AB Show Video Series: PLAE

Feb 24, 2016

The Athletic Business Show is a great place for companies to show off innovative products to qualified buyers. This year, Matt Hickmann from PLAE gives us an inside look at their flooring products and their importance in training facilities.

Product Spotlight 2026: Weight Rooms & Strength Equipment

October 16, 2026

Building Back Stronger: How Walltopia Helped Cultivate Climbing Rebuild After Hurricane Helene

Building Back Stronger: How Walltopia Helped Cultivate Climbing Rebuild After Hurricane Helene

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Strength Experts Break Down the Proliferation of Weight Training in Women’s Sports

Michigan Planet Fitness Locations Offer Free Gym Access Due to Wildfire Smoke

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How to Correctly Design Climbing, Cycling and Functional Fitness Spaces While Ensuring Flexibility

Product Spotlight 2026: Weight Rooms & Strength Equipment

Check out products from Matrix Fitness, Mondo, Full Circle Padding.com, and more!

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How Wilmington College Turned a Routine Upgrade Into a Record-Setting Moment

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What started as a facilities need became proof that the right surface can elevate athletes, strengthen recruiting and redefine what a campus can expect from its track.

How Wilmington College Turned a Routine Upgrade Into a Record-Setting Moment

Strength Experts Break Down the Proliferation of Weight Training in Women’s Sports

In August, the NWSL’s Portland Thorns and WNBA’s Portland Fire cut the ribbon on a joint training and performance center, a first-of-its-kind facility for professional women’s sports that sets a new standard in helping female athletes thrive.

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Michigan Planet Fitness Locations Offer Free Gym Access Due to Wildfire Smoke

As Canadian wildfire smoke blankets much of the northern United States, setting poor air quality records in Chicago, Milwaukee and Detroit, many activities and workouts are being moved indoors due to the health risk.

How to Correctly Design Climbing, Cycling and Functional Fitness Spaces While Ensuring Flexibility

When the community recreation center in Jackson, Wyo., undertook an addition with climbing as its centerpiece, the wall didn’t get tucked into a back corner and declared done. Instead, it became the generator.

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Why Fitness Is Becoming a Mental Health Resource

In 2022, as the fitness industry was finding its footing after COVID’s disruptions, Dr. Karlie Intlekofer authored a series of columns for Athletic Business on exercise and mental health.

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SportsArt Announces 2026 Campus Challenge Winners, Advancing Sustainable Campus Recreation

SportsArt, a global leader in sustainable fitness solutions, has announced the grant winners and sweepstakes winners for its 3rd Annual Campus Challenge...

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HFA Report Reveals 81M Americans Were Fitness Club Members in 2025

The Health & Fitness Association today released its 2026 US Health & Fitness Consumer Report: Headline Trends, which found that 81 million Americans...

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Why New Cardio Trends and Modalities Remain an Opportunity for Facility Operators

There was a time when it was tough to get a spot on the treadmill or elliptical at the local gym. Cardio was billed as the ultimate fat burner, and facilities invested accordingly.

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How Campus Rec Centers are Renovating Their Weight Rooms to Meet Student Demand

Campus recreation centers across the country are seeing students shift from cardio to strength training. At the University of Cincinnati, the number of elliptical machines dropped from 25 to eight

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How Great Design Has Been the Differentiator for California’s CORE Recreation Center

When we opened our first health club years ago, the concept of “design” was pretty straightforward: make the place look cool and pack in as much equipment — and as many people — as possible.

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Fitness Center Loses Roof in Storm, Faces Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars in Damage

A fitness center in Indianapolis had its roof torn away during the severe thunderstorms that ripped through the South and central U.S. last week. Now, owners are scrambling to save equipment and find a solution to the damage.

Daily Digs: Arlington Cuts Ribbon on New Rec Center, Florida County Mulls New YMCA, and More!

Arlington, Texas, is preparing for a grand opening of the ACTIV, the city's new 73,000-square-feet recreation center for adults ages 50 and older.

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