Fitness Industry Roundup: U.K. Fights Obesity with Older PTs

The Personal Trainer Behind RBG’s Success

Bryant Johnson, associate Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s personal trainer of almost two decades, has opened up about the workouts he created for the 85 year old. After Ginsburg’s fight with colon cancer in 1999, she took the recommendation from another judge to begin working with a personal trainer. Johnson rose to the occasion and began assisting the justice on her return to health. With age in mind, Johnson developed a regimen incorporating exercises that improve posture, strengthen bones, and benefit seniors overall. At the center of the Ginsburg’s twice-a-week workout are push ups, planks, and squats. “When she’s with me she doesn’t think about [work]. She turns off the brain and works on her body. This keeps her refreshed so she can go back to the law having had a break,” Johnson said about his famous client.

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Founder and CEO Discusses Success of 1Rebel

James Balfour, the found and CEO of 1Rebel in the U.K., talked to Forbes about surviving the fitness revolution and keeping up with the experience economy. Balfour and his business partner Giles Dean created 1Rebel, a spin studio boutique, after shifting away from work at his father’s Fitness First gyms. Together, the partners shunned traditional means to start a business, took to crowdsourcing, and focused on the “experience” aspect of exercise. “Anyone can get fit in the park, but training in a beautifully designed club, with the best instructors in the world, and with a like-minded community delivers a sense of belonging and advocacy you can’t get from a bench press in your shed,” Balfour said.

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Team IHRSA Runs 5K in Remembrance of Colleague