Gymtopia Harnesses Global Health and Fitness Clubs to Help Good Causes

Gymtopia Harnesses Global Health and Fitness Clubs to Help Good Causes

The altruistic room of the comprehensive shape and fitness industry is being harnessed to help the wider convergence, thankfulness to the launch of Gymtopia: A digital storytelling platform designed to capture the social impression of projects powered by gyms and gym-goers world-wide. The London launch of Gymtopia takes place on Wednesday afternoon, June 19, 2013 from the city center of operations of Les Mills. The event will be attended by shape clubs, Gymtopia sponsors and fitness industry associations.

The brainchild of shape bash industry consultant, Ray Algar, who was inspired to launch the venture while attending a fitness talks in 2012, Gymtopia encourages shape clubs to work together with their members in fundraising, collecting food, donating shoes and clothing, and many other projects with the intention of creating a clear social impression. Inside curve, shape and fitness clubs can get on to themselves more striking to extra members from responsibility something clear pro society, as well selection existing members to be healthy and feel skilled.

Ray Algar explains: "The perception pro Gymtopia arose as I was speaking with Richard Bilton, president of Companhia Athletica, by the 2012 IHRSA Fitness Brasil Conference in Sao Paulo. Richard was telltale me in this area a shoe collection project his clubs had ongoing. Members were asked to donate their old and uninvited aerobics studio shoes, which were laundered, bagged and agreed to a Brasilian charity with the intention of voting for them to childish runners who may possibly not afford their own specialist shoes. Companhia Athletica collected 700 pairs of shoes to kick-start the project and is currently collecting almost 4,000 pairs a time. I was fascinated by the accomplishment of this project and wanted to enlarge it, world-wide, by cheering other shape and fitness providers to adopt akin schemes. However, we looked-forward to harness the mess to promote the project to apply; Gymtopia is the upshot."

He adds: "The comprehensive shape bash industry comprises more than 153,000 clubs serving 132 million members. 

This is a noteworthy convergence with the intention of can be harnessed to create socially skilled. For model, Planet Fitness, the US-based financial statement aerobics studio operator, has more than 3.5 million members, which is better than the population of Uruguay! If you ask 3.5 million public to participate in an unadorned play a role of kindness or goodwill gesture, the upshot can be extraordinary."

Tom Durkin, VP of the International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association (IHRSA), says of the Gymtopia initiative: "Many IHRSA facilities be inflicted with launching initiatives or tied with charitable organizations to get on to a meaningful impression on society. Inside their quest to increase the circumstances of communities in need, many be inflicted with be converted into impressive role models of philanthropy. Their responsibility so not since it will boost membership sales, limb maintenance, or bottom-line profitability but simply since it's the aptly business to sort out. IHRSA applauds the Gymtopia pro selection to shine a light on these skilled deeds and cheering other to stay on their principal."

To sign up with Gymtopia, a bash simply visits the website and completes a one-time registration form, emancipated of charge. Once registered, a bash can at that time submit its project to the list. Gymtopia will circulate projects with the intention to focus on humanizing the life of a convergence, or be inflicted with an outdoor focus – i.E. Benefitting a convergence outside with the intention of of the shape bash.