This charitable initiative is supporting people with health conditions and disabilities to get into physical activity

How will facility provision change after lockdown? We ask the experts

DataHub has launched a contact tracking app, specifically designed for the fitness and physical activity sector.

The Global Wellness Institute’s Move to be Well: The Global Economy of Physical Activity report uncovers the activity segments that can deliver and monetise more participation. Leonor Stanton takes a look at the data for HCM.

Marcus Kingwell from EMD UK reports on Sweating Your Assets: The Value of Group Exercise. Together, UK local authorities, operators, the workforce and the industry can promote group exercise to bring about a healthier nation

Melissa Rodriguez presents key stats and analysis from 2019 IHRSA Global Report into the worldwide health and fitness sector. The report will stand as a benchmark for the recovery of the industry post COVID-19

The founder and CEO of Fun With Balls on keeping people addicted to fitness

A study by Decathlon has found that couples who train together stay together

Is the fitness industry meeting the needs of introverts as well as extroverts?

The Professor of behavioural medicine is proposing PACE labelling to show people how long they would need to walk or run in order to burn off calories eaten

Fitness subscription platform ClassPass has secured US$285m worth of investment, which it looks to use to further expand its global reach.

Liz Terry shares her thoughts

IHRSA’s Kristen Walsh shares the most interesting findings from the 2019 IHRSA Health Club Consumer Report

On-demand fitness app Fiit has partnered with fitness marketplace Hussle, offering Hussle users access to its catalogue of workouts.

The senior management team at Places Leisure discuss commercial diversification and reveal a new launch

Extracurricular activities are key to keeping students physically and mentally healthy. Working with Legend, the universities of Nottingham and Bristol are working to improve the user experience of their facilities to increase student participation

Tennis superstar Serena Williams and Olympic champion Usain Bolt have joined a team of high profile investors backing sports startup Let's Do This.

The Singapore government is creating a "comprehensive digital health platform" based on the use of wearables, as part of a new nationwide health initiative designed to get Singaporeans more physically active.

The global health and fitness markets reached an all-time high of 183 million members across 65 markets in 2018. We look at the key numbers for each region

In her first year as CEO of Total Fitness, membership has grown by 6,000. The first female CEO in the UK’s commercial fitness sector tells us how she’s implemented cultural changes to grow the business

The Moving Medicine initiative and Wattbike were among the winners of this year's Elevate Innovation Awards.

Liz Terry shares her thoughts 

Helen Patenall looks at the key influencers shaping the sector in the year ahead 

Vince Mayne from BUCS reports on the importance of Higher Education influencing students to get active and boost their mental wellbeing and perceptions of attainment

According to ukactive’s Reimagining Ageing Report, ageing is an issue that we simply cannot afford to ignore. Chris Phillips from Datahub summarises the findings

Larissa Davies and Themis Kokolakakis summarise the findings of the Active Lives Adult Survey linking sports and physical activity with positive wellbeing outcomes

The latest State of the UK Fitness Industry Report by David Minton, director of The Leisure Database Company, highlights that all key indicators, from the number of sites and members to the market value, continue to grow

Editor Helen Patenall rounds up the latest visionary developments in health and fitness, ranging from new start-ups to innovative flooring and clever use of colour

The sector should focus on young people, older people and workplace health for the biggest impact on our community, says Steven Ward

Indoor cycling has grown exponentially in the past few years. We analyse the data on who’s most engaged and when