COVID-19 news
25 May 2020
Gympass has launched a new digital platform as a response to the increase in demand
23 May 2020
Austrian medical health and wellness operator, Lanserhof, has launched a programme for people who’ve had
22 May 2020
HCM can report that Europe Active's annual thought-leader conference, the European Health and Fitness Forum
22 May 2020
In some of the latest wellness-focused webinars, spa operators were privy to medical advice from
22 May 2020
Spa and wellness design company, Blu Spas, has launched a review service – called Blu
24 May 2020
Innovatise, the company behind myFitApp, today announced the immediate availability of its customer-branded live-streaming solution.
04 May 2020
Gympass has launched Gympass Plus - including an on-demand platform powered by Wexer - for
22 May 2020
The number of people signing up for memberships at Planet Fitness has been at 2019
22 May 2020
Halotherapy equipment supplier Himalayan Source has announced it’s diversified to offer private salt therapy treatments
21 May 2020
Industry figure and group director of spa and wellness for Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, Jeremy
21 May 2020
Baroness Martha Lane-Fox, Sir Nicholas Serota and former BBC and ITV chief Lord Grade are
21 May 2020
Gyms in England could be open in July if lobbying by the fitness industry comes
20 May 2020
Austria-based medical spa operator, Lanserhof, has unveiled a therapy programme designed for people who’ve been
12 May 2020
The Bicester Hotel and Spa has launched purpose-built fitness and performance facilities to create a
20 May 2020
The European Union has begun setting out measures to help member nations revive their tourism
20 May 2020
A survey by Savanta ComRes, in partnership with Sport England, has studied the impact of
20 May 2020
Gyms and health clubs in the US have begun reopening their doors, with a number
20 May 2020
As spas around the world prepare to start operating once more, industry webinars focus on
18 May 2020
UK Coaching is offering free mental health training to sports coaches, to coincide with the
15 May 2020
Sports clubs and community activity groups hit by the COVID-19 lockdown will be able to
24 May 2020
Innovatise, the company behind myFitApp, today announced the immediate availability of its customer-branded live-streaming solution.
14 May 2020
COVID-19 has led us and our industry to pause, breathe and reset. As spas prepare
14 May 2020
Design studio CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati has created a wardrobe purifier to remove micro-organisms, bacteria, and
14 May 2020
Fitness United launches to support sector through COVID-19 crisis A group of leading suppliers to
14 May 2020
A new safety guide, aimed at exercise professionals returning to work at fitness facilities after
14 May 2020
People with severe vitamin D deficiency are twice as likely to experience severe complications –
14 May 2020
The Global Wellness Institute (GWI), has joined a working group within the Vatican's COVID-19 Commission.
13 May 2020
The International Spa Association (ISPA) has announced it has rescheduled and relocated the 30th annual
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“Matrix Connected Solutions is more than a collection of hardware, software and connectivity options. It’s a fully integrated digital ecosystem that enhances the way machines are managed, members are motivated and the club brand is promoted”
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Coronavirus
As clubs were ordered to close, one logical response was to freeze memberships,
despite the financial difficulties it would cause. However, many operators found
their community was willing to support them, as Kath Hudson reports
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Premier Global NASM has restructured its education offering to create new career pathways to help personal trainers and individuals entering the sector navigate their way
to career success. Dan Rees explains the rationale
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Industry analyst David Minton
launched his new fitNdata global
monitor just in time to catch the
headline numbers for the impact
of the coronavirus on the sector.
He tells us how it’s looking
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With the coronavirus pandemic forcing gyms across the world to temporarily close their doors, staying connected to your members digitally has never been more important. Software suppliers tell Steph Eaves how they’re contributing
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HCM research
The good news? People are changing their exercise habits in lockdown, becoming more active and spending more time exercising with their children, according to new research
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Coronavirus
The coronavirus pandemic has inspired a huge pivot to digital right across the
industry, from sole traders to large chains and trusts. Kath Hudson looks at some of the offerings pulled together in lightning fast time to keep members active and sane
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Michael Ramsay
Founder and director, STRONG Rowformer
“There’s something about the combination of fast-twitch and slow-twitch
fibres working together that absolutely destroys you and gives you
an almost euphoric feeling at the end of every workout”
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Dr Jonathan Leary
Remedy Place, West Hollywood: Founder and CEO“Remedy Place teaches people how to take care of themselves and gives them the tools they need to be holistically healthy ”
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Professor Zhen Yan
director of the Center for Skeletal Muscle Research, University of Virginia“Regular exercise may help people survive COVID-19”
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“Around 50% of our members are currently continuing to pay full membership, with another 10% taking up virtual-only digital membership”
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Kate Cracknell talks connected health and digital transformation
with Chris Blackwell-Frost, Martin Friend and Rick Crawford
from Nuffield Health’s senior management team
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Adala Bolto
Founder, ZADI Training“I saw the need to create a bespoke, female-specific and results-driven boutique offering that was on-trend as well as being sexy and backed by exercise science when it came to getting results”
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Ed Stanbury
BLOK: CEO and co-founder“Although we’re now ambitious about creating a global lifestyle brand, initially there wasn’t a grand masterplan – we just thought it would be fun to open a local gym and that has spiralled...”
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Aaron Brooks-Thornett
Freely Given PT: founder“A donation-based payment system creates a
non-discriminatory environment and empowers people to give what they think the service is worth. This also challenges me to keep service levels high”
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“It’s no mistake that many successful boutiques have a baller brand strategist sitting at their core”
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“The activity industry finds itself in a position of considerable threat. Two-thirds of the
world’s gyms are closed – that’s 230 million members unable to attend a fitness facility,
according to data platform fitNdata. ”
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“Elon Musk has plans to conquer Mars and these days the meat on your hamburger can be
grown in a lab - so why are so many fitness businesses still using papers and pens to
create workouts for their members? ”
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There is no escaping the fact that we are operating in extraordinary times. Our physical health clubs,
gyms and studios are closed and we’re trying to keep our membership engaged, fit and healthy via online
and digital training.
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Innovatise, the company behind myFitApp, has announced the immediate availability of its customer-
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