Exercise news & features
The Bicycle Mayor of Coventry talks about bikes and public health challenges
HCM issue 1 2021
Fitness apps find it easy to collect new users, but can they keep them? Retention expert Bob Lawson gives his tips
Fit Tech issue 1 2021
Black Box VR is the world’s first virtual reality gym. Co-founder Preston Lewis tells why VR and gaming is the perfect way to get people addicted to fitness
Fit Tech issue 1 2021
Digital fitness brand Fiit has secured a deal with satellite TV giant Sky, to make its content available to Sky Q subscribers
Fit Tech issue 1 2021
The president of CoachMePlus on how this software helps coaches and athletes work together to reach their fitness goals
Fit Tech issue 1 2021
Facebook paid online events allow fitness instructors to charge viewers for online classes
Fit Tech issue 1 2021
With over 100,000 workouts tracked per day, Trainerize is helping people achieve their fitness goals
Fit Tech issue 1 2021
Member engagement software provider The Retention People (TRP) has unveiled the winners of
its annual 2020 Member Experience Awards (MEA).
product innovation •
15 Jan 2021
Addiction – a word laden with negativity. But isn’t that exactly what the fitness industry
wants? For members to be addicted (in a healthy way) to exercise – not just to increase
profits but, most importantly, so they can live happier, healthier and longer lives.
product innovation •
12 Jan 2021
Core Health & Fitness is proud to have signed an exclusive supplier agreement for the roll-
out of all projected clubs with Énergie Fitness Iberia over the next seven years.
product innovation •
04 Jan 2021
Life Time says it’s the first US health & fitness club company to embrace Apple
Fitness+ and
include it as part of its membership offer.
news •
26 Dec 2020
This was a year when research helped transformed the gym sector into a serious political force. Two pieces of work stand out in terms of timely impact
HCM issue 11 2020
Mad Dogg Athletics, the company which created the Spinning bikes, has sued Peloton Interactive for
patent infringement.
news •
21 Dec 2020
Physical Company is launching a raft of new products in 2021, following consultation with clients, we get more details about the design process and what’s in store for the new year
HCM issue 11 2020
Apple has launched its long-awaited on demand fitness platform, which will utilise the tech giant's
ecosystem of hardware and software to offer consumers a personalised exercise experience.
news •
15 Dec 2020
While leisure operators can generate interest and build an audience fairly easily, the
challenge is converting an audience into a paying, engaged community – and keeping them
there.
product innovation •
07 Dec 2020
Deansgate Square, the newest residential star on Manchester’s impressive skyline, is a fitting home for some of the city’s most stylish health and fitness facilities, with specialist acoustic flooring by TVS Group
HCM issue 10 2020
Venueserve Fitness enables clubs to offer white-label content
streaming to optimise capacity and member engagement
HCM issue 10 2020
A study from the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden suggests exercising can lead to better outcomes in people with cancer
HCM issue 10 2020
The science shows being fit mitigates against COVID-19. We’ve proven we can operate safely under the SAGE COVID-secure Framework. Time to join it up by securing essential service status
HCM issue 10 2020
Passive relaxation improves heart rate variability. This study shows active interventions can have the same effect
HCM issue 10 2020
The celebrity trainer and author is working with Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts to elevate their fitness offering
HCM issue 10 2020
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
Working the glutes is vital for balance, power and wellbeing. Tom Tawell reports
HCM issue 10 2020
Ruskin Fitness Club has transformed its gym with a major refit and new dedicated workout zones
HCM issue 10 2020
Power Plate UK's Davide Ferreira and ReferAll's Stuart Stokes
write to HCM
HCM issue 10 2020
Collective Leisure has just become the first social enterprise leisure management company in Australia
HCM issue 10 2020
EXi, an NHS-approved exercise app designed to help people with long term health conditions, has
launched a Covid-19 rehabilitation programme.
news •
18 Nov 2020
Anytime Fitness, the UK’s leading 24/7 high-spec gym operator, has partnered with Gympass to
give its corporate members access to over 170 clubs across UK and Ireland.
product innovation •
18 Nov 2020
Personalised health and human performance specialist, Salus Optima, has teamed up with training
company, Premier Global NASM, to help new and expectant mothers achieve their personal health
and wellness goals.
news •
11 Nov 2020
Technogym provides a complete Ecosystem made of connected smart fitness equipment, digital services and training ...
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