functional news & features
HCM gives a briefing on Elevate as the UK industry welcomes the return of this health and fitness event to London’s Excel
HCM issue 5 2022
The group director of spa at Mandarin Oriental tells us about his new Intelligent Movement concept, designed to get guests moving more and moving better for overall health
HCM issue 5 2022
F45’s new chief of athletics on developing exclusive new workouts for the brand
HCM issue 4 2022
Pulse Fitness and Bolsover District Council have been collaborating for many years to deliver dedicated community activity spaces
HCM issue 4 2022
Leading software specialists reveal how they’ve solved specific tech challenges for individual health clubs
HCM issue 4 2022
Cross-platform fit tech business Fiit, has hit a £1 million crowdfunding target in seven days.
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11 Apr 2022
As we celebrate the publication of the 300th edition of HCM, we invite industry experts to give their insights on the health and fitness sector: why they joined, the most exciting development to date, and what they think we’ll be reporting on in the next 300 issues
HCM issue 3 2022
How do you create fitness spaces that keep customers coming back for more? Designers and suppliers share their secret design sauce
HCM issue 3 2022
The CEO and founder of Soneva explains the luxury resort operator’s new Soneva Soul concept – a pioneering approach to ‘lifestyle evolution’, and its mantra of rest, recovery and regeneration
HCM issue 2 2022
As énergie Fitness ramps up its global expansion plans,
international development director, Rod Hill, explains
why he believes the multi-fitness concept is irresistible
HCM issue 2 2022
As Pure Gym expands into the US under the name Pure Fitness, its chief strategy officer talks about the opening of the first three budget clubs in Washington, DC
HCM issue 2 2022
BH Live has overhauled its Pyramids Centre
in Portsmouth with support from Technogym,
creating the area’s most cutting edge venue
HCM issue 2 2022
People with disabilities and long-term health challenges want to be active. How can we remove barriers, asks Kath Hudson
HCM issue 2 2022
The MD of Fitness First talks to Kate Cracknell about creating new products, new motivations and a whole new vision, as he’s tasked with reinventing the brand as a standalone enterprise
HCM issue 2 2022
Body Fit Training (BFT), the Australian fitness franchise, has successfully defended a court
action brought by F45 in the Australian Federal Court.
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15 Feb 2022
Boxing franchise, UBX, has ambitions to do for boxing what franchise F45 has done for functional training
HCM issue 1 2022
The MD of Next Gen Australia talks about creating the ultimate destination lifestyle model, and what’s coming next in the company’s expansion
HCM issue 1 2022
Accor’s global VP of wellbeing is building a hotel wellness portfolio to rival that of the most sophisticated health club offerings
HCM issue 1 2022
Wearable tech, outdoor exercise activities and strength training are among the trends
expected to shape the worldwide fitness industry during 2022.
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04 Jan 2022
Freeletics has added a new “strength gaming” experience to its range of programmes.
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07 Dec 2021
Suppliers share their most exciting products, launches and installations from 2021
HCM issue 11 2021
Premier Gym + Fitness, based in Newton Abbot, Devon, has opened
its doors to the public thanks to the help and support of Pulse Fitness
HCM issue 11 2021
Fitness First Germany has upgraded its
members’ gym floor training experience with the
rollout of Funxtion’s Multiscreen Virtual Player
HCM issue 11 2021
Denbighshire Leisure’s Jamie Groves challenges the industry to reboot and work to elevate the member experience
HCM issue 11 2021
Fusing art, fitness and music, RSG Group’s flagship brand – John Reed – opens its first location in the UK. Liz Terry takes a tour
HCM issue 11 2021
The founder of TRX talks about his new business venture – OutFit
HCM issue 11 2021
Nordic operator SATS is on a mission to get everyone into exercise, as its CEO explains to Kate Cracknell
HCM issue 11 2021
A partnership with FunXtion and its MultiScreen Solution software has allowed 1Rebel to
enhance its in-club experience to a much more connected and engaged level.
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23 Nov 2021
A new at-home functional training platform, offering consumers a 'complete home gym kit' and a
library of on-demand and live programming, has gone live.
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17 Nov 2021
Armah Sports has opened the first of the B_fit chain of health clubs. Utilising AI, VR and the Internet of Things, it’s the first club in the world
to be Amazon Alexa-enabled
HCM issue 10 2021
Preferred by some of the world’s finest hotels and resorts, Matrix offers an array of ...
Spivi is an immersive fitness gamification platform that helps gym operators to achieve better retention ...