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People might think they’re joining the gym to lose weight but according to ACE’s Dr Erin Nitschke dig deeper and you find it’s actually the other health benefits they want. She and eating disorder expert, Eva Musby, say it’s time to step away from diet culture and shift the focus to fun and adopting healthy lifestyle habits.
HCM Handbook 2023
The Strength Method founder reveals how mid-life women can build their power, confidence and self-mastery
HCM issue 6 2023
Research from the Women’s Sport Foundation has found teenage girls experience less enjoyment and more self-consciousness around activity than boys. What can the industry do to keep them engaged?
HCM Handbook 2022
The CEO of Women in Sport talks about Big Sister, a new programme that’s working to overcome period poverty and support more adolescent girls to get and stay active
HCM issue 5 2022
A new physical activity programme called Big Sister has been launched in the UK to help girls
embrace activity during puberty and reduce the rising numbers who turn away from exercise at
secondary school.
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23 May 2022
DLL is pushing back against social media ‘fitfluencers’ says Andrea Dearden
HCM issue 4 2022
As 2022 kicks off, HCM talks to operators about key areas for growth and innovation, as well as shifting consumer expectations
HCM issue 1 2022
The Bicycle Mayor of Coventry talks about bikes and public health challenges
HCM issue 1 2021
David Lloyd Clubs will develop a new programme in January 2021, designed to help people
overcome the negative effects – both physical and mental – of the coronavirus lockdowns.
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01 Jan 2021
Children and young people need more support to navigate the growing number of digital wellness
technologies which track and manage their fitness and health.
news •
24 Jul 2020
A new app using augmented reality (AR) aims to motivate people to get more active by showing, in
real-time, what they would look like if they lost weight or gained muscle mass.
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05 Feb 2020
One in five UK adults is worried about
their body image. We look at how fit-tech
can help to educate gym members on
how to achieve a healthy transformation
HCM issue 8 2019
With one in six people expected to
suffer from some form of mental health
issue each year, should our industry be
training staff as mental first aiders?
HCM issue 5 2019
The Mental Health Foundation (MHF) has chosen body image as the theme for this year's Mental
Health Awareness Week.
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17 Apr 2019
The CEO of Kildare Sport and Leisure
shares her story with HCM
HCM issue 1 2019
Women-only swimming sessions could hold the key to improving numbers, according to an initiative
by leisure centre operator Serco.
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21 Nov 2017
Girls are missing out on the benefits of physical activity due to mounting pressures, a study has
revealed.
news •
07 Nov 2017
To stem the tide of the growing
obesity epidemic, the sector must
raise more informed awareness and
better connect this complex health
issue with the personal realities of
individuals’ lives. Louise Park
HCM Handbook 2017
Blink Fitness has urged its members to put ‘mood above muscle’ as part of a month-long
initiative in which the US gym chain’s mirrors will be covered to help people think about
fitness differently.
news •
10 Jun 2016
énergie Group is aiming to promote healthy lifestyles and positive body image through the
launch of a new national social media campaign called #LoveYourSelfie.
news •
10 Feb 2016
Scientists have warned of the dangers of purchasing weight loss or workout supplements over the
internet, amid increasing evidence such products are at risk of contamination from harmful and or
illegal substances.
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28 Oct 2015
The former triathlon and Ironman world champion talks to Kate Cracknell about her new role as part of the team at parkrun
HCM issue 10 2015
Despite the social media furore over the Protein World’s recent ‘beach body ready’
campaign, the fitness industry needs to stand strong and continue to challenge the
public’s growing acceptance of overweight as the norm.
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22 Jun 2015
Does the general public even know what a fit, healthy body looks like any more? Kate Cracknell asks the question as she contemplates the recent ‘Beach Body’ furore
HCM issue 6 2015
The backlash against a controversial advertising campaign for Protein World weight-loss
products – which critics say promotes negative body issues – continues to grow, with a
mass demonstration now planned for Hyde Park this weekend.
news •
28 Apr 2015
Demonstrating the additional benefits of physical activity – such as improvements in concentration
and behaviour and body image – is one of the key pillars for boosting its presence in schools.
news •
19 Feb 2015
MPs attending the first ever first Parliamentary
Debate on physical activity
have agreed the government has a large role to
play in kickstarting a reversal
of the current trend towards inactivity.
news •
19 Nov 2014
Several physical activity organisations are among the nominees for the 2014
Body Confidence Awards – an event bidding to tackle the growing problem of
body image anxiety through education, health, media and advertising.
news •
08 Oct 2014
Health messages and pictures of what a healthy and unhealthy BMI look like
should be combined, according to researchers who believe that as the rest of
the global population’s obesity levels rise, we may all lose sight of what a
healthy body actually looks like.
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15 Sep 2014
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Founder, Remedy Place“It was as though the whole world woke up at the same time”
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Industry suppliers are responding to the exponential increase in
consumer demand for strength training with a raft of new and
innovative launches and concepts, as Steph Eaves reports
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McFit, the original budget gym is undergoing
a transformation with a new look and
estate-wide overhaul, as Liz Terry reports
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