In the latest update to EZFacility, our engineers have added three brand new customization options for facility managers that help tailor the billing, accounting, and check-in systems to their individual facility business practices.
Recently, IHRSA put forth an interesting argument in a blog post on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Physical Activity Guidelines website. It called, simply, for individuals to exercise in a way that makes them happy — as opposed to forcing themselves into one workout routine or another just because that routine is convenient or much talked about.
I’ve always wondered how it feels to get in a good workout at 3 a.m. I don’t belong to a 24-hour gym, though, so there isn’t much of an opportunity for me to try. But this winter I came close. My gym launched a “sunrise special”: For $29 extra a month, members could access the facility starting at 5 a.m. on weekdays and 7 a.m. on weekends.
We live in interesting times. The convergence of reality television with the national obesity crisis and a new level of health obsession has created opportunities for the fitness industry that never existed before. Last month, CBS’s Undercover Boss featured the CEO and founder of New-Jersey based Retro Fitness; last year, the CEO of Modell’s sporting goods shop appeared on the show. Now, a new season of Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition is starting up on ABC, and exercise technology company NuStep has a product in the limelight.
Back in the fall, when I joined my current gym, I signed up for a free training session. The trainer I was assigned, Cliff, was friendly, knowledgeable, kind, and encouraging. I met with him twice. I felt I could learn a lot from him — if nothing else, I found him motivating, and I knew I needed motivation — so I intended to meet with him again, but, somehow, I didn’t manage to. (As I’ve confessed before in this space, my gym-going became — I don’t want to say a complete fantasy, but it certainly didn’t happen too often.)
Our engineers have just verified that there is an issue in the latest version of the Chrome web browser’s (Version 27) Autofill feature. This bug (described here) can be a cause of “Error 178” messages when clients try to register for events via Online Registration. For now, please advise anyone who encounters this issue to use an alternate browser, such as Firefox, or to disable Autofill in Chrome (Settings->Show Advanced Settings->Uncheck “Enable Autofill”). We recommend adding a message to your Online Registration descriptions to inform customers of this potential issue as well. Our engineers are developing a work-around for the [...]
Read More...Our engineers are constantly working to improve your experience. Between major updates, we release small but important Features and Fixes that address issues and add useful new options and tools that will better help you manage your business with EZFacility. These changes are documented in our Release Notes, found on our Community Center under the “Product Info & User Guides” section.
