Trends like high-intensity interval training, water-based workouts, functional fitness training and body weight training have taken over the fitness scene. Fitness club owners should share new training trends with their insurance agents and consider any new potential exposures. (Photo: iStock)

Getting in shape for summer is a common spring mantra as temperatures rise and we trade in winter coats for shorts and sandals.

But it shouldn't just be customers of health clubs who resolve to get in shape. Fitness facilities themselves need to be thinking along the same lines: What can they do to create a better customer experience and reduce risks for their clients?

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Insurance fitness

With new trends in fitness popping up almost daily, health club owners should keep up on the risks associated with those trends, and their agents and brokers can help them.

Just as fitness facility owners shop carefully to purchase the correct equipment and hire trained staff certified in the new activity, they should make sure their insurance agent knows about the new undertaking, so the agent can consider any new risk exposures that could impact the business, as well as additional coverage needs. Club owners have a responsibility to their members, guests and employees to keep their facilities safe.

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