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The Global Wellness Summit (GWS), has announced that a “Call for Wellness Innovations” contest, as well as a dedicated Tech ...
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09 Sep 2020
Carbon, creators of the first AI-powered at-home fitness mirror that tracks workouts, announces the launch of Carbon Trainer. By using ...
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08 Sep 2020
Withings has announced the European availability of ScanWatch – a smartwatch that combines medical-grade electrocardiogram (ECG) and sleep breathing disturbance ...
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08 Sep 2020
Wattbike has secured £11.5m worth of new funding from Piper, a specialist investor in branded consumer businesses. The indoor bike ...
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08 Sep 2020
According to software solutions provider, Xn Leisure, the uncertainty surrounding COVID-19 has made it more important than ever to pull ...
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07 Sep 2020
In April 2020, two-thirds of the world’s gyms went into temporary closure due to COVID-19. Just like that, the ‘bricks ...
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07 Sep 2020
Immersive equipment specialist Echelon Fitness has launched a new smart rower for the at-home fitness market. Echelon Rower features a ...
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04 Sep 2020
In response to the UK government’s Eat Out To Help Out scheme, Myzone has launched the Work Out To Help ...
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02 Sep 2020
Tech giant Amazon has entered the highly-contested health and fitness tracking market with a huge splash, launching an artificial intelligence ...
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01 Sep 2020
Health and wellness software company, GymPraaktis, is launching its new Exercise Engine software for gyms and members looking to improve ...
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27 Aug 2020
Fitness equipment specialist, Freemotion, is pivoting further to digital, as the industry enters the era of the hybrid gym model. ...
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26 Aug 2020
Fitness apps alone are unable to motivate most people to get active – but providing app users the opportunity to ...
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24 Aug 2020
Facebook for Business has introduced a new service, which enables users to create their own event, such as a group ...
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22 Aug 2020
Apple is rumoured to be gearing up for the launch of a subscription-based virtual fitness offer. Citing sources "familiar with ...
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18 Aug 2020
Wearable fitness brand, Myzone, has revealed aggressive growth plans for the Asia Pacific region. The company, which is reporting 40 ...
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15 Aug 2020
Home fitness startup minimfit has recently been undertaking a new financing round for an amount of 150,000 euros, with the ...
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11 Aug 2020
There’s growing consumer interest in halo (salt) therapy since COVID-19 as people look to improve their respiratory health and boost ...
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03 Aug 2020
Equipment giant Technogym has introduced its new Excite line of fully-connected cardio kit that has now been fitted with the ...
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31 Jul 2020
Leisure operator Everyone Active has launched a new digital offering, to run alongside its bricks and mortar operations. During lockdown, ...
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30 Jul 2020
The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) has announced that CES 2021 will be an all-digital experience, connecting exhibitors, customers, thought leaders ...
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29 Jul 2020
A new digital platform has been launched to help gyms, pools and leisure facilities re-open safely. Developed by digital specialist ...
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29 Jul 2020
Silicon Valley tech startup, Bryte, proposes that hotels need to commit to in-room wellness in every guest room – for ...
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29 Jul 2020
Children and young people need more support to navigate the growing number of digital wellness technologies which track and manage ...
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24 Jul 2020
A fitness technology startup is aiming to turn boxing into the next at-home, subscription-based fitness trend. Liteboxer is based on ...
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19 Jul 2020
In response to the pandemic, TRX, the global leader in functional training equipment, world-class training content, and app-based training technology, ...
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17 Jul 2020
Brrrn – the world’s first "cool temperature fitness experience" – is launching into the at-home market with a full digital ...
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16 Jul 2020
Virtuagym has launched Stronger Together, an all-in-one, hybrid membership solution. The new service offers operators the tools to digitally engage ...
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15 Jul 2020
DUEL, a new motivational health and fitness platform, has partnered with Myzone to help challenge its participants to hit their ...
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15 Jul 2020
Garmin has acquired Firstbeat Analytics, provider of physiological analytics and metrics for consumer devices in the wellness, fitness and sports ...
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14 Jul 2020
Polar has announced the launch of Polar Unite, its new fitness watch. The watch features personalised workouts, wellbeing guidance, connected ...
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03 Jul 2020
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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
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
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
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
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”
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
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
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
“Let’s live in the future to improve today”
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
Profile
Sohail Rashid
“The app is free and it’s $40 to participate in one of our virtual events”