latest fit tech news
ABC Fitness Solutions has appointed Sharad Mohan as chief SaaS officer. Mohan was previously co-founder and MD of Trainerize, which ...
Strava, a leading social platform for athletes, has acquired Recover Athletics, a startup providing evidence-based prehab workouts to runners. The ...
Ness, a US startup that is developing a range of wellness-driven credit cards, has launched its first product, the Ness ...
Tillt, an athletic performance-based betting app – where runners get paid if they win – has been launched by co-founders ...
AI-driven home-strength platform, Vitruvian, has raised US$15m Series A funding to ramp up production. Investors include Larsen Ventures and Steve ...
Altis, an artificial intelligence-based personal trainer solution, has secured more than US$3m worth of financing, bringing the total investments made ...
The Leisure Database Company (TLDB) has revealed its State of the Fitness Industry Report UK for 2022, following an audit ...
Members of the United States Congress and Washington DC staff are competing against each other in this year’s Congressional Physical ...
Wahoo has acquired virtual cycling platform RGT Cycling as part of plans to strengthen its ecosystem of integrated smart training ...
Fitness tech firm Egym has acquired French corporate fitness and wellbeing business Gymlilb for what has been described as a ...
Core Health & Fitness has acquired Digital fitness content provider, Wexer Holding, for an undisclosed sum. According to Wexer, the ...
Liteboxer has launched a VR version of its at-home boxing workout setup called Liteboxer VR. The programme provides gaming-style boxing ...
Cardio giant Peloton has launched its first home strength-training product. Called Peloton Guide, the system is based on hardware with ...
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features
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”
App analysis
Digital community
Matt Stebbings of SLT Group talks
about the creation of their Community
Portal, a new platform that aims to help
anyone to get active, whether that’s
inside or outside of SLT’s facilities
Research
Monitoring mental health
New technology uses advanced machine learning to monitor patients’ mental health between visits to their medical providers
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
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
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
Interview
Put on your red light
Red light therapy promises a variety of benefits, including better
recovery, skin rejuvenation and increased energy, but is it all too
good to be true? Fit Tech spoke to Bryan Gohl and James Strong
of Red Light Rising, and Wes Pfiffner of Joovv to find out more
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
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”
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”
Global fitness technology provider Virtuagym has raised a new €3m investment from Icecat, an
Amsterdam-based technology company which invests in innovative technology organisations.
With a focus on globalisation, Magicline has officially launched its software in the UK. As
Europe’s leading gym management software company, the company strives to provide the best
tools for gym owners to be successful, win new members and elevate their businesses.
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We develop staff that enhance the culture, experience and reputation of your business which in ...
Technogym Biocircuit
Technogym
Losing weight, building strength, ageing in good health: whatever takes you to the fitness club, it needs to be addressed specifically. One size doesn’t simply fit all. Up until today. Read more
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