Kristen Walsh reports on events at IHRSA's recent European Convention in Madrid, which attracted a record 600 delegates

As the indoor cycling boom continues, Kath Hudson finds out what lessons mainstream clubs can learn from the growing number of specialised cycling microgyms

How important is the quality of your offering when it comes to keeping your members? Dr Paul Bedford reports

The CEO of LA fitness talks to Kate Cracknell about the recent launch of its premium LAX brand

New products and trends from this year's Leisure Industry Week

As part of his retention series, Dr Paul Bedford takes a look at how UK facilities currently rate in terms of perceived value for money

A report on the third annual Health Club Awards, which took place during LIW in September

The latest Global MONITOR report from The Futures Company presents the trends and opportunities in wellness

How are operators justifying the investment in functional training, and are they reaping the rewards?

Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has opened the GSK Human Performance Lab - a science facility that will look to "deepen the understanding of human performance".

The Australian Sports Commission (ASC) is to invest AU$2.5m to fund 17 projects benefiting 15 sporting organisations as part of its Competitive Innovation Fund programme.

Group exercise participants are loyal, attend regularly and are less price sensitive. Are clubs doing enough to harness group exercise?

Nicole Hearn pays a visit to London-based City Athletic, which offers its members the opportunity to train like elite athletes

Bård Windingstad and Peter Byman, founders of Evo Fitness in Norway, explain to Kate Cracknell how personal training and IT lie at the very heart of their business model

Laura Dagg takes a look forward to the highlights of this year's Leisure Industry Week, which takes place in Birmingham later this month

To improve retention, operators need to become much more surgical in their analysis of why members are leaving, says Kate Cracknell

Abigail Harris visits easyGym's new flagship site in London, and talks to its CEO about future plans for the premium low-cost model

Aerospace giant BAE Systems will continue to act as UK Sport's official research and innovation partner in the run up to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Barefoot or shod, people run best when they're comfortable, says Ben Hudson of Taylor & Francis Group

Barefoot running is supposed to be the natural way, so can it work from a prehab point of view or does it present a new set of problems?

In the second of his two-part series on behaviour change, Dr Tim Anstiss examines the powerful potential of wellbeing coaching

Nutritional supplements are potentially a great revenue stream for clubs, but new European legislation is going to make it harder to promote them

Toxteth Fire Fit Hub in Liverpool is a new, £5.2m, dual-use community facility enabling firefighters to get fit for duty, while also helping to inspire youngsters in an area of social deprivation to be more active. Lauren Applegarth reports

As part of our continuing series on behaviour change, Dr Tim Anstiss offers his advice on the questions, tools and strategies needed to effectively deliver health coaching

In the second of his three-part series on retention and the member journey, Guy Griffiths looks at the ongoing health club member

St George's Park not only caters for elite footballers but also the public, with a range of performance packages

'Reserve your seat' technology and a focus on excellent instruction, we pay a visit to Cyclebeat, London's latest microgym

CEO David Stalker outlines the key changes to public health commissioning which came into force this month, and what these mean for health and wellbeing providers

Is there a 'correct' time to exercise based on our internal body clocks? Kate Cracknell reviews some recent findings and consults HCM's panel of experts

The Sports Science Institute of South Africa's Brent Walsh discusses the work of this unique facility