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Smart and flexible member payments

Providing customers with the best member experience, while maximising revenue, is vital. We look at the latest in customer centric payment solutions

ActiveLab 2018: Meet the startups in fit-tech

Following the ActiveLab Live! finale at the recent Active Uprising conference, we take a look at startups seeking to solve some of society’s biggest challenges through technology designed to get people active

Life Fitness

Life Fitness has launched its first ever club management system, the Halo Fitness Cloud

e-skin monitor to show body stats

A flexible, wireless display will soon be able to offer users real-time updates on their biometric data, with applications for exercise. Tom Walker reports

Tech Potential

New tech is coming down the track which will change the gym experience and improve retention. We take a look at the potential of artificial intelligence and beacons

Introducing eGym Premium

An unrivalled technology designed to help all club members reach their training goals

Keeping virtual classes appealing

Several years have passed since virtual fitness classes were first introduced into gyms. But what benefits have they brought to operators and how are clubs adapting their virtual offerings to ensure they stand out from the crowd?

In-club tech

In the first of a new series looking at the world of health club management software, industry players share their latest in-club software developments and forecasts for the industry

Fitquest - Science meets fitness

Designed to help gym users assess their general fitness through non-sports specific measurements of fitness, FitQuest is fast becoming a key tool for giving gym goers greater control of their fitness outcomes. CEO of MiE and FitQuest Brian Firth explains more about the innovative fitness platform

Is data-driven CV training a threat to gym-floor PTs?

More and more operators are investing in gym kit that uses data analysis to capture and relay user performance – a key role of the traditional PT. Kath Hudson asks industry experts if the growth of such tech could make the gym-floor PT redundant

Building a strong foundation for Matrix Fitness

Parent company Johnson Health Tech ( JHT) launched it’s UK subsidiary – Matrix Fitness – 20 years ago. Now one of the world’s fastest-growing fitness brands, we look at how the company’s history and ethos have laid the platform for its worldwide success

Virtual Reality fitness innovations

Making exercise enjoyable has long been a goal of the fitness industry. With virtual reality (VR) technology providing users with an escape from reality, Kath Hudson looks at the innovative ways VR and fitness are coming together

Monitoring group exercise

Tracking systems could be the next frontier for group exercise, delivering member engagement and aiding retention, but their use isn’t always appropriate. Health Club Management weighs up the pros and cons of monitoring the pack

Isabel Van De Keere, Immersive Rehab

CEO and founder, Immersive Rehab

Legend and Serco a ten-year evolution

The leisure client and software provider who became long-term technology and business partners

Body scanners – shaping the future?

Mirrors and scales can be dispiriting for those starting a fitness regime. But with body scanning offering a realistic picture of how the body changes with exercise, Kath Hudson investigates if this technology could be a key retention tool

Xn Leisure makes insight easier

Xn Insight is revolutionising the physical activity sector by helping operators unlock the power of their activity data to benchmark their performance and take instant decisions based on customer intelligence, as Xn Leisure’s managing director, David Harris, explains

Embracing live streaming

Live streaming of classes is a hot trend. Tom Walker says clubs should be embracing the opportunity and not seeing it as a threat

The newest wearables from the Consumer Electronics Show

Wearables, fitness trackers and biometric data technologies take over more and more floor space at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) each year. This year’s event in Las Vegas was no exception. Tom Walker reports

Miha Bodytec

After a decade of establishing its EMS system as a strong global leader, German innovator miha bodytec has opened a London office to expand its UK presence

interview

IHRSA 2017 speaker Seth Mattison on how tech is changing relationships

“Factors like anonymity, invisibility, a lack of authority and the fact that we’re not communicating in real time strip away the mores that society has spent millennia developing – Seth Mattison”

Virtual fitness apps – how clubs can benefit

Tom Walker explores the apps that are using virtual exercise content to extend the reach of fitness far beyond the walls of the gym

Google Play's Jeni Fisher picker her top 5 wellbeing apps

Jeni Fisher, head of lifestyle partnerships for Google Play, gives the low-down on her personal top five wellbeing apps at the moment

Overcoming a fear of water with virtual reality

Many clubs and leisure centres offer swimming lessons for children – but what happens when they’re scared of the pool? Tom Walker finds out about a Swedish project that set out to turn 4,000 water-fearing children into swimmers

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