Highlights from the Health & Fitness Association 2025 Global Report, which deep dives into the state of the industry globally.

HCM Handbook editor, Kath Hudson, welcomes you to the 2026-2027 edition.

Trouble Global’s CEO, Emma Barry, talks about how the fitness industry has become rewired around one idea – longevity

Recovery is now a key part of the wellness journey. Suppliers discuss their hero products and reveal what’s next

Having invested in a wealth of health and fitness businesses, Mastrov tells Liz Terry why he’s bought back the company he started in 1983 – 24-Hour Fitness.

Eric Litman, CEO of New York-based lifestyle robotics company Aescape, has announced he will be starting a new company to focus on improving health spans, called Healthspanners.

Huge opportunities exist in emerging markets, while Millennials and Gen Z are driving growth across the whole industry, says the HFA Global Report

US country club operator, Life Time, has launched its own AI coach. Available through its app, L•AI•C delivers science-backed guidance for fitness and health, from approved sources.

Tech innovations are handing operators powerful tools, finds Julie Cramer

A summary of the Health & Fitness Association’s research into the global market.

It’s time for the fitness, health and wellness sector to lobby in partnership with other service sectors, such as retail and hospitality, says Liz Terry

The 2024 HFA Global Report reveals a resilient sector, predicts further market growth and highlights the biggest operators

From brain training and body sculpting, to ‘gesture tech’ and binaural beats, HCM predicts the trends that will impact and shape the sector

As the UK health sector struggles with demand, health clubs are now stepping in to offer medical service support

HCM Handbook editorial director, Liz Terry, predicts key trends, influences and opportunities set to shape the sector, including nocturnal living, gesture tech, brain training and small cost concepts

Basic-Fit – which has been scaling rapidly across Europe –  is considering franchising to ramp up growth further afield

Public health is in the spotlight and the sector must step up, says Liz Terry

The big challenge for the sector is reaching all populations to ensure everyone can get access to exercise in a way that works for them, says Liz Terry

Three digital fitness platforms tell Fit Tech how they work to achieve higher levels of customer retention

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.

IHRSA ranks the world’s top fitness operators by revenue growth, unit growth and number of members

Gyms need to prioritise member preference when making wellbeing-focused changes

Activity-based social network Strava has continued its expansion onto the gym floor with the introduction of a new Gym and Studio Sync function.

Patricia Amend rounds up the top 25 gyms and health clubs across the globe

Software originally designed to fight crime is now being used to battle health club attrition. Dr Paul Bedford reports

The CEO and co-founder of Anytime Fitness talks to Kate Cracknell about incentivising healthy living and the company's expansion plans