health club news & features
Increasing demand for mindfulness classes is creating opportunities, while acting as a gateway for the inactive, says Liz Terry
HCM issue 4 2023
The CEO of fitness chain World Class Romania and chair of fitness association Romania Active talks to HCM about the country’s huge potential for market growth
HCM issue 4 2023
There’s never been a better time for fitness professionals to step into the gaps left by public health, says the CEO of Body by Definition
HCM issue 4 2023
As Technogym celebrates its 40th anniversary year, its founder talks about his passion for spreading the message of wellness worldwide
HCM issue 4 2023
Life Fitness has given Finnish
operator Gogo gyms the
wow factor with the latest
equipment and fitness tech
HCM issue 3 2023
Padel tennis and pickleball are taking the world by storm and finding a great fit with health clubs, as operators such as David Lloyd Leisure get on board
HCM issue 3 2023
Clive Ormerod and Aimee Arana explain the shared purpose behind the new partnership between Les Mills and Adidas to inspire more consumers to exercise
HCM issue 3 2023
Formula Wellness and Spa in Odesa, Ukraine, is delivering a taste of normality amid the pressures of war
HCM issue 2 2023
The new chair of UK Active talks to Kate Cracknell about his vision for the sector and opening up his address book to connect with senior players in health
HCM issue 2 2023
Wexer has acquired on-demand fitness and livestreaming provider Intelivideo. The purchase
comes as part of a strategy to consolidate the digital fitness market, following the acquisition of
Wexer by Core Health and Fitness last year.
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03 Mar 2023
Another Round, the startup behind the AI-driven personal training app of the same name, has
developed a new B2B solution that it claims can enable personal trainers to work with more
than 50 clients over a 14-hour week.
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21 Feb 2023
Boutique studio UBX Boxing and Strength has partnered with Warner Bros. Pictures (ANZ –
Australia and New Zealand) on a Workout Like Creed fitness campaign based around the
upcoming cinema release of fight movie Creed III.
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20 Feb 2023
Les Mills and Adidas have announced a partnership to provide omnifitness workouts to Gen-Zers
in-club, at home and via events.
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15 Feb 2023
Sharecare, a US-based digital health platform, has launched a corporate scheme called Get
Active that aims to increase the exercise levels of employees through virtual reality (VR) fitness
games.
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03 Feb 2023
Quest has launched an Exercise Referral Standard which will enable operators to transact more effectively with the medical profession, as Abi Harris explains
HCM issue 1 2023
The industry veteran has opened Core Life in Saudi Arabia for Kun Investment Holdings, with plans to take the concept to the world’s major cities, as Kate Cracknell discovers
HCM issue 1 2023
Longevity, a startup providing longevity products, services, education and advice to
subscribers,
has
launched a digital platform and will open its first club in Milton Keynes on 1 February.
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20 Jan 2023
Gymbox has announced a collection of new classes, including one called Only Fans that is on
the Only Fans social platform and subscription service.
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16 Dec 2022
Gen Z’s attitude to fitness is changing the game when it comes to engagement with exercise, as Miranda Markham reports
HCM issue 11 2022
We hear from Ian Fytche on the power of active lifestyles, Mel Spooner who’s championing exercise for cancer recovery and Marc Jones who’s cautious about staffless gyms
HCM issue 11 2022
UK Active’s Digital Futures initiative is reaping significant rewards for operators
HCM issue 11 2022
Peloton has called a stop to its disastrous attempt to rebrand Precor as Peloton Commercial,
announcing it will operate as Precor going forward and be constituted as a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Peloton.
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13 Dec 2022
Soul Cycle has signed a multi-year partnership with Class Pass making sessions accessible via
credits to all Class Pass users.
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07 Dec 2022
In the latest legal battle between Australian franchise chain Body Fit Training (BFT) and US-
based
F45 Training, a federal district court in Delaware, US, has ruled in favour of BFT, describing
F45’s
patent as ‘invalid’.
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01 Dec 2022
One of Peloton’s investors, Krikor Arslanian, is suing Peloton leaders, including
CEO John Foley, for insider trading.
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01 Dec 2022
UK Health and Fitness operators' level of engagement with technology has been researched for
the second year as part of a three-year study part funded by government quango, Sport
England and organised by UK Active.
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01 Dec 2022
Black Friday, which falls on 25 November, will be one of the busiest retail days of 2022,
marking the start of this year’s Christmas shopping season. Now extending into ‘cyber week’
and finishing on Cyber Monday, it's a time when shops and companies offer significant
discounts on their products.
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24 Nov 2022
Kevin Yates, founder and CEO of Trib3 has been awarded Entrepreneur of the
Year in the Great British Entrepreneur Awards. He joined eight other winners in the health and beauty
section, which includes the fitness industry.
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23 Nov 2022
Sport for Health, a collaboration between The World Health Organisation (WHO), FIFA and
Qatar’s Ministry of Public Health, has released
an app called GenMove Season 1, aimed at increasing physical activity among
children.
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22 Nov 2022
Connected rowing company Ergatta has released a new gaming experience called Vortex which
is
designed to level the virtual playing field across its community of 75,000 users.
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17 Nov 2022
TANITA is the founder of Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA) being the first to bring a ...
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