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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Norm's Notes for March 2015
March 2015 - Hello Everybody! This is your Club Insider Publisher and Tribal Leader Since 1993 checking in! Read Article...
Norm's Notes for March 2016
March 2016 - Hello Everybody! This is your Club Insider Publisher and Tribal Leader Since 1993 checking in! Read Article...
Norm's Notes for March 2017
March 2017 - Hello Everybody! This is your Club Insider Publisher and Tribal Leader Since 1993 checking in with our 279th monthly edition of Club Insider! Read Article...
Norm's Notes for March 2018
March 2018 - Hello Everybody! This is your Club Insider Publisher and Tribal Leader Since 1993 Checking In! Is America a great country, or what!? Each month, when the time comes for me to write these Norm's Notes for y'all, I always think to myself: "Self... what are you going to write here today that will (A) Be HELPFUL to our readers, in their day-to-day club operations, and (B) be something that's really interesting so you'll won't just read it yourself, but you'll also pass it on to your friends and associates in our wonderful industry?" Read Article...
Norm's Notes for March 2019
March 2019 - Hello Everybody! This is your Club Insider Publisher and Tribal Leader since 1993 checking in! I'm really fired up today because in just a few days, we'll be heading to beautiful San Diego, California for the 38th Annual IHRSA Convention and Trade Show! Yahoo! We're expecting thousands of club business professionals from around the globe to be there, and of course, we can always depend on San Diego to provide a fabulous convention environment as they always do! Read Article...
Norm's Notes for March 2020
March 2020 - Hello Everybody! This is your Club Insider Publisher and Tribal Leader Since 1993 checking in with our 315th monthly edition! Read Article...
Norm's Notes for March 2021
March 2021 - Hello Everybody! This is your Club Insider Founder and Tribal Leader Since 1993 checking in with our 327th monthly edition! Yahoo, folks! This month, JUSTIN CATES, my son, partner in and Publisher of Club Insider, and I are very pleased to be bringing you a terrific Cover Story featuring CRUNCH Franchising and an in-depth update on what BEN MIDGLEY, CEO of Crunch Franchise, is doing as he leads JIM ROWLEY'S Crunch Fitness through these perilous pandemic times. Read Article...
Norm's Notes for March 2022
March 2022 - Hello Everybody! This is your Club Insider Founder and Tribal Leader Since 1993 checking in with our 339th monthly edition! YAHOO!!! Folks, I'M VERY GLAD TO BE ALIVE and writing this greeting to y'all! And, a bonus for me today is the thought that we're only a couple of months away from the Spring time here in the ATL! Moreover, I'm basking in the afterglow of having interviewed VICTOR and LYNNE BRICK for our February 2022 Cover Story, which was truly an amazing story with a focus on LONGEVITY. It's entitled: BRICK BODIES... Something to Behold! So, folks, IF you've not yet read it, YOU REALLY SHOULD FIND OUR FEBRUARY 2022 EDITION and READ ALL OF THE STORY! I promise YOU will be GLAD you did!!! Read Article...
Norm's Notes for March 2023
March 2023 - Hello Everybody! This is your Club Insider Founder and Tribal Leader Since 1993 checking in with our 351st monthly edition! Folks, let me say to you all that, to me, it's really a hoot to realize we're in our 30th year of publishing! To me... this is clear proof there IS A GOD! What else could explain this 30-year run producing and printing 350 editions being done by a dude who flunked English 101 when he was playing football at N.C. State back in 1964 - 1967! (By the way, along the way, he was made 1st Team All Atlantic Coast Conference and Honorable Mention All American as a Guard on the 1967 N.C. State Wolfpack Team that went 9 and 2 that beat The University of Georgia in the 1967 Liberty Bowl. Yeah, I know... you folks who're long-time Club Insider readers have heard me brag of these honors before. BUT... you NEW readers... please hang in here with me! Read Article...
Norm's Notes for March 2024
March 2024 - Hello Everybody! This is your Club Insider Founder and Tribal Leader Since 1993 checking in with our 363rd monthly edition of this 31+ year running club business publication I refer to as: A Labor of Love! I'm very thankful that you've tuned in again for this iteration of Norm's Notes, as I proceed on my keyboard with my longtime habit of "Telling-It-Like-It-Is!" I'm really happy that you're reading this edition, and I want to THANK YOU ALL for sticking with us every month! As usual, we have a bunch of health and fitness club business news, so please read on! Read Article...
Norm's Notes for March 2025
March 2025 - Hello Everybody! This is your Club Insider Founder and Tribal Leader Since 1993 checking in with our 375th monthly edition of this 32+ year running club business publication I refer to as: A Labor of Love! I'm very thankful that you've tuned in again for this iteration of Norm's Notes, as I proceed on my keyboard with my longtime habit of "Telling-It-Like-It-Is!" I'm really happy that you're reading this edition, and I want to THANK YOU ALL for sticking with us every month! As usual, we have a bunch of health and fitness club business news, so please read on! Read Article...
Norm's Notes for May 1994
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Norm's Notes for May 1995
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Norm's Notes for May 1996
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Norm's Notes for May 1997
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Norm's Notes for May 1998
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Norm's Notes for May 1999
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Norm's Notes for May 2000
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Norm's Notes for May 2001
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Norm's Notes for May 2002
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Norm's Notes for May 2003
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Norm's Notes for May 2004
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Norm's Notes for May 2005
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Norm's Notes for May 2007
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Norm's Notes for May 2008
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