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Article: How fit are fitness centers?
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- The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
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- January 20, 2009
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ANDREW TANGEL, STAFF WRITER
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
01-20-2009
How fit are fitness centers? -- Health clubs hope folks won't throw in the towel in hard times
By ANDREW TANGEL, STAFF WRITER
Date: 01-20-2009, Tuesday
Section: BUSINESS
Edtion: All Editions
The recession may keep customers out of stores and restaurants, but maybe not off treadmills and bench presses.
On a recent weekday afternoon, a steady stream of exercisers milled around the LA Fitness sports club in Wayne, a giant fitness center comparable in size to the Kmart next door.
Marquis Williams, 29, a satellite dish technician who lives in Prospect Park, said he knows people who continue working out even though they've lost their ...