The co-founder of Gymbox talks to Kate Cracknell about breaking the rules, innovation in fitness concepts and spending £39m on growth

Liz Terry shares her thoughts

The head of research at Les Mills explains his latest research into calorie burn

HIIT is evolving and being combined with other disciplines (HIIT plus a sound bath anyone?). Kath Hudson investigates

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SKILLRUN - delivering an amazing running experience to members

Deloitte’s Karsten Hollasch summarises key data from the latest European Health & Fitness Market Report, highlighting our continent’s leading fitness operators and countries

The outlook for the private health club sector is promising according to an analysis of the key findings from the latest IHRSA Global Report, with club operators being well positioned to lead us into a healthy and promising future

New tech is coming down the track which will change the gym experience and improve retention

The latest State of the UK Fitness Industry Report presents a thriving domestic fitness market. David Minton, director of The Leisure Database Company, summarises

The UK health and fitness industry continues to show impressive growth. Helen Patenall looks at the key influencers shaping the sector in the year ahead

The Fitness Industry Technology Council’s president, Bryan O’Rourke, tells us about the impact of fitness and heightened consumer expectations in this digital age

Swimming strong

Latin America’s health club industry is robust, according to IHRSA’s Latin American Report. Kristen Walsh provides valuable data on the region’s flourishing market conditions

Mike Hill and Professor Simon Shibli summarise the importance of National Benchmarking Service data in enabling clients to set realistic priorities and objectives

We take a look at the ambitious budget and mid-market operators, smaller independently owned chains and foreign boutiques entering the growing franchise sector

Personal training is a hot topic, with a recent study by IHRSA shedding light on how health club members in the US use personal and small group training

Functional training is growing in popularity, but will it overtake traditional training methods? We open the debate

The director of wellbeing at healthy fast food chain Leon discusses the company’s wellbeing centre for employees

Iberian fitness operator GO Fit is developing a low-cost, personalised gym offering based on the latest exercise science from academia

The founder of Core Nation Fitness explains the benefits of setting up group fitness in a rowing club

The new CEO of Fitness First Germany discusses his three-stage plan to buy up the competition and prepare the business for sale within the next three years

ukactive's new research lead is part of the group charged with the job of revising physical activity guidelines for adults

Liz Terry on the boom in franchising

ukactive CEO Steve Ward discusses the new Active Uprising event, which is set to launch this year in Manchester

Fitness franchises are piling in to the UK. We take a look at the market

Fitness kit and software supplier eGym has announced the acquisition of mobile fitness app business Netpulse for an undisclosed sum.

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Introducing eGym Premium

Many years have passed since virtual classes first hit the fitness industry, but what are operators doing to keep this offering fresh and attractive to members?