A Recap of IHRSA's 30th Annual Convention and Trade Show

IHRSA's 30th Annual Convention and Trade Show has come to a close. Thousands of people attended educational seminars, group workouts, a busy trade show and the industry's best networking events over four days.

Here's some highlights from the event.

Dale Dibble Is Gone, But His Legacy Will Continue To Shape The Industry Zoe Veasey (pictured), who worked with Dale Dibble to start IHRSA and open Cedardale Health & Fitness, accepted the Dale Dibble Distinguished Service award Friday morning.

Tony Hsieh Delivers Happiness To The IHRSA30 Crowd Tony Hsieh gave his featured presentation to the IHRSA crowd. Among the lessons he gave the fitness industry: Adopt core values and commit to them.

Find Your Competitive Spirit In Woodway's Booth Everyone likes a little competition. Woodway's booth at the IHRSA trade show features a web racing console that allows two treadmill users to race against eachother. The technology is provided by WebRacing.org.

TRX's New Rip Trainer In Action Randy Hetrick, TRX's founder and CEO, and Pete Homan, the creator of the TRX Rip Trainor, explain the benefits of their new product..

A Photo Compilation of Day Two at IHRSA30 Here's a slideshow full of photographs from the day's events.

Daniel Pink Takes the Stage at IHRSA30 Daniel Pink, best-selling author of "Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us," took the stage last night to address a room full of IHRSA attendees.

A Simple Idea to Improve Your Retention Rate Thomas Kulp explains that getting to know your members is a key element in helping them find success at your health club.

A Photo Compilation of Day One at IHRSA30 Here's a slideshow full of photographs from the day's events.

Thanks to everyone involved with IHRSA30 for making it a success. We hope to see you in Los Angeles in 2012.

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Great to see everyone at IHRSA. Save the date! IHRSA 2012, March 14-17 2012 in sunny Los Angeles, CA USA

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