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iFIT Health & Fitness has acquired Sweat, the popular, female-focused fitness platform set up in
2015 by Australian fitness trainer and entrepreneur Kayla Itsines and co-founder Tobi Pearce.
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14 Jul 2021
The entrepreneur Ben Alderton is rolling out the Solo60 micro-gym concept
HCM issue 5 2021
A new digital fitness platform provides the social aspect of a boutique studio at
home.
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11 Mar 2021
UneeQ, a digital human company, has worked with mental wellbeing platform Mentemia to
transform famous New Zealand rugby player, Sir John Kirwan, into the world's first digital
human mental health coach.
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15 Dec 2020
The chair of énergie and vice chair of BMF on bringing together indoor, outdoor, online and VR fitness
HCM issue 10 2020
Fitness tech firm JaxJox will accelerate the launch of its connected home fitness solution,
InteractiveStudio, following a cash injection of US$10m through Series A funding.
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29 Oct 2020
The co-founder of Next Health on helping people optimise their health and his plans for global growth
HCM issue 9 2020
The Global Wellness Summit (GWS), has announced that a “Call for Wellness Innovations”
contest, as well as a dedicated Tech Innovation Pavilion, will be unveiled at the 2020
conference.
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09 Sep 2020
A fitness technology startup is aiming to turn boxing into the next at-home, subscription-
based fitness trend.
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19 Jul 2020
The founder of KX Pilates on building Australia’s largest Pilates franchise group
HCM issue 5 2020
A personalised sexual wellness app has been launched with the aim of improving people’s sex lives
Fit Tech issue 1 2020
A personalised sexual wellness app has been launched with the aim of improving people’s sex
lives.
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25 Mar 2020
The Deep Dive Coding programme at Central New Mexico Community College (CNM) in the US is
launching a 10-week Internet of Things Bootcamp.
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17 Feb 2020
Lauren Heath-Jones reveals the latest
product launches from Rotators Shield,
Life Fitness, Tribe Sports and Auster
HCM issue 2 2020
Members of Gen Z have come of age
and are now some of the most engaged
consumers of fitness. Researchers,
leisure-net, look at the numbers
HCM issue 9 2019
Tennis superstar Serena Williams and Olympic champion Usain Bolt have joined a team of high
profile investors backing sports startup Let's Do This.
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06 Sep 2019
The American rapper is working on a new
gym with life coach guru Tony Robbins
HCM issue 7 2019
Private equity firm North Castle Partners
has made possible the Barry’s Bootcamp
expansion and Curves’ success in Asia. We
talk to the firm’s fitness lead, Jon Canarick
HCM issue 5 2019
New operators are queuing up to enter the booming
franchise market. Tom Walker reports
HCM Handbook 2019
A look at the latest innovations in health and fitness from Agmis, Body bike, Hydrow and Aqua Physical
HCM issue 3 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
Assisted stretching is emerging as a great
addition to health club operations
HCM issue 8 2018
A team of entrepreneurs – including double Olympic medalist Roger Black – has launched
a
new online service which will help connect members of public with sports coaches.
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04 Jun 2018
Mark Anthony’s new boutique studio has
sunlight simulation as its USP
HCM issue 5 2018
The new CEO of Fitness First Germany discusses his three-stage plan to buy up the competition and prepare the business for sale within the next three years
HCM issue 4 2018
Why more clubs are launching injury
prevention classes and how you can add
this service to your club with minimal effort
HCM issue 3 2018
We discuss rebranding, IPOs and
international growth with the CEO of the
UK’s first fitness franchise and his top team
HCM issue 11 2017
We catch up with the founder of dancebased
fitness concept Swing Train
HCM issue 10 2017
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