Fitness First news
24 Jan 2020
Health-tech brand hero has acquired Revitalise London – a preventative health and vitality specialist –
09 Dec 2019
Physical Company has announced the appointment of Laura Game to the role of account manager
26 Nov 2019
Evolution Wellness has developed a new low cost gym concept, which it hopes can tap
25 Nov 2019
Xponential Fitness has revealed plans to take its portfolio of boutique fitness brands onto the
01 Nov 2019
German fitness group LifeFit has revealed plans to convert five of its Fitness First sites
10 Oct 2019
A health and wellbeing club which combines exercise and physical activity classes with mental and
19 Dec 2019
Organiser of SPATEX 2020, Michele Bridle cordially invites you to attend the industry’s event of
26 Sep 2019
DW Fitness First has teamed up with Hollywood film studio Twentieth Century Fox for its
16 Aug 2019
DW Fitness First has launched its new Kit & Collect service, aimed at increasing secondary
23 Jul 2019
Germany-based LifeFit Group has added regional operator Smile X to its growing portfolio of fitness
02 Jul 2019
Interactive digital fitness company Funxtion, which supplies virtual instructor technology in the form of giant
03 May 2019
Boutique fitness operator 1Rebel has secured a 9,000sq ft site at The Post Building –
23 Apr 2019
SCL Education Group has appointed Brad Rushton as managing director of its SCL Education and
24 Jan 2020
Active-net 2020 has revealed the agenda for the two-day educational, networking and business meetings event,
05 Apr 2019
Franchise operator Anytime Fitness has revealed plans to enter the highly competitive German fitness market.
04 Apr 2019
The on-demand fitness sector has a new player, following the launch of 1FitLife. The brainchild
18 Jan 2019
Escape Fitness has appointed Lisa Starkey to the role of account manager for Boutique Solutions.
27 Dec 2018
Boutique fitness operator 1Rebel is looking to expand its London portfolio – as well as
19 Nov 2018
Paula Wells has been named director of YMCA Awards. Wells, who has spent more than
02 Nov 2018
US-based manufacturing conglomerate Brunswick has named Jason Worthy, vice president of Life Fitness, as president
11 Dec 2019
Gympass, a leader in corporate fitness sales, has expanded its network to Ireland following a
19 Oct 2018
DW Fitness First is introducing a new water-based HIIT class in order to cater to
14 Sep 2018
Developer Moda has signed a pioneering partnership with wellness company Hero, which will look to
12 Jun 2018
Evolution Wellness Holdings has acquired integrated wellness lifestyle company Fivelements for an undisclosed sum. Bali-based
04 May 2018
Gym chain DW Fitness First has revealed its strategic vision to become the UK’s largest
05 Apr 2018
Fitness kit and software supplier eGym has appointed Justin Smith, the former managing director of
22 Mar 2018
Fitness kit and software supplier eGym has announced the acquisition of fitness app specialist Netpulse
09 Mar 2018
Fitness equipment giant Core Health & Fitness has announced two major appointments, following the retirement
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Paul Bedford eases us into the new year with a look at how to tackle the competition
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As we begin a new decade, will boutiques extend beyond the major cities? Will the budget boom continue? How will digital fitness impact the sector? Kath Hudson speaks to some of the industry’s big hitters to find out what 2020 could have in store
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risking injury and hating every leaden-legged second of it? It doesn’t
have to be this way according to Danny Dreyer, founder of ChiRunning,
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Fitness giant Les Mills has launched three new studio
spaces at its Auckland City Gym in New Zealand
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Fusing great kit with tailored workouts and cutting edge technology, Technogym products create peak experiences for members
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“Bouldering is more than a trend: it’s fun and healthy, strongly aspirational, easily accessible, highly motivating and promotes social interaction”
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Awakn: Founder and CEO“Years of studying the greats – Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant,
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to the Awakn 7 pillars process and my goal to Awakn London”
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“We have a new flagship location in Bangkok called Icon Siam – which is spread over three floors, with an infinity pool and the country’s first dedicated Lagree Pilates studio. We’ve also opened The F Zone in Bangkok, which is a heart rate training, athletic performance club”
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Alina & Anna Epeykina
Flexology: co-founders“Realising that people simply didn’t understand how beneficial stretching is for your health, we started thinking about how we could bring stretching to the wellness industry in the UK”
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Jean-Michel Fournier
CEO, Les Mills Media“In the long term, the fitness industry will utilise technological advances in augmented reality and holographic telepresence”
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“So there we were, still in our 20s, responsible for running what was Finland’s largest fitness club”
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“people can leave their desks whenever they choose to have a workout. They won’t be judged for staying too long or going too often. ”
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Leigh Wetton & Scott Freeman
Founders, EMF, Australia“We’re proud to be opening our first EMF Junior gym in the coming weeks, designed for children aged one- to 14-years-old”
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