workouts news & features
Extreme fitness challenges such as Tough Mudder have really captured the imagination of the public. So how can health club operators benefit from the trend?
HCM issue 10 2015
Leisure Industry Week relaunches this month having been acquired by BodyPower. We look ahead to what’s on offer this year
HCM issue 9 2015
Jak Phillips visits Olympian Daley Thompson’s new gym in Putney to see how he’s putting the fun and old-school values back into fitness
HCM issue 9 2015
It’s often said that you get what you pay for, and it seems that fitness apps which cost
nothing provide little more than that, according to a new study.
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12 Aug 2015
Sportswear giant Under Armour has continued its charge into the fitness technology sector
through the acquisition of workout-focused search engine Gritness.
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10 Jul 2015
The Wellness Lifestyle CRM platform allows members to track all their activity, and operators to base programmes on real-time data
HCM issue 8 2015
Under Armour – the sportswear giant and owner of MapMyFitness – on why it bought the MyFitnessPal and Endomondo apps for US$560m
HCM issue 8 2015
The founder of Run2Work has a mission to get a million more people running regularly by 2020
HCM issue 7 2015
ClassPass targets those who want to cherry pick the classes they attend. Co-founder Payal Kadakia talks about its swift rise to success and expansion beyond New York
HCM issue 7 2015
We report on some of the pressing issues raised during ‘Question Time’ at this year’s SIBEC UK
HCM issue 7 2015
Nuffield Health has secured an exclusive tie-up with the recently-released Microsoft Band
to produce a series of workouts for wearable tech users on the move.
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19 May 2015
Streamed virtual fitness classes led by celebrities are the latest craze – and one health clubs should monitor, as they reach audiences who don’t go to a gym. Amanda Ellison reports
HCM issue 6 2015
Olympic team pursuit gold medallist and England Rugby’s Tom Youngs explain why they use the Wattbike as part of their training regime
HCM issue 4 2015
Women tend to avoid weights for fear of looking like a bodybuilder, but strength training should be a key part of their workouts. We take a look at some best practice examples
HCM issue 3 2015
Using technology to measure, test and track performance has become an essential consideration for many operators. Wattbike outlines its latest innovations in this area
HCM issue 3 2015
How much CV training do we need to do, and what’s the best way to do it? Lauren Chambers asks the experts for their advice
HCM issue 2 2015
David Lloyd Leisure (DLL) fired the starter pistol on its new Immersive Fitness offering last
week, teaming up with creator Les Mills to launch the new range of group cycling
workouts.
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02 Feb 2015
A newly-launched fitness app aims to help busy mums stay in shape and restore body
confidence by offering a range of specialised workouts.
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29 Jan 2015
A new pair of fitness tracking devices from heart rate monitor specialist Mio
Global have been designed to set pulses racing by offering unprecedented levels
of accuracy.
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23 Jan 2015
What will drive sector growth in 2015, and what will be the challenges and opportunities?
HCM Handbook 2015
The latest HAFOS survey gains insight into consumers’ views of budget clubs and microgyms
HCM Handbook 2015
AmpStrip, the new fitness device from wellness equipment supplier FitLinxx, was
one of the wearable technology stars at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES)
2015, which wrapped up last week.
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12 Jan 2015
We report on a recent project by MYZONE and Village Urban Resorts in Aberdeen
HCM issue 1 2015
Les Mills rocks out final Group Fitness Experience (GFX) event in Liverpool
HCM issue 1 2015
As we gear up for 2015, what looks set to drive growth for the health and fitness sector?
HCM issue 11 2014
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
90 per cent of exercisers say they prefer to work out in a group. Is your studio timetable up to scratch?
HCM issue 11 2014
Vasper claims to reproduce the effects of intense anaerobic training in just 20 minutes. We report
HCM issue 10 2014
Even so-called hard to reach groups have to use our streets, so that’s where we should start getting them active, says Kate Cracknell
HCM issue 10 2014
mywellness cloud – delivering the ultimate digital workout experience for your members
HCM issue 10 2014
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