About Norm Cates
Norm Cates
Norm Cates, Jr. is the Founder of Club Insider, now in its 30th year of publication, and its Tribal Leader Since 1993. He is a 50-year veteran of the health, racquet and sportsclub industry. As IHRSA’s First President and a Co-Founder of the Association with Rick Caro and five others, in 1981; the 2001 DALE DIBBLE Distinguished Service Award winner, one of IHRSA’s highest honors; and Club Industry's Lifetime Achievement Award winner in 2017, Norm Cates, Jr. is a highly decorated veteran who cares about you. And, he wants to hear from you.
Phone: (770) 635 - 7578
Email: Norm@clubinsideronline.com
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Medical Fitness Association Provides Portal to the Future
20th Anniversary Celebrated With New Leadership Lead By Ken Germano
October 2011 - Ken Germano is a great guy, and he's now the Executive Director of the Medical Fitness Association (MFA), a role for which he's perfectly suited. This cover story will share important facts from Ken about MFA that should help you realize the significant potential the medical fitness world potentially provides your club. Please do read on. Read Article...
Meet Mr. Toshikazu Saito
Japan's "Renaissance Man"
May 2000 - Read Article...
Mega Buck Deal!
August 1995 - Read Article...
Member Retention
The "Permanent" Club Challenge
August 1994 - Read Article...
Membership Pricing Structure
August 1997 - Read Article...
Michael Bruno's Revival of Star Trac Off to a Great Start!
Deal Making Equipment Guru Off and Running With Star Trac
April 2011 - Michael Bruno, a fitness equipment industry guru with links to both the consumer and commercial sides of the fitness equipment industry, acquired Star Trac in July of 2010. Bruno's holdings now include Vancouver, Washington-based Stairmaster and Land America, a manufacturing firm in China that builds high-end consumer and commercial fitness equipment. Continuity and aggressive streamlining are keys to his reorganization plan, which is now well on its way. Read Article...
Michael Grondahl's Planet Fitness Acquires World Gym International, Inc.
November 2006 - Read Article...
Michael Scott Scudder
"From The Heart!"
January 2004 - Read Article...
Michigan Athletic Club One of a Kind!
June 1998 - Read Article...
Midwest Regional Club Owners Meeting Held
September 2003 - Read Article...
Mike Arteaga
Prepared for 40 More Years!
September 2012 - 9/11, September 11, 2001, is a second day in American history that lives in infamy. The first being, of course, Pearl Harbor Day, December 7, 1941. 9/11 says it all for all of us these days. 9/11 was a day of emotional agony and great despair for all Americans. Read Article...
Mike Arteaga
Playing On and Coaching An All Star Team
September 2001 - Read Article...
Mike Chaet
"Club Doc" Extraordinaire
April 1997 - Read Article...
Mike Grondahl Comments on Missed Deal
June 2010 - Mike Grondahl, the Founder and CEO of Planet Fitness, spent the last four months negotiating a deal to sell a minority, 45% interest in his company to Goode Partners, LLC, a New York-based private equity firm, for $108 million. Read Article...
Mike Grondahl Launches World Gym Key Card Club Chain!
October 2007 - Read Article...
Mike Lucci Steps Down at Bally Total Fitness
October 1996 - Read Article...
Mike Minton - "Thinking Outside the Box"
How Minton's SportsPlex Dominates Its Marketplace
July 2001 - Read Article...
Mike Motta
Plus One In The Big Apple!
August 2001 - Read Article...
Mind, Body, Spirit
Tapping the Potential of the 50+ Market
September 1995 - Read Article...
Minton's Sportplex
An SBA 100 Business!
September 2011 - Mike Minton's Sportsplex in Texarkana, Texas was honored on August 24th when the Small Business Administration (SBA) named Minton's an SBA 100 Business. The SBA 100 list features 100 businesses in the United States that have created at least 100 jobs after receiving SBA assistance. Club Insider brings our monthly cover stories to you so that you will be able to learn from the experiences of highly successful, long-time club owners, and ultimately, may employ what you learn from them in your new or existing club(s). Read Article...
Minton's Sportsplex Best of the Best In Childcare
November 2008 - Mike Minton's Sportsplex in Texarkana, Texas was honored in Chicago at Club Industry with Fitness Business Pro Magazine's Best of the Best Award for Childcare Services. The honor was presented on October 17th. Read Article...
Mitch Wald Receives IHRSA's Distinguished Service Award
April 1996 - Read Article...
Monthly Dues vs. Retail Installment Contracts
January 1994 - Read Article...
Naked Woman At My Door... and why that's a bad thing
Lessons learned in the fitness business from a life on the road
October 2008 - "The Dash". That's what Thomas Plummer's book is really all about. It's not really about a "Naked Woman At My Door" as Plummer's provocative title might indicate. Read Article...
National Gym Supply Expands for Now and the Future
July 2011 - If you've owned and operated your fitness center, gym or sports club for a while, you and I both know that fitness equipment breakdowns cause more headaches for you than, perhaps, any other challenge. There's nothing worse than not being able to get a machine repaired quickly and put back in action in a reasonable amount of time. Read Article...
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