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Leading software specialists reveal how they’ve solved specific tech challenges for individual health clubs
HCM issue 4 2022
The co-founders of PT consultancy and training company, Future Practice, see an opportunity for fitness professionals to become stress management experts
HCM issue 10 2021
Mental health and mindfulness app Open has completed a Series A funding round worth US$9m,
with Twitter co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey among the high-profile investors.
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26 Oct 2021
The Leisure Database Company’s David Minton says change should be considered the new norm in his industry analysis. Going forward, operators should be broadening their offerings to incorporate nature and targeting older people
HCM Handbook 2021
Who’s winning on social? An analysis of social media responses to gym chains’ reopening videos
HCM issue 6 2020
The PGA Tour has recently bought 1,000 Whoop bands for its golfers, after PGA Tour
golfer Nick Watney said he was alerted via his Whoop band that he may have COVID-19.
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02 Jul 2020
Staying connected to members is essential during closures. Software companies tell us how they’re helping clubs to engage
HCM issue 4 2020
Our news team at HCM rounds up some of the highlights from recent medical research in the health, fitness and wellbeing industry. Give your brain a boost, work out safely and tweet your fitness are just some of the insights
HCM Handbook 2020
Supplier Fisikal latest collaboration with DiR Clubs
HCM issue 3 2020
Everyone Active has launched a new
brand, FORTIS By Speedflex, as part
of a venture into branded studios
HCM issue 2 2020
This Warwickshire GP has launched a
virtual fitness club at his practice
HCM issue 2 2020
Leisure Media is launching a new platform for technology in the health, fitness, wellness and sports markets
HCM issue 1 2020
Circuits are a powerful way to deliver a
controlled and effective workout to people
of a range of abilities in a short time frame.
We look at some of the leading systems
HCM issue 11 2019
Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) has combined social media posts and
machine learning to chart entire populations' exercise habits.
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23 Jul 2019
Signing up members, giving great customer service and driving retention
are key to a successful health club business. Ivan Stevenson explains
how DFC can drive this process to underpin success
HCM issue 6 2019
Group exercise continues to grow in
popularity, making great instructors
more important than ever before. But
are we paying them enough?
HCM issue 6 2019
HCM kicks off 2019 with a rundown of
the latest software features available,
including queue management, facial
recognition, health outcomes management
and a partnership with Strava
HCM issue 1 2019
Evo Bench offers an innovative, flexible training solution that’s ideal for smaller and boutique spaces
HCM issue 11 2018
The right gym flooring can put members
in the mood to move. We’ve rounded
up seven innovative projects that take
flooring to the next level
HCM issue 11 2018
Gyms need to prioritise member preference
when making wellbeing-focused changes
HCM issue 2 2018
The social media influencer explains how
operators can tap into influencer marketing
HCM issue 11 2017
Xercise4Less topped the social media charts in a recent industry survey. Its social media guru Joe Hall shares his tips
HCM issue 3 2017
Innovations are growing the fitness
industry, but more needs to be
done to achieve future success.
David Minton summarises findings
from The Leisure Database
Company’s (TLDC) State of the
Fitness Industry Report
HCM Handbook 2017
This year’s keynote speaker at SIBEC – Chris Brindley, MD of Metro Bank –explains how his experiences at the UK chain could be applied to the fitness sector
HCM issue 1 2017
How Holmes Place Portugal linked up with the Portuguese Cardiology Foundation to raise the issue of inactivity
HCM issue 10 2016
Having taken the US by storm since its launch last week, and with UK users also getting in
on the act, Pokémon Go is being held up as an unlikely antidote to physical inactivity.
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11 Jul 2016
Budget giants Pure Gym and The Gym Group are leading the way in terms of brand
engagement on social media, but a new report shows that there’s plenty of room for
improvement across the fitness sector.
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06 Jun 2016
Do you know how to fully engage Millennials in your social media marketing? The experts share their advice
HCM issue 6 2016
All fitness education providers currently out there are one and the same. They vary in ...
Fitronics develop effective, user-friendly software for the sport, health and fitness industry to improve member ...