Jak Phillips looks at how Chinese clubs handled the Coronavirus shutdowns

Independent operators are driving creativity in the delivery of a wide range of vibrant fitness businesses. We look at some of the best, from those catering for members with elite sporting backgrounds to inventive gym spaces

The coronavirus pandemic is presenting the global fitness industry with unprecedented challenges, but also highlighting the fundamental importance of health and wellbeing, says Helen Patenall, HCM Handbook editor

Our news team at HCM rounds up some of the highlights from recent medical research in the health, fitness and wellbeing industry. Give your brain a boost, work out safely and tweet your fitness are just some of the insights

Marcus Kingwell from EMD UK reports on Sweating Your Assets: The Value of Group Exercise. Together, UK local authorities, operators, the workforce and the industry can promote group exercise to bring about a healthier nation

When it comes to boosting fitness membership, it’s judicious to meet the needs of the lucrative over-55 market. DataHub’s Utku Topraksevten shares insights from the latest Moving Communities: Active Leisure Trends report and how best to get with the programme

Technogym is launching a webinar series, Technogym Talks: The Expert’s Perspective, to assist operators in the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.

Funxtion has created an immersive group exercise concept

The founder and CEO of Fun With Balls on keeping people addicted to fitness

Amazon Web Services is changing the sports industry with artificial intelligence

With real-time vibration feedback, this new product generates applied analytics and guides training

Vicon’s Dr Kim Duffy explains how a new generation of motion capture tech will improve performance

Tara Dillon and Mark Gannon on combining REPs and the CIMSPA Exercise and Fitness Directory

A study by Decathlon has found that couples who train together stay together

HCM talks to Fraser Smith about founding his studio and why he picked miha bodytec as his supplier and EMS training for his USP

Jo Cherrett on exercise and ageing and Stuart Stokes has advice on exercise referral

Parkwood Leisure managing director Glen Hall talks about putting the company on a new path to fitness in recent years, with customers and staff at its heart

Wales and Real Madrid star Gareth Bale has launched an esports team – the second leisure venture the footballer has set up in the past 12 months.

Real Madrid has launched a new innovation brand, designed to position the football club as a 'social and economic leader'.

Bouldering is emerging as a powerful partner in the fitness space, as the co-founders of French operator, Groupe Arkose, explain

Build new training experiences with Technogym in 2020

Franchised gym chain UFC Gym is introducing compression recovery systems at some of its sites.

A pioneering gene testing method could be ready to use for the first time at an Olympic Games next year.

Technology and innovation

Check out these innovative new products in health and fitness from Crown Sports Lockers and Power Plate

Liz Terry shares her thoughts

Bryan O'Rourke and Legend’s Sean Maguire investigate how the industry is preparing for the next decade of fitness and wellbeing

Does your fitness studio off er the antidote to tech-driven loneliness?

A surge in investments made into the booming esports sector is now creating competition for traditional sports.

Sport England has published an update on its digital strategy, in which it offers details of its handling of Spogo, a now defunct online resource which was meant to offer the public an easy way to find sporting opportunities.