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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The Frog's Deadbeat Bulletin
January 1994 - Read Article...
The Frog's Deadbeat Bulletin
February 1994 - Read Article...
The Frog's Deadbeat Bulletin
March 1994 - Read Article...
The Frog's Deadbeat Bulletin
April 1994 - Read Article...
The Future of IHRSA
The View of IHRSA's 1st President, Co-Founder and Dedicated Supporter
June 2005 - Read Article...
The Gold's Gym Legend Grows In Georgia
July 1999 - Read Article...
The Group Cycling Phenomenon
Part I
September 1996 - Read Article...
The Group Cycling Phenomenon
Part II
October 1996 - Read Article...
The History of the Health Club Industry
Part I
June 2003 - Read Article...
The History of the Health Club Industry
Part II
August 2003 - Read Article...
The History of the Health Club Industry
Part III
September 2003 - Read Article...
The Late, Great... Brother Curt Beusman
1931 - 2015
June 2015 - You could live a long, long time and never have the good fortune of getting to know a human being as wonderful and as talented as the late, great Brother Curt Beusman! Curt Beusman passed away at age 84 on Tuesday, May 19, 2015. Jane, Curt's wife of 58 years, and Blair, their daughter, who passed from breast cancer, predeceased Curt. Curt and Jane also had two sons, Robert, a filmmaker, and Rick, who runs the family club businesses in Mt. Kisco, New York and Stamford, Connecticut. Read Article...
The LIFE and TIMES of Ray Wilson
Ray Wilson Passes Away at Age 94
October 2022 - The health and fitness club industry lost a TRUE LEGEND on August 22, 2022 when Mr. RAY WILSON, a man who has had a very prolific 75+ year career in the health, racquet and sports club world of development, building and operations, passed away at the age of 94. This Memorial Cover Story is intended to honor and recognize the many contributions Mr. Ray Wilson made to our industry during his amazing 75+ year career. On August 22nd, when Ray passed away at his beachside home in Mexico, he left nine offspring. That number consisted of two sons who previously worked in the health and fitness club industry with him: his son, Packy Wilson, and his elder son, the late Perry Wilson, as well as Randi, Everett, Rhonda Yarro, Sue McKinely and Ray Wilson, Jr. Read Article...
The Life and Times of Rick Holder, Owner of Hampshire Hills Sports and Fitness
Growing One of the World's Top Sports and Fitness Clubs to Award Winning Status
November 2011 - Norman "Rick" Holder, Jr., age 67, has raised seven children with his wife Laurie. They have been the owners of Hampshire Hills Sports and Fitness in Milford, New Hampshire since 1993. His life and times with the club have been a truly remarkable journey for Holder, a young man who took his dreams and created a world class health and fitness complex that just gets better and better over the years. Read Article...
The Monster 1995 Super Show
February 1995 - Read Article...
The Place to Be!
January 2011 - Think of your club as a work of art and you're the artist engrossed in the process of perfecting a painting. Your canvas already has a very nice picture shaping up on it from all of the work you've already done over the years, but you can perfect it by working hard to make your club THE Place to Be! Read Article...
The Planet Fitness Juggernaut Keeps Rolling!
Planet Fitness' 530+ Locations Serve 3.5 Million!
May 2012 - When I previosuly interviewed Mike Grondahl, one of the co-founders of Planet Fitness, for our January, 2008 Club Insider Cover Story, my first sentence read, "Juggernaut is defined in Webster's Dictionary as 'A relentless and overwhelming force or movement.'" At the time, I was referring to a Planet Fitness that had just 18 company-owned stores and 185 franchisees, with 58 additional signed franchise agreements for new locations to be built. Read Article...
The Planet Fitness Juggernaut!
An Intriguing Interview With Mike Grondahl, CEO, and Co-Owner of Planet Fitness and World Gym International
January 2008 - Read Article...
The Provost family Launches The Sportsclub Simpsonville!
May 2003 - Read Article...
The RDV Sportsplex
Orlando's Crown Jewel Sports & Health Complex
February 2003 - Read Article...
The Real Greenmaple Wellness, Inc.'s Effort to Help Clubs Avoid Litigation Due to Website Plagiarism
August 2007 - Read Article...
The REAL Greenmaple Wellness...
A Valuable Lesson
June 2007 - Read Article...
The River Valley Club Soars After a Rough Start
The Evolution of a Huge Mess to a Huge Success!
June 2012 - This industry has some really talented owner/operators, and I'd argue that the three individuals I interviewed for this story are some of the most talented people in our business anywhere. This author should know talent when he sees it, and I SEE it in these three. In addition to Joe Asch and Jennifer Poljacik (COO), Jeff Russo is a professional club consultant who specializes in personal training sales and service delivery with his Pro Fitness Program Company. Read Article...
The Sales Makers
Masters of Club Membership Sales
May 2000 - Read Article...
The Schwartz Family
50 Years of Success at Midtown Athletic Club
November 2020 - The year is 1970. A new decade arrives, the space race has been won and Tennis Corporation of America, TCA (now Midtown Athletic Club) opens its doors. A gallon of gas is 36 cents, and the cost of a new home is just over $25,000. It was a different time. Fast forward to today, and Midtown Athletic Club is now celebrating 50 years of success. Founded by Alan Schwartz and his father, Kevie Schwartz, the family business is now four generations deep, with Alan's son, Steven Schwartz, as the company's CEO, and Steven's son, Alex Schwartz, as the company's Director of Marketing. The Midtown of today is night and day compared to the TCA of the early days, but it was not an overnight change. The key tenet of reinvestment into the business has led to a steady evolution of the company over the years. Read Article...
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