Technology giant IBM is pushing ahead with the development of predictive analytics to help experts forecast the outcome of sports games, while also providing fans with more intriguing statistics during contests.

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?

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

Ray Algar reports on an initiative that went beyond fundraising to touch on the very personal sphere of bone marrow donation

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

ukactive wants physical activity to rise 1 per cent a year for the next five years. Is this really achievable?

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

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

Does your business look beyond profit to deliver a more socially-conscious agenda? Ray Algar outlines the findings of his new report

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

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

British Cycling technical director Shane Sutton is one of the main backers behind Athlete Lab – the latest cycle-focused fitness club to hit London in what is fast becoming a competitive market sector.

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.

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

ukactive teams up with Judy Murray to put family exercise on the agenda

What does it mean now that physical activity has been taken off the QOF, and can it be reinstated?

In the second part of our management series, Carl Bennett looks at the importance of understanding a community's needs

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

Dirk Kemmerling gives an overview of Germany's fitness market

ukactive's 'Turning the Tide on Obesity' campaign is the latest to rely on nudging. But what is nudging, and does it work? Tom Walker looks at what's involved

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

New research suggests that exercise can boost creative thinking

Kate Cracknell talks to the fitness entrepreneur and celebrity PT about data-based training, personalisation and driving a health-focused message

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

From falls prevention to improving explosive power, studies show vibration technology is effective in a wide range of applications

Online gym pass provider PayasUgym has today announced a £1.6m raft of venture capital funding as it seeks to continue growth across the UK market.

DNA profiling is quickly becoming a top trend for high profile sports athletes who are using the revolutionary technology to analyse whether or not they are getting the most out of their sporting genes.

AM – Workflow Asset Management – is being hailed by centres around the UK as one of the easiest, most efficient and most affordable maintenance management systems on the market

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