...A Diehard fan through and through The lights dim, as a familiar song begins to blast from the stadium speakers. As an engine revs to life, you see two red headlights in the darkness. The crowd roars and jumps to their feet. The song continues on until the lyrics "Bad to the Bone" begin. At the very same moment, you see a truck hauling down a dirt alley into the arena. The crowd is roaring on their feet chanting, “Grave Digger!” Monster Jam World Finals is a hidden gem; Very few people even know about this event, or that they have been held every year since 2000. This year, they changed the event to a two-day show instead of a one day like previous years. At first, I wasn’t sure if two days was going to be a good fit for this event. The price of the tickets went up increasingly or some it seemed. Many people would say that they should have kept the event at a one day. Although I believe that even though the price might have gone up. The two-day event is actually beneficial to you and also the finer quality of the show you receive. Excitement and anticipation overwhelmed me as I stood in line to enter the stadium. The first night was the racing potion of the championship. As you enter the immense red dome, you are immediately greeted with concession stands everywhere. All the cinder-block walls were a mustard yellow with massive signs separating the different sections of the seats in the arena. I walked into the arena down a long tunnel that had the same color and textured walls...
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...Managing Change For 24 Hour Fitness By: Team C – Five Guys MGT/426 October 31, 2013 Instructor Kathleen Kemmer Managing Change For 24 Hour Fitness Change is important in today’s world of business because it is fast-moving environment looking for a pace of change to slow more likely to be sorely disappointed. Without change, organizations would likely lose competitive edge and fail to meet the needs of what most optimism to be a growing base of loyal customers. In order for an organization to complete a successful change, organization need to able define a change and what specific change is necessary. The next step understands a cycle of change, and compare and contract of the two change agents. Finally is to select, which change agent is best suitable for the change that organization plan to complete. Frist define a change, it is something that presses people out of their comfort zone, it is inevitable, and it is better or for the worst, depending on where, and how people may view it. Change does have a necessary aspect of life and work. The world is changing more rapidly than ever. It is probable that people will have to cope with a variety of changes in the near future. The cycle of change begins when someone sees the challenge, and this challenge can be a threat to people within the organization, but it can also be an opportunity for growth and expansion. Either way, seeing the challenge awakens the need to change. There are...
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...Nagar Market research and image Analysis Student No. 28044 Project on Fitness Studios Table of Contents 1. MARKET RESEARCH ON FITNESS STUDIOS page(4,5) 2. A)Introduction Page(5,6) B) After World War 2 page(6,7,8) 3. The Birth of American Health page(9,10) 4. Marketing (page 10,11,) (a) Television Viewing (b)Observation 5. Interviews (Page 11, 12, 13) (A)Face to Face Interviews (B)Household Interviews 6. Final Survey (Page 14) 7. Results of the Survey (Page 15, 16, 17, 18) 8. Negative Feedback (Page 19) 9. Customer Satisfaction (Page 20) 10. Unique Fitness Clubs (page 21) 11. Challenges and Opportunities (Page 22, 23) 12. Conclusion (Page 24) 13. Appendices (page 24) 14. References (Page 25) MARKET RESEARCH ON FITNESS STUDIOS Taking a practical action-oriented approach, and focusing on established, need to know subjects. This seminar paper of mine will reflect market research on Fitness Studios in International Business Environment. This series will concentrate on developing practical texts. I made best efforts I could to ensure that each title that this research remains international in both content and research and gives a clear picture. Overall this paper will produce a body of work that will enhance international awareness about marketing research on fitness studios. Note:- I made every possible effort to ensure that the information...
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...SWOT and Strategy Evaluation: Fitness Centers Industry Amberly Locke PHL/320 September 14, 2015 Carolyn Harrison It today’s society, “going to the gym” has become a normal phrase heard around the world; however, the fitness center industry is not exactly in the spot light of today’s media and headline news. So, that sparks the interest of what makes the fitness center industry succeed, what are their strengths. What about the fitness center industry in the future; are there weaknesses that could ultimately cause them to fail as a whole? What about opportunities that could add to their success? Are there threats that lean on the shoulders of those managing such an industry? With all this curiosity, a SWOT analysis needed to be done. Are you curious about those results? Are you curious about the future of your gym? Industry Background The fitness center industry only came to light in the 1970s and 1980s with simple cardio (running), and aerobics. Though, in the early 2000s an enormous growth occurred in the industry; in the beginning of the decade there were 16,938 combined gyms and clubs, and by January 2008, there were 29,636 combined gyms and clubs (Franchise Help, 2015). This industry comes in many shapes and colors, so to speak; there are large name-brand franchises such as LA Fitness, 24 Hr. Fitness, and the YMCA, there are small local gyms that are ran by neighbors and friends of a small town, and of course the private, elite country clubs and spas (First Research:...
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........... 5 Scope of Simulation……………………………………………………….............. 6 Data Collection Fitting Distributions for Wait times…………………………………………8 Challenges Faced…………………………………………………………….9 Assumptions………………………………………………………………..10 Fitness Center Model…………………………………………………………….....9 Basic Model………………………………………………………………….9 Updated Model- More Realistic……………………………………………10 Swimming Pool Model……………………………………………………………13 Output Analysis…………………………………………………………………...14 Conclusion………………………………………………………………………...18 References………………………………………………………………………...19 Page | 2 Acknowledgements With sincere gratitude, I would like to express my special thank you to Professor Dr. W. David Kelton. This project would have never been completed without his direction, assistance, and encouragement. I would also like to thank my parents, for their endless support during each and every one of my life’s endeavors. Page | 3 List of Figures Figure 1. Triangular distribution observed in Input Analyzer for Fitness Center Wait times...………………………………………….. 8 Figure 2. Triangular distribution observed in Input Analyzer for Swimming Pool Wait times…………………………………………...8 Figure 3. “Assign” Module to choose second and third work out Dependently…………………………………………………………..11 Figure 4. Fitness Center- Updated Model in Arena...........................................................12 Figure 5. “Hold” Module to wait for empty lane………………………………...13 Figure 6....
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...SWOT Analysis: Fitness Centers Industry Courtney Albertson PHL/320 30 March 2015 Matthew Hazlett SWOT Analysis: Fitness Center Industry It today’s society, “going to the gym” has become a normal phrase heard around the world; however, the fitness center industry is not exactly in the spot light of today’s media and headline news. So, that sparks the interest of what makes the fitness center industry succeed, what are their strengths. What about the fitness center industry in the future; are there weaknesses that could ultimately cause them to fail as a whole? What about opportunities that could add to their success? Are there threats that lean on the shoulders of those managing such an industry? With all this curiosity, a SWOT analysis needed to be done. Are you curious about those results? Are you curious about the future of your gym? Industry Background The fitness center industry only came to light in the 1970s and 1980s with simple cardio (running), and aerobics. Though, in the early 2000s an enormous growth occurred in the industry; in the beginning of the decade there were 16,938 combined gyms and clubs, and by January 2008, there were 29,636 combined gyms and clubs (Franchise Help, 2015). This industry comes in many shapes and colors, so to speak; there are large name-brand franchises such as LA Fitness, 24 Hr. Fitness, and the YMCA, there are small local gyms that are ran by neighbors and friends of a small town, and of course the private, elite country clubs...
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...strategy aimed at embedding awareness of quality in all organizational processes. It has been widely used in education, government, manufacturing, and service industries. TQM processes are divided into four chronological categories: plan, do, check, and act (the PDCA cycle). In the planning phase, people define the problem to be addressed, collect relevant data, and discover the problem's root cause. Next in the doing phase, people develop and implement a solution, and decide upon a measurement to gauge its effectiveness. Third is the checking phase, where people prove the results through before-and-after data comparison. The final phase acting is where, people document their results, inform others about process changes, and make recommendations for the problem to be addressed in the next PDCA cycle (Green 2003). The large and growing importance of world trade is a major phenomenon of our time. This trend has been increasing from the merger of Europe into the European Union and by the rapid growth of a few of the less developed countries of Latin America, South America, and Asia. A customer needs assurance that quality products will be supplied while dealing assertively with any supplier. This assurance is principally important when customer and supplier are on a global basis,...
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...the analogy of finding the shortest possible distance between two towns or cities in a graph or a map with potential connection, which means that the path distances are always positive. Typically this is represented by a graph with each node representing a city and each edge being a path between two cities and there exist some traditional algorithms that produce solutions for the problem. A new method is found to solve the shortest path problem using GAs. The algorithm has been tested for a road map containing more than 125 cities and the experimental results guarantee to provide acceptably good solutions for the given search space. HE shortest path problem is typical in the world of combinatorial systems. This research will attempt to apply a Genetic algorithm to solve this problem based on a real world system. This is based on the analogy of finding the shortest path (i.e. the shortest possible distance) between two towns or cities in a graph or a map with potential connections (assuming that the path distances are always...
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...“True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are ever united.” (von Humboldt, n.d.). As the public becomes more health-conscious and the aging population places greater emphasis on remaining healthy and fit, the fitness industry is maintaining steady growth because of better dietary practices and a resurgence to play and become more active. It is no surprise the demand for gyms and health and fitness clubs will continue to rise. Therefore, my paper will cover the critical concepts as it relates to Bally Total Fitness Case Study. I will highlight Bally’s history, macro environment, SWOT analysis, corporate-level strategy, business-level strategy, and my recommendation for Bally Total Fitness. History, Development, and Growth Dave “Wild man” Wildman is said to be the founder of Bally Fitness, but it was Raymond T. (Ray) Moloney back in the early 1930’s who decided to create an affordable past time of pinball. Anyone could play pinball at the price of seven balls for one cent or 10 balls for a nickel. In January of 1932, Ray founded the popular past time while working under Lion Manufacturing in Chicago. The Ballyhoo pinball game was easy to make and very profitable. With the creation of the “Goofy,” the “Airway,” the “Rocket,” and the “Bumper” pinball machines, Bally Manufacturing, under Moloney’s leadership, took off. Bally Manufacturing headquarters remained in Chicago at the same address for almost 50 years. In 1936, Bally Manufacturing...
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...would result in more familiar structures, we combined an evolutionary algorithm with a model of the physical reality and a purely utilitarian fitness function, providing measures of feasibility and functionality. Our algorithms integrate a model of the physical properties of Lego structures with an evolutionary process that freely combines bricks of different shape and size into structures that are evaluated by how well they perform a desired function. The evolutionary process runs in an environment that has not been unnecessarily constrained by our own preconceptions on how to solve the problem. The results are encouraging. The evolved structures have a surprisingly alien look: they are not based in common knowledge on how to build with brick toys; instead, the computer found ways of its own through the evolutionary search process. We were able to assemble the final designs manually and confirm that they accomplish the objectives introduced with our fitness functions. This chapter discusses background and related work first (section 2), then goes on to describe our methods; first the model we use to simulate Lego structures (sections 3-4), then the representation and evolutionary algorithms (section 5). The results sections (6-7) discuss applications, showing the results of several evolutionary runs and illustrating with pictures of the final assembled Lego...
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...proud heritage and reputation of being the greatest fighting force in the world. It has upheld this status by maintaining the physical fitness and appearance of its soldiers. Every soldier is individually responsible for his or her overall fitness and body fat percentage. In addition to this, every unit appoints a Weight Control Non-commissioned Officer (NCO) to ensure that established weight and body fat standards are adhered to and followed. It is the sole responsibility of the Weight Control NCO to identify soldiers not meeting the standards and develop a program in order to assists those soldiers in meeting the standards. If a unit’s Weight Control NCO successfully develops and implements an effective program, the unit will have a high percentage of physically fit soldiers, who can be mission ready at all times. Background Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, currently has 25 soldiers, who are overweight and do not meet the body fat standards. In light of this problem, First Sergeant (1SG) Jeffery Clark quickly appoints Staff Sergeant (SSG) David Upton as the company’s new Weight Control NCO and charges SSG Upton with the task of developing a program to solve the overweight problem in the company. To accomplish his task, SSG Upton will have to develop a program that incorporates periodic weigh-ins, body fat percentage tests (also known as tape tests), extra physical fitness training, counseling, and nutrition advice for the 25 overweight soldiers...
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...Penetration Strategy l. Growth Strategy m. Communication Strategy 6. Financial Plan n. Start-Up Costs o. Continual Costs p. Revenue 7. Critical Risk Factors Executive Summary Mission Statement: Valley CrossFit is the elite health and performance facility located in Shelton, CT. Valley CrossFit provides clients with a comprehensive health and fitness program tailored to their needs. Our coaches have experience in training athletes, weekend warriors, and people just looking to get in shape and have a good time. We have developed a health and fitness program that is second to none. Valley CrossFit’s coaches are experts in the fields of sport conditioning, injury prevention, nutrition, and fitness. Our focus is to offer each member that trains in our facility a life-changing experience as they work towards elite health and fitness. The greatest key to your success is you. Achieving elite levels of fitness is a process that takes time, determination, and the watchful eye of our dedicated staff of coaches. Whatever your fitness level is today and whatever your fitness goals may be, we are there to help you and guide you every step of the way. As with any endeavor, having fun is the glue that holds it all together. Valley CrossFit has no equal in the ability to foster a sense of accomplishment and team building amongst its participants....
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...College School of Science and Technology Cardio Kickboxing PHED 1090-08 Term and Year: Fall 2012 Professor: Mona Smith, MEd Office: I 2134 Open Door Times: By mutual agreement of the student and the instructor Professor’s Contacts: msmith11@ggc.edu, or preferably through D2L 678-429-2556 (cell) Prerequisites: None Course Location: F-2104, Aerobics room Meeting Time: Thursday 3:30-4:45 pm Course Description: This course will teach students the proper technique and fundamentals for cardio kickboxing and introduce them to a new form of lifetime aerobic activity, utilizing punches and kicks as well as improving their physical fitness. This course will also address all of the five components of fitness. Required Textbook: No required textbook. Course Format: Each class meeting will follow the format below: ▪ Introduction to basic skills, lecture on various material: 10 minutes ▪ Stretching/Warm-up: 10 minutes ▪ Cardio based activity: 45 minutes ▪ Cool Down/ Stretching: 10 minutes . Grading Scale: A 90 – 100 (Excellent) B 80 – 89 (Good) C 70 – 79 (Fair) D 60 – 69 (Poor) F below 60 (Failure) |Assignment ...
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...Details FROM: * Sports Performance Bulletin TO: * irivs@yahoo.com Message flagged Tuesday, May 29, 2012 4:31 PM If you do not wish to receive any further messages from this Group please click here to unsubscribe. If you are having trouble viewing this email, please click here. Celebrate the start of Summer with this special offer from Peak Performance! | | "Your optimum fitness is MY new mission"This new, 12-week marine-fitness programme is guaranteed to make you "survival fit" and looking better than you dare imagined...Test drive this programme for only $9.99, risk free, by clicking here | | | Dear friend,Forget any 'rippling pecs in two-minutes-a-day' scams and stupid workout videos fronted by z-list celebrities. If you want to guarantee fitness levels up to the elite level of a Royal Marine Commando and a body others would kill for then this what you've been waiting for. Let's start off my getting a few things straight.Number 1. The intense 12 week training programme I'm about to invite you on to is tough. If you don't already have a basic level of fitness and a desire to be the absolute best you should stop reading this now.Number 2. I'm not going to pad out my advice to you with senseless fluff just to flatter your ego. This is serious. If you think running on a treadmill for twenty minutes a few times a week and a tasteless, restrictive diet is ever going to make you truly fit then this really isn't for you.I'm looking for people who want to...
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...human service career. Often to help students organize their thoughts, goals, and ideas of their future many colleges with host “Career Day”. Career day is basically a networking fair. Businesses, companies and corporations come together in one place to inform students of the type of jobs that are out there and what the qualifications are, as well as what to expect in the working world. Many students gain a lot of insight and ideas for the direction they may like to pursue and center their career interest around. Usually there are people from different companies and fields of employment area who come to share information, stories and advice for the students. Some organizations you may run into are; physical therapy, occupational therapy, clinical psychology, and social work. Before deciding on a career option as a student you should be aware of your personal interest and goals. It’s important that students research different job markets before making a final decision. As a student attending a human and health service career field I would choose, physical therapy are a career focus and Lifetime Fitness as a potential company. Physical therapist or P.T.’s as they are also known, help clients such as accident victims, disabled people and other individuals with disabling conditions. Some common conditions a physical therapist may treat are; arthritis, lower back pain, cerebral palsy, head injuries, and heart disease. The purposes of treatments are so that clients may regain movement...
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