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Life Fitness, a division of Brunswick Corp. (NYSE: BC), is the global leader in designing and manufacturing a full line of high-quality fitness equipment for commercial and consumer use. It is the largest commercial fitness equipment provider in the world and the only fitness equipment manufacturer that has been providing premium equipment for nearly 30 years. Life Fitness’ cardiovascular and strength-training products, including the renowned Lifecycle exercise bike, are used worldwide in health clubs, fitness centers and wellness facilities, as well as in homes. The company is headquartered near Chicago, in Schiller Park, Ill., and distributes its equipment in more than 120 countries.


Fitness Depot is the largest retailer of specialty exercise equipment and accessories in Canada while Fitness Depot Commercial is a leader in commercial fitness consulting and equipment supply. We offer top brands like Precor, Nautilus, StairMaster, Icarian, Schwinn plus much more. Due to our national buying power, warehouse style pricing and low operating cost we are able to guarantee the lowest everyday price. Visit www.fitnessdepot.ca for details.


General Nutrition Centres (GNC) prides itself in offering you superior service and the highest quality sports nutrition, vitamin, mineral and herbal products; all backed by a 100% satisfaction guarantee. GNC is also an innovator… our third party and GNC brands deliver the latest innovations in nutritional and health science. This is why GNC has received so many Consumer Choice awards.?Email info@gnccanada.com


Human Kinetics is the premier knowledge integrator in the physical activity field. We synthesize vast amounts of information into a constantly evolving array of products that utilize current technology to meet the needs of our varied audiences. HK has served the physical activity field since 1974, when it published its first book - a proceedings from a sport psychology conference. Today, HK produces textbooks, consumer books, software, videos, audiocassettes, journals and distance education courses. Our products will continue to take a variety of forms. A privately held company, HK’s mission is to meet the needs of teachers, coaches, professionals, researchers, sport participants and fitness enthusiasts. Our objective is to make a positive difference in the quality of life of every human being by promoting physical activity through information. We do so by seeking out experts to create our products; by hiring educated, professionally qualified staff to develop those products and by working closely and cooperatively with leading scholarly and professional associations. For more information please call 1-800-465-7301 or visit www.humankinetics.com.


Founded in 2001, the International Council on Active Aging (ICAA) has quickly grown to become the world’s largest association dedicated to changing the way we age by uniting and working with professionals in the retirement, assisted living, recreation, fitness, rehabilitation, medical and wellness fields. The ICAA connects a community of like-minded professionals who share the goals of changing society’s perceptions of aging and improving the quality of life for aging Baby Boomers and older adults within the six dimensions of wellness (emotional, vocational, physical, spiritual, intellectual, social.) The council supports these professionals with education, information, resources and tools, so they can achieve optimal success with this growing market. To learn more about the ICAA, please visit www.icaa.cc.


The Jump Rope Institute (JRI) redefines jump rope for the 21st century with revolutionary product and education. It offers a comprehensive and systematic approach to jump rope training, encompasses all known sciences, technologies, functional movements and safe progressions to ensure appropriate development and advancement to the next fitness and performance level for males and females. JRI is the exclusive Can-Fit-Pro provider for Jump Rope Certifications and is a division of Jump Rope Technology founded in 1987 by US Olympian Buddy Lee. Buddy is recognized as the world’s leading jump rope training expert and is the inventor of the Hyperformance Official U.S. Olympic Team and World’s Best Jump Ropes. He has trained 25 Olympic sports teams with his system and has done 4000 presentations in 30 countries. JRI provides high quality programs and superior equipment for conducting safe and effective workshops, group x and lectures for improved fitness sports performance, weight loss and rehabilitation. Visit www.jumpropeinstitute.com, email jump4speed@aol.com or phone 703-971-3400.


Keystone is located in Toronto, Ontario. We are Canada’s largest supplier of reconditioned and pre-owned commercial fitness equipment. We offer an indispensable, cost saving alternative to the purchase of new equipment. Keystone also provides flexible financing, leasing and rental programs tailored to suit your needs. For a complete list of our products visit www.keystonesports.ca or call 1-866-294-4075.


Nautilus, Inc is a leading marketer, developer and manufacturer of branded health and fitness products with direct, retail and commercial sales channels worldwide. Nautilus has some of the most recognized brands in the industry with a portfolio that includes Nautilus®, Bowflex®, Schwinn® Fitness, StairMaster® and Pearl Izumi®. For more information call 1-800-563-7341 or visit our website at www.nautilusinc.com.


New Era Grafix is a London based Promotional Products Solutions provider.We offer whatever medium you can imagine putting your company logo on. Brand name apparel and accessories are personalized with a company’s logo or unique eye-catching designs created by our artists. These are brought to life using inhouse state-of-the art screen-printing or embroidery techniques and equipment utilizing our two automatic, three manual printing presses and 27 embroidery heads. Additional in-house services offered are digitizing (computer generated electronic logos for embroidery) and inventory fulfillment. We also provide promotional products such as mugs, pens and other choices like customized muskoka chairs or treasure boxes. We opened our doors in 1991 with only three partners. Today, 16 years later we have added 38 team members, all committed to providing the best in creative ideas, imaginative designs, quality products and personal service to promote your business. Contact us at 519-685-0337 or newera@newerasite.com.


Achieving maximum financial fitness requires a whole new approach. For starters, it requires everything. And only Precor has everything you need to take your business to the next level. From a full line of the right fitness equipment including strength, to entertainment systems that entertain your customers and builds your business, and certified service that keeps your facility up and running, Precor will help your business move beyond. So give your customers what they need: a full line of equipment engineered to move the way they move. And give your business what it needs: a partner capable of providing value-added services and support that allows you to focus on your customers, not just your equipment. Put the Precor formula to work for you today.


Propel Vitamin Supplement is vitamin charged and flavoured to hydrate. Created by the hydration experts at Gatorade, Propel is Canada’s first ever vitamin enhanced water. Propel provides fitness enthusiasts with vitamins to help to maintain good health, is low in calories, and is an additional beverage option for those bored with the taste of plain water. Research shows that people will drink more of a lightly flavoured beverage than plain water, helping them to stay better hydrated and get more from their workouts. Propel is available in Berry, Grape, Strawberry-Kiwi and Orange.


Mike and Stephanie Morris “rolled out” their Resist-A-Ball® program to the fitness industry at the World IDEA Conference in New Orleans in 1993. Today Resist-A-Ball education and training products can be found in many health clubs and homes throughout the world. As the leader in the fitness industry on stability ball training, Resist-A-Ball®, Inc. has partnered exclusively with Can-Fit-Pro to deliver the Resist-A-Ball certification programs throughout Canada. For a complete line of products and direct links to Resist-A-Ball courses go to www.resistaball.ca.


Creator of the Spinning® program, SPIN Fitness™ is the leader in fitness education and equipment. With the launch of SPIN Pilates™, SPIN Fitness now brings to Pilates the unrivaled instructor education and best-in-class equipment that has made the Spinning program a group exercise standard worldwide. For more information visit www.spinfitness.com.


Star Trac offers a complete line of cardiovascular and strength equipment; Impact Strength™, Instinct™ and E Series treadmills, bikes, steppers and total-body trainers, featuring iPod® and USB connectivity. We offer HumanSport™ cable-based strength equipment, urethane coated free-weights and partner with Mad Dogg Athletics as the manufacturer of Spinner® bikes. For more information call 1-800-228-6635, or visit www.startrac.com.


STOTT PILATES® is the world’s largest full-service Pilates organization. Renowned for providing high-caliber Pilates education, equipment and videos, STOTT PILATES has trained over 17,000 students in 67 countries and has over 50 Licensed Training Centers and numerous hosting locations worldwide. STOTT PILATES provides instructors with ongoing continuing education and marketing support – and adheres to its mission of promoting the benefits of mind-body fitness across the globe. STOTT PILATES is your source for everything Pilates.


“World Famous Uvalux International” has been in the indoor tanning business for over 28 years, in fact Uvalux was the first company in North America to manufacture indoor tanning equipment. Since the beginning we have pursued “Customer Satisfaction, Whatever it Takes” as our primary goal. Located across Canada, with “Sales, Service” and Show Rooms in Montreal, Toronto,Woodstock, Calgary and Vancouver, Uvalux is positioned to best service the tanning business.We feature only name brand, industry leading products such as Sunscape, Solarforce, Sunstar , Sunvision equipment and Australian Gold, Swedish Beauty, And Caribbean Gold tanning lotions. Whether you are looking at indoor tanning for the first time or expanding a current business, trust Uvalux to help with your decisions, by providing expert information on site location, construction, industry trends, equipment, lotion products, 4 year “best in the industry” warranties, financing options and complete staff training. So visit us at the show, or contact us directly at 1-800-661-6292 and www.uvalux.com.




Balanced Body is the world’s largest provider of pilates equipment, information, and education. Group and personal pilates sessions are powerful revenue generators for health and fitness facilities. Balanced Body now provides affordable, combined equipment and training packages to help get your program started. Reformer, EXO™ Chair, mat and additional coursework are available. Trainings can be held onsite and are modular so you can learn at your own pace. In addition, all packages can be customized to fit your goals and budget. Find out more at www.pilates.com or call at 1-800-PILATES.


Concept2 was founded by Dick and Peter Dreissigacker in 1976. Fresh from Olympic training, the two brothers designed and created prototypes of carbon fiber racing oars, and went on to create the world’s first wind-resistance indoor rower, the Concept2 Model A Indoor Rower. Today’s Model E builds on Concept2’s 30 years of experience in designing and using rowing machines. The Concept2 Indoor Rower is found in health clubs, homes, schools, and Olympic training centers around the world.


Fitness Business Canada and Fitness Trainer Canada are now together in one magazine. Our joint publication serves facility owners, directors and managers working as a team with the leaders, instructors, floor trainers and other facility employees across Canada. In addition, the new Fitness Business now serves an expanded base of over 10,000 health and fitness professionals in all areas. In addition to the commercial, public and charitable sectors, this includes independent professionals, rehab organizations, apartment and condo facilities, public service groups with fitness programs and centres, wellness specialists and a wide variety of other specialty health/fitness services.


Fitness Source’s goal continues to be to contribute to the health and physical conditioning of Canadians by providing products that are safe, effective, and of the highest quality. We continue to strive for market leadership through superior customer service and increased product selection at the guaranteed lowest prices. As the exclusive Canadian Distributor for select premium brands, we at the Fitness Source pride ourselves on bringing the highest quality products to the Canadian market at competitive prices. With an extensive line of Pilates, Yoga, Studio, Sports-conditioning products and fitness equipment to name but a few. With in-house technical support, parts and service, leasing programs, 9 convenient showroom locations, a toll-free line where we can be reached from coast to coast (1-800-668-4857) or our local line (905-660-9114) we strive to provide a one-stop shopping solution for all your fitness needs. Please visit our website at www.fitnesssource.ca.


FreeMotion Fitness offers wall-to-wall solutions with FreeMotion integrated functional strength equipment, FreeMotion Cardio and FreeMotion EPIC strength. We also provide the FreeMotion i.Tonic Whole Body Vibration Platform, FreeMotion Circuit Training programs and studio solutions with FreeMotion Group and Personal Training. For more information please call 1-877-363-8449 or 719-533-2900 or visit www.freemotionfitness.com.


Keiser produces low impact, pneumatic resistance equipment utilized by athletes, fitness enthusiasts and rehabilitation experts worldwide. Our users are linked by one common goal-the ability to train at any speed without fear of injury.?Keiser also produces an indoor cycle unlike any you’ve tried. The new M3 indoor cycle, experience the ride of your life!


Matrix Fitness Systems offers a complete line of cardiovascular and selectorized strength equipment for commercial fitness facilities. Based just outside of Madison, WI, the company is a division of Johnson Health Tech Ltd., an ISO 9001-certified company and one of the largest manufacturers of fitness equipment in the world.


National Fitness Products of Canada Inc. is a wholesale supplier of leading brands of fitness equipment such as Star Trac, Atlantis, Woodway, Reebok and Tomahawk Indoor cycle bike, Game Bike and Perform Better products. We provide a comprehensive list of services including facility consulting and financing. We do not operate retail stores, thus as a wholesale, we can provide you with the best service and pricing required.


Fueled by a relentless passion to offer the best elliptical machines, Octane Fitness is committed exclusively to delivering breakthrough, performance cross training, and ellipticals are the sole focus of the company’s research, development, testing and manufacturing.


With the massive, rapid growth of the fitness industry, trainers and coaches worldwide are seeking progressive, cost effective ways to stay on the pulse of thought, theory and practice in fitness, sport and rehabilitation. From this need has evolved the Personal Training on the Net web site: www.PTontheNET.com. As the world’s largest and most comprehensive continuing education resource, PTontheNET.com offers over 2,000 articles written by a host of internationally acclaimed authors; the world’s largest online Exercise & Flexibility Library; leading edge assessment tools and program design technology; audio clinics and live workshops with top industry presenters; exclusive virtual workshops, DVD and video courses; cutting edge web design; job search functions; functional product discounts; CECs with every major certification body; and much, much more! Call 720-489-0294 or visit www.PTontheNET.com.


Sears National Kids Cancer Ride is the biggest and most ambitious charity cycling event for childhood cancer in the world. From June 2 to 20, 2008, 100 cyclists embarked on a trans-Canada odyssey, riding 7,600km from Vancouver to Halifax, while thousands more joined in for distances of 25-200km. The national riders visited pediatric oncology centres and hospitals along the way and raised millions of dollars on behalf of charities that improve the quality of life for children, and their families, living beyond cancer. For more information, or to learn how you can make a donation, please visit www.nationalkidscancerride.com.


Remington Sport is introducing POWERbreathe® to the Canadian market! POWERbreathe® is a hand-held inspiratory muscle trainer with adjustable load, that is unique, simple-to-use, drug free, and designed to help maximize sports performance, improve fitness and reduce breathlessness. Using the basic principles of resistance training, POWERbreathe® works like ‘dumb-bells for your diaphragm’! You will notice a difference within the first few days of regular use (30 breaths twice a day). After four weeks, your lung function, and ultimately your performance, will improve. For more information, please visit www.powerbreathe.com. Remington Sport will also be showcasing the GYMSTICK™ - a revolutionary total body fitness tool that strengthens tones and defines every muscle in your body and core! The GYMSTICK™ concept includes effective forms of exercising outdoors and indoors: GYMSTICK™ Nordic Walking for the outdoors, and GYMSTICK™ Original for indoor training. Available in different resistance levels, there is a GYMSTICK™ for everyone! For more information on training with the GYMSTICK™ and to find out more about our certification programs, please call us at 1-800-267-5822 or visit www.gymstick.net and www.remingtonmedical.com.


Zumba is the fitness phenomenon that is taking the world by storm! Zumba is a fusion of Latin and International music and dance themes creating a dynamic, exciting, effective fitness system! The routines feature aerobic/fitness with a combination of fast and slow rhythms that tone and sculpt the body. Zumba utilizes the principles of cardio and fitness interval training and resistance training to maximize caloric output, fat burning and total body toning. It is a mixture of body sculpting movements with easy to follow dance steps. Learn more about the concept behind Zumba to have a greater enjoyment, understanding and appreciation of why Zumba is the phenomenon that is taking the world by storm! Contact info@zumba.com for more details.

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