Apple news & features
South Africa-born Terence talks about his journey to teaching meditation and mindfulness after suffering two cardiac arrests
HCM issue 8 2025
The CEO of Purpose Brands on the company’s ambitious goal to reach 10 million members globally by 2030
HCM issue 8 2025
The US FDA has given clearance for a new feature on the Apple Watch to allow users to
monitor hypertension risk.
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16 Sep 2025
Google has revealed a new, AI-powered personalised health coach for wearers of Fitbit and Pixel
trackers and smartwatches.
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11 Sep 2025
The new COO of Nuffield Health talks to Kate Cracknell about plans to take the brand’s current health and fitness estate to its highest level yet
HCM issue 7 2025
The latest Apple Watch upgrade, watchOS 26, focuses on supporting users to be active with
personalised, spoken motivation during workouts.
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30 Jul 2025
Tech innovations are handing operators powerful tools, finds Julie Cramer
HCM issue 6 2025
Apple Music and Universal Music Group (UMG) are joining forces to introduce an audio wellness collection
designed to help listeners attain clearer focus, deeper relaxation and better sleep.
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19 May 2025
Recovery and wellbeing technology company, Therabody, has teamed up with smart watch
provider, Garmin, to support people in optimising their recovery.
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14 Jan 2025
Peloton has announced that Peter Stern – co-founder of Apple Fitness+ – has been appointed
its new CEO and president, effective 1 January 2025.
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06 Nov 2024
The co-founder of Future Practice tells us about the company’s new suite of training courses aimed at helping fitness professionals excel in the wellness space
HCM issue 9 2024
Fitness On Demand – which is part of Lift Brands – has announced it will partner with heart
rate data app, G Beat, to add functionality to its wellness platform.
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10 Oct 2024
From brain training and body sculpting, to ‘gesture tech’ and binaural beats, HCM predicts the trends that will impact and shape the sector
HCM issue 8 2024
With gym-goers now able to track and analyse every part of their fitness journey, we look at how this impacts outcomes
HCM issue 7 2024
With indoor cycling as popular as ever, we talk to innovators about their delivery of more advanced technology and greater diversity of class styles
HCM issue 6 2024
HCM Handbook editorial director, Liz Terry, predicts key trends, influences and opportunities set to shape the sector, including nocturnal living, gesture tech, brain training and small cost concepts
HCM Handbook 2024
Apple has previewed the upcoming watchOS 11, which has more health and fitness insights
and offers more personalisation than ever before.
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12 Jun 2024
We all know we need to stand more. Now an exciting new partnership between Physical and Teca Fitness expands this thinking into UK gyms and beyond
HCM issue 5 2024
The MD of Jims explains to Kate Cracknell how Colruyt, an €11 billion a year retailer, got into wellness to put healthy living at the heart of its customer-centric ecosystem
HCM issue 5 2024
Snap Fitness is seeking a new investor to help achieve its goal of 35 per cent growth by 2028. We talk to the CEO of Lift Brands, to find out more
HCM issue 4 2024
TikTok, has launched into the fitness market with a new hub called #TikTokFitness and a
supporting consumer marketing push.
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05 Jan 2024
Apple has teamed up with Anytime Fitness to offer levels of reciprocal access between
Apple
Fitness+ and Anytime Fitness health clubs as Apple seeks to add in-person workout
elements
to its digital package.
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02 Nov 2023
Les Mills is jumping into Mixed Reality with the launch of the Bodycombat XR workout,
designed by programme directors, Rachael Newsham and Dan Cohen, for the new Quest 3
headset from Meta.
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16 Oct 2023
In these trying times, taking the ostrich approach and hoping things will get better is not going to cut it. Emma Barry, author of Building a Badass Boutique, says it’s time to tool up and gives some pointers on how.
HCM Handbook 2023
Steph Eaves checks out the latest indoor cycling innovations designed to keep people pedalling
HCM issue 6 2023
Big news today from Apple’s WWDC2023 event in Cupertino, where the company revealed
plans to focus on cycling, with new Apple Watch functionality that can deliver similar results to
specialised cycling computers.
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06 Jun 2023
Growing interest in corporate wellness is creating exciting new opportunities for the health and fitness industry, finds Kath Hudson
HCM issue 5 2023
What’s trending in the world of exercise monitoring in 2023? Frances Marcellin catches up with some leading fit tech suppliers to find out
HCM issue 4 2023
As Technogym celebrates its 40th anniversary year, its founder talks about his passion for spreading the message of wellness worldwide
HCM issue 4 2023
During the pandemic, people invested in home workout equipment and virtual training
subscriptions to stay fit. Skip to the present day, and many people want to maintain their
healthy lifestyles without returning to the gym or studio.
product innovation •
27 Apr 2023
FIBO pursues the vision of a strong and healthy society and as a global network ...
Taylor Made Designs offer health clubs a fully-managed end-to-end service. From garment design to sourcing, ...
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