Tech-savvy members are using apps and devices to take fitness into their own hands. Are you ready for the health tech revolution?

On a new 3D body scanner

Technology developer X-Doria has created a new piece of wearable kit allowing parents to set physical activity goals for their children, also enabling them to keep tabs on how much exercise their kids are doing.

Google has beaten rival Apple to the punch by releasing its first smartwatch, which went on sale last night (25 June) after being unveiled at Google's I/O developer conference in San Francisco

Lose weight, tone up, get fit? Is this what your members really want from a club, and how does it affect retention? Melvyn Hillsdon reports

Gerflor completes its installation at Metro Fitness in Stockport, owned by European boxing champion Matthew Hatton and his father Ray

The shortlist is announced for the 2014 Members' Choice Health Club Awards. Is your club in the running?

CEO David Stalker talks about a new tie-up with Coca-Cola and how it fits with ukactive's mission

The chair of Health & Fitness Nordic talks to Kate Cracknell about the disruptive influence of technology and the fundamental need for businesses to be useful

Ray Algar reports on the GoodGym initiative, where the act of running is given a valuable social purpose

As the economic climate improves, what should operators be doing to catch the attention of investors? We ask our panel of experts

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Key topics of discussion from this year's SIBEC UK event

Molly Crockett on precommitment

Are you a manager or a leader, and are you getting the best out of your team? Justin Tamsett offers his advice on employee motivation

As the wearable tech market heats up with firms like Apple, Samsung and Google at the centre of a battle for supremacy, the latest figures from mobile research firm Flurry show that consumer appetite for fitness apps shows no sign of abating.

Apple’s often-discussed entrance into the wearable tech market with the so- called iWatch, could happen as soon as October, according to the latest industry rumours.

Why are gyms making such a mess of the leaving process, and how can they do better? Kate Cracknell asks the experts for their advice

Mental health is often treated as the poor relation to physical health. How can health clubs address this?

Sam Murphy reports on the impact physical activity can have on mental wellbeing, and looks at how health and fitness clubs can assist members with mental health issues

Dave Wright offers his advice to health club managers wanting to improve their understanding of, and performance in, the area of sales

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

As little as £3 is enough incentive for 50 per cent of people to change their behaviour, says a team from Newcastle University in the UK

Part nine of a nine-part series Leisure centres have a way to increase their sales, income and reach without any financial Outlay, thanks to Alliance Leisure's ‘No Risk' package

Gymtopia, Hukka, Finland, squash balls, therapeutic blankets, autistic, autism

The joint MD of 3-1-5 Health Clubs talks to Julie Cramer about creating an exclusive family of X-Force ‘negative training' facilities in the UK

Sean James reports on the growing functionality and popularity of apps among gym members and health club operators alike

EuropeActive plans to grow usage of fitness centres to 80 million members across Europe by 2025. But how?

A paraplegic teenager will officially kick-off this year's FIFA World Cup in Brazil, showcasing new technology which could transform lives for millions of paralysed people.

US-based educational entertainment developer LeapFrog has unveiled one of the first wearable activity trackers designed for children.