Club Industry East: Jack LaLanne, Greg LeMond and What's New In Commercial Fitness.Business Editors/Health & Fitness Writers BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 20, 2000 Club Industry East arrives at the World Trade Center in Boston, Massachusetts “Boston” redirects here. For other uses, see Boston (disambiguation). Boston is the capital and most populous city of Massachusetts.[3] The largest city in New England, Boston is considered the unofficial economic and cultural center of the entire New , June 21 - 23, 2000. With 1 million people in New England New England, name applied to the region comprising six states of the NE United States—Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The region is thought to have been so named by Capt. belonging to some type of fitness, health or racquet club, exercise is becoming an essential part of life to residents of the Northeast. Club Industry East draws commercial fitness professionals to see the newest technology, learn about the newest trends and stay abreast of a rapidly growing industry. Many questions will be asked -- and answered -- at the event and its concurrent conference. Can exercise offset the effects of aging? Baby boomers See generation X. are growing older and the senior population is expanding rapidly. Weight Training for Seniors and Strength Training for Older Adults are among the many topics on the conference program. Hear from 85-year-old fitness legend Jack LaLanne Jack LaLanne (b. François Henri LaLanne, September 26, 1914) is an American fitness, exercise and nutritional expert, celebrity, lecturer, and motivational speaker. LaLanne has been referred to as "the godfather of fitness. how to attain a Fitness Age of 29 -- regardless of what your chronological age chron·o·log·i·cal age n. Abbr. CA The number of years a person has lived, used especially in psychometrics as a standard against which certain variables, such as behavior and intelligence, are measured. is! (Jack LaLanne will be presenting the keynote address keynote address n. An opening address, as at a political convention, that outlines the issues to be considered. Also called keynote speech. Noun 1. on Thursday, June 22, at 4:30 p.m. and participating in the Early Morning Aerobics at 7 a.m. on Thursday, June 22, and Friday, June 23. Limited interviews are available by calling 708/479-7540). Three-time Tour de France Tour de France World's most prestigious and difficult bicycle race. Staged for three weeks each July—usually in some 20 daylong stages—the Tour typically comprises 20 professional teams of nine riders each and covers some 3,600 km (2,235 miles) of flat and winner Greg LeMond will be in attendance too. How is the fitness industry faring on the "War on Obesity" declared by Club Industry Magazine for the year 2000? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), agency of the U.S. Public Health Service since 1973, with headquarters in Atlanta; it was established in 1946 as the Communicable Disease Center. , 1 in 5 adults is obese -- a number that has doubled in just a decade. Government statistics show that obesity is second only to cigarette smoking as the leading preventable cause of death -- the very reason Club Industry magazine is waging a year-long battle via a multi-media campaign, sponsored by Precor USA and FitLinxx. The program is designed to help the commercial health and fitness industry successfully promote better nutrition along with physical activity and exercise for weight management. All the tools necessary to motivate those who don't like to exercise and to continue motivating existing members will be on display. A full series of seminars designed to make fitness professionals aware of the latest techniques for successful weight management is also offered. Will interactive networks and programs change the way we keep fit? Today the web is accessible via virtually every piece of exercise equipment in a club. From checking email or stock quotes, to keeping in touch with your trainer, to a variety of entertainment networks, you can do it all -- while you're exercising! What's new? First, it was Spinning and Kickboxing...now, Stomping! Catch up on all that's new in commercial health and fitness -- what will be arriving soon at the health club near you. Media members can get the skinny on the fitness industry at Club Industry East and preview the latest and greatest in fitness. For more information, press credentials or other media assistance, please call Dianna Smoljan at the Show Office/Press Room at 617/385-6344 (6/21-6/23), or at 708/479-7540 prior to the event. Club Industry East is open to the trade only. The Club Industry East Conference & Exposition is produced by Intertec Exhibitions, a division of Intertec Publishing, one of the world's largest technical and trade publishing companies. It is sponsored by Club Industry magazine, an Intertec publication. Intertec Publishing, a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of PRIMEDIA Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :PRM PRM Partner Relationship Management PRM Parameter PRM Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (US State Department) PRM Partidul Romania Mare (Romania Mare Party) PRM Professional Risk Manager ), has more than 100 publications, 30+ trade shows and 350 books and directories serving a wide variety of professions, including the medical, health and fitness markets. PRIMEDIA, with 1999 sales of $1.7 billion, is a targeted media company with print, video and Internet businesses focused on consumer and business-to-business audiences. |
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