CIMSPA news & features
Given their support for the NHS, should gyms and leisure centres be classified as essential services? And how do we get it reclassified? Experts discuss
HCM issue 10 2020
Policymakers and operators discuss trust and public sector pandemic responses
HCM issue 10 2020
Active IQ optimised lockdown to create new opportunities for students and stakeholders
HCM issue 9 2020
Bristol University has committed to embracing body positivity and rejecting diet culture. Should the rest of the fitness sector follow suit?
HCM issue 9 2020
The future of our industry is as a ‘national health service’, says the CEO of ukactive
HCM issue 8 2020
Active IQ has partnered with
Nuffield Health who have created a new Level 3 Diploma in Working with People with Long-term Conditions
HCM issue 6 2020
How will facility provision change after lockdown? We ask the experts
HCM issue 5 2020
Premier Global NASM has restructured its education offering to create new career pathways to help personal trainers and individuals entering the sector navigate their way to career success.
HCM issue 4 2020
The senior management team explain how they are developing a network of connected health across the UK
HCM issue 4 2020
The coronavirus pandemic is presenting the global fitness industry with unprecedented challenges, but also highlighting the fundamental importance of health and wellbeing, says Helen Patenall, HCM Handbook editor
HCM Handbook 2020
When it comes to boosting fitness membership, it’s judicious to meet the needs of the lucrative over-55 market. DataHub’s Utku Topraksevten shares insights from the latest Moving Communities: Active Leisure Trends report and how best to get with the programme
HCM Handbook 2020
Tara Dillon and Mark Gannon on
combining REPs and the CIMSPA
Exercise and Fitness Directory
HCM issue 3 2020
The former boxing champion is passionate
about using the sport to increase confidence
and reduce stress, through her PT training
course and her Boxing Sisters initiative
HCM issue 10 2019
Attracting older members into health
clubs could drive significant growth for
the industry, but uptake is slow. How
can clubs secure the silver pound?
HCM issue 10 2019
With special populations to look after
and the market evolving at a pace,
we ask the experts if PT training and
qualifications are keeping up
HCM issue 9 2019
Members of Gen Z have come of age
and are now some of the most engaged
consumers of fitness. Researchers,
leisure-net, look at the numbers
HCM issue 9 2019
Group exercise continues to grow in
popularity, making great instructors
more important than ever before. But
are we paying them enough?
HCM issue 6 2019
Older people are less likely to exercise,
making them more prone to developing
long-term health conditions. How can
fitness providers reach people in their
50s, 60s, 70s and above?
HCM issue 5 2019
According to ukactive’s Reimagining Ageing Report, ageing
is an issue that we simply cannot afford to ignore. Chris
Phillips from Datahub summarises the findings
HCM Handbook 2019
Ride in colour with the new
Matrix Target Training Cycle
HCM issue 4 2019
Fitness testing and body scanning is
becoming a must-have for gyms. HCM
gives the low down on the latest systems
HCM issue 1 2019
Fibodo empowers personal trainers
and coaches. says Anthony Franklin,
while Les Mills CEO Phillip Mills,
reveals a new Stages bike
HCM issue 11 2018
A new report tells us that people should
be getting more active as they age,
not less. We take a closer look at the
facts and why we need to transform
perceptions of ageing
HCM issue 11 2018
Evidence shows we can transform the
lives of young offenders through exercise.
Kate Cracknell talks to Rosie Meek
HCM issue 10 2018
Last year, Premier Global NASM trained 3,000 fitness professionals in the UK
HCM issue 7 2018
Now in its 15th year of operation, awarding organisation Active IQ continues to go from
strength to strength, supporting the industry with new initiatives and resources
HCM issue 6 2018
Nationally and globally, the health and fitness sector
must strike out and pave the way if we are to address the
challenges facing us, advocates ukactive’s Steven Ward
HCM Handbook 2018
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