Workplace wellness schemes now go well beyond gym memberships, with increasingly-aware employees looking for wider wellbeing services

Dave Gerrish asks what’s next for digital in the physical activity sector

A Kickstarter campaign is underway to fund a fully automated wearable nutrition tracker which takes photos of food and calculates its calorific and nutritional values.

Fitness On Demand – which is part of Lift Brands – has announced it will partner with heart rate data app, G Beat, to add functionality to its wellness platform.

Offering people rewards can help motivate them to exercise more, according to new research, as Kath Hudson reports

The explosion in consumer demand for strength training is driving a raft of innovative new launches from equipment suppliers, as Steph Eaves report

The founder of the Baseworks Method talks about his plans to work more closely with health and fitness industry professionals and operators

ACSM’s 2023 insight report tracks industry trends each year, creating a barometer of what’s hot and what’s not. HCM gives the lowdown

Wearable technology is 2023’s number one worldwide fitness trend according to the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), which has released a list of 20 industry trends taken from its annual survey.

A new sleep mask, which can track eye movements, including REM, during sleep, will be launched by nanotechnology innovator Somalytics at CES Unveiled on 3 Jan, 2023.

The founder of the Active Giving app is passionate about saving the planet

The Gym Group and its hybrid partner, Fiit, have taken their relationship to a new level with the opening of in-gym Fiit Pods and Studios. HCM finds out more from Dan Shellard and Barney Harrison

A selection of stats to illustrate how the pandemic has impacted our industry

We’re used to digitised cardio equipment, but now strength is catching up, with the launch of new connected lines, as HCM reports

The combining of physical and digital has been playing an important role in membership-based fitness businesses, according to a new global customer survey by Virtuagym.

A recent report analysed the backgrounds of more than 300 fitness tech executives

Tech giant Amazon has entered the highly-contested health and fitness tracking market with a huge splash, launching an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered wearable alongside a subscription service and smartphone app.

The PGA Tour has recently bought 1,000 Whoop bands for its golfers, after PGA Tour golfer Nick Watney said he was alerted via his Whoop band that he may have COVID-19.

Health and fitness innovation firm Oxystrap is reconfiguring its production line, shifting from fitness trackers to protective masks.

Fitness equipment giant Life Fitness has signed a deal to make Samsung Galaxy Watch devices compatible with a full line of premium Life Fitness cardio equipment.

Rising workplace stress among employees has led companies to increase their investment in incentives as rewards, with wearable fitness gadgets among the most popular corporate perks.

Those who use fitness trackers are twice as likely to enjoy their gym workout (61 per cent), when compared to those who don’t (30 per cent).

A new product aimed at the ageing population is combining wearable fitness tech with artificial intelligence to create a device designed to help predict potentially harmful ailments.

The increasing popularity of streaming services and wireless earbuds – along with the introduction of 5G connectivity and artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled devices – are set to drive revenues in the US consumer tech industry to a record $422bn during 2020.

WellCare of Georgia has signed a partnership deal with Fitbit, which will see the tech giant help the healthcare firm manage the conditions of those living with diabetes.

Circuits are a powerful way to deliver a controlled and effective workout to people of a range of abilities in a short time frame. We look at some of the leading systems

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.

Google has revealed plans to acquire wearable company Fitbit in a deal worth US$2.1bn (€1.88bn, £1.62bn).

Thousands of people at risk of Type 2 diabetes will be given digital support – including free fitness trackers – to prevent them developing the condition.

Patients from low-income backgrounds should be prescribed fitness trackers on the NHS, in order to help prevent the development of long-term health conditions.