The world’s first virtual reality gym and the world’s first social wellness club. Kath Hudson looks at some of the exciting new concepts to emerge in the last year

Black Box VR is the world’s first virtual reality gym. The co-founder explains how it can make people addicted to fitness

iFIT Health & Fitness has acquired Sweat, the popular, female-focused fitness platform set up in 2015 by Australian fitness trainer and entrepreneur Kayla Itsines and co-founder Tobi Pearce.

The pandemic has led to an increase in the popularity of bite-sized workouts that can be fit in between Zoom calls. But will this trend endure?

Suppliers share new offerings that meet the evolving needs of consumers

With the refurbishment of the former Xercise4Less estate well underway, the MD of JD Gyms says growth plans have been accelerated by three years

The CEO of KX and KXU on taking the brand to New York in partnership with Casa Cipriani

Digital meets personal with the new Virtual Player from FunXtion, experts in interactive fitness, which allows clubs to stream and schedule world class virtual classes anytime, providing an interactive workout experience on the gym floor, functional area or directly to members at home via an app.

Technogym is leading the way with exciting new training experiences through its innovative cardio range, Excite Live

Fit tech firm Vaha is launching its interactive fitness mirror into the UK home fitness market.

NonStop Gym in Switzerland has teamed up with Funxtion to create its member training app

Hamilton’s Honour is Leicester’s newest fitness studio opening, with the latest innovation from Technogym

Founders of The Well on helping women thrive, plus cover star Jessica Ennis-Hill launches Cyclemapping

Software is helping operators win during the pandemic. HCM takes a look at inspiring collaborations

Olympic champion Jessica Ennis-Hill has introduced a new wellness app, developed to help women create an exercise regime based on their natural period cycle.

At-home fitness startup Tempo is believed to be in the latter stages of finalising a US$100m cash injection from Japanese holding company SoftBank.

Real estate group Blitzlake is investing in its Studio Three boutique concept explains the CEO

Group Exercise has been closed longer than any other part of the sector, without evidence to support this decision. Industry leaders debate the issue

A new digital fitness platform provides the social aspect of a boutique studio at home.

US-based sportswear giant Fabletics has launched its own, branded fitness offer, as part of a strategy to develop a "360-degree health and wellness experience" for its customers.

Myzone explains how its digital experience can help gyms and studios get back on track

There’s nothing quite like discovering a product that creates a huge impact in our life. After all, isn’t that what we’re all searching for?

A new online fitness platform is looking to establish itself as the first to focus solely on strength training.

Welcome to the world of creative fitness, where exercise and fun merge to change the way we train

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

Digital fitness brand Fiit has secured a deal with satellite TV giant Sky, to make its content available to Sky Q subscribers

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.

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.

Technogym has ramped up its live and on-demand services this year. We hear how the new streaming services are being used by operators to build customer engagement

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.