During the pandemic, a digital transformation took off faster than anyone could have
predicted with meetings in person cancelled and millions working from home.
Uptivo is an all-in-one digital solution for fitness clubs, fitness boutique studios and
personal trainers that provides powerful tools to schedule activities, manage member
payments, and monitor heart rate both for remote and on-site classes.
Founded in 2007 in Gersthofen, Germany, miha bodytec is the market-leading supplier of Electro Muscle ...
Mediana specialises in the manufacture of medical and health care devices, such as body composition ...
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EGYM has completed a US$41m Series E financing round led by Mayfair Equity Partners, a leading tech and consumer growth ...
In a major move against the gym market, Apple has revealed a number of upgrades to its Fitness+ platform, coinciding ...
Physical activity professionals in England will soon be able to access free, one-to-one learning with Google to get their digital ...
Fitness equipment giant Nautilus has acquired VAY, a firm specialising in AI and motion technology. Based in Switzerland, VAY’s proprietary ...
Hyperice is using its recent acquisition of mental wellness company Core to create a new brand identity that will position ...
Les Mills' popular portfolio of workouts will be made available on the Fitbit Premium platform, following the signing of a ...
iFIT Health & Fitness has confirmed plans to go public and list the business on the Nasdaq. The connected fitness ...
Whoop has raised US$200m in a Series F funding round, resulting in the tech start-up being valued at US$3.6bn. The ...
Intelivideo has signed a partnership deal with software specialist ABC Fitness Solutions, which will expand the reach of Intelivideo's digital ...
Shares in Peloton have fallen after the company revealed fourth-quarter losses. It also said that tactical changes to the business ...
Wellness specialist Delos has launched a new mindfulness app which utilises the innate human instinct to connect with nature and ...
EXCLUSIVE Fitness marketplace Hussle has signed a partnership deal with McDonald's, which will see it offer a fitness-based prize as ...
Sport and fitness tech firm, BlazePod, is expanding its US operations with the opening of its first US office in ...
Boutique chain Barry's has entered the digital fitness market with Barry's X, offering community-driven workouts. Barry's X features both live ...
In what is believed to be the first-of-its-kind deal in the fitness industry, boutique chain TRIB3 has sold a franchise ...
myFitApp has launched a new chat function to its streamed fitness content, making it easier to create workout communities online. ...
Garmin has recorded quarterly revenues of more than US$1bn for the first time – helped by a 40 per cent ...
TRX has launched a redeveloped version of its TRX Core digital platform, designed to help fitness professionals and personal trainers ...
features
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”
people
Adam Zeitsiff
CEO, Intelivideo
“We don’t just create the technology and bail – we support our clients’ ongoing hybridisation efforts”
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
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
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”
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
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
Mathieu Letombe
“We’re ultimately bringing health monitoring technologies from the doctor’s office into the home, to help patients and their physicians make life-saving changes”
Monitoring mental health
New technology uses advanced machine learning to monitor patients’ mental health between visits to their medical providers
Funxtion: A vital connection
NonStop Gym, Switzerland’s no frills gym chain, has appointed FunXtion to create its member training app
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
interview
Kilian Saekel
“By putting focus on tapping different lights and sounds while doing gruelling planks, you stop focusing on the pain”