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AS RESTRICTIONS EASE , FACE-TO- FACE FITNESS SUMMIT RETURNS

As travel returns to some semblance of normal amid easing of restrictions and government promises to not return to lockdowns as we ‘ learn to live with the virus ’, in-person events are making a return to calendars across the country . Among them , the previously postponed Fitness & Recreation Industry Technology Summit .
Scheduled to take place in Sydney on 22-23 February , the summit promises to be a great opportunity to gain some cutting edge fitness tech insights and to connect with industry colleagues and leaders face-to-face . The program includes sessions on Behaviour Change in 2022 ; The Ultimate Blueprint for Fitness Sales Operations ;
Building a Brand With Canva Tools ; The Future of Smart Speakers ; Building a Loyalty Program For Retention ; and Leverage The Power Of LinkedIn .
For peace of mind , the event has a COVID Guarantee , so should you be unable to attend owing to changes to local rules , regulations and travel , you can receive a full refund or transfer your registration to a later event . As a partner of the Summit , we can offer all Network Members a $ 100 discount for the event by using the code AFN2022 when registering at fitnessindustrytechsummit . com . au
Source : Fitness & Recreation Industry Technology Summit

The way we were …

Well what can we say ? ‘ The way we were ’ is ‘ a magazine ’ as the feature on page 16 of this final issue fondly recalls as it looks back on more than 30 years of Network magazine . Time then , perhaps , for this final ‘ The way we were ’ to revisit the earliest issue of the magazine ‘ proper ’ in our archives .
Featuring the era ’ s poster boy for ‘ fitness ’ Arnie Schwarzenegger , this December 1990 publication led with a prescient prediction about the future of fitness being computerised … “ As these first generation workhorses reach adolescence , the research and development teams and the lateral thinkers in the industry will conceive and develop new models and new challenges for the consumers of the future . Technology is an established part of our society and will continue to influence and have an impact on our industry ”.
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