COVID-19 news & features
As the internet becomes more ‘human and physical’, should you be jumping on board the fast-moving metaverse train sooner rather than later?
HCM issue 7 2022
Nowatch, a new contender in the expanding biometric fitness tracker market has developed a
wearable device, in partnership with Philips, which measures cortisol levels and alerts users
about their stress load up to 60 minutes in advance..
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02 Aug 2022
Mindbody has announced that Fritz Lanman will become the company’s new CEO from 3
September 2022. He will succeed Josh McCarter who will join Mindbody’s board of directors.
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02 Aug 2022
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.
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15 Jul 2022
The fitness and activity sectors have the power to transform the workforce and save employers and the economy billions, according to a new study
HCM issue 6 2022
HCM Handbook editor Kath Hudson introduces the 2022 edition. This year we’ve taken stock of how the pandemic has changed the industry and the opportunities and challenges that have arisen in this time of change
HCM Handbook 2022
Different customers, omnichannel fitness, the need for more data, continued lobbying and to address racism, cost barriers and health inequalities...
HCM Handbook 2022
The global pandemic has dwarfed the impact of any recession, but how is the UK market bouncing back? LeisureDB does a deep dive into the numbers for businesses with members on Direct Debits, with the latest State of the Fitness Industry Report 2022
HCM Handbook 2022
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
HCM Handbook 2022
David Minton presents the findings of LeisureDB’s State of the Fitness Industry Report 2022
HCM issue 5 2022
As we face a global energy crisis, experts give their views on the drive towards decarbonisation, and how businesses can tackle steeply rising costs
HCM issue 5 2022
We go behind the scenes of the biggest ever collaboration on COVID safety data. Lizzie Broughton tells the story
HCM issue 4 2022
Karsten Hollasch reports on the ninth European Health and Fitness Market Report from Deloitte and Europe Active
HCM issue 4 2022
Leading software specialists reveal how they’ve solved specific tech challenges for individual health clubs
HCM issue 4 2022
Fitness tech firm Egym has acquired French corporate fitness and wellbeing business Gymlilb
for what has been described as a 'high double-digit million' purchase price.
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27 Apr 2022
Core Health & Fitness, has acquired Digital fitness content provider Wexer Holding, for an
undisclosed sum.
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25 Apr 2022
As we celebrate the publication of the 300th edition of HCM, we invite industry experts to give their insights on the health and fitness sector: why they joined, the most exciting development to date, and what they think we’ll be reporting on in the next 300 issues
HCM issue 3 2022
Physically active people are 50 per cent more likely to develop higher antibodies after having a vaccination, research shows
HCM issue 3 2022
Europe Active has reinvented itself over the pandemic, rallying the sector, progressing the public health agenda, and opening itself up to global collaboration. Its CEO talks to Kate Cracknell
HCM issue 3 2022
Pure Gym has launched in the US under the brand Pure Fitness, with the first three locations
having opened in the Washington DC area as part of a cluster rollout.
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16 Mar 2022
Xponential Fitness has launched X Pass, a package that allows subscribers to book classes across its entire
portfolio of brands, essentially aggregating its own portfolio.
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07 Mar 2022
As énergie Fitness ramps up its global expansion plans,
international development director, Rod Hill, explains
why he believes the multi-fitness concept is irresistible
HCM issue 2 2022
As Pure Gym expands into the US under the name Pure Fitness, its chief strategy officer talks about the opening of the first three budget clubs in Washington, DC
HCM issue 2 2022
The big mission at the Global Health & Fitness Alliance? Getting health clubs recognised as an essential service. The Fitness & Lifestyle Group CEO explains
HCM issue 2 2022
Creating an exciting, fully immersive digital ecosystem for members on the gym floor is all down to the latest tech. Top equipment suppliers show us how
HCM issue 2 2022
People with disabilities and long-term health challenges want to be active. How can we remove barriers, asks Kath Hudson
HCM issue 2 2022
A number of big-name suitors are believed to be looking at making a bid for at-home fitness giant
Peloton.
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07 Feb 2022
New research from the Stanford University School of Medicine suggests COVID-19 infects fat cells, explaining why overweight and obese people are at a higher risk
HCM issue 1 2022
Professor Alfonso Jimenez of Think Active outlines findings from the Safe Active study, which show gyms are effectively protecting members and staff from COVID-19
HCM issue 1 2022
The head of the Center for Active Design, Joanna Frank, explains how operating healthy buildings is a ‘non-negotiable’ in the age of COVID-19
HCM issue 1 2022
FIBO pursues the vision of a strong and healthy society and as a global network ...
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