fitness news & features
The CoverMe app has transformed class management for Total Fitness, with
huge time savings, stronger compliance and better talent management
HCM issue 5 2025
Gyms are becoming essential to employee
benefit strategies, says Epassi, an expert
in employee wellbeing schemes
HCM issue 5 2025
EGYM is refining its product
line-up while also launching a new
Business Suite to connect its entire
ecosystem, creating a centralised,
data-driven management platform
HCM issue 5 2025
The event director for Elevate talks to HCM about launching the first B2B event for health and wellness in India
HCM issue 5 2025
How can health club operators support younger members with their mental health? Dr Hussain Al-Zubaidi offers his perspective
HCM issue 5 2025
The huge popularity of strength and resistance training is driving change on the gym floor. Julie Cramer asks leading suppliers what innovations they’re bringing to market
HCM issue 5 2025
BLK BOX is moving into the US market and continuing its expansion into
Europe. We meet the new recruits who’ll be helping power this growth
HCM issue 5 2025
The fitness, health and wellness veteran is co-founder of new social wellness brand 432. He tells us about the first launch in Amsterdam
HCM issue 5 2025
With the right strategy and innovation, the cycling studio can be the most profitable space in your club, say Phillip and Jackie Mills
HCM issue 5 2025
The CEO of The Club Company, the UK’s largest country club operator, talks to Kate Cracknell about forging a new model based on fitness, sport and wellness
HCM issue 5 2025
The ROI of refreshing gym equipment is so significant, it makes
taking this approach a strategic imperative for fitness operators
HCM issue 5 2025
A driver of mental and physical health, vagus nerve protocols have huge potential to support health club members, as Kath Hudson discovers
HCM issue 5 2025
Mindbody, which also owns Booker and Classpass has revealed a new parent brand for the
three companies – Playlist – while stressing that each Playlist business will continue to operate
as it does today, with no changes to its products or services.
news •
04 Jun 2025
Dr Natalie Grinvalds talks through her research into co-locating facilities.
HCM Handbook 2025
The franchise segment is a fast moving and dynamic part of the industry. Kath Hudson rounds up some of the major deals and developments of the last 12 months, including former Xponential Fitness CEO, Anthony Geisler, arriving back on the scene.
HCM Handbook 2025
A deep dive into the Latin American market, courtesy of the Health & Fitness Association.
HCM Handbook 2025
Karsten Hollasch and Steffen Gausselmann talk us through the key findings of the 12th European Health and Fitness Market Report.
HCM Handbook 2025
A summary of the Health & Fitness Association’s research into the global market.
HCM Handbook 2025
CEO of Trouble Global and industry provocateur, Emma Barry, gives her annual review of the current – somewhat contradictory – trends and gives advice to operators about how to futureproof their businesses.
HCM Handbook 2025
HCM Handbook editor, Kath Hudson introduces the 2024-2025 edition. The energy in the industry is off the charts and memberships are growing all over the world. Now it’s time to tackle the inequalities.
HCM Handbook 2025
Colin Waggett, Tom Leverton, Elaine Jobson and Liz Clark are among the line-up of CEOs giving their take on current issues, such as how to influence governments and whether the recovery trend is here to stay.
HCM Handbook 2025
Kath Hudson reports on the first UK Health and Fitness Market Report.
HCM Handbook 2025
Physiologist, wellbeing expert and co-founder of Future Practice and Pillar Wellbeing, Oli Patrick, gives his view on what the industry should be focusing moving forwards, in order to meet the wants and needs of consumers.
HCM Handbook 2025
Active Insight’s Julie Allen talks us through the results of the UK’s Moving Communities Customer Experience Survey.
HCM Handbook 2025
HCM Handbook editorial director, Liz Terry and Kath Hudson predict key trends, influences and opportunities set to shape the sector, including vagus nerve resets, diagnostics and social prescribing.
HCM Handbook 2025
Apple Music and Universal Music Group (UMG) are joining forces to introduce an audio wellness collection
designed to help listeners attain clearer focus, deeper relaxation and better sleep.
news •
19 May 2025
A UK Active market report by Deloitte shows positive growth and increasing consumer demand, says Matthew Wade
HCM issue 4 2025
Price increases and openings are driving growth in the European market, according to a report from Deloitte Germany
HCM issue 4 2025
The CEO of Chelsea Piers Fitness gives insights into how the business has evolved since the 1990s and shares his vision for international growth
HCM issue 4 2025
Founded nearly 50 years ago, Balanced Body works with the highest quality materials, and pride ...
Perfect Gym, part of the Sport Alliance group, is a global software provider specialising in ...
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