The Merger Of Planet Fitness (YMCA)

http://www.fitnessnetwork.com.au/resources-library/australian-fitness-industry-survey-statistics: Members need to understand how to keep them for as long as was originally intended when they join their club

Physical Health should be a priority to any human being. We are given one life and should optimize every single day of it. With that, I would enter the Planet Fitness Industry. This company has created; what I believe to be, one of the best environments for getting and/or staying in shape. I do believe a lot of gyms have a judgmental ambience that most people find to be very uncomfortable. So, those people simply opt out of pursuing a membership. I personally have obtained a membership at Planet fitness for over a year now. The environment is exactly how it is advertised to be. Attending this gym has inspired me to do more for any person seeking to better their quality of life. Not a single human should be afraid or feel judged for going to a gym.

Each YMCA is a part of a franchise both independently owned and operated. All clubs are based on the same concept, being a non-profit organization.

Operationally speaking, the two franchises operate in a very similar manner with some notable differences. Planet Fitness and Snap Fitness are both self-service facilities open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The support offered by each respective franchisor is essentially the same as it relates to training, marketing and advertising (see Table 2).

The mission for the YMCA for youth is “Nurturing the potential of every child and teen”. Staff are taught that we must follow the mission statement to the fullest to insure that children will be able to fulfill their potentials. Also was said that many children, and teens do not have the resources to reach their potential so that is where the YMCA, and staff comes in. The YMCA tries to keep their mission alive by providing different classes, resources, and values to help youth. The are various programs, and services we provide for children and youth. Starting with childcare, camp, healthy food, education, sports, homework club, after school programs, classes, and many more. The YMCA is a non profit meaning it is goal is not making money, and makes most of their funds by fundraising, and membership cost. Although, the YMCA does not turn away anyone just because they do not have the funds to buy a membership. The YMCA provides aid for anyone that needs it, and welcomes them with open arms. Other ways the YMCA obtains money to keep their gym running is special events, and some programs that may have a fee.The YMCA main goal starting out was keeping young men out of trouble, and getting them the resources to find a job. That still lives on today, along with promoting healthy living. The YMCA hires people that fit under the safety guidelines for youth, and the same for volunteers. Every worker and volunteer must be able to pass a national finger print, and go through trainings

YMCA is a non-profit organization that commits and reaches out to New-York city communities to bring positivity among the young people by creating and build up spirit, mind, body to face the challenges and beliefs that they can achieve their goal.

By means of a mission statement to put Christian morals into practice, the YMCA programs construct a beneficial spirit, thoughts and body for everyone. The influence is experienced when a person makes a healthy selection, the minute a mentor motivates a juvenile and when a neighborhood comes as one for the everyday or common good.

My assignment is to write a critique paper on the facility named “Planet Fitness”. Planet Fitness is a gym that labels itself rather as a “fitness club” that aspires people of all ages, weights and heights to come and hit the gym. Planet Fitness promises a judgement free environment, allowing for even your most introvert and shy gym goers to enjoy their workout without feeling self-conscious because of other gym attendee’s opinions. On the workout floor, their facilities are equipped with mostly cardio machines, with some weight machines and an abdominal exercise area. Within the locker rooms, they come well equipped for serving mass amounts of gym goers at a time. The locker rooms include showers, sinks, and toilets, urinals in the male locker

Many of our neighbors have asked the Valley of the Sun YMCA to organize a faith-based prayer event for our communities. Our local Chandler/Gilbert YMCA branch has held a Morning of Prayer for the past decade. With increasing popularity, the event has grown from 50 participants to 330.

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A wallet was stolen from the Campus Town gym sometime between 5:30 p.m. and 6:50 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 10, according to Campus Police. The student placed her wallet on the elliptical machine she was using and accidentally left it there when she left and went back to her dorm. When she realized she had left it at the gym, she went back and looked around for it, but could not find it. The wallet and its contents were valued at $120, including $40 in cash, police said.

I can divide this evaluation into two parts, one for the impact the overall experience has had on me and another for the Pat Jones YMCA.

Our team business idea is to develop a top-notch fitness venue. We will name it, North Texas Associates Fitness Center (NTAFC). The purpose of The North Texas Associates Fitness Center is to provide the community with an established health and fitness center that will be used for leisure time, promoting health, wellness, and exercise.

According to Rickie-Kiely (2013), “since merger is the eraser to separate identities it is often problematic for organizations to actually make the decision” (p. 159). This article also states that some obstacles to even begin merging include egos and donor mandates (p. 159), as well as limited time and resources to take on the complicated process. The concept of ego in mergers can be a challenge because occasionally staff who were a part of the original organizations, particularly the founder might have invested their personal identity in that organization and might be unwilling to change because of it (Worth, 2013, p. 200). This is what is commonly referred to as founder’s syndrome. (CITE) For the CWU, by bringing in

For my observations, I interviewed Penny who teaches gymnastics to children at a local fitness center. She teaches classes every Friday and Saturday to children ranging from 2-14 years old. I observed her multiple times and recorded 6 hours of observations. After talking to Penny Lane, I found out she did gymnastics as a child at her local fitness center. She was a student for there for about 8 years, while growing up. Then while she was in high school she was asked to teach for students at her fitness center. She enjoyed it so much that when she moved up to Bellingham, she asked the fitness center in town if she could teach some lessons. At the time, no one was teaching gymnastics and the fitness center said that she could teach. She was able to create her own lesson plans and has been working at this location for 2 years. This is how she was able to get involved with this type of work. She did mention a few struggles with the job such as the fitness center does not have a lot of funding and that sometimes hinders the lessons and she explained that older students tend to drop out and go somewhere else.