Funxtion, the leading B2B digital fitness content SaaS platform company, and CycleMasters,
the best in direct-to-consumer indoor virtual cycling experiences, are joining forces to
help gym operators elevate their member experience.
The internationally-recognised sporting goods exhibition Sports and Fitness Taiwan (TaiSPO)
will return on 22-25 March 2023. The event will be held at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition
Center, Hall 2 (TaiNEX 2) and feature a full range of sporting goods, fitness equipment,
sports technology, and workout services for all ages.
Mindbody is the leading technology platform for the wellness industry, featuring an app that allows ...
Panatta is an historical fitness brand displaying one of the widest range of products in ...
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Editor's letter
Into the fitaverse
Fitness is already among the top three markets in the metaverse, with new technology and partnerships driving real growth and consumer engagement that looks likely to spill over into health clubs, gyms and studios
Fit Tech people
Ali Jawad
Paralympic powerlifter and founder, Accessercise
“Users can easily identify which facilities in the UK are accessible to the disabled community”
Fit Tech people
Hannes Sjöblad
MD, DSruptive
“We want to give our users an implantable tool that allows them to collect their health data at any time and in any setting”
Fit Tech people
Jamie Buck
Co-founder, Active in Time
“We created a solution called AiT Voice, which turns digital data into a spoken audio timetable that connects to phone systems”
Profile
Fahad Alhagbani: reinventing fitness
“The team is young and ambitious, and the awareness of technology is very high. We share trends and out-of-the-box ideas almost every day”
Opinion
Building on the blockchain
For small sports teams looking to compete with giants, blockchain can be a secret weapon explains Lars Rensing, CEO of Protokol
Innovation
Bold move
“Our results showed a greater than 60 per cent reduction in falls for individuals who actively participated in Bold’s programme”
App analysis
Check your form
Sency’s motion analysis technology is
allowing users to check their technique
as they exercise. Co-founder and
CEO Gal Rotman explains how
Profile
New reality
Sam Cole, CEO of FitXR, talks to
Fit Tech about taking digital
workouts to the next level, with an
immersive, virtual reality fitness club
Ageing
Reverse Ageing
Many apps help people track their
health, but Humanity founders
Peter Ward and Michael Geer
have put the focus on ageing,
to help users to see the direct
repercussions of their habits.
They talk to Steph Eaves
App analysis
Going hybrid
Workout Anytime created its app in partnership with Virtuagym. Workout Anytime’s Greg Maurer and Virtuagym’s Hugo Braam explain the process behind its creation
Research
Physical activity monitors boost activity levels
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have conducted a meta analysis of all relevant research and found that the body of evidence shows an impact
Editor's letter
Two-way coaching
Content providers have been hugely active in the fit tech market since the start of the pandemic. We expect the industry to move on from delivering these services on a ‘broadcast-only’ basis as two-way coaching becomes the new USP
Fit Tech People
Laurent Petit
Co-founder, Active Giving
“The future of sports and fitness are dependent on the climate. Our goal is to positively influence the future of our planet by instilling a global vision of wellbeing and a sense of collective action”
Fit Tech People
Adam Zeitsiff
CEO, Intelivideo
“We don’t just create the technology and bail – we support our clients’ ongoing hybridisation efforts”
Fit Tech People
Anantharaman Pattabiraman
CEO and co-founder, Auro
“When you’re undertaking fitness activities, unless you’re on a stationary bike, in most cases it’s not safe or necessary to be tied to a screen, especially a small screen”
Fit Tech People
Mike Hansen
Managing partner, Endorphinz
“We noticed a big gap in the market – customers needed better insights but also recommendations on what to do, whether that be customer acquisition, content creation, marketing and more”
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