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Google has continued its efforts to get more people active with the introduction of a new tool to its Calendar ...
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22 Apr 2016
Technogym has entered into a share purchase agreement to acquire a majority stake in Exerp – a global digital specialist ...
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06 Apr 2016
ukactive has called for a major rethink of how children are engaged with physical activity, after new research found almost ...
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24 Mar 2016
Spafinder Wellness has launched a new mobile platform, The Wellness App, which gives users the ability to find, book and ...
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23 Mar 2016
Fitness has a major role to play in the fast-changing global landscape, both in terms of harnessing the power of ...
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23 Mar 2016
Health clubs must embrace and optimise the technology which is transforming the marketplace or they will inevitably become obsolete, said ...
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22 Mar 2016
UK Sport and British Cycling have teamed up with multinational security organisation BAE Systems on the development of an advanced ...
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10 Mar 2016
Italian wellness giant Technogym is pushing forward with plans for a partial IPO in Italy, having filed preliminary papers with ...
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24 Feb 2016
Fitness technology giant Gantner has been acquired by the private equity backer behind high street food chain EAT. Investment company ...
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19 Feb 2016
Social workout app Fitssi is on a mission to connect more like-minded fitness fans and the company has outlined expansion ...
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12 Feb 2016
Boutique fitness software solutions provider Glofox has secured a major cash injection as the firm revs up for an expansion ...
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08 Feb 2016
With a recent study showing that more than 60 per cent of the adult population in Dubai is overweight, the ...
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05 Feb 2016
Microsoft is dipping its toe in the sport market by adapting its augmented reality HoloLens headset to expand fan experiences ...
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04 Feb 2016
Former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo has announced that he is working on a new fitness software platform which will seek ...
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29 Jan 2016
Stressed-out sports captains, struggling to put out a team on a cold Tuesday evening in Stoke, have been thrown a ...
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29 Jan 2016
Fitness tracking devices are expected to remain the dominant force in the wearable tech market over the next three years, ...
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27 Jan 2016
Disney and Creative England have named Liverpool-based tech firm Citrus Suite as the winner of an £80,000 development fund to ...
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25 Jan 2016
It’s understood that IMAX, which specialises in creating immersive 3D and 4D cinematic experiences, is looking to move into the ...
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25 Jan 2016
Sports minister Tracey Crouch has highlighted the importance of technology and apps in trying to mobilise people from disadvantaged communities ...
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21 Jan 2016
Fitbug Holdings has secured the services of innovation specialist and former Nokia high flyer Dr Mark Ollila as a non-executive ...
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14 Jan 2016
Fitness start-up Dibs Technology has raised US$1m (€920,000, £687,000) in seed funding as the fledgling business bids to expand the ...
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12 Jan 2016
Spanish wellness destination SHA Wellness Clinic has recently added a bioenergetic unit to its medi-spa offerings. The unit is a ...
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11 Jan 2016
A new €4m high performance training facility – designed to help Ireland’s Olympic hopefuls win medals at major events – ...
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08 Jan 2016
Fitbit, the world’s biggest seller of wearable technology, is being sued in the US over claims that its heart rate ...
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08 Jan 2016
Having been named the biggest fitness trend of 2016 by the ACSM recently, wearable tech is continuing to dominate proceedings ...
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07 Jan 2016
At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week, skincare brand L’Oreal debuted its My UV Patch, a stretchable ...
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07 Jan 2016
Video assistance for match officials, sin bins and temporary substitutions will be debated at next month’s International Football Association Board ...
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23 Dec 2015
TV presenter and fitness trainer Charlie Webster is to launch a series of live and on-demand running classes on Body.Network, ...
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23 Dec 2015
Fitness First has announced it will invest £7.5m in a series of ‘Connected Fitness Labs’, which will combine professional trainer ...
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23 Dec 2015
Oil giant Shell has built Africa’s first human-powered football pitch as part of a programme to inspire entrepreneurs to come ...
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18 Dec 2015
features
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
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
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
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
Innovation
Bold move
“We ended up raising US$7m in venture capital from incredible investors, including Andreessen Horowitz, Khosla Ventures, Primetime Partners, and GingerBread Capital”
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
Profile
Sohail Rashid
“My vision was to create a platform that could improve the sport for lifters at all levels and attract more people, similar to how Strava, Peloton and Zwift have in other sports”
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
“Alexa can help you book classes, check trainers’ bios and schedules, find out opening times, and a host of other information”
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
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