Fitness First news
24 Aug 2020
Billionaire Mike Ashley's Frasers Group has acquired the fitness assets of DW Sports for £37m.
03 Aug 2020
DW Sports is going into administration saying it's working to save its 73-strong gym portfolio.
08 Jun 2020
Thousands of UK gyms could go out of business if they're forced to pay full
04 Jun 2020
Mike Lamb CEO, Asia of Jetts 24 Hour Fitness, which has clubs in south-east Asia,
27 May 2020
Gyms and health clubs in Dubai, UAE, have begun reopening their doors today (27 May)
22 Apr 2020
Comedian Rosie Jones found that just one of the three gyms she tried to train
12 Nov 2020
Global retention expert, Dr Paul Bedford, will host his sixth annual Retention Convention virtually, bringing
08 Apr 2020
Martin Long, CEO of DW Fitness First, has called on the government to speed up
11 Mar 2020
Sports charity Dallaglio RugbyWorks has appointed Jason Worthy as its new CEO. Worthy, who until
02 Mar 2020
Fitness First Middle East is to launch an entirely new budget chain for the region.
02 Mar 2020
Affordable fitness chain GymNation has revealed plans to open eight new sites across the United
27 Feb 2020
Fitness First Middle East is preparing for major expansion across the region, after announcing plans
26 Feb 2020
DW Fitness First has extended its partnership with corporate fitness sales specialist Gympass, to increase
18 Nov 2020
Anytime Fitness, the UK’s leading 24/7 high-spec gym operator, has partnered with Gympass to give
11 Feb 2020
Multi-brand wellness operator Evolution Wellness plans to launch new concepts and brands into the Asian
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
22 Oct 2020
When facing lockdown restrictions, Frame successfully adapted its in-club experience to an online offering for
10 Oct 2019
A health and wellbeing club which combines exercise and physical activity classes with mental and
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
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Ruskin Fitness Club has transformed its gym
in partnership with Technogym, adding the new Excite Live line, as well as dedicated workout zones
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Profile
The chair of énergie and vice chair
of BMF talks to Kate Cracknell
about creating an omnichannel
approach that brings together
indoor, outdoor, online and VR
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Interview
Smart clubs, a deal with 1Rebel and a collaboration
with Amazon. The co-founder and CEO of Saudi
Arabia’s Armah Sports talks to Kate Cracknell
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Wattbike AtomX leads the future
of indoor cycling, says Richard Baker
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Our road map is to manage leisure facilities, developing them into community hubs and ensuring the most in need get the most support
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Editor's letter
The science shows being fit mitigates against COVID-19. We’ve proven we can operate safely under the SAGE COVID-secure Framework. Time to join it up by securing essential service status
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Steve Ward celebrates
the transformational energy
being unleashed in the fitness
industry by the pandemic
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Regular sessions of new-generation yoga can help tackle the
lockdown blues, increase sleep quality and boost mental health
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Harley Pasternak
Trainer and author“Having someone just feeling comfortable walking into the gym is important”
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With many older people in crisis due to the pandemic, ukactive’s head of health and wellbeing development, Kenny Butler, explains why the organisation is launching an active ageing consultation and how you can get involved
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Bulmershe Leisure Centre, run by Places Leisure, is providing its community with state-of-the-art fitness machines from Octane Fitness
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Given its support for the NHS, should the fitness industry be
classified as an essential service, and if so, how do we get the sector
reclassified? Kath Hudson asks industry leaders for their views
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HCM People
Nick Whitcombe
Founder, Body Tech Fitness“I’ve been in the industry for a decade and it’s the first time I’ve seen it truly unified from the top to the bottom”
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New research from the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, has established why people who exercise when suffering from cancer generally have better outcomes
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HCM talks to policy makers,
operators and decision-makers
about the public sector and
trust response to the pandemic
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Matrix Fitness has announced an exclusive partnership with Primal Strength to target an
increased strategic focus on the Scottish market.
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With the launch of 22 SERIES, a pioneering, new cardio line powered by iFit® – the world’s
leading on-demand fitness streaming platform – Freemotion Fitness aims to change the way we
think about – and deliver – fitness content to truly engage members.
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