Outlining the unique features of the Arc Trainer

Why Les Mills group programming can have a powerful impact on retention

How has Wattbike gained a foothold in both fitness and sport, and what lies ahead for the brand?

What can health clubs and leisure centres do to improve their weight management offering?

When planning a new schedule for your facility, remember to apply the ‘four Cs’, says Everyone Active’s James Bowden

Nicky Jobson looks ahead to the highlights in store for visitors to this year’s Leisure Industry Week

The CEO of corporate wellness specialist High Five Health Promotion talks to Kate Cracknell about entering the UK market and about pan-European growth plans

Fitness tracking application RunKeeper has partnered with mobile reward service Kilp to give users gifts and brand samples when they reach their exercise goals.

Be it sleeping in or skipping the gym, everyone wishes they could kick those bad habits that hurt productivity and prevent physical activity. Now, a new wearable is bidding to not just track activity, but use pain and shame to ensure users have no choice but to reach their goals.

Virgin Active has unveiled plans to launch two new ‘technology-focused’ clubs in London during early 2015.

Technology designer FreeWavz has launched a campaign to gain funding for the creation of a new set of earphones designed to collate health and fitness metrics, while also looking to cater for the safety of cyclists and joggers.

iPhone users are typically more interested in general health, while the average Android user consumes more fitness content, according to a study from mobile intelligence firm Opera Mediaworks.

Research from the US shows that the key to getting exercise results lies in upping the intensity

Amanda Baker investigates how much of an impact new research findings have on the way mind-body classes are delivered in gyms

CEO David Stalker looks ahead to National Fitness Day, which swings into action this September

Ex-members have previously bought into the idea of going to the gym, so how can we tempt them back again?

Reporting on the world’s first Let’s Move for a Better World Challenge

Tech-savvy members are using apps and devices to take fitness into their own hands. Are you ready for the health tech revolution?

The CEO of Life Leisure talks to Kate Cracknell about challenging the public health commissioners, and about totally rethinking the model of fitness facilities

Ray Algar reports on US charity-powered gym The Movement

Could adopting a different approach to city design and planning help make the UK population healthier? Jacqueline Bennett reports

Scotland has never been known for its warm climate, but members of the ClanFit gym in Glasgow were given the chance to go seriously sub-zero this week, thanks to an extreme cryotherapy treatment.

On his dream for the fitness industry

Technology developer X-Doria has created a new piece of wearable kit allowing parents to set physical activity goals for their children, also enabling them to keep tabs on how much exercise their kids are doing.

Clubs must make people believe they can be active today, and make them want to be by telling them how good it will make them feel – today, says Kate Cracknell

Exercise may reduce the risk of obesity thanks to its impact on good bacteria in the gut, says new research

Gerflor completes its installation at Metro Fitness in Stockport, owned by European boxing champion Matthew Hatton and his father Ray

Lose weight, tone up, get fit? Is this what your members really want from a club, and how does it affect retention? Melvyn Hillsdon reports

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The chair of Health & Fitness Nordic talks to Kate Cracknell about the disruptive influence of technology and the fundamental need for businesses to be useful