strength news & features
Low-cost growth, public sector strength and the impact of technology. David Minton offers an overview of the fitness sector based on the latest TLDC State of the UK Fitness Industry report
HCM Handbook 2015
What lies ahead for the health and fitness sector from a European perspective, and how will this impact individual businesses?
HCM Handbook 2015
We take a look at what’s hot in the world of group exercise, from the new Tabata Cycle workout and ‘Zumba with Bursts’, to Physical Company’s BOSU 3DXTREME and an enhanced fitness fx T3 series
HCM issue 1 2015
Les Mills rocks out final Group Fitness Experience (GFX) event in Liverpool
HCM issue 1 2015
Ray Algar reports on a pioneering fitness facility that’s been built at Antarctica’s front door
HCM issue 1 2015
Dr Rachel Pryke of the Royal College of General Practitioners talks to Kate Cracknell about a co-operative approach to combating the obesity epidemic
HCM issue 1 2015
Nicky Jobson reports on all the news, excitement and product launches from this year’s Leisure Industry Week, which took place at the Birmingham NEC
HCM issue 11 2014
CEO of ukactive David Stalker looks ahead to this year’s ukactive National Summit
HCM issue 10 2014
Inspired by his childhood in Africa, Amen Iseghohi launched a chain of back-to-basics gyms that use recycled tyres. He talks to Magali Robathan
HCM issue 10 2014
Vasper claims to reproduce the effects of intense anaerobic training in just 20 minutes. We report
HCM issue 10 2014
Nicky Jobson looks ahead to the highlights in store for visitors to this year’s Leisure Industry Week
HCM issue 9 2014
The CEO of corporate wellness specialist High Five Health Promotion talks to Kate Cracknell about entering the UK market and about pan-European growth plans
HCM issue 9 2014
IHRSA unveils the world’s top health and fitness brands in this year’s Global 25 report
HCM issue 8 2014
Ray Algar reports on US charity-powered gym The Movement
HCM issue 8 2014
Scotland has never been known for its warm climate, but members of the
ClanFit gym in Glasgow were given the chance to go seriously sub-zero this
week, thanks to an extreme cryotherapy treatment.
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25 Jul 2014
Gerflor completes its installation at Metro Fitness in Stockport, owned by European boxing champion Matthew Hatton and his father Ray
HCM issue 7 2014
46 Promotional feature: Matrix
The opportunity to work out while on the move has become an expectation – Matrix Fitness can help you turn it into an experience for staying guests
HCM issue 7 2014
Are you a manager or a leader, and are you getting the best out of your team? Justin Tamsett offers his advice on employee motivation
HCM issue 7 2014
The chair of Health & Fitness Nordic talks to Kate Cracknell about the disruptive influence of technology and the fundamental need for businesses to be useful
HCM issue 7 2014
The joint MD of 3-1-5 Health Clubs talks to Julie Cramer about creating an exclusive family of X-Force ‘negative training' facilities in the UK
HCM issue 6 2014
IHRSA Annual Convention & Trade Show, IHRSA 2014, Sally Hogshead, Gary Vaynerchuck, Dan Heath, Luke Williams
HCM issue 5 2014
CrossFit is a tough workout that gives fantastic results, but can it ever achieve mass market appeal?
HCM issue 5 2014
Pre-exercise assessment can be used not only to prevent injury among elite athletes, but also to make health club members stick to their routines and feel looked after
HCM issue 5 2014
The MD of the newly merged Nuffield Health Wellbeing talks to Julie Cramer about expanding further into prevention and wellbeing
HCM issue 5 2014
David Lloyd Leisure has teamed up with Universal Music UK to launch an
exclusive music app aimed at boosting performance during exercise.
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28 Apr 2014
British Cycling technical director Shane Sutton is one of the main backers behind
Athlete Lab – the latest cycle-focused fitness club to hit London in what is fast
becoming a competitive market sector.
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25 Apr 2014
Lauren Applegarth looks at a council scheme to open multiple sites, each with their own specialism
HCM issue 4 2014
From falls prevention to improving explosive power, studies show vibration technology is effective in a wide range of applications
HCM issue 4 2014
ukactive's 'Turning the Tide on Obesity' campaign is the latest to rely on nudging. But what is nudging, and does it work? Tom Walker looks at what's involved
HCM issue 4 2014
CoverMe Fitness, an app for seamless, on-demand management and cover solutions for sports and fitness ...
Fitronics develop effective, user-friendly software for the sport, health and fitness industry to improve member ...