Thursday, March 11, 2010
Largest
Indoor Static Cycling Class - Life Time Fitness sets world
record
MINNEAPOLIS, MN, USA -- Lifetime
Fitness hosted 1052 indoor cyclists at Target Center
arena in downtown Minneapolis, for the "Ride of a Lifetime-
setting a world record for the Largest
Indoor Static Cycling Class.
Photo: Life Time Fitness broke the World
Record for the largest cycling class with 1,052 cyclists.
/ Photo: Peter Wong
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The two-hour, high-energy Ride of a Lifetime
was led by Life Time Fitness Chairman, President and CEO,
Bahram Akradi, and top Life Time cycle instructors.
Riders also were treated to music spun live by
internationally renowned DJ, Roberto Costa.
The event topped the previous Guinness world
record of 600 cyclists, which also was set by Life Time on
January 9, 2010, in Houston, Texas. Prior to that, the Guinness
world record had been 450 cyclists, set on September 18, 2009,
in Galway, Ireland.
Indoor cycling has remained one of the
most popular group fitness formats since it first hit the
gym scene in the mid 1990's. Classes are often filled with
cyclists who are trying to stay in shape during the off-season,
as well as triathletes and runners. But cycling experience
is not required to take part in a spinning class.
Life
Time Fitness, Inc. (LTM 28.80, -0.09, -0.31%) operates
distinctive and large, multi-use sports and athletic, professional
fitness, family recreation and resort and spa centers.
As of March 7, 2010, Life
Time Fitness operated 87 centers in 19 states, including
Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas,
Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey,
North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Virginia.
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Thursday, March 11, 2010
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