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Commercial Fitness Industry Updates

Stay in the know about the latest commercial fitness center design, installation, and repair insights.

Precor fitness spin class

Precor Brings Power To The People

Since announcing a new line of Spinners® in 2016, Precor has been working around the clock to create a power bike that sets a new standard in the industry.  The new Spinner® Chrono™ Power, with some unique capabilities not seen from its competitors, does just that.

John Murray, ASF's founder

Inside Advantage: A Look at Our Company’s Founder

John Murray grew up 30 miles east of Pittsburgh in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, and was recruited to play football and wrestle at Cornell University.

30 years of ASF

Celebrating Our 30th Year!

As we begin our 30th year, we’d like to take a moment to reflect on what’s gotten us here and why we’ve continued to grow. Looking back at our starting point, it would have been hard to predict that we would eventually be a team of 70+ talented individuals, serving a total of nine states and partnering with the premier brands in the fitness industry.

WELLBEATS partnership with ASF

WELLBEATS Partners With Advantage

Whether you manage a 3-branch boutique club, or a small multi-family fitness center, the WELLBEATS system will add diversity to your offering and increase your revenue stream.

Robert M. Waller, Jr. ASF's hall of famer

One Of Our Own Is Now A Hall-Of-Famer

When Robert M. Waller, Jr. was inducted into the Pennsylvania Wrestling Coaches Association Hall of Fame in ’99, he probably couldn’t have predicted that his son and namesake, Robert M. Waller III, would receive the same honor just 17 years later.

Discover Precor event

The Mission To Discover Precor

We’re just wrapping up another great visit to the Precor Strength Plant in North Carolina! On our fourth Discover Precor adventure, we’ve brought along 19 guests representing 15 different organizations in our quest to reveal the quality and innovation that make up the Precor brand.

College rec center basics

College Rec Center Must-Haves

College and University recreation facilities can offer different challenges than those of other markets. The student and staff population at a college often includes a wide variety of fitness levels and interests, and while paid memberships are usually less prevalent (or completely non-existent), it is still important for facility managers to do their best in meeting the needs of the school’s fitness community. Precor recently took a look at this problem, and were able to determine 4 major factors that play a large part in determining a top-notch recreation center. Below are those four factors, as well as our personal experience with how they play out in this market.

TRX Suspension Trainer

Product Spotlight: TRX Suspension Trainer

People have been performing push-ups, pull-ups and sit-ups for as long as we can remember, but the recent trend toward “Functional Fitness” has brought bodyweight training back to the forefront of daily workouts everywhere. With this in mind we thought it was a good time to bring attention to a product we consider the king of body weight training, the TRX Suspension Trainer. 

Trends in college campus recreation centers

Trends In Campus Recreation

One of the hardest tasks for all fitness managers is deciding how to best program their space to match user demand. However, in this constantly evolving landscape, it is not enough to know what that demand is today but also where it is headed tomorrow. Any new space, brand new or renovated, must be carefully planned out to make the best use of its budget, while maximizing the use of every square foot in meeting changing user demands.

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