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Queenax® offers its users over 350 unique, functional exercises and the ability to accommodate small and large group programs.

Welcome to the world's most unique modular functional training system. Queenax Functional Fitness by Precor multiplies your space, allowing you to use one space in many ways. With more than 70 easy-to-change accessories, it's easy to build community in your club and keep members engaged with fun circuits, unique group classes, and personal training. 

Over the last 25 years, the Spinning® indoor cycling program has become a worldwide phenomenon. Thousands of loyal customers and enthusiasts of all fitness levels are heading to health clubs and fitness studios all over the world to get the very best indoor cycling experience possible.

The fitness and hospitality industries share many of the same objectives: provide a positive guest experience, entice customers to return to their facility, and offer unique benefits to stand out from the competition. When it comes to customer engagement and satisfaction, here are a few hospitality lessons that club operators can borrow to keep their members happy.

Rise above the competition and capture the attention of members old and new with these five hot fitness trends, as identified by the American College of Sports Medicine’s Worldwide Survey of Fitness Trends for 2016.

What's different about the Discovery™ Series? Through extensive research with facility operators, trainers, and exercisers, we've designed this line to ensure that it meets the exacting standards of a wide range of facilities, appealing to a broad range of exercisers, from your newest members to the strongest exercisers alike. The series incorporates a contemporary design that complements our Precor cardio equipment and is built to deliver optimal performance and durability.

Most varieties of produce that you find in the supermarket are bred to be bigger, more pest and drought resistant, and more uniform in shape than their home-garden cousins. They are also bred to withstand long shipping times and extended waits on store shelves. While all this may make the produce department look nice, it comes at a cost.

A special occasion like a wedding or conference can be a strong motivating force for getting fit. Don't opt for extreme diets or regimens that can make you feel depleted, or even backfire, leaving you in worse shape. Follow these tips and you'll feel stronger and more confident – plus you'll look great in all those group selfies and have people saying, "What have you done? You look brilliant!"

If you’re a gym operator, chances are it’s been a long time since you first joined a fitness club. It can be challenging to put yourself in your new members’ sneakers, but when you create your facility’s onboarding experience, you have to anticipate what they need to know.

Here are a few questions that you can answer before someone asks, so you can make your club an empowering addition to your new members’ lives.

Offering Spinning® classes as a supplementary fee-based option in your fitness facility is an excellent way to pump up your exercisers, while also bringing in some valuable extra revenue to your facility.

What keeps people from joining a health club? The 2014-15 IHRSA report stated that 54 percent of the respondents declared it was too expensive and not affordable. This statistic alone should be a key indicator that something needs to change.

Offering Spinning® classes as a supplementary fee-based option in your fitness facility is an excellent way to pump up your exercisers, while also bringing in some valuable extra revenue to your facility.

The fitness industry is continually growing and changing. As this happens, it is becoming increasingly necessary for your facility to stand apart from the competition by offering unique, empowering and engaging workout experiences.

Precor is excited to co-sponsor the health club industry mid-market report from Ray Algar of Oxygen Consulting. If you are a club operator who feels ‘caught in the middle’, this report is for you.

Lately, squats and lunges have become two of the most prescribed functional exercises. Why? They are foundational to so many of our daily activities and movement patterns like getting in and out of a chair, picking up kids or objects, and climbing stairs to name a few.

Find out why every well-equipped exercise facility should have the tools to support progression training.

Marketing can be tough – especially when there are so many different avenues that one can take. From the many social media platforms to the vast digital marketing opportunities available, it's easy to feel overwhelmed and unsure.

Here are five must-haves for building a strong marketing foundation for your business.

This series highlights the versatility and efficiency of our Queenax functional training systems – bringing you 25 different exercises that can be performed individually or as part of a circuit.

Fads come and go, while trends emerge and evolve.

Successful organizations win when they can predict their customers' expectations and innovate to meet those expectations time after time. As an operator you can consider re-evaluating your gym's programming efforts to boost retention, increase market share and optimize operational outcomes.

Functional small group training is going to continue to grow in popularity going into 2016 and understanding the needs and demands of personal trainers is important when presenting compelling training services to your customers.

Erica Tillinghast, Precor Global Education Manager, MS, BA and NASM certified personal trainer, shares her perspective on why functional training systems are a great investment that can help grow your personal training business.

With every advance in exercise science, our training technique evolves a little more. The best trainers stay on top of those advances, whether it’s to earn continuing education credits, to stay on the cutting edge of training technique, or as a way of engaging with science-minded clients that are probably following the latest developments, too.