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
Previous Articles
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A Tribute to Brother Michael Scott Scudder
July 2017 - This Tribute to club consultant, former club operator and fitness industry veteran, Brother Michael Scott Scudder, age 75, was completed on the 4th of July, the day Brother Scudder was buried at a small, Jewish and non-sectarian cemetery affiliated with the Taos Jewish Center. Brother Scudder had suddenly died at his home in Taos, New Mexico on Friday, June 30th from complications related to his June 7th hip surgery. Michael's wife of many years, Phyllis Landis, wrote that doctors believed her husband had died from a pulmonary embolism. An autopsy was being done. Read Article...
A Tribute to Coach Tom Myslinski
July 2000 - Read Article...
A Tribute to Dale Dibble
May 1995 - Read Article...
A Tribute to John McCarthy
August 2004 - Read Article...
A Tribute to Rudy Smith
August 2010 - Family and friends remembered our friend Rudy Smith at a reception in San Clemente, California on July 16th. Rudy passed away on July 5th. Industry luminaries, including Donahue Wildman and his wife, Rebecca; Jerry Kahn and his wife, Jerilynn; Andy Palluck and his wife, Alexandra and Dr. Kevin Steele were present. Read Article...
A Tribute to the Late President Gerald R. Ford...
The Mind of An Offensive Lineman
February 2007 - Read Article...
Add Value to Health Club Membership
August 1994 - Read Article...
Alan and Steven Schwartz
Tennis Corporation of America's Father and Son Team
March 2002 - Read Article...
Alan Schwartz Honored With Club Industry's Lifetime Achievement Award
Weighs In On the State of the Industry
November 2007 - Read Article...
Alaskan Club Business Pioneers Tom Behan and Andrew Eker Join Ray Wilson
IHRSA President Behan Believed In Wilson's Plan Immediately
October 2003 - Read Article...
Alliance Fitness' EazyZone Coming On Strong!
February 2007 - Read Article...
Alliances 'Inside' and 'Outside' The Industry Can Help The Health Club Industry Grow!
January 2005 - Read Article...
Amazing Club Turnaround!
May 1995 - Read Article...
American Boomers in FAT CITY!
January 1996 - Read Article...
American Club Systems Growing Rapidly
July 1995 - Read Article...
An Interview With Workout Anytime CEO and Co-Founder, Steve Strickland, and COO, Mark de Gorter
July 2017 - Steve Strickland, CEO and Co-Founder, and John Quattrocchi, President and Co-Founder, founded Workout Anytime in 1999 in Douglasville, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta. The founders started with nine company-owned Workout Anytime Clubs. They started franchising in 2006 and reached 50 locations eight years later, in 2014. But, growth quickly accelerated; it only took two years to get from 50 to 100 locations. Now, at 140 locations, they're projecting to have more than 200 locations at this time next year. Read Article...
Angel in Agony
February 1994 - Read Article...
Apex Fitness Surges In Chicago!
November 2008 - If you tried to get into the Apex Fitness exhibit at Club Industry in Chicago last month and found it over flowing over into the isles, you were not alone. There is a reason that exhibit was one of the top performers at the 2008 show, and that reason is named Steve Datte. Read Article...
Arthur Jones
The Legend Passes
September 2007 - Read Article...
Augie Nieto
Success!!!
January 1997 - Read Article...
Augie Nieto Says... "Earn Your Eulogy Everyday"
A Moving Interview With ALS Cure Seekers Augie and Lynne Nieto With Writing by T.R. Pearson, Co-Author of Augie's New Book "One Man's Journey From Success to Significance - Augie's Quest"
October 2007 - Read Article...
Avoiding The "Geriatric Ward" - What Is The Club Industry To Do?
How Can We Tap The Vast 50+, 60+, 70+, 80+ Market? - Part I
September 2002 - Read Article...
Avoiding The "Geriatric Ward" - What Is The Club Industry To Do?
How Can We Tap The Vast 50+, 60+, 70+, 80+ Market? - Part II
October 2002 - Read Article...
Bally Bulletin
January 2000 - Read Article...
Bally Health Club's Franchising Nears Kick Off!
March 1995 - Read Article...
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