CKO Kickboxing Health Fitness Franchise Continues Rapid Growth with New San Diego Gym Opening on June 1
SAN DIEGO, May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CKO Kickboxing, one of the fastest-growing health fitness franchises, will open its first cardio kickboxing gym in California on June 1 at 7094 Miramar Road, Suites 115 and 116 in San Diego, to provide high-quality cross training in a friendly, comfortable home-like setting in the Mira Mesa area. Grand Opening festivities are in the works for Saturday, June 2 from 9 a.m.

MapMyFITNESS Launches Groundbreaking Applications and Redesigned Website
AUSTIN, Texas, May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- MapMyFITNESS, a health and fitness technology company powering the Internet's largest and fastest growing community of fitness enthusiasts, today announced the launch of a completely rebuilt platform with several new features for its portfolio of online fitness websites, including an innovative feature called Courses, advanced integration of Google Maps API for Business, and a fresh look and feel.  Courses will span five primary categories of sports, including cycling, running, walking, hiking and winter sports, as well as hundreds of subcategory specialty activities like cross-country skiing and unicycling. (Logo: ) Courses now provides ...

Exercising and Dieting Not Enough to Stop UK Obesity Freight Train - Dr Berardi
BRADFORD, England, May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A leading nutritional expert has called for more to be done by influential figures within the UK health and fitness industry after branding worrying obesity and diabetes levels as "freight trains running out of control".  Dr John Berardi, who was recently in the UK attending the FitPro convention, is a prominent researcher in the field of exercise and nutritional science and he believes a greater emphasis needs to be placed on engaging with and educating people of all ages on the benefits of eating healthy and exercising on a regular basis. Nearly a third of all children in the UK are now believed to be classified as overweight and just over a quarter of adults in England were classif ...