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If you're holding too much weight, 24 Hour Fitness Worldwide has the solution. It owns and operates more than 350 fitness centers that offer aerobic, cardiovascular, and weight lifting activities to the company's more than 3 million members. Some facilities ... feature squash, racquetball, and basketball courts; swimming pools; steam and sauna rooms; tanning rooms; and whirlpools. It is one of the only fitness chains open 24 hours a day. The centers are located in 16 states in the US, as well as in Asia. Investment partnership McCown De Leeuw & Co. was a leading investor in 24 Hour Fitness, which was founded in 1983 by chairman Mark Mastrov.
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Based in San Ramon, California, 24 Hour Fitness Worldwide, Inc. is the largest privately owned and operated chain of fitness centers, with more than 300 clubs located in 16 states and Asia and a membership in excess of 2.7 million. As the company name implies, the centers are open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. They come in five types. "Active" clubs are basic fitness centers up to 25,000 square feet in size, offering cardio equipment, free weights and other weight training machines, and group exercise classes. Somewhat larger, from 35,000 to 50,000 square feet, are the "Sport" clubs, which ... include a basketball court and swimming pool. Somewhat larger than these facilities, the "Super-sport" category is able to offer massage, sauna, and steam room amenities.
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California Fitness, part of the 24 Hour Fitness Worldwide (comprising over 345 fitness facilities worldwide) is acknowledged as the leading light in the Asian fitness industry. Recently ranked 73rd in Asia's top 1,000 brands by Media Portfolio in July 2004, California Fitness has six locations in Hong Kong, two in Singapore, two in Kuala Lumpur and five in Taiwan. An aggressive expansion is intended for all existing and new markets. California Fitness (as part of 24 Hour Fitness Worldwide) aims to establish itself as the strongest Asian provider of fitness services and products.
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