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Bally Total Fitness

Operates a national chain of health clubs.

Headquarters:
8700 West Bryn Mawr Ave.
Chicago, IL 60631
Employees: 23,500
Interim CEO: Don Kornstein
Privately owned

Website: http://www.ballyfitness.com

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Bally Total Fitness is the largest and only nationwide commercial operator of fitness centers, with over 400 facilities located in 29 states, Mexico, Korea, China and the Caribbean under the Bally Total Fitness and Bally Sports Clubs brands. Bally's has about 4 million members.

Bally centers offer exercise bikes, treadmills, weight lifting and group classes like yoga, pilates and aerobics. Extensive multilevel aerobic programs include Spinning, Step, Low Impact, High Impact, Body Sculpting, Stretch/Yoga, CardioBox, Interval/Circuit, and Aqua.

In June 2007, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and sold its Toronto, Canada facilities to Extreme Fitness, Inc. and GoodLife Fitness Centres Inc., for approximately $18 million.

The company emerged from bankruptcy in 2007 and is now owned by Harbinger Capital.

Bally's says it has 23,500 on-site staff members including 6,700 group exercise instructors and 3,500 Personal Trainers.

Benefits

Employees of Bally Total Fitness receive competitive pay. Full time benefits include medical, dental, 401K, vacation, tuition reimbursement, and access to all clubs.

Updated May 18, 2008