fitness goals news & features
UK-based DNA profiling company DNAFit will start offering its services to members of the
Gold’s Gym health club chain in Egypt.
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23 Nov 2016
Former prisoner Coss Marte on his fitness concept ConBody
HCM issue 11 2016
Danish entrepreneur Rasmus Ingerslev on his recent appointment as IHRSA chair
HCM issue 11 2016
How can PTs help people become more engaged in changing their behaviours?
HCM issue 9 2016
A new fitness app is aiming to harness the power of friendship to help people improve
their fitness and lead more active lifestyles.
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11 Jul 2016
Are tangible rewards the best way to get members to stick to their exercise regimes? We report on the growing category of exercise reward schemes
HCM issue 4 2016
Vicki Loomes of trendwatching.com outlines five consumer trends your business should be embracing in 2016
HCM Handbook 2016
Fitbit, the world’s biggest seller of wearable technology, is being sued in the US over
claims that its heart rate monitors are inaccurate and place exercisers at risk.
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08 Jan 2016
High intensity interval training proves to be the fitness trend which doesn’t tire, says Speedflex, which offers a HIIT group exercise concept
HCM issue 1 2016
Vicki Loomes of trendwatching.com outlines five key consumer trends your health and fitness business should be looking to embrace in 2016
HCM issue 1 2016
Fitness First has announced it will invest £7.5m in a series of ‘Connected Fitness Labs’,
which will combine professional trainer expertise with the latest fitness technology in a bid
to create products which reach beyond the confines of the gym.
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23 Dec 2015
Three quarters of online consumers are likely to purchase health and fitness technology in
the next 12 months, with a third of these expected to buy a smartwatch, according to new
research from the organisers of global consumer electronics and consumer technology
tradeshow CES.
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15 Dec 2015
Brands today must challenge their customers to do and be better – but how? Global trend agency trendwatching.com offers insights into how this might be achieved
HCM issue 11 2015
After years of hype and expectation, wearable technology will finally take its place in the
mainstream of fitness in 2016.
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27 Oct 2015
Under Armour – the sportswear giant and owner of MapMyFitness – on why it bought the MyFitnessPal and Endomondo apps for US$560m
HCM issue 8 2015
Wearable tech giant Fitbit will float on the New York Stock Exchange later today (18 June)
in one of the most highly-anticipated IPOs of the year.
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18 Jun 2015
VP and general manager EMEA for Fitbit, Gareth Jones, talks to Kath Hudson about motivating people through challenges and rewards
HCM issue 6 2015
Jim Graham, COO of The Gym Group, on how the low-cost pioneer is continuing its journey of innovation and success following a strategic review of its proposition
HCM issue 6 2015
We’ve had smartwatches, smart glasses and even smart shoes. Now the humble skipping
rope is the latest age-old object to be reinvigorated as a fitness-focused piece of wearable
technology, with not one, but two companies currently crowdfunding to bring skipping
ropes into the 21st century.
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02 Mar 2015
With cycling one of the fastest-growing sports in the UK, and the public looking to use technology to maximise training benefits, demand for Wattbike has been growing strongly
HCM issue 2 2015
What do your members experience in your club, and how does this impact retention? Dr Melvyn Hillsdon reports
HCM Handbook 2015
What lies ahead for the health and fitness sector from a European perspective, and how will this impact individual businesses?
HCM Handbook 2015
Insight into the trends and opportunities for growth of the sector over the coming months
HCM Handbook 2015
David Lloyd Leisure (DLL) is soon to unveil one of the world’s first permanent
Immersive Fitness studios at its Raynes Park club in London as part of an
exclusive partnership with Les Mills.
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07 Jan 2015
Apple has finally pulled back the curtain on its long-awaited Apple Watch at a special
launch event at the Flint Center in California, US, with the new device featuring a whole
host of health and fitness-related functions.
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10 Sep 2014
Which elements of the member journey are most linked to retention levels? Dr Melvyn Hillsdon outlines the findings of the TRP 10,000 report
HCM issue 9 2014
Fitness tracking application RunKeeper has partnered with mobile reward
service Kilp to give users gifts and brand samples when they reach
their exercise goals.
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02 Sep 2014
Virgin Active has unveiled plans to launch two new ‘technology-focused’ clubs in
London during early 2015.
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12 Aug 2014
IHRSA unveils the world’s top health and fitness brands in this year’s Global 25 report
HCM issue 8 2014
Scotland has never been known for its warm climate, but members of the
ClanFit gym in Glasgow were given the chance to go seriously sub-zero this
week, thanks to an extreme cryotherapy treatment.
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25 Jul 2014
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