A report on the third annual Health Club Awards, which took place during LIW in September

David Stalker explains how investors are being attracted back to the fitness sector

How are operators justifying the investment in functional training, and are they reaping the rewards?

Fitness levels, not age, should be used to determine whether older people should undergo surgery, according to a new study

Is everyone who's using your club a fully paid-up member? Our panel of experts discuss the software systems that can help gyms prevent membership fraud

In the first part of a new retention series, Dr Paul Bedford takes a look at the impact of brand on member retention

Bård Windingstad and Peter Byman, founders of Evo Fitness in Norway, explain to Kate Cracknell how personal training and IT lie at the very heart of their business model

Recent media reports on exercise and lack of weight loss may have confused many people, says Rod Hill of Anytime Fitness Iberia

What will be the future of the traditional full-service club in the face of the growing microgym market? Kate Cracknell reports

Fifteen years after penning The Experience Economy, Pine and Gilmore are still inspiring businesses to create original and memorable customer experiences

Nicole Hearn pays a visit to London-based City Athletic, which offers its members the opportunity to train like elite athletes

With studies showing UK physical activity levels are dropping, it's time for a national strategy, says ukactive CEO David Stalker

Professors Alfredo Brillembourg and Hubert Klumpner of Urban-Think Tank talk to Kate Cracknell about their revolutionary and socially cohesive Vertical Gym concept

To improve retention, operators need to become much more surgical in their analysis of why members are leaving, says Kate Cracknell

Laura Dagg takes a look forward to the highlights of this year's Leisure Industry Week, which takes place in Birmingham later this month

CEO David Stalker looks at the government's traineeship scheme introduced in January, and considers how the fitness sector might benefit

An interview with futurologist Magnus Lindkvist ahead of his speech at the IHRSA European Congress in Madrid next month

Doug Werner outlines the powerful impact that the ‘Lean' protocol can have on the sales process at health and fitness clubs

Abigail Harris visits easyGym's new flagship site in London, and talks to its CEO about future plans for the premium low-cost model

The MD of budget fitness operator Xercise4Less talks to Kate Cracknell about the company's brand new partnership with UK supermarket chain Tesco

Edward Phillips, founder of the Institute of Lifestyle Medicine in Boston, US, talks to Julie Cramer about tackling chronic disease

Member retention rates continue to drop across the fitness sector, according to a new national report by Dr Paul Bedford

Health and fitness devices will make up half of all wireless accessories shipped by 2018, with shipments of app-enabled devices set to hit 170m, according to a new report from Juniper.

The 12 per cent market penetration figure gets bandied about, but how accurate is it? What figure could the sector reach and what does it have to do to achieve this?

As indoor cycling booms, Levze Kerey asks the experts for tips on how to capitalise on this trend

Even before we look to new audiences, there's so much more we can do to attract people who have already bought into exercise, says Kate Cracknell

What are the most exciting innovations in the world of pilates at the moment? Kath Hudson asks the experts for their thoughts on current and future trends

A new study has highlighted one of the reasons why exercise is effective in helping to prevent breast cancer

Setting goals with members based on an understanding of their underlying motivations – their superordinate goals – is a vital to ensuring adherence, says Dr Paul Bedford

Kath Hudson takes a look at the growing technological options available for tracking members' physical activity both in and out of the health club environment