California Fitness: DON'T BE A HEALTH CLUB DUMBBELL CONSIDERING A FITNESS CENTER? BEFORE INVESTING IN A MEMBERSHIP, MAKE SURE CLUB'S IN GOOD SHAPE
JUST weeks after Jeanette Nagashima plunked down $158 on a two-year membership at California Fitness Center this winter, she got a rude surprise: The Santa Clara club shut its doors New Year's Eve and soon declared bankruptcy.''It made me really mad," says Nagashima, 34, a working San Jose mother of a 2-year-old girl. "I came back from New Year's ready to work out and there was a note on the door saying,...
California Fitness: Gym complies fully with fire regulations
WE REFER to the letter, 'Gym users trapped during fire scare' (ST, Feb 5), by Mr Chen Jinhai. California Fitness has in place measures which are in full compliance with the relevant fire regulations: Fire shutters between each floor of the club descend automatically upon activation of the fire alarm.Fire-escape doors are unlocked upon activation of the fire alarm break-glass device located beside each of the doors. More obvious signs - not required by fire...
Bangkok Post:
California Fitness set to expand
The US-based California Fitness health club chain is significantly increasing its presence in Thailand by investing 400 million baht to build two large clubs in Bangkok this year and planning two more outlets next year.The investment plan represents the first significant step since Major Cineplex Plc, the country's largest cinema chain, acquired a 49% stake in California Fitness Centre Co (CFC), the local licensee, earlier this year. The company has had only one centre in...
California Fitness: LOCAL FITNESS CENTER EXPANDS TO CARMICHAEL
Local California Fitness club members who visit friends or relatives in Carmichael to gorge themselves on turkey and dressing on Thanksgiving Day will not have to wait until they return home to start losing those extra calories. That's because Thanksgiving week is the target date for the opening of a 30,000 square-foot facility in Carmichael by Russ Kuhn (owner of the original California Fitness here) and his partner, Larry Gury, assistant general manager of Southgate Recreation and...
California Fitness: Fire shutters at gym meant to separate inter-connecting floors
I REFER to the letter, 'Gym users trapped during fire scare' (ST, Feb 4), by Mr Chen Jinhai highlighting his observations following the sounding of the fire alarm at the California Fitness Gym, which occupies three floors - 13th to 15th storey - of Republic Plaza II.The Fire Code requires every floor which is above the 24m height of a building to be individually compartmental-ised between floors. In the case of the California Fitness Gym, because it has...