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Flooring
Salt therapy products
Digital
Cryotherapy
features
HCM People
Jean-Michel Fournier
CEO, Les Mills Media
“In the long term, the fitness industry will utilise technological advances in augmented reality and holographic telepresence”
Talking point
Artificial intelligence
When you hear the words ‘artificial intelligence’, do you think of talking computers and helpful androids? Think again. We find out how AI can be used in fitness
Audio Visual
Sight & sound
The audio visual aspect of your club is one of the biggest factors in keeping members motivated and engaged with your offering. So how can you optimise this? We asked four of the top audio visual suppliers in the industry for their tips
HCM People
Rachael Blumberg
Platefit: creator and founder
“People know yoga, Pilates, HIIT and Barry’s Bootcamp, but many don’t know vibration training and it’s my intention, passion and purpose to
make it available and bring it to the world”
HCM People
José Teixeira
SC Fitness, Portugal: head of customer experience
“People often assume that those who pay more stay longer, but we don’t see this. What we see is that if you have PT you stay longer because you use more, not because you pay more”
Interview
Paul Juris
Director of sports science, Brooklyn Boulders
“We’re trying to help people understand exactly how much effort they need to apply in order to get the best outcome, so they can do it over a long period of time and not burn out. The overall training effect is then much better”
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Technogym - Introducing Technogym Biocircuit
Exercises, workload, work/rest ratio and pace have been defined and integrated into personalised programmes
HCM People
Andrew Grill
Practical Futurist
“Your marketing department will have to start writing ad copy for robots, not for humans. These digital agents will be gatekeepers, a bit like a PA. It’s already happening, so get ahead and start using it”
Body scanning
Body image
Will the body image debate define the future of fit-tech?
Becca Douglas looks at the evidence
People profile
Ben Keenan
SUF Cycling: commercial director
“This isn’t a spin around the park: SUF Cycling requires participants to dig deep, which can push some people not used to HIIT out of their comfort zone”
Talking point
The middle man
Many industries have aggregators so it makes sense for the health and fitness industry to have them too. Are
they a force for the good, or could it become a case
of the tail wagging the dog? Kath Hudson reports
ukactive
Activelab 2019
Following the ActiveLab Live! finale at the recent Active Uprising conference, we take a look at startups that are using technology to help people become healthier and more active
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Shapewatch - Shapewatch among the final nine for ActiveLab ‘Future of Fit Tech’ Awards
Now in its third year, ukactive’s ActiveLab is the only accelerator programme
in the world designed to support fit-tech startups aiming to transform
public health by engaging more people in physical activity and sport
HCM Celebs
Chris Hemsworth
“I believe we all have untapped potential. And we all need support to achieve our goals. Centr puts the world’s best in the palm of your hand, to help you develop a healthier body, stronger mind, and a happier life - CHRIS HEMSWORTH”
Innovation
Bio Hacking
Silicon Valley hacker
Dave Asprey used his
tech skills to gather the
latest fitness kit to create a
bio hacking boutique.
Kath Hudson investigates
Software
Tech upgrade
New technology is transforming the way the health and fitness industry functions and interacts with customers. Liz Terry catches up with operators around the industry for an update
Software
Get upgraded
HCM asks the industry’s leading software suppliers about the new tech and software features you can look forward to getting your hands on in 2019
Fitness testing
Body Insights
Want to know your biological age or your bone density, or maybe get a 3D model printed showing your hard-won new biceps? The latest tech enables this and much more. HCM does a roundup of the new kit on the market for fitness testing and body scanning
latest fit tech news
In 2021, Pulse Fitness added to its ever-growing portfolio of leisure industry services with the launch of TRAKK, its connected ...
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02 Jan 2023
Nike has partnered with Netflix to stream 30 hours of Nike Training Club (NTC) workouts across all territories in ten ...
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23 Dec 2022
Octonic has released the 2.0 iteration of its VR treadmill running experience, which is compatible with 99 per cent of ...
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22 Dec 2022
Garmin has released its Connect Fitness Report for 2022, which shows that users of its tech have returned to their ...
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21 Dec 2022
A new sleep mask, which can track eye movements, including REM, during sleep, will be launched by nanotechnology innovator Somalytics ...
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20 Dec 2022
Wondercise will reveal details of a new fitness experience at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in January 2023. Wondercise gathers ...
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19 Dec 2022
Gymbox has announced a collection of new classes, including one called Only Fans that is on the Only Fans social ...
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16 Dec 2022
Bioniq, which supplies subscribers with personalised nutritional supplements based on their blood test results, has acquired smart mirror company Vaha. ...
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13 Dec 2022
Peloton has called a stop to its disastrous attempt to rebrand Precor as Peloton Commercial, announcing it will operate as ...
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13 Dec 2022
Eigen Fitness is launching AI-powered wearables called Nodes to help gym users measure their weight training progress. The launch comes ...
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09 Dec 2022
