A scheme to get more disabled people into fitness careers, created by the charity behind the Aspire National Training Centre, is gathering pace. Rhianon Howells reports

What forms of communication do your members value? In the second part of his TRP 10,000 series, Dr Melvyn Hillsdon looks at the art of communication

Do free guest passes work as a means of winning new members, and what are the alternatives?

Pre-exercise assessment can be used not only to prevent injury among elite athletes, but also to make health club members stick to their routines and feel looked after

Part eight of a nine-part series Whether it’s pre-sales assistance, staff training or a complete ‘no-results, no-fee’ package, Alliance has a bespoke solution to support all businesses

The MD of the newly merged Nuffield Health Wellbeing talks to Julie Cramer about expanding further into prevention and wellbeing

IHRSA Annual Convention & Trade Show, IHRSA 2014, Sally Hogshead, Gary Vaynerchuck, Dan Heath, Luke Williams

As part of our management series, Julian Leybourne offers his views on management’s role in creating effective marketing communications

Heart rate-based training can motivate members to reach their goals, and with it help clubs boost member satisfaction and retention

Whether for top athletes or recreational cyclists, the Wattbike offers benefits for both user and club

CrossFit is a tough workout that gives fantastic results, but can it ever achieve mass market appeal?

ukactive has launched a business performance benchmarking tool for gyms and leisure centres, enabling them to compare how their facility is performing against the industry average and rival establishments.

Budget chain The Gym Group has boldly gone where no gym has gone before by investing in a Star trek-style virtual membership adviser at two of its city venues.

Eric Vandenbeele presents an overview of the Belgian market, while Kristen Walsh highlights IHRSA's new Trends Report

Getting active online

Group exercisers versus gym-only exercisers. Who does what, and does this predict retention levels? Dr Melvyn Hillsdon reports

Lauren Applegarth looks at a council scheme to open multiple sites, each with their own specialism

With today's activity tracking devices, reward schemes can acknowledge actual activity, not just attendance

Dirk Kemmerling gives an overview of Germany's fitness market

Refurbishments require huge capital investment, so how do clubs make the most of them when complete?

How can we broaden the appeal of health clubs to all socioeconomic groups? Are we trying hard enough?

In the final part of his series looking at member retention, Dr Paul Bedford takes a look at the reasons why members leave

The CEO of Fitness First talks to Kate Cracknell about putting behavioural psychology at the heart of the business, in a £270m repositioning and rebrand

Think retention was bad before? It's now worse than ever, according to new research from Dr Paul Bedford

Mintel's latest research highlights opportunities to further extend the sector's reach. Michael Oliver reports

New research by Mike Hill of Leisure-net Solutions – conducted exclusively for Health Club Management – investigates why members leave clubs, and how well operators manage the leaving process

From wearables to measuring participation, microgyms to the emergence of the public sector, TLDC's David Minton offers insights based on the latest State of the Fitness Industry Report

From laughter as medicine to wellness hotels, Camilla Parke of The Futures Company looks at some of the trends set to shape the wellness sector in the coming year

Whether it's payroll support, scheduling or task allocation, Sean James says today's CRM systems can play a key role in staff management

Kath Hudson looks at how clubs are turning pilates into a successful secondary revenue stream