Polar has launched Polar Loop, a screen-free wristband that tracks activity, recovery and sleep, showing how every active choice contributes to overall health.

European affordable fitness giant, Basic-Fit – which is known for its low staffing levels – has designed AI personas to act as personal workout buddies to offer encouragement and celebrate victories.

Health club management software house, ABC Fitness, has launched an integrated solution called Click2Save.

A hospital redevelopment in the UK is set to create an age-friendly wellness neighbourhood designed to support people as they get older and serve as a benchmark in the UK.

The industry veterans are gearing up to launch a longevity concept franchise called Zenergie, as Kath Hudson reports

The operations manager of Mid Devon Leisure talks Kath Hudson through its rebrand to Active Mid Devon

Huw Edwards argues that school holiday schemes must be funded, while Natasha Jones celebrates the end of medical consultations before exercise

Vicky Kiernander talks to founders about how they were inspired to overcome trauma to achieve their goals

A study has found indoor cycling improves hip osteoarthritis

The new COO of Nuffield Health talks to Kate Cracknell about plans to take the brand’s current health and fitness estate to its highest level yet

The immediate past CLOA chair explains how the Active Wellbeing Leadership Network is creating a movement for change

As access to medical memberships grows, Liz Terry says we must be ambitious in drawing on expertise from both the clinical and wellness worlds

Fit tech companies tell Julie Cramer how their latest personalisation tools are driving measurable results

Superusers (HVPs) are the key to success, according to new research from Les Mills

The Everything App has launched aimed at getting UK health workers and their families active with on-demand, live-streamed and in-person fitness and wellbeing activities.

The industry has a role to play in helping young people with positive phone use

The CEO of Mytime Active is delivering fitness and wellness interventions both within facilities and in the community. He explains all to Kate Cracknell.

The UK government has got behind Joe Wicks’ latest initiative – Activate, a new animated series of five minute workouts for kids.

Europe Active’s Kai Troll gives a briefing on an EU obesity initiative and Paul Batman calls for a new focus on achievable exercise

Duncan Wood-Allum says the UK’s plans for local government reorganisation will open up huge opportunities for the sector

Tech innovations are handing operators powerful tools, finds Julie Cramer

The exercise physiologist and research scientist is leading on brain health at Orangetheory. She talks to Kath Hudson

As the UK government reveals its intention to pivot health services to prevention, Liz Terry asks what role the physical activity sector can play

A ten-year plan for health has been published for the UK, with a pivot to prevention at its heart. Kath Hudson gives a briefing and also reports on Joe Wicks’ allied kids’ fitness initiative

Public sector leisure and physical activity services in the UK are increasingly being customised to local needs via place-based initiatives, we talk to those driving change

The co-founder of Anytime Fitness talks about building Self Esteem Brands and his partnership with Dave Mortensen

The former president of Xponential and founder of Club Pilates is back with Pilates Addiction and focused on rapid growth, as she explains to Kath Hudson

Combining step-tracking with mindfulness training boosts long-term motivation to exercise, according to a new study from the University of Bath

The fitness, health and wellness veteran is co-founder of new social wellness brand 432. He tells us about the first launch in Amsterdam

With the right strategy and innovation, the cycling studio can be the most profitable space in your club, say Phillip and Jackie Mills