There are three forms of health clubs. The first is the gym in the hotel, which generally has a swimming pool, but it is small in size, expensive and not popular enough, mainly for hotel guests. The second is a membership gym for middle and high income groups, with advanced equipment, complete courses and strong coaching team, which is generally popular. The third type is the mass fitness club, which is relatively low in hardware and software, but very popular.

Fitness clubs originated in Europe and America. Today, in western developed countries such as Europe and America, fitness is no longer the pursuit of fashion. More importantly, it has gradually become a part of people's lives and a necessity. Fitness exercise has been accepted by more and more people. In the United States, one out of every eight people is exercising, which means there are more than 30 million people in the United States.

According to the statistics of American business information, the number of health clubs in the United States increased by 869 in 2006, from 16938 in 2006 to 17807 in 2002, which increased the number of health clubs in the United States in the Yellow Pages. It is estimated that there will be nearly 20,000 health clubs in the United States by the end of 2000. In other words, in the United States, on average, more than 65438+100000 people own a health club.

With the development of China's market economy, people's living standards have gradually improved, and people have the consciousness of "wanting to spend money on health", and the concept of healthy living has become more and more popular. Fitness club is a commercial organization that provides comprehensive physical exercise services for the public. Joining a fitness club and investing in health has become the best way for people to live a healthy life.

Since the 1980s, with the extensive establishment of fitness clubs of various scales in China, it has also brought us a brand-new fitness concept, which has enabled the extensive development of aerobic aerobics and muscle bodybuilding projects, and derived some new fitness projects, such as street dance, step aerobics, Latin aerobics, jazz aerobics, yoga, rhythmic gymnastics and so on. These new fitness programs not only bring health to the public, but also become a fashion pursued by people of different ages.