After a career with Virgin Active, Fitness First and WeWork, Gaunt has devised and launched a new fitness business called Hero. He explains the concept to Kate Cracknell

A look at new kit from Matrix and a running training app from Wellbeats

More appreciation – and pay – for instructors

Fitness testing and body scanning is becoming a must-have for gyms. HCM gives the low down on the latest systems

US budget club operator Youfit Health Clubs will begin offering its members genetic testing through its YouCoach personal training programme.

Fibodo empowers personal trainers and coaches. says Anthony Franklin, while Les Mills CEO Phillip Mills, reveals a new Stages bike

Insurance companies are focusing on fitness and rewarding healthy behaviours in order to reduce claims

The co-founder of Mindset talks about growing a business based on mental as much as physical wellbeing

This Finnish health insurer works via a groundbreaking model which rewards the business for keeping people healthy

Fitness On Demand (FoD) has signed a partnership deal with fitness software platform Virtuagym, making FoD's premium fitness workouts available to Virtuagym members by integrating with its existing mobile apps.

The EXOS founder and CEO explains how his business improves the performance of athletes and employees in 30 countries and plans for expansion

With such a huge proportion of the UK population not meeting recommended activity levels, fitness professionals who expand their range of services will find unlimited opportunities

Liz Terry shares her thoughts 

We talk to the new UK master franchisor for Xponential Fitness brand CycleBar

The entrepreneur explains the concept behind Club W, which is aimed at helping older woman ‘live longer by living well’

Argos – recently acquired by Sainsbury’s – is making a bid for the home fitness market and using social media influencers to target a younger audience

Three generations of the Mills family talk to HCM to mark their 50 years of passion for fitness and wellbeing

Loughborough is getting a hotel with altitude bedrooms: get fit while you sleep

The co-founder of HiitGirl was inspired by consumer wellness brands to create a boutique HIIT studio for busy women

IHRSA’s career and US salary research

The leading trade show for fitness, wellness and health returns for another year

Biomechanist and author shares her insight on the impact of today’s increasingly sendentary lifestyles on the human body

As gym-goers become more nutritionally savvy, they are demanding more tailored food options. How are operators responding to the opportunity presented?

IHRSA’s new chair shares his plans for his time at the organisation and discusses his role at private-equity firm NeV

FIBO’s new event director on taking the show in a different direction this year

The ex-footballer’s new venture sees him partnering with a health clinic in Dubai

Wellness looks set to take centre stage in the fitness industry, says Lauretta Ihonor

US researchers say that regular exercise may be the secret to reducing the risk of the common eye condition glaucoma

The MD of Virgin Active UK tells us about his plans for making wellness and customer service key priorities for the fitness brand

The woman behind the evolution of Psycle on going from brand nutritionist to CEO