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.

A new health and fitness app launched today promises to give users an insight into the extreme diets and workouts of Hollywood stars like Angelina Jolie, Christian Bale and Gerard Butler.

Sportswear giant Nike has signalled its ambitions to dominate the wearable tech and fitness app market with the opening of a research and development lab in San Francisco, California.

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

Microsoft is the latest company to join the fitness app trend by releasing the Bing Health & Fitness Windows Phone app.

From activity trackers to fitness apps, we round up some of the technology that's set to change the way we work out

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

Kate Cracknell and Magali Robathan report on the emergence of the pop-up leisure experience, and what opportunities this trend might present to the fitness industry

The founder and CEO of GoodLife Fitness talks to Kate Cracknell about putting an ethos of caring at the heart of his Canadian club empire