Health Fitness Management: A Comprehensive Resource for Managing and Operating Programs and Facilities [Hardcover]

Robert W. Patton (Author), Tracy D. York (Author), William C. Grantham (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0880115599 | ISBN-13: 978-0880115599 | Publication Date: January 1998 | Edition: 1

This work applies conventional business management principles and operational guidelines to the running of a health fitness facility. It addresses issues relating to the management of marketing, membership, equipment, personnel, safety, maintenance, finance and legal issues, and more.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

William C. Grantham is general manager of the Little Rock Athletic Club, which was named the best commercial fitness center in Arkansas in 1996 by both the Arkansas Governors Council on Physical Fitness and the Arkansas Times. Selected in 1974 at the age of 25 to direct Dr. Kenneth Cooper’s Aerobics Activity Center in Dallas, Texas, Grantham has since been involved in nearly every facet of health fitness facility management and operation. He has directed facility design and start-up, managed as many as 135 employees, and handled all areas of marketing, finance, member services, food and beverage, and pro shop management.

Grantham is the coauthor of Developing and Managing Health/Fitness Facilities. He is a member of the International Health and Racquet Sports Association and a graduate of the organization’s Professional Management Institute. He is also a member of ACSM. Married to Jamie, William enjoys reading, cycling, and computers.

Dr. Robert W. Patton has been involved in the health and fitness field for the past thirty years. He is currently a regents professor of kinesiology at the University of North Texas in Denton, where he was instrumental in the development of the health fitness management and exercise physiology graduate programs. As a consultant and expert witness, Patton has served over fifty major clients, including corporations, hospitals, resorts, and hotels, as well as preventive medicine clinics and commercial fitness centers.

In addition to writing more than 80 journals articles and several encyclopedia chapters, Patton is the principal author of Implementing Health/Fitness Programs and Developing and Managing Health/Fitness Facilities. Patton is married to Elisa Hardy Patton and has two grown kids, Laura and Scott. He is an avid traveler and a fitness enthusiast who enjoys jogging and cycling as well as reading and gardening.

Tracy D. York serves as director of operations for the Lake Austin Spa Resort, a destination wellness spa located in Austin, Texas. Prior to accepting this position, she served as director of The Spa at the Cresent, a luxury spa, fitness, and wellness facility managed by Rosewood Hotels and Resorts, which oversees five-star hotels and resorts around the world. In this role, York was responsible for managing all aspects of the private fitness facility and public day spa. In addition to her management duties at The Spa, York served on the development team for Rosewood Hotels, designing spa and fitness facilities. She is a contributing author to ACSM’s Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription (Fifth Edition) and a section editor for the ACSM’s Resource Manual to the Guidelines (Third Edition). She is a lover of outdoor activities and enjoys jogging, cycling, weight training, yoga, and golf.

Mitchel L. Winick is a consultant, author, and speaker in the areas of professional service management, marketing, and communications. During the past 20 years, he has applied his expertise to two distinctly different industries. As a consultant in the health fitness industry, he provides management and marketing research, analysis, and advice to many of the United States’ largest health fitness organizations, including the American College of Sports Medicine. As a licensed attorney, he serves as an adjunct professor of law, teaching law office management and technology, at Texas Tech School of Law and the University of Houston Law Center. He also serves as a faculty member and author for several professional organizations, including the Texas Center for Legal Ethics and Professionalism, the Center for Nonprofit Management, and the State Bar of Texas Professional Development Program. He is coauthor of A Guide to the Basics of Law Practice and Law Office Management: Practice and Technology. He and his wife, Debbie have two children, Tyler and Lezah.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 527 pages
• Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers; 1 edition (January 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0880115599
• ISBN-13: 978-0880115599
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 8.9 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #899,186 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Author Fitness Memberships & Money, August 23, 2004

By 

Fitness Professional (Fitness Professional) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Health Fitness Management: A Comprehensive Resource for Managing and Operating Programs and Facilities (Hardcover)

As an active health club operator, I found this book to be very informative. It has incredible amount of information and covers about over 500 pages. I feel the book deals more on the day to day operation than most book on fitness cover. The aurthors have a proven track record in the industry.
Ron Thatcher Author Fitness, Memberships & Money