Hello again IrishIndian,
I finally located the figure you require.
From a CIGNA HealthCare News Release:
About 32.8 million Americans have a gym membership, according to the
International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association (IHRSA).
SOURCE: CIGNA HealthCare
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/micro_stories.pl?ACCT=149478&TICK=CI20&STORY=/www/story/05-03-2002/0001720512&EDATE=Apr+30,+2002
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Health Club Memberships
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According to the article ?Gym junkies turn iron into gold? published
in the Sydney Morning Herald on February 5, 2005 39.4 million
Americans belong to a health club..
Excerpt:
?In the United States, figures from the national body, the
International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association, show an 18 per
cent increase in the number of clubs to 26,046 in the year to July
2004. Total revenue for the sector was $US14.1 billion ($18.3 billion)
for the year to December 2003, up 7.6 per cent. A total of 39.4
million Americans belong to a health club, 10 million more than five
years ago.?
The Sydney Morning Herald
http://www.smh.com.au/news/Business/Gym-junkies-turn-iron-into-gold/2005/02/04/1107476799118.html
According to the International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub
Association, 39.4 million Americans belong to a health club?up from
24.1 million 10 years ago
Entrepreneur magazine - January 2005
http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/0,4621,319027,00.html
Today, 40 million Americans belong to health clubs, according to Mike
May, spokesperson for the The Sporting Goods Manufacturers
Association.
Cotton Incorporated: 1/31/2005
http://www.cottoninc.com/lsmarticles/?articleID=421
Search terms used:
"35..42 million Americans" "belong to" health OR gym
I hope this helps!
Best Regards,
Bobbie7 |
