Hammer Strength news
22 Oct 2019
US-based fitness franchise UFC Gym has opened its first European club. The 18,000sq ft (1,670sq
06 Sep 2019
Fitness equipment giant Life Fitness has continued the reshuffle of its leadership team with three
05 Aug 2019
Franchised fitness company UFC Gym has revealed details of its first UK club. The 18,000sq
03 Jul 2019
The acquisition of commercial fitness equipment manufacturer Life Fitness by KPS Capital Partners has completed,
07 May 2019
Manufacturing conglomerate Brunswick Corporation is selling its entire fitness business to private equity firm KPS
08 Mar 2019
Total Fitness says it's aiming to take its member experience to "the next level", through
22 Feb 2020
Physical Company and ZIVA have announced a new distribution partnership that will see Physical Company
06 Feb 2019
Fitness tech group eGym has appointed Sir George Buckley as its new chair. Sir George's
30 Nov 2018
Serco Leisure's fitness staff will be offered a new training initiative focusing on the use
02 Nov 2018
US-based manufacturing conglomerate Brunswick has named Jason Worthy, vice president of Life Fitness, as president
22 Oct 2018
Budget operator Simply Gym has launched two new sites in Uxbridge and Cardiff, as it
02 Mar 2018
US-based manufacturing conglomerate Brunswick has announced plans to spin off its fitness business, forming an
05 Sep 2017
Franchisee Stuart Rosenberg is opening his latest Fitness4Less club in Worcester, West Midlands, this month
17 Feb 2020
Drummond Health & Fitness Education Academy has been providing quality health and fitness training and
01 Sep 2017
Life Fitness has recently completed an extensive installation at Leith Victoria Swim Centre, following a
14 Jul 2017
Life Fitness, the global leader in commercial fitness equipment manufacturing, has extended its HD Athletic
11 Apr 2017
Fitness First has launched a new concept club in the centre of Cologne, Germany, as
20 Feb 2017
The partnership between Life Fitness and the University of Nottingham has continued with the installation
21 Nov 2016
London’s first boutique, boxing-themed gym is set to open in January 2017 - with backing
14 Nov 2016
US-based budget health club operator Blink Fitness has continued its expansion programme with the opening
11 Jan 2020
A new cross-training concept has arrived, offering weightlifting, athletic, metabolic, and functional exercises in a
20 Sep 2016
Oriam, Scotland’s Sports Performance Centre, officially opened on 29 August 2016 and involved a partnership
26 Jul 2016
The on-going partnership between Life Fitness and the University of Nottingham has continued with the
06 Jun 2016
New Russian fitness chain Encore Fitness will open its flagship club in Moscow this summer.
27 May 2016
Life Fitness has secured the services of former D2F Fitness managing director Danny Oliver, who
07 Apr 2016
A partnership between Life Fitness and Gillingham Football Club has transformed the players’ training, with
31 Mar 2016
Life Fitness has unveiled its new Discover SE3 console with streaming entertainment from Netflix, Hulu,
18 Feb 2016
Hip London fitness chain Gymbox is planning to significantly grow its presence across the capital
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Class Boutique Fitness has collaborated with Physical Company to create a boutique studio offering that’s as inclusive as it is effective
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Myzone
Steve Mellor, owner of AMP Athletic, has installed Myzone to drive his business.
We find out how it’s enabling him to deliver great service to his members
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HCM research
You could help members reduce feelings of sadness, conquer binge-eating and improve self-control, using learnings from the Journal of Consumer Psychology, reports Megan Whitby
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Abbeycroft Leisure - Inspiring better health and
wellbeing for Suffolk communities
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HCM talks to Fraser Smith about founding his studio and why he picked miha bodytec as his supplier and EMS training for his USP
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Technogym is helping Odyssey Health
Club launch new gym floor formats that
enhance the member experience
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Research
New research from Mintel reveals private health and fitness clubs had a record
breaking year in 2019. Mintel’s Lauren Ryan gives us the highlights
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HCM people
Amanda Daley
Professor of behavioural medicine, Loughborough University
“PACE labelling would be a simple, user-friendly way of informing people, at a glance, of the amount of physical activity required
for the food they are considering eating ”
People
“All the research shows, if people aren’t exercising, it isn’t because of a lack of facilities. It’s because of the softer stuff: What do I wear? Who do I go with, because I don’t know anyone there? What do I need to take with me?”
People
“I didn’t dream how big this is going to get. I never imagined it would go to the dimension it is now. But it’s there, so we’re going with it”
People
HCM people
Duncan Jefford
Regional Director, Everyone Active“People don’t want to just come in and run on a treadmill or sit on a bike, they want an experience”
People
In addition to being one of the UK’s largest leisure management companies,
Parkwood Leisure is also a health and fitness operator at scale, with 73 gyms and over
100,000 members. MD Glen Hall tells HCM how two major reviews in recent years
have put the company on a new path
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HCM people
Stephen Aucott & Matt Brown
Odyssey Health Club and Spa“We’d like to think we’re offering something unique that will encourage members to grow their own vegetables and
reconnect to their relationship with food”
People
“We have 14 rockstar instructors, all freelance but all working for us on an exclusive basis, and haven’t lost a single one of them since we opened. We pay them well – they can earn €100+ for a full class. But even more important than that, they all feel involved in the business”
People
“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”
People
HCM people
Kam Panesar
Awakn: Founder and CEO“Years of studying the greats – Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant,
Albert Einstein, Steve Jobs – combined with my own life lessons – led
to the Awakn 7 pillars process and my goal to Awakn London”
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