London, Ontario and sponsor of the annual GoodLife Toronto Marathon, is undergoing a rapid expansion of its brand. Anticipating further growth, the company upgraded its recruiting solution for its growing staffing requirements. As GoodLife hires almost 300 employees per month, the company was looking for a way to improve hiring processes by implementing a robust and flexible solution that would be able to keep up with expected growth. The company licensed Peoplefluent RMS to achieve improvement in its applicant tracking process, increased onboarding efficiency and greater quality of hire while speeding the candidate decision process.

RMS is the first Peoplefluent product to be used by GoodLife and went 'live' in December, ensuring that the company is sufficiently staffed for the annual increase in membership at the beginning of the new year. The first stage of the process will be to help GoodLife improve its applicant tracking process, enabling the company to find the right talent from its candidate pool. Such an improvement will accelerate the entire hiring process for the organization and result in a more efficient time to hire and reduced hiring costs.

Along with improved hiring and onboarding processes, GoodLife will benefit from the comprehensive analytics provided by RMS. With Peoplefluent's analytics, GoodLife will now have access to benchmarks and effective reporting on its applicant tracking procedures.

"As we plan to open more locations and increase our hiring throughout 2012, we needed to partner with an organization that could keep pace with our hiring needs and help us to improve our recruitment strategy," said Steve Groves, Vice President & CIO, GoodLife Fitness. "After considering several different vendors, we realized that Peoplefluent provided the best solutions to help us meet our goals."

About Peoplefluent RMS

Peoplefluent RMS is a recruitment management system aimed at streamlining the recruiting process for companies with a high volume of labor. It encourages greater collaboration between business managers and recruiters, allowing hiring teams to find and hire the best talent possible. RMS also provides a system for managing internal talent pools, flexible employment branding for different experience levels and workforce compliance and diversity solutions.

About Peoplefluent

Peoplefluent is transforming Talent Management through best-of-breed technology and expertise. With a deep focus on business intelligence and analytics, the Company's mobile and SaaS technology gives clients the actionable insight required to make strategic decisions that drive better business results. Nearly 80 percent of the Fortune 100 use Peoplefluent Talent Management, Vendor Management and Workforce Compliance and Diversity solutions to manage salaried, hourly and contingent labor across their organization. These solutions manage the entire talent lifecycle from recruiting to onboarding and through the ongoing management of each person's career while helping organizations measure, analyze and empower their existing workforce. The Company's solutions currently support more than 5,000 organizations ranging in size from large, global corporations to small and medium-sized businesses, and it is used by more than 5 million users in 214 countries and territories around the world.

About GoodLife Fitness

Continue reading here:
UPDATE: GoodLife Fitness Selects Peoplefluent Recruitment Management Solution

Police officers should undertake an annual fitness test and face a pay cut if they repeatedly fail, a report said Thursday, after finding that half of London policemen were overweight.

"I think the public will be surprised that after passing a fitness test at the point of entry, except in special units like firearms, physical fitness is not tested again in a 30-, 35-year career," said report author Tom Winsor.

The senior lawyer was commissioned by the government in October 2010 to review police pay and conditions as part of ministers' efforts to slash spending through cuts and reform of public services.

He found 52 percent of male officers in London's Metropolitan Police are overweight, 22 percent are obese and one in ten are morbidly obese. For women, the figures were 32 percent, 16 percent and two percent respectively.

Winsor recommended that from September 2013, police officers be required to complete a test which would see them running the equivalent of 8.8 kilometres per hour (5.5 miles per hour) for three minutes and 35 seconds.

Those who fail the test three times should be subject to disciplinary procedures and a pay cut, the report said.

By 2018, the fitness test should become more difficult by adding activities which "police officers do and can be involved in", such as climbing over walls, it added.

Read more:
Police face fitness tests after half found overweight

NEW YORK, March 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Crunch Fitness, the health club chain known for pioneering a philosophy of No Judgments and making fitness fun, is headed to the Evergreen State with the opening of a new franchise location in Bellevue, WA in Spring 2012. The club will join a multitude of popular businesses in the Crossroads Shopping Mall at 15600 NE 8th Street, Bellevue, WA 98008. Situated just across Lake Washington from Seattle, this 14th franchise club to open worldwide also marks the 9th U.S. state to welcome the growing fitness brand.

(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090909/NY72689LOGO)

"We are thrilled to bring Crunch to Washington State and combine the strength of this world-renowned fitness organization with a locally owned and family run approach," said Pat Cooney and Vittorio Favati, co-owners. "Our commitment is to deliver a fun and affordable fitness environment to each of our valued members, and compliment the sense of community that the Crossroads Shopping Center has worked so successfully to create."

Cooney and Favati bring with them 50 years of business experience to Crunch Bellevue and look to open more than 10 locations throughout the greater Puget Sound area over the next 5 years. The family management team will also include Erin Cooney, who will lead the development of thetraining programs and services offered by the club, and Crista Favati who will be responsible for overseeing membership services and community outreach programs.

The impressive facility with approximately 18,000 square feet proudly offers top-of-the-line strength training equipment and over 75 cardio machines, a designated personal training area, access to an online fitness and nutrition program, tanning, full service locker rooms and a hydrotherapy massage bed. The expansive Group Fitness studio will house Crunch's notorious group fitness classes, such as, BOSU Bootcamp, Zumba, BodyWeb w/TRX and Yoga Body Sculpt, just to name a few.

Now available are exclusive membership deals, including a special $0 enrollment offer for a limited time. For more information, visit http://www.crunchbellevue.com, email memberservices.bellevue@crunch.com , call 425-641-1000 or stop by the enrollment center in the Crossroads Shopping Center. Crunch, owned by Angelo Gordon and New Evolution Ventures (NeV), has opened 18 new clubs in the past two years with 37 current locations worldwide and loads more in the pipeline.

Crunch is a gym that believes in making serious exercise fun by fusing fitness and entertainment and pioneering a philosophy of No Judgments. Renowned for creating unique programming that caters to an exceedingly diverse membership, Crunch has raised the bar for the entire fitness industry. Headquartered in New York City, and owned by private-equity firm Angelo Gordon and New Evolution Ventures (NeV), Crunch serves over 140,000 members with 37 gyms worldwide. Go to http://www.crunch.com for more information.

About New Evolution Ventures (NeV) Based in Northern California, New Evolution Ventures (NeV) is a private equity firm focused on the acquisition, development and operations management of fitness, media and sports interests both domestically and internationally. Founded in 2008 by Mark Mastrov, Jim Rowley and Mike Feeney, and following a strategic partnership with Vision Capital in 2011, the current team of NeV professionals is shaping the world of fitness, media, and sports one brand at a time. With a foundation representing over a century of business experience, NeV currently has operations and investments in more than 20 countries worldwide representing over 800+ facilities. For more information, visit http://www.nev.com.

Original post:
Crunch Fitness to Open First Club in Washington State With Franchise Location in Bellevue

By Sean Cochran, Golf Fitness

Speed development in the golf swing is an extremely important goal in the execution of an effective golf swing. Not only is it one of the more important objectives of the golf swing it is definitely one area where most every golfer would like more of it. And rightfully so as more speed equals more distance.

The question to ask is how can we increase speed in the golf swing?

To answer this question we must first take a look at how speed is developed in the golf swing. According to research from the Titleist Performance Institute power (i.e. speed) development within the golf swing is created via four channels.

The first of these channels is angular. Angular is a reference to the ability of the golfer to maintain the hinging of the wrists in the downswing into the impact position. Research indicates the greater lag within the downswing results in a more efficient and larger amount of energy transfer into the club at the impact position.

Angular speed development is ultimately contingent upon the efficiency by which the golfer executes the biomechanics of the golf swing: Basically, the greater efficiency within the execution of the golf swing equals more lag and increases in angular power.

The second channel of speed development within the golf swing is termed Vertical. Vertical power is a reference to the ground reaction forces generated during execution of the swing. An oversimplification of vertical power at work in the golf swing is the posting action onto the lead leg during the downswing and impact position.

Throw power is the third channel of speed development within the golf swing and is associated with the ability of the body and its muscular system to work like rubber bands where muscles are stretched and then contracted rapidly to produce high levels of speed.

The final channel of speed development in the swing is rotary power. Rotary power is the ability of the body to generate torque. Torque is basically speed in a rotational movement pattern and is evident in the golf swing in concepts such as the coiling and the development of an X-Factor.

We can see from this information four channels exist for the creation and enhancement of power (i.e. speed) within the athletic actions of the golf swing. Research also indicates outside of angular speed, the ability to increase power via these channels has a physical and instructional piece to the equation: Instructional referring to improving the efficiency by which the body executes the biomechanics of the golf swing. This in turn allows for greater efficiencies to occur within the development and transfer speed.

More:
Tour Report: Fitness: 4 keys to developing speed

SCHILLER PARK, Ill., March 15, 2012 - Life Fitness, global leader in commercial fitness equipment manufacturing, will debut its exclusive Lifescape(TM) flagship feature, which engages the user in a truly personal experience through immersive outdoor adventures that bring workouts to life, and on-demand content that enlivens every session. The new Life Fitness Lifescape feature will be displayed on a touch-screen attachable TV, March 15th at IHRSA, the world`s largest fitness trade show.

"Lifescape is the first step in a series of tech innovations we will be rolling out to make the cardio experience a total escape into the workout," said Dan Wille, vice president of global marketing and product development for Life Fitness. "The Lifescape attachable TV`s ability to match the user`s experience with the workout courses is exclusive to our products."

Lifescape features interactive, high-definition hikes, runs and bikes through famous locations around the world with integrated machine controls that adjust video speed to that of the exerciser, and resistance to match the terrain.

Available on the Integrity Series treadmills, ellipticals, bikes, stepper and Summit Trainer, users can choose from six exclusive landscape courses which include hikes through Yosemite and King`s Canyon national parks, runs through Germany and the Trinity Mountains, and bike rides through Champagne and Col de la Colombire, France. In total, 17 workout landscapes are available for exploration.

Popular On-Demand entertainment options are also available through Lifescape, including streaming movie trailers, television shows and thousands of music videos. Exercisers can also create personal music video playlist, with video categories ranging from Pop, Hip Hop & R&B, Rock, Country, 80`s & 90`s, which are stored under that user`s profile for access from any Lifescape screen. Lifescape also recommends new courses, On-Demand videos, and workout programs every session.

The Lifescape experience is personalized to every user. Exercisers create an account and Lifescape stores favorite workouts and entertainment, while also tracking workout progress in sync with the Life Fitness Virtual Trainer (www.virtualtrainer.lifefitness.com). The Life Fitness Virtual Trainer is a free online tool that allows exercisers to create cardiovascular and strength training workouts, view their progress and share workouts, to help them improve results and stay motivated. Lifescape and the Life Fitness Virtual Trainer also push updates to personal Facebook accounts if the exerciser so chooses, to let friends and family share in the workout experience.

For the gym-owner, Life Fitness Lifescape also provides detailed online reporting that takes the guesswork out of facility usage, giving insight to number of workouts, average duration, and total workout hours. Customized reporting capabilities allow users to select the exact data they want to export for analysis.

The Life Fitness Lifescape will be displayed on Integrity Series products at IHRSA, March 15 and 16, 2012, at the Life Fitness Booth #2001. For more information about Lifescape and events at IHRSA, visit http://www.lifefitness.com/IHRSA.

[Editor`s note: To obtain an image to accompany this story, contact Lauren Kamm at lauren.kamm@lifefitness.com]

About Life Fitness Life Fitness is the global leader in commercial fitness equipment. The company manufactures and sells strength and cardiovascular equipment under the brand names Life Fitness and Hammer Strength and distributes its equipment in more than 120 countries. Headquartered outside Chicago, in Schiller Park, Ill., Life Fitness is a division of Brunswick Corporation (NYSE: BC - News).

Read the original post:
Brunswick Corporation : Life Fitness Introduces Exclusive Interactive Workout Landscapes With On-Demand Content

Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (PRWEB) March 14, 2012

Whether indoor or outdoor, open to all or focused on a special population, fitness boot camps continue to draw fans and participants and make their owners and operators easy money in the fitness business. A new website at http://www.fitness-boot-camp-franchise.info/ offers details on getting started and succeeding in the fitness boot camp franchise business without paying excessive monthly or franchise fees.

The site offers three affordable and effective fitness boot camp franchise options: Adventure Boot Camp: The worlds leading fitness boot camp includes no monthly fees as well as the most recognized and respected brand in fitness boot camps. IMPACT: Intense Mixed Performance Accelerated Cross Training is a low-cost, high-impact fitness boot camp training program that combines boot camp exercises, group exercise and personal training. TACTIX: Drawing on the popularity of martial arts, this self-defense and martial arts boot camp business model is non-contact and includes a complete turn-key boot camp system that is easy to roll out.

All three boot camp options can be run as part of an existing fitness business or as a stand-alone boot camp business.

If you are interested in launching and running a successful, lucrative fitness boot camp business, you might be closer to success than you realize, since all of these options are so simple to implement, said John Spencer Ellis, founder of John Spencer Ellis Enterprises, a fitness and personal development solutions company. Operating a fitness boot camp business is the simple, easy way to own your own fitness business and earn far more money than you would by running a personal training studio or boutique fitness club, not to mention that you have the freedom to run your fitness boot camp business the way that you choose.

Each boot camp program, available through online, self-paced training, includes business tips, tools and techniques as well as workouts and training information. In addition, the new site includes information on fitness marketing and social media outreach for boot camp operators, personal trainers and other fitness pros.

About John Spencer Ellis Enterprises and Fitness Business Franchises John Spencer Ellis Enterprises is a solutions provider for fitness and coaching professionals around the world, providing education, turn-key business programs, coaching and resources for new and advanced fitness and coaching professionals. For more information about John Spencer Ellis Enterprises or fitness boot camp business franchises, please visit http://www.fitness-boot-camp-franchise.info/

Read the original:
New Website Offers Turn-key Fitness Boot Camp Franchise Options

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwire -03/14/12)- Fitness First have been providing a service to corporate groups for 20 years, with both parties enjoying great success from the scheme. The newest corporate deals from the health club giants promise to become commonly acquired by businesses in 2012 who are looking to improve the health, morale and productivity of their workforce.

Companies can sign up with Fitness First and subsequently offer a free gym pass to all employees. The membership can be paid through salary sacrifice for which the employee will be able to benefit from the NI savings. Fitness First are promoting their corporate deals as antidotes to issues like staff absenteeism, inefficiency and poor morale.

Fitness First suggest poor health and injury account for almost 60% of lost working hours and that one in four working adults take time off because of stress. With a free Fitness First membership, workers can stay in top mental and physical condition, which maximises working efficiency.

Meanwhile, the health club provide office freebies to motivate non-members to join in the fun. The added extras include:

- Fitness Friday - "bring a friend to workout with you for free every Friday" - Great value personal training programmes - Exclusive offers with First Club - Group exercises - Dedicated registration days - Free promotional posters - Payslip attachments - Health awareness seminars - New-employee induction packages

There is plenty on offer from these updated corporate memberships and Fitness First are striving to use the deals to get the nation in good health in time for the Olympics.

Suzanne Loughnane, Head of Corporates at Fitness First, commented:

'Regular exercise has been proven to enhance productivity levels and a healthy body means a healthy immune system - which effectively means less absenteeism. We have always enjoyed great relationships with our corporate members and want to grow our client base in 2012.'

A free Fitness First membership is a valuable employee benefit that may even play apart in staff recruitment procedure - which is particularly beneficial to agencies.

To find out how your business can benefit from a corporate membership or to investigate the different payment options available, visit http://www.fitnessfirst.co.uk today.

Original post:
Corporate Gym Memberships from Fitness First

KOHLER, Wis., March 13, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Internationally-renowned yoga teacher and Yoga Life Coach(TM) Deborah Williamson is coming to town April 13th to offer a one-day workshop for all fitness and yoga instructors who'd like to add another skill to their tool box -- Yoga Body Bootcamp(TM).This fun, body-changing class combines the intelligence of Crossfit with the sweaty sultriness of Zumba and it's a great fit for any gym, yoga studio or health club. Instructors can register for the one-day certification, which takes place 7 a.m.-5 p.m. April 13th at the Power of Your Om, 1221 State Street, #201 (upstairs), at this link: http://wildabundantlife.com/category/yoga-body-bootcamp/. "This class is crazy fun," says Williamson, a longtime leader in the yoga and fitness world, who brings a nutrition & business background to her new venture, Wild Abundant Life. "It's a great way for fitness buffs to experience yoga for the first time and is selling out wherever it's offered. Our participants love connecting with people from around the world at the trainings and in our post training online support groups."News hook: See for yourself the excitement of Yoga Body Bootcamp(TM) by covering this certification training. You'll find a unique mix of yoga and fitness bootcamp stations that actually transform brain chemistry. Reporters are welcome.Time hook: Please help us promote this first-time certification training in Santa Barbara! Any advance mention would be much appreciated.Local angle: This is the first time YBB certification is being offered in Santa Barbara, and Deborah Williamson is teaming up with Power of Your Om Santa Barbara, a new studio which opened in the fall of 2011 and offers a variety of classes. Its mission is to help others become empowered and create a personal transformation. Participants who complete this Yoga Body Bootcamp(TM) certification will be listened to teach the 60-minute class, which combines yoga asana, moving meditation and boot camp stations, at any fitness or yoga outlet. Get certified as a Yoga Body Bootcamp instructor; reserve your spot in this one-of-a-kind workshop: http://wildabundantlife.com/category/yoga-body-bootcamp/.

Founder of the internationally recognized Yoga Life Coach(TM) & Yoga Body Bootcamp(TM) programs, owner of Midwest Power Yoga, and co-founder of LIVE LOVE TEACH, Deborah Williamson has been an educator, coach and teacher of teachers for more than 25 years. She has trained hundreds of yoga teachers and Yoga Life Coaches(TM) and coached thousands of people. Debbie travels the world for work and play (usually simultaneously) 75 percent of the year, and spends the rest of her time with her husband, Mark, and their Bernese mountain dogs, Yogi & Rocky. She is at work on several book projects to be released in 2012.WILD ABUNDANT LIFE is everything Debbie under one crazy brand, from books to boot camps, coaching to cleansing and more. -30-

CONTACT: Kellie Lin Knott kellie@wildabundantlife.com, 617-435-8683

Founder of the internationally recognized Yoga Life Coach(TM) & Yoga Body Bootcamp(TM) programs, owner of Midwest Power Yoga, and co-founder of LIVE LOVE TEACH, Deborah Williamson has been an educator, coach and teacher of teachers for more than 25 years. She has trained hundreds of yoga teachers and Yoga Life Coaches(TM) and coached thousands of people. Debbie travels the world for work and play (usually simultaneously) 75 percent of the year, and spends the rest of her time with her husband, Mark, and their Bernese mountain dogs, Yogi & Rocky. She is at work on several book projects to be released in 2012.WILD ABUNDANT LIFE is everything Debbie under one crazy brand, from books to boot camps, coaching to cleansing and more.

This information was brought to you by Cision http://www.cisionwire.com

http://www.cisionwire.com/your-people/r/calling-all-yoga---fitness-instructors,c9230673

The following files are available for download:

Here is the original post:
Calling All Yoga & Fitness Instructors

Page 1,163«..1020..1,1621,1631,1641,165..1,1701,180..»

Home » Fitness » Page 1163