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Research-based guidance on retaining and engaging your club’s members, including strategies to enhance member experience.
Strategies and best practices about health club programming, including group exercise, corporate fitness, and the latest trends.
Best practices, case studies, and expert advice about hiring, training, and retaining your health club’s staff.
Guidance to help you make the best purchasing decisions, implement maintenance strategies, and stay up-to-date on equipment products.
Advice and strategies to help you become a stronger, more effective leader of your club. Learn from successful fitness industry veterans.
All the information you need to run a successful personal training program, including small group training strategies and certification standards.
Advice about running and maintaining your facility. Learn about the latest in health club design and facility-related product features.
Wellness & Community Programming
Expert advice to help you strengthen your club’s wellness programming, health promotion strategies, and community programming.
Tips and tricks to hone your club’s sales and marketing efforts, including social media best practices and membership sales strategies.
High-level information about health club strategic planning, financial strategy, resource allocation, and industry trends.
Expert advice and best practices about state, federal, and international laws and requirements affecting health clubs like yours.
Information to strengthen your technology strategy. Find guidance on technology investment, equipment tech, wearables, and products.
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3 Keys to Understanding Health Club-going Millennials
Millennials account for 28% of total health club members, according to the IHRSA Health Club Consumer Report. Find out how to attract this prime demographic with insights from our research expert.
Service Animals in Health Clubs: What You Need to Know
It’s important to understand your club’s rights and responsibilities when managing a situation involving a service animal.
Boost Member Engagement at Your Gym with Group X
Provide more novelty, diversity, and fun to your members by considering new group X programming from leading equipment suppliers.
9 New Takes on Fitness Programming
The innovative fitness programming ideas keep coming with new concepts that incorporate aerial fitness, electrical muscle stimulation, aquatic Barre, and more.
A Brief Guide to Gym Pricing from IHRSA’s Profiles of Success
The pricing information in Profiles of Success can serve as a guide when developing your own club’s pricing strategy. Our research expert breaks it down.
A Simple Solution for Health Club Attrition
How a single purchase can help you bolster member retention and increase revenue at your club.
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Fight for the Future of the Industry
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Events & Networking Opportunities
Our events feature the best in fitness industry education, peer-to-peer networking opportunities, and spectacular trade shows.
Webinars (Free for Members!)
Expand your business knowledge and educate your staff with webinars hosted by industry experts.
Industry-Leading Research & Reports
Leverage industry-leading research to leave your competition in the dust.
The IHRSA Institute
Join us August 6-9 in Chapel Hill, NC.
The IHRSA Institute provides ongoing education for health and fitness industry professionals. From seasoned veterans looking to sharpen their skills to those new to the industry looking to advance their careers, everyone that attends will take home valuable ideas and new skills that can be immediately be put into practice. Alumni say the concepts they have learned at The Institute have paid for the cost to attend many times over.
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Success By Association
Whether it’s analyzing consumer trends, compiling best practices, promoting active lifestyles, or defending the interests of gym owners, no trade association does a better job than IHRSA. And not only do fitness professionals benefit from IHRSA, anyone who cares about health and fitness does so as well.
Chuck Runyon, CEO and Co-founder
One of the first decisions I made before opening Aquafit was to sign up for an IHRSA membership. I wanted to ensure that we set high standards from the very beginning. I was aware of the important role that IHRSA played, and wanted to become recognized, internationally, as an accredited health and fitness center.
Kristen Green, General Manager
The fitness industry is always evolving, and it’s often hard to determine if something new is just a fad or something worth investing in...One effective way to do so is by turning to IHRSA, a great resource for learning about industry best practices and for developing a network of contacts.
Carol Nalevanko, President
We owe a great deal of our success to IHRSA. One of the secrets of success is to constantly hang out with people who know more than you do. If you’re the smartest guy in the room, you’re in the wrong room. With IHRSA, you’re never the smartest guy in the room.
Victor Brick, Chairman
