Digital health and fitness platform Fittr has raised US$11.5m in a Series A funding round.

The co-creator of enduring fitness app Zombies, Run! tells how story is a powerful motivator

London boutique The Refinery has created an avatar-led digital offering

Physical activity professionals in England will soon be able to access free, one-to-one learning with Google to get their digital marketing strategies in line with current trends.

During the pandemic, a digital transformation took off faster than anyone could have predicted with meetings in person cancelled and millions working from home.

EXCLUSIVE Fitness marketplace Hussle has signed a partnership deal with McDonald's, which will see it offer a fitness-based prize as part of the fast-food chain's annual Monopoly promotion.

Billed as the ‘2021 Experience Tour’, EGYM has taken its connected gym floor experience on the road around the UK

Active IQ is launching courses to upskill fitness professionals to work in social prescribing, extending the reach of the industry

Cesar Carvalho shares insights about recovery in sectors of the global gym market, as well as employee wellbeing scheme data from a recent Gympass study

Marcus Kingwell on music licencing policy and John Harling on SLT’s COVID programme

As the world grapples with climate change and prepares for COP26 in Glasgow, David Minton says it’s time for the fitness industry to step up and make its own contribution to saving the planet

Health Charity, Nuffield, has published its first ever Healthier Nation Index for the UK. Dr Davina Deniszczyc digs into the numbers for HCM

There are no official numbers indicating how operators are faring after lockdown. In the first part of this special report, HCM talks to big box operators. Next issue we talk to the boutiques

The GLL Sports Foundation, which supports athletes in their bid for Olympic Gold, had its best Games ever in Tokyo

As David Lloyd Leisure announces it’s regained its pre-pandemic membership numbers, its CEO talks to HCM

The appetite for health clubs is strong among consumers and investors – to take advantage of this, operators must figure out how to meet key challenges in operationally sustainable ways

The CEO of Third Space talks about the company’s recent deal with KSL and plans for growth

The Gym Group and its hybrid partner, Fiit, have taken their relationship to a new level with the opening of in-gym Fiit Pods and Studios. HCM finds out more from Dan Shellard and Barney Harrison

Following its IPO, the sporting superstar is investing in global gym franchise, F45

Many around the world have taken up running during lockdowns. Kath Hudson asks how gym operators can harness this enthusiasm when customers return to their health clubs and studios

Power Plate has teamed up with Myzone to provide its community with new class experiences and the opportunity to offer rewards based on effort, every time they move.

People's fitness goals are extremely diverse – ranging from an elite athlete focused on the next goal to someone who dislikes all activity due to chronic back pain.

The Gym Group has extended its partnership with digital fitness platform Fiit, becoming the first budget gym operator to offer its members a hybrid club-in-club option.

Digital fitness platform Fiit has launched an interactive fitness app for the UK market, which is capable of creating a fully interactive fitness experience directly via a user's TV.

HCM Handbook editor, Kath Hudson, introduces the 2021 edition in which we have tried to make sense of this crazy period of history from lockdown 1.0 until freedom day and try to predict what could come next.

One legacy of the pandemic is the extra support the nation now needs to get healthy, as well as rehabilitation support for long COVID sufferers. Kate Cracknell looks at the early response from the industry with some of the programmes underway

The Leisure Database Company’s David Minton says change should be considered the new norm in his industry analysis. Going forward, operators should be broadening their offerings to incorporate nature and targeting older people

A selection of stats to illustrate how the pandemic has impacted our industry

Despite a tough year, the franchise operators are optimistic with their forward plans. Emma Canning finds out more

UCL tracked the nation’s psychological response to the pandemic from dragging bikes out of sheds in L1.0 to spending more time on the sofa in L3.0