Amazon has acquired primary healthcare organisation One Medica in a US$3.9bn deal that will see it moving further into the wellness market.

Scandinavian fitness chain SATS has reported Q2 results showing a 53 per cent increase in revenue of NOK 1,022m (£85,591,015). The group’s EBITDA also demonstrates a strong operating performance over the last 12 months as it is now NOK 83,000,000 (£6,965,182) compared with NOK -113 million (- £9,498,447) in the corresponding quarter last year.

In just over two years, the fitness industry has experienced major disruptions to gyms, a boom in at-home fitness and the return of in-person workouts.

Tonal, the at-home strength-training startup backed by Amazon and athletes such as Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova and Mike Tyson, has announced a restructuring, reducing its workforce by 35 per cent as part of a move to sustainable growth and profit.

Peloton has announced that it will exit all owned manufacturing operations, cease making its own products and instead expand its partnership with Taiwan-based manufacturer Rexon.

Speedflex has introduced at-home workout machine Speedflex Blade. The product was launched with the support of former footballers Alan Shearer – who is also a co-founder of the company – and Dion Dublin.

Brawn has launched InGym, a connected strength-training visual display solution for the free weights lifting community. The technology was recently revealed to the public at the Ministry of Sound in London, when a floor full of lifters gathered with the goal of reaching a collective 350,000kg.

Coach Gyms chose Safe Space Lockers to create a premium changing room experience for its latest club in Harrogate, UK

The founder of Parkour Generations discusses the company’s partnership with Gymbox – the first of its kind – and why other operators might want to consider movement-based programmes

Music service provider Rehegoo (pronounced Reh-air-go) has launched a streaming service for health clubs, gyms, studios, spas and other businesses that need to play music in a physical space.

Fitness franchise companies are making deals and reporting brisk business. Kath Hudson finds out more

Lower socio-economic status is a determinant of many of the health problems which emerge at older ages.

Although 70 per cent of people with disabilities say they want to be more active, they are put off by the physical, logistical and psychological barriers

In order to create an inclusive environment, it is important for owners and operators to first identify and address their own weight biases

There are a number of populations who don’t feel truly welcomed, or catered for, in fitness settings. Yet it doesn’t have to be this way.

As a result of the pandemic, the fitness sector is presented with a massive opportunity to make friends with the healthcare sector to improve the health of the nation and drive up penetration. Kath Hudson reports on what is happening and where the opportunities lie

Research from the Women’s Sport Foundation has found teenage girls experience less enjoyment and more self-consciousness around activity than boys. What can the industry do to keep them engaged?

Different customers, omnichannel fitness, the need for more data, continued lobbying and to address racism, cost barriers and health inequalities...

A round up of recent research into mental health and highlights from the gamechanging Move Your Mental Health Report from the John W Brick Mental Health Foundation

EGYM has announced an integration with a leading UK-based software company Fisikal to enhance its capabilities to serve the needs of enterprise customers running multi-site operations.

Fisikal and EGYM have announced a new partnership to support EGYM’s enterprise customers running multi-site operations.

A strategic alliance has been announced between music services provider, Feed Media Group and digital fitness agency Sweatworks.

Form, a Vancouver-based tech startup that creates smart swimming goggles, has released a new collection of digital real-time workouts for swimmers called Plans.

F45 will be launching its first studio in a hotel in Q3 2022, following a partnership agreement with Hilton Austin. The 1,236 square foot/114 square metre studio will provide the 45-minute circuit workouts for which the brand is renowned.

Connected performance wearable company Whoop has launched Whoop Unite for businesses.

Mars Athletic and Life Fitness have built a powerful partnership

Our industry has a crucial role to play in supporting those with mental health issues and challenges, writes IHRSA president and CEO Liz Clark

We talk to Rob Waldron and Eddie Swinnen about how APAC’s Fitness and Lifestyle Group is investing in tech innovation across the business

As we face a global energy crisis, experts give their views on the drive towards decarbonisation, and how businesses can tackle steeply rising costs

The CEO of Women in Sport talks about Big Sister, a new programme that’s working to overcome period poverty and support more adolescent girls to get and stay active