latest fit tech news
Peloton is set to axe around 800 jobs, increase the price of its equipment and close some of its retail ...
At-home rower maker Hydrow is one of the latest connected-fitness companies to announce staff cuts. The tech company which won ...
Peter Roberts, former CEO and founder of Pure Gym, has invested in Another Round, a personal training app which utilises ...
Ohm Fitness, a new franchised studio concept, has opened its first location in Scottsdale, Arizona. Delivering small group workouts using ...
A solution dubbed the 'world’s highest quality motion capture system' could help sports scientists, personal trainers and other professionals working ...
Global gym software company ABC Fitness Solutions has entered an agreement to acquire boutique fitness management platform Glofox. The merger ...
Younger men at independent gyms are more likely than any other consumer group to accept increases in their membership fees, ...
Mindbody has announced that Fritz Lanman will become the company’s new CEO from 3 September 2022. He will succeed Josh ...
Nowatch, a new contender in the expanding biometric fitness tracker market has developed a wearable device, in partnership with Philips, ...
Fibr, a new social platform connecting fitness professionals with each other and potential employers has launched. Created by a team ...
Amazon has acquired primary healthcare organisation One Medical in a US$3.9bn deal that will see it moving further into the ...
Scandinavian fitness chain SATS has reported Q2 results showing a 53 per cent increase in revenue to NOK 1,022m (£85,591,015). ...
Strava and Oura have teamed up to provide users with a more integrated service between the two systems. Oura members ...
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Interview
Mathieu Letombe
“At Withings, we’re improving the way both patients and the medical community are able to monitor, identify and understand health levels and issues”
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
Adam Zeitsiff
CEO, Intelivideo
“We don’t just create the technology and bail – we support our clients’ ongoing hybridisation efforts”
Usability
How usable is your product?
Your fit tech product might be a game changer, solving problems or creating new possibilities for clients, but none of this will matter if it’s not easy and enjoyable to use. Industrial designer Nick Chubb explains why usability is key, and the factors to consider when designing your new product
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
Interview
Kilian Saekel
“By putting focus on tapping different lights and sounds while doing gruelling planks, you stop focusing on the pain”
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”
Origin Stories
Adrian Hon
Zombies, Run! is one of the most enduring fitness apps, with half a million users getting active while engaging in ‘missions’ against the zombie apocalypse. Its co-creator spoke to Steph Eaves about the power of story
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”
Supplier showcase
Funxtion: A vital connection
NonStop Gym, Switzerland’s no frills gym chain, has appointed FunXtion to create its member training app
In conversation
Jessica Ennis-Hill: founder of Jennis
Jessica Ennis-Hill is on a mission to close the gender data gap in health research. Her app, Jennis CycleMapping, is designed to help women understand their cycles and how to train during each different phase. Steph Eaves speaks to Ennis-Hill to find out exactly how it works
Augmented Reality
Refining augmented reality
London boutique The Refinery has created an avatar-led
digital fitness offering called ALFI, which utilises augmented
reality (AR) to demonstrate movements. Zoe Bertali,
one of the co-founders of the gym, tells us more
EGYM has been pioneering the connected gym floor for more than a decade, partnering with
operators and other third-party integrations, to create a free-flowing training environment
that places the member at the very centre of the experience.
EGYM has announced an integration with a leading UK-based software company Fisikal to
enhance its capabilities to serve the needs of enterprise customers running multi-site
operations.
Virtuagym is a global provider of health and fitness technology for coaching, engagement and management ...
The company’s core business is the provision of facility development and support for local authorities, ...
Pyramids Centre enhanced thanks to Technogym, BH Live & Portsmouth City Council
Technogym
H Live has grown rapidly since 2010, operating leisure sites, sports and entertainment venues across Dorset, Hampshire and London. Read more
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