dance news & features
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
HCM Handbook 2020
The Global Wellness Institute’s Move to be Well: The Global Economy of Physical Activity report uncovers the activity segments that can deliver and monetise more participation. Leonor Stanton takes a look at the data for HCM.
HCM Handbook 2020
Deloitte’s Alicia Whistlecroft summarises findings from the State of the UK Fitness Industry Report. Budgets and boutiques are challenging the domestic status quo, throwing up a range of new opportunities
HCM Handbook 2020
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
HCM Handbook 2020
ClassPass is organising a day of free, live fitness classes to be broadcast around the world on 24
April.
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21 Apr 2020
Jean-Michel Fournier envisions the future of group fitness
Fit Tech issue 1 2020
David Lloyd Leisure (DLL) has announced the launch of David Lloyd Clubs @Home to
engage members during the coronavirus closure.
news •
26 Mar 2020
The high-end operator has launched its
sixth full service club, in London. We take
a look at this £10m club, the largest to
open in the city for more than 10 years and
location of the first Little Space kids’ gym
HCM issue 2 2020
The founder of Gyrotonic and
Gyrokinesis talks to Kath Hudson
HCM issue 2 2020
The son of Basic-Fit founder,
Rene Moos, tells HCM how he’s
building and rolling out his own
boutique brand, Saints and Stars
HCM issue 2 2020
The co-founder of Finland’s pioneering
fitness brand GOGO tells us about the
company’s journey, from its beginnings as
the country’s first full-service fitness club
HCM issue 11 2019
A local fitness operator with 11 clubs in Chicago, US, is looking to muscle in on the increasingly
crowded on-demand, at-home fitness market by launching its own offer.
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04 Dec 2019
Wellness company MYXfitness has become the latest company to launch an on-demand, at-home
fitness offer, looking to engage consumers directly through virtual fitness.
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18 Nov 2019
The creator and founder of Platefit, based
in Los Angeles, is dedicated to educating
people on the benefits of vibration training
HCM issue 10 2019
What makes indoor cycling so
phenomonally popular with members?
HCM asks the experts
HCM issue 10 2019
Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) has combined social media posts and
machine learning to chart entire populations' exercise habits.
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23 Jul 2019
Is the UK boutique fitness sector capable
of attracting the funding it needs? Alicia
Whistlecroft from Deloitte takes a look
at the level of opportunity
HCM issue 7 2019
Group exercise continues to grow in
popularity, making great instructors
more important than ever before. But
are we paying them enough?
HCM issue 6 2019
The founder of Kelta Fit explains his fitness
concept, which is based around Scottish
ceilidh dancing, harnessing the social power
of the traditional dance
HCM issue 5 2019
According to ukactive’s Reimagining Ageing Report, ageing
is an issue that we simply cannot afford to ignore. Chris
Phillips from Datahub summarises the findings
HCM Handbook 2019
Aggregator services could be key to opening new
audiences and boosting penetration rates, but at what
cost? We ask the experts ...
HCM Handbook 2019
The founder of Xponential Fitness, Anthony Geisler, discusses the secrets behind his success, and tells us why franchising is key to crushing the big box chains
HCM issue 3 2019
Digital health giant Lifesum has signed a partnership deal with non-dance HIIT programme Strong
by Zumba.
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18 Feb 2019
A look at the latest innovations
in health and fitness
HCM issue 2 2019
We take a closer look at the current
group exercise landscape, uncovering
what’s likely to trend in the year ahead
HCM issue 2 2019
Health secretary Matt Hancock has
announced the government is changing
its focus from cure to prevention. Is his
plan deliverable? We ask the experts
HCM issue 1 2019
The right gym flooring can put members
in the mood to move. We’ve rounded
up seven innovative projects that take
flooring to the next level
HCM issue 11 2018
A disused tower block in central São
Paulo has been converted into a vibrant
fitness, sport and leisure destination
HCM issue 8 2018
The MD of Europa Park – one of Europe’s
biggest theme parks – on why he bought
a local gym, relocated it to the park and is
investing in the fitness business
HCM issue 8 2018
All fitness education providers currently out there are one and the same. They vary in ...
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