What’s the secret sauce to driving engagement?

Strong member-staff relationships. 

Virtual Engagement Campaign Benefiting Local Communities

To increase engagement and build community, an Active-managed site in Manhattan recently participated in Techno-Gym’s Let’s Move for a Better World campaign. Members were challenged to “donate their MOVEs” to fight obesity and win a TechnoGym-donated product for a non-profit in their community. By utilizing TechnoGym’s cloud-based digital platform, members’ movements were automatically tracked.

A fast-growing trend we’re happy to support is the compounding popularity around RECOVERY. While this term used to simply imply time off from exercising, it’s now synonymous with both passive and active offerings at fitness facilities; several studies have shown the wonderful impact intentional recovery has on the body and overall wellness.

Data drives decision-making. When you’re buying new equipment, you review usage statistics to better account for wear and tear. When you’re planning class schedules, you check participant data to help popular classes translate to higher membership sales. Understanding the numbers you’re looking at is just as important as having that data in the first place.

The companies leading the way in consumer health technology are designing products to be adaptive and to create two-way communication with the end-user. This is undoubtedly how Peloton was able to turn a stationary bike into a $4 billion company.

Specialty Program Combating Parkinson’s Disease Triples in One Year

Boxing drills increase agility, speed, endurance, hand-eye coordination, footwork, and overall strength to defend against and overcome opponents. The Rock Steady Boxing program has one opponent it’s fighting: Parkinson’s Disease.  

When our fitness center design team at Active Wellness begins designing a new facility, there are several space planning trends that fuel our inspiration. After analyzing the target community demographic, available space, safety and accessibility, and the ideal foot-traffic flow, we customize the following trends to create a smart and aesthetically-pleasing design for our partners’ facility:

In an effort to bring the latest and greatest to the partners we serve, we set out to get inspired at this year’s Hospitality Design Expo. Active Wellness designs smart fitness facilities for medical, corporate, community, and private organizations.

This year's HD Expo was a great resource to see the emerging trends and offerings in furniture, flooring, tile, plumbing fixtures, and lighting. Our design & procurement team keeps pace with the best solutions when constructing functionally beautiful fitness and wellness spaces that engage our partners’ employees, tenants, patients, and families.

Now in its fourth consecutive year, the #Active4ALS company-wide initiative just raised more than $12,000 to benefit Augie’s Quest in supporting awareness and research to find a cure for ALS/Lou Gehrig’s Disease. Team Active hosted special fundraising activities across the country with all proceeds benefiting the ALS Therapy Development Institute, a cure-driven effort focused on finding treatments and cures for ALS.

AMD is a global semiconductor company with more than 10,000 employees and it recently selected Active Wellness as its one-stop shop to design, develop, and staff an employee wellness fitness centre at its Markham, Ontario office. Active designed the facility and procured all new equipment for the space, selecting Matrix and GymRax products.