Group exercise news
09 Jul 2026
The £33.9 million Leighton Leisure and Community Centre has opened in Leighton Buzzard, UK, creating
08 Jul 2026
Walnuts Leisure Centre in Orpington, in the London Borough of Bromley, has reopened following a
07 Jul 2026
Luxury boutique Pilates and wellness studio, X-Club, officially launches a 4,000sq ft flagship at Marylebone
29 Jun 2026
Les Mills, whose name became synonymous with one of the world's leading fitness brands, has
16 Jun 2026
Freedom Leisure and Ebbsfleet Garden City Trust have opened the £13 million Weldon Wellbeing Pavilion
12 Jun 2026
Global group exercise specialist, Les Mills, is inviting operators to sign up to its Workout
Active Blackpool is deploying Cornerstone Connect, a new digital interface allowing disparate information from multiple
22 Apr 2026
Wellverse launched in London this week, offering access to seven London locations across its three
13 Apr 2026
Snap Fitness Elephant & Castle has dramatically improved the way it manages instructor cover after
10 Apr 2026
Wellfit has announced the launch of a flagship location at Reem Hall in Abu Dhabi.
08 Apr 2026
The £30.6 million Bedworth Physical Activity Hub is now open, replacing a centre which dated
Strength training has never been more important for member retention, facility differentiation and long-term commercial
19 Mar 2026
KA Leisure is investing more than £1.2 million in a major capital improvement programme across
16 Mar 2026
The first Jetts Fitness in India will open its doors on 28 March in New
12 Feb 2026
Wave Active has opened a new suite designed to support older adults and people living
10 Feb 2026
The UK fitness industry has significant headroom for growth, consumers are prioritising their spend on
29 Jan 2026
Fitness franchise Snap Fitness has launched a next generation club in Chancery Lane London in
26 Jan 2026
Places Leisure has opened Epping Leisure Centre. Undertaken in partnership with Epping Forest District Council
Panatta brought together four of the most influential figures in bodybuilding history on the stage
19 Jan 2026
JD Gyms has introduced a new group exercise class for the new year. JD Engine
05 Jan 2026
GymNation has launched a workout in a hot air balloon above Riyadh, with views of
02 Dec 2025
Village Health and Wellness Clubs, which was acquired by Blackstone from KSL in July 2024,
02 Dec 2025
NRG Gyms recently opened its first gym in Scotland taking the portfolio up to 13.
14 Nov 2025
UK Active has published new guidance designed to help operators support young people over the
13 Nov 2025
JD Gyms celebrated a milestone this week by opening its 100th site. The Enfield club
Fiit reveals the success of its One Fiit B2B platform that's delivering Hyrox group exercise classes
05 Nov 2025
Evolving from its business-to-consumer origins, connected fitness app Fiit launched One Fiit, a business-to-business operating
04 Nov 2025
Iberian operator, Go Fit, has made its debut in Italy – at Turin’s former flower
29 Oct 2025
Nordic health and fitness chain, SATS, has maintained its momentum in the third quarter of
23 Oct 2025
Greg Oliver, CEO of Fitness & Lifestyle Group (FLG), has just spoken live at the
Independent Gyms are proud to announce the return of the Gym Operator Conference, taking place
09 Oct 2025
Third Space has unveiled further details of its 14th location, The Whiteley, which opens near
06 Oct 2025
Construction has begun on David Lloyd Club’s latest site at St Neots in Cambridgeshire, UK
17 Sep 2025
PureGym has launched three new fitness classes which both members and non-members will be able
Barnsley Premier Leisure (BPL) has partnered with CoverMe Fitness to simplify instructor recruitment, team management
02 Sep 2025
Group exercise content creators, Les Mills, has launched the Les Mills Smartstep, which has been
22 Aug 2025
Fitness First Middle East has reopened its iconic Dubai Media City site, which closed in
01 Aug 2025
Everyone Active is expanding its wellness offering, following the feedback of members who have joined
30 Jul 2025
EMD UK, the national governing body for group exercise, has announced the appointment of Dan
14 Jul 2025
A £24 million modernisation programme will get underway in Wandsworth, London as Places Leisure wins
25 Jun 2025
Life Time – which yesterday did a US$150m sales and leaseback deal on three of
24 Jun 2025
Oldham Active has created the new role of head of health and wellbeing to tackle
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Social fitness the missing link to member engagement, according to a new Myzone report
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Greg Bradley looks at the shift towards strength training in gyms and advises on how operators can create the ultimate training environment
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Third Space partnered with IndigoFitness to deliver a
bespoke training space for its new club at The Whiteley
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SnowDome Fitness has added 50 per cent more space with cutting-edge Technogym solutions
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David Lloyd is stepping up its commitment to women’s health as it continues to explore what fit-for-purpose looks like for the female population
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Starpool supports Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs, says Riccardo Turri
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EGYM has opened a new HQ in Paternoster Square,
London and revealed a range of new launches
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“We’ve reduced the level of council investment over the last three years by 40 per cent and increased our turnover by 9 per cent”
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The new CEO of UK Active talks to HCM about the gym-curious and
why he believes the sector can double in size by the end of the next decade
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The fitness industry is mourning the passing of Les Mills,
a founding father of fitness, as Kath Hudson reports
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After decades of focusing on adult audiences, operators are starting to engage young people – unlocking growth opportunities while supporting the health and wellbeing of future generations
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Lisa Starr tries the Ammortal
Chamber to see whether
layering 10 modalities into one
experience really delivers more
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Would you stop selling memberships to prevent your club getting overcrowded?
How do you strike the balance between maximising profits and prioritising
the member experience? Kath Hudson talks to the experts
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People on weight loss drugs reduce their activity levels, according to a team at St John’s Hospital Illinois
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As the 20th State of the Industry Report is released,
LeisureDB has rebranded to Evolve, as Kath Hudson reports
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Shaping the future of the sector with a clear mission,
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This is the ambition of UK Active’s new chair
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