Electric news & features
A powerful ESG strategy is essential when it comes to everything from recruitment to fundraising. Steph Eaves finds eco-procurement is another piece of the ESG jigsaw puzzle
HCM issue 1 2024
The booming market for strength training is driving growth in everything from hardware to programming, as Steph Eaves discovers
HCM issue 8 2023
The CEO of South Downs Leisure explains how Sea Lanes, the new lido on Brighton seafront, will be a gateway to open water swimming
HCM issue 6 2023
Everyone Active is spending £7.5m this year reimagining its health and fitness offering to bring all its wellness services under one roof
HCM issue 1 2023
Duncan Anderson, CEO at South Downs Leisure, is transforming his operational outcomes by engaging his team in radical change based on people, planet and profit
HCM issue 10 2022
As more health clubs venture into wellness, operators are looking for space-efficient, cost-effective options that enable the delivery of useful health interventions. Frances Marcellin investigates the latest kit available for health clubs wanting to add contrast bathing to their offering
HCM issue 9 2022
Armah Sports CEO introduces his new smart club, B_fit, which uses AI, VR and Amazon Alexa
Fit Tech issue 1 2023
As we face a global energy crisis, experts give their views on the drive towards decarbonisation, and how businesses can tackle steeply rising costs
HCM issue 5 2022
The serial entrepreneur and founder of Feel Electric talks about bringing his new chain of EMS studios to the UK
HCM issue 4 2022
Accor’s global VP of wellbeing is building a hotel wellness portfolio to rival that of the most sophisticated health club offerings
HCM issue 1 2022
Hybrid fitness platform FitLab has closed its Series A financing, bringing total capital raised to
more
than US$15m.
news •
20 Jan 2022
Industry reports show that when gyms reopened, fitness enthusiasts flocked back to their
local gyms. While this is encouraging news, the one thing these reports often miss is the
opportunity that has been created in the last year and a half.
promotion •
02 Dec 2021
Electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) Training will drive secondary revenue and increase PT
penetration. It will accelerate and improve outcomes for users as well as build confidence
with people who are struggling to get back to training post lockdown.
product innovation •
23 Nov 2021
Climate change is causing devastation. HCM talks to innovators across the sector about inspiring solutions
HCM issue 10 2021
French car manufacturer Citroën and hotel brand Pullman Hotels & Resorts have partnered
to create
an autonomous "urban mobile platform", designed to allow people to explore cities while
working
out.
news •
05 Oct 2021
A spinal cord injury rehabilitation programme has grown to support thousands and inspired the creation of groundbreaking charities, as Kath Hudson reports
HCM issue 5 2021
Formula E team, Mahindra Racing, has built a new fitness programme to support the wellbeing of its drivers and staff. HCM talks to the team manager
HCM issue 3 2021
Researchers in China have designed a tiny device that can scavenge wind energy from the breeze you make when you walk or run
Fit Tech issue 1 2021
The CEO of Midtown Athletic Clubs tells of the brand’s rollercoaster journey throughout the COVID-19 pandemic
HCM issue 8 2020
A new ultra-thin, stretchable electronic material could be a game changer for wearable tech
Fit Tech issue 2 2020
Trent Ward and Yves Béhar have created an elegant home gym solution that uses AI and machine learning to coach users
Fit Tech issue 2 2020
A new ultrathin, stretchable electronic material which allows a product to 'breathe' could
have the potential to help create more functional wearable tech.
news •
05 May 2020
Formerly the UK’s secretary of state
for health, now mayor of Greater
Manchester, Burnham has ambitious plans
to normalise physical activity and place it
at the heart of primary care
HCM issue 6 2019
Check out the innovative new products
launched at FIBO 2019, from Wattbike,
Matrix, Funxtion, eGym and more
HCM issue 6 2019
Fitness testing and body scanning is
becoming a must-have for gyms. HCM
gives the low down on the latest systems
HCM issue 1 2019
Bodyscanning systems are developing fast.
We take a look at the latest innovations
HCM issue 8 2018
What will we do with petrol stations once
renewables have taken over? Turn them
into fitness hubs, say Gensler and Reebok
HCM issue 5 2018
Pure World Energy is delivering energy
savings to Bristol and Weymouth leisure
centres via its gas microturbine units
HCM issue 3 2018
Fitness kit and software supplier eGym will receive up to €25m (US$30m, £22.2m) in financing to
support its R&D and engineering.
news •
04 Jan 2018
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