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HRSA has signed a
MedFit Education Foundation
partnership deal with
and MedFit Network. The partnership will
MedFit, a professional
provide medically-based
membership organisation
for fitness and allied
fitness education training,
healthcare professionals.
as well as access to medical fitness specialist courses and
The collaboration is part of plans to intensify the
a number of other projects
relationship between fitness and
which look to bring fitness and
healthcare globally – and will see
healthcare closer together.
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IHRSA partners with MedFit to intensify healthcare relationship
Among the first initiatives will
IHRSA work together with the PHOTO: IHRSA
be a programme of medicallybased fitness education training being provided at the IHRSA International Convention & Trade Show (IHRSA 2021) in
The partnership provides medical-based fitness education
Dallas, US, later this year. IHRSA interim president and CEO, Brent Darden, said: “MedFit’s lead positioning in
Our mutual organisations embrace the transformation of fitness and wellness Brent Darden, IHRSA
for leading the world to a healthier lifestyle. “This is an opportunity for
MedFit founder Lisa Dougherty said: “Chronic illnesses and the behaviours
the emerging medical fitness
the fitness industry to
that cause them account for
space has been very impressive.
up-level its education and
the majority of healthcare
“Our mutual organisations
services to be on the front
costs today worldwide.”
embrace the transformation
line of healthcare and position
of fitness and wellness
the sector as essential.”
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franchise deal which will see it open 20 studios
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T
RIB3 has secured a
PHOTO: TRIB3
TRIB3 and Urban Gym Group sign 20-site deal for Benelux
across Belgium, the
Netherlands and Luxembourg. The boutique operator has signed the area development deal with Dutch entrepreneur and investor,
Our property team is already in advanced discussions on several other locations
Jordy Kool, who has been given exclusive territory rights to the Benelux region. Kool is the co-CEO of Urban Gym Group (UGG) and the
The first UGG TRIB3 site will open in Amsterdam in 2021
Kevin Yates, TRIB3
TRIB3 sites will be managed within the portfolio of UGG.
The plan is to roll the 20
The franchise agreement
sites out across five years,
follows Kool becoming an
with six to open in the first
investor in TRIB3 in early 2021,
two years of the agreement.
through his investment group,
According to TRIB3 CEO,
Iron Asset Management.
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Kevin Yates, the first TRIB3
store in Benelux will open later this year, in Amsterdam.
“Jordy and I share a lot of the same values and both
“Our property team
see massive opportunities
is already in advanced
for growth in the industry.”
discussions, along with UGG, on several locations,” Yates said.
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