[June 2009]

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Solutions In This Issue

  • WARMUP - HOT TOPICS FOR JUNE   [Read More...]


  • FEATURE - Strength Training: The Core of Your Floor - If a club's cardiovascular area has the power to wow with its style, flash and features, strength training is the core of the club-offering members a chance to improve muscle mass, total-body strength and balance.   [Read More...]


  • FEATURE - Risky Business - Limiting Liability At Your Club - Everything in a club is designed to help improve members' health but, in undesirable conditions, the equipment, staff and areas inside a gym can also potentially bring them harm through improper use, injury or mismanagement.   [Read More...]


  • TECHNOLOGY - Promoting Online Joining - The world of selling has changed. Internet technology has evolved tremendously and club membership prospects are now shopping online. Successful clubs are implementing sales strategies to get people to their Web sites and engage prospects and members throughout the buying cycle.   [Read More...]


  • RETENTION - Customer Care Equals Cash - The No. 1 reason customers stop doing business with a company is that they perceive an attitude of indifference.   [Read More...]


  • PROGRAMMING - Recession Proof Your Business With Weight-Loss Management Programming - The current economic climate poses challenges that our industry has never before encountered. With 89 percent of economists believing we are in a recession, how you evaluate and execute your business strategy could make or break your short-term success and long-term sustainability.   [Read More...]


  • NEW PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT - LeMond's G-Force UT - It's no big secret that Greg LeMond knows something about bikes, and today he has focused his passion for cycling into developing exercise bikes that strive to increase individual performance.   [Read More...]


  • COOL DOWN - Taking It To the Max - How Karen Jashinsky and O2 MAX have given teens a fitness place to call their own by using the power of online social networking to create a unique fitness community for young adults.   [Read More...]


Raising the Bar

James Weaver, CEO of Gold's Gym International, comes across as a man who sticks to his word. He's also a man who doesn't believe in walking away from a job and leaving unfinished business behind. A born entrepreneur with a real desire to improve - regardless of the project - Weaver seems to be exactly what Gold's has been looking for: A leader who can help take the gym chain to the next level and allow the company to realize its full potential as one of the most recognizable brands in the world.

A LEADER IN THE MAKING

Weaver grew up in Dallas in a family with a modest income. He went to work at an early age to help make ends meet and paid his own way through school at the University of Texas, ultimately graduating with honors. After college, Weaver set out to find a company that would allow him the opportunity to apply his education to the business world. He was looking for an organization that would offer opportunities for advancement and excellent training, which he found in Johnson & Johnson Medical. Throughout his 10 years with the company, Weaver led sales and marketing for its Hospital Division and also gained experience with operations. "I don't believe that things happen due to circumstance alone," says Weaver, who feels his entire life has prepared him for the role of CEO at Gold's.

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