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Cité de l'Océan in Biarritz, France – a museum dedicated to the deep blue – has unveiled a new exhibition ...
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22 Jul 2015
Spotify has sought to tackle the often-tricky task of finding a decent playlist that will help runners pick up the ...
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13 Jul 2015
Sportswear giant Under Armour has continued its charge into the fitness technology sector through the acquisition of workout-focused search engine ...
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10 Jul 2015
Global fitness giant Les Mills has kicked off its new On Demand streaming service, enabling fitness fans to workout wherever ...
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01 Jul 2015
The spectators’ emotional response to every ace, missed backhand and disputed line call will be measured at this year's Wimbledon ...
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30 Jun 2015
After revealing plans for a bio-activated horror maze in the UK, interactive games company Slingshot, has started a crowdfunding campaign ...
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25 Jun 2015
Wearable tech giant Fitbit will float on the New York Stock Exchange later today (18 June) in one of the ...
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18 Jun 2015
A new running app which aims to ensure runners of all abilities stay on track with their training and reach ...
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09 Jun 2015
upmysport – the platform for booking recommended local sport and fitness instructors – has announced a successful seed round of ...
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04 Jun 2015
Nuffield Health has secured an exclusive tie-up with the recently-released Microsoft Band to produce a series of workouts for wearable ...
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19 May 2015
Virgin Active has announced the launch of its long-awaited Discovery Lab – a creative hub made up of health and ...
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08 May 2015
One of the world’s leading technology entrepreneurs died last week (1 May) from severe head trauma after slipping on a ...
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06 May 2015
MyFitnessPal, the health and fitness tracking app which boasts 85 million users, has today (5 May) launched a new upgrade ...
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05 May 2015
Pulse has appointed Paul Shinners as director of interactive products to spearhead the company’s expansion into the interactive fitness market. ...
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30 Apr 2015
Technology giant Microsoft has made its long-awaited entrance into the UK wearable technology sector with the launch of the fitness-focused ...
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20 Apr 2015
The rapid advance of technology is democratising fitness, giving consumers more choice than ever before and leaving businesses facing difficult ...
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09 Apr 2015
Wearable technology start up, FirstV1sion, is seeking to raise €2.5m (£1.8m, $2.6m) on crowdfunding platform, BackToTheFuture for its T-shirt with ...
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08 Apr 2015
Apple’s new smartwatch will not be the instant “silver bullet” to destroy health clubs as some have predicted, rather it ...
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15 Mar 2015
Health club operators and suppliers must take urgent action if they are to capitalise on the opportunities afforded by fitness ...
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11 Mar 2015
Apple has finally unveiled its new smartwatch collection, which will range from US$349 (€324, £231) to US$17,000 (€15,800, £11,300) and ...
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10 Mar 2015
Cardiologists who have developed a new formula to predict the likelihood of death based on a treadmill test, say fitness ...
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04 Mar 2015
Stinky armpits in gyms could soon be a thing of the past if Google is able to bring its latest ...
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04 Mar 2015
We’ve had smartwatches, smart glasses and even smart shoes. Now the humble skipping rope is the latest age-old object to ...
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02 Mar 2015
PayasUgym, the online gym pass provider, is trialling a programme that will see private gyms receive GP-referred patients and help ...
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20 Feb 2015
Wearable technology pioneers will launch the next generation of sports and fitness devices at next month’s Wearable Technology Show, which ...
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20 Feb 2015
Nike has continued its realignment with the fitness software market through a long-awaited link up with Apple HealthKit and a ...
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18 Feb 2015
Fitbit activity trackers are to be used to measure exercise levels for a new study which aims to use the ...
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16 Feb 2015
Sportswear giant Under Armour has made a major play into the fitness tracking sector, acquiring popular apps Endomondo and MyFitnessPal. ...
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13 Feb 2015
A fast-growing virtual marketing tour developed by Google has the potential to transform the way leisure facilities like health clubs ...
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09 Feb 2015
David Lloyd Leisure (DLL) fired the starter pistol on its new Immersive Fitness offering last week, teaming up with creator ...
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02 Feb 2015
features
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”
Profile
Fahad Alhagbani: reinventing fitness
“The team is young and ambitious, and the awareness of technology is very high. We share trends and out-of-the-box ideas almost every day”
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”
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
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
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”
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
“The app is free and it’s $40 to participate in one of our virtual events”
Innovation
Bold move
“Our results showed a greater than 60 per cent reduction in falls for individuals who actively participated in Bold’s programme”
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
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