strength news & features
The industry is reinventing ‘love brands’ to unlock new growth opportunities, as Kath Hudson discovered
HCM issue 2 2023
A new pilot study – The Prevention and Enablement Model – has shown exercise interventions can deliver economic value
HCM issue 2 2023
Designers and suppliers share thoughts and inspiration for your refurbishment
HCM issue 2 2023
The founder of the Baseworks Method talks about his plans to work more closely with health and fitness industry professionals and operators
HCM issue 2 2023
We celebrate the incredible life of the founder of Life Fitness and Augie’s Quest, following his recent death from complications arising from ALS
HCM issue 2 2023
Matrix Fitness has transformed Salt Ayre leisure centre and boosted membership with a radical refurbishment
HCM issue 2 2023
Bhout is in pre-sales for its AI-driven boxing bag, which it calls a 'boxing bag with a brain'.
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27 Feb 2023
Boutique studio UBX Boxing and Strength has partnered with Warner Bros. Pictures (ANZ –
Australia and New Zealand) on a Workout Like Creed fitness campaign based around the
upcoming cinema release of fight movie Creed III.
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20 Feb 2023
Les Mills and Adidas have announced a partnership to provide omnifitness workouts to Gen-Zers
in-club, at home and via events.
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15 Feb 2023
Google-owned Fitbit has filed a patent application with the US Patent and Trademark Office for
a
blood pressure sensor that will be in-built into its smart watch.
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14 Feb 2023
New research from Edith Cowan University has shown eccentric muscle contractions create the strongest training effect, as Liz Terry discovers
HCM issue 1 2023
ACSM’s 2023 insight report tracks industry trends each year, creating a barometer of what’s hot and what’s not. HCM gives the lowdown
HCM issue 1 2023
The Mine in Baltimore has a strategy of 360 degree wellness and plans to grow across the US. We find out more from its director of operations
HCM issue 1 2023
Everyone Active is spending £7.5m this year reimagining its health and fitness offering to bring all its wellness services under one roof
HCM issue 1 2023
Mindbody and Classpass have published their annual trends report. We find out more about how 2023 will unfold
HCM issue 1 2023
The team behind female-focused workout protocol, P.volve, talk about their plans to build a global omnichannel brand based on technical training
HCM issue 1 2023
The University of Portsmouth has partnered with Technogym
to unveil the state-of-the-art Ravelin Sports Centre Gym
HCM issue 1 2023
The industry veteran has opened Core Life in Saudi Arabia for Kun Investment Holdings, with plans to take the concept to the world’s major cities, as Kate Cracknell discovers
HCM issue 1 2023
Wearable technology is 2023’s number one worldwide fitness trend according to the American
College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), which has released a list of 20 industry trends taken from
its annual survey.
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05 Jan 2023
Nike has partnered with Netflix to stream 30 hours of Nike Training Club (NTC) workouts across
all territories in ten languages.
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23 Dec 2022
Garmin has released its Connect Fitness Report for 2022, which shows that users of its tech
have returned to their pre-pandemic fitness habits.
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21 Dec 2022
The founder of The Boxing House on growth driven by EIS-eligible equity and moving boxing up the socio-economic curve
HCM issue 11 2022
Rigs are a familiar element on the gym floor. Frances Marcellin asks how their use can be optimised
HCM issue 11 2022
The Ministry is aiming to set the standard for the
best-in-class workplace wellness gym in London
HCM issue 11 2022
Eigen Fitness is launching AI-powered wearables called Nodes to help gym users measure their
weight training progress.
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09 Dec 2022
Blok has launched a fundraising campaign on Crowdcube. The company’s goal is to reach
£500,000 – ahead of a possible funding round in 2023.
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29 Nov 2022
Black Friday, which falls on 25 November, will be one of the busiest retail days of 2022,
marking the start of this year’s Christmas shopping season. Now extending into ‘cyber week’
and finishing on Cyber Monday, it's a time when shops and companies offer significant
discounts on their products.
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24 Nov 2022
Technogym’s Biostrength offers training innovation for everyone, enabling users to enjoy strength gains that fit their personal goals
HCM issue 10 2022
Keiser UK has worked on a new strength installation for Salt Gymnasia in Woolacombe that drives customer engagement and retention rates
HCM issue 9 2022
Live Active Leisure commissioned Matrix to transform the sports hall at Bell’s Sports Centre into an impressive 126-station gym
HCM issue 9 2022
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