performance news & features
Mars Athletic and Life Fitness have built a powerful partnership
HCM issue 5 2022
Time for a flooring upgrade? We take a look at products and installations to see how they’ve improved the quality of the user experience
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
We talk to Rob Waldron and Eddie Swinnen about how APAC’s Fitness and Lifestyle Group is investing in tech innovation across the business
HCM issue 5 2022
As we face a global energy crisis, experts give their views on the drive towards decarbonisation, and how businesses can tackle steeply rising costs
HCM issue 5 2022
ABC Fitness Solutions has appointed Sharad Mohan as chief SaaS officer. Mohan was previously
co-founder and MD of Trainerize, which was acquired by ABC in 2020. He will be working across
other SaaS businesses within ABC, while continuing to lead Trainerize.
news •
26 May 2022
Tillt, an athletic performance-based betting app – where runners get paid if they win – has been launched
by co-founders Sam Mackie and Taber Gifford.
news •
16 May 2022
Altis, an artificial intelligence-based personal trainer solution, has secured more than US$3m worth
of financing, bringing the total investments made in the fit tech brand to date to US$10.5m.
news •
06 May 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
Fitness First has made personal training more accessible by deploying new levels of digitalisation in partnership with Fisikal
HCM issue 3 2022
Matrix Fitness has introduced a new immersive cycling experience, says Rob Knox
HCM issue 3 2022
Four operators share their insights into how
Technogym’s Mywellness has transformed their
operations, as well as customer and team engagement
HCM issue 3 2022
With between 85 and 100 per cent of employers reporting staff shortages, is the UK fitness sector heading into a workforce employment crisis and what can be done about it? HCM reports
HCM issue 3 2022
Heart-rate monitoring is key to providing real-time feedback on members’ workout intensity,
allowing them to improve their fitness accountability and achieve their fitness goals.
promotion •
22 Mar 2022
The Gym Group has published its full-year results for 2021 and announced plans to open 28
new sites in 2022, including three gyms acquired this month from Fitness First in Haringey,
Leytonstone and Romford, strengthening its clusters of properties in this part of the UK.
news •
18 Mar 2022
Xponential Fitness has launched X Pass, a package that allows subscribers to book classes across its entire
portfolio of brands, essentially aggregating its own portfolio.
news •
07 Mar 2022
Creating an exciting, fully immersive digital ecosystem for members on the gym floor is all down to the latest tech. Top equipment suppliers show us how
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
Every local authority will qualify for a free review funded by Sport England as part of Moving Communities
HCM issue 2 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
Core Health & Fitness, an innovative fitness company known for five of the most recognizable
brands in the industry, announces its partnership with Sony Europe B.V. (hereinafter 'Sony')
to offer the Advagym digital platform to their customers.
product innovation •
03 Feb 2022
As 2022 kicks off, HCM talks to operators about key areas for growth and innovation, as well as shifting consumer expectations
HCM issue 1 2022
Boxing franchise, UBX, has ambitions to do for boxing what franchise F45 has done for functional training
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
Hybrid fitness platform FitLab has closed its Series A financing, bringing total capital raised to
more
than US$15m.
news •
20 Jan 2022
Matrix Fitness has added an immersive, tech-led indoor cycling experience to its range of
commercial fitness products.
news •
17 Dec 2021
Wellness tech firm Timeshifter has launched a new circadian app for shift workers, allowing
them to
form and maintain healthier lifestyles.
news •
07 Dec 2021
Delegates gathered at Mindbody’s Bold conference in sunny San Diego to debate what the business of wellness could look like in a post-COVID world
HCM issue 2 2022
The bonds that existed long ago between exercise and healthcare must be reforged, says Muir Gray
HCM issue 11 2021
Fitronics’ new member journey software is supporting the
University of Oxford in improving its services for users
HCM issue 11 2021
Panatta's mission is to create machines that are aesthetically pleasing, functional and competitive in price ...
Study Active is a UK leading provider of health & fitness qualifications including Gym Instructing ...