The co-founder of W3 Fit on the return of live industry events, and why they’re key to growing business relationships

Ready to revolutionise your indoor cycling offer? Today’s bikes offer smarter, more advanced features than ever before

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

HCM gives a briefing on Elevate as the UK industry welcomes the return of this health and fitness event to London’s Excel

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

Strength training startup Grndhouse has launched a new app following 18 months of development.

Caterpillar, a new app that rewards healthy actions with redeemable points at entertainment and fitness outlets, will launch a pilot scheme on 6 June.

Aumio, a new sleep, relaxation and meditation app for children has raised €3m to drive market expansion across Europe and the US. The seed funding round was led by investment platform Partech and venture capitalist fund byFounders.

The company behind fitness aggregator Hussle – Sandcroft Avenue Ltd – has collapsed, owing £5,362,000.

ABC Fitness Solutions has appointed Sharad Mohan as chief SaaS officer. Mohan was previously co-founder and MD of Trainerize, which was acquired by ABC in 2020. He will be working across other SaaS businesses within ABC, while continuing to lead Trainerize.

Strava, a leading social platform for athletes, has acquired Recover Athletics, a startup providing evidence-based prehab workouts to runners. The move gives Strava subscribers access to Recover Athletics’ app, which includes personalised injury prevention plans and exercises.

Ness, a US startup that is developing a range of wellness-driven credit cards, has launched its first product, the Ness Rewards app, with longer-term plans to deliver health insurance in the US via its credit cards.

Tillt, an athletic performance-based betting app – where runners get paid if they win – has been launched by co-founders Sam Mackie and Taber Gifford.

AI-driven home-strength platform, Vitruvian, raises US$15m Series A funding to ramp up production. Investors include Larsen Ventures and Steve Baxter’s Ten13. Baxter is known for his TV role as a 'shark' in Australia’s Shark Tank.

Exercise can stimulate the growth of new blood vessels when existing ones are ravaged by diabetes, find researchers

Can one operator succeed where another has failed? asks Liz Terry

Pulse Fitness and Bolsover District Council have been collaborating for many years to deliver dedicated community activity spaces

F45’s new chief of athletics on developing exclusive new workouts for the brand

Yate Leisure is one of the largest sites in Circadian Trust’s portfolio, with around 4,000 members. Ben Beasley, director of commercial development, explains why they were an early adopter of Technogym Biocircuit, and how the offer has evolved

HCM celebrated 300 issues last month. We share our postbag of verdicts from our readers

The serial entrepreneur and founder of Feel Electric talks about bringing his new chain of EMS studios to the UK

Modern, sustainable buildings are key to redefining our sector, says Sharron Davies MBE

You want to refresh your lockers and changing rooms on a budget. HCM’s panel of experts advises

Karsten Hollasch reports on the ninth European Health and Fitness Market Report from Deloitte and Europe Active

Bryce Hastings reveals new research into exercise motivation and adherance

We go behind the scenes of the biggest ever collaboration on COVID safety data. Lizzie Broughton tells the story

DLL is pushing back against social media ‘fitfluencers’ says Andrea Dearden

The Grndhouse co-founder tells us how his brand plans to dominate the strength training space in the UK, and beyond

Leading software specialists reveal how they’ve solved specific tech challenges for individual health clubs