IHRSA news
11 Aug 2022
This year’s World Wellness Weekend (WWW) will be the largest to date, reaching over 140
10 Aug 2022
Fitness markets around the globe are demonstrating "reassuring signs of recovery" following the pandemic disruptions
26 Jul 2022
Total Fitness says its membership numbers are back to pre-COVID-19 levels. With fifteen clubs in
12 Jul 2022
A new report – Optimising personalisation using fitness personas – which defines four key gym-goer
29 Jun 2022
More than one in five (27 per cent) Americans belonged to a health club or
23 Jun 2022
A new report by Deloitte, outlining the social and economic value of the global health
Questex’s Sibec Europe-UK, Europe’s leading hosted buyer event for the fitness industry, will take place
15 Jun 2022
Core Health & Fitness, a portfolio company of US-based private equity firm Gainline Capital Partners
05 Apr 2022
The Global Health & Fitness Alliance (GHFA) has announced Andrea Bell is to serve as
17 Nov 2021
The Inaugural IHRSA SMART Summit has kicked off in Munich, Germany, with a focus on
18 Oct 2021
The global health and fitness industry is returning to a busy programme of live trade
13 Oct 2021
The Global Health & Fitness Alliance (GHFA) has revealed the makeup of its inaugural nine-member
13 Oct 2021
The 40th Annual IHRSA International Convention & Trade Show (IHRSA 2021) begins today in Dallas,
EGYM has been pioneering the connected gym floor for more than a decade, partnering with
29 Sep 2021
A group of leading health and fitness companies in Romania have joined forces to launch
16 Aug 2021
The Global Health and Fitness Alliance (GHFA) has commissioned Deloitte to produce a major new
02 Aug 2021
Nearly half (49 per cent) of health club members in the US who've cancelled their
29 Jul 2021
The US fitness industry lost around 58 per cent of its revenues during 2020, due
28 Jul 2021
Speaking exclusive to HCM, Ralph Scholz and Nathalie Smeeman have confirmed that B2B trade show
15 Jun 2021
IHRSA has appointed Elizabeth Clark as its new president and CEO. Clark joins the industry
EGYM has announced an integration with a leading UK-based software company Fisikal to enhance its
28 May 2021
The US fitness industry is mobilising to support the Gym Mitigation and Survival (GYMs) Act,
25 May 2021
Irish health club chain West Wood Club is launching a new outdoor exercise concept at
19 May 2021
IHRSA has signed a partnership deal with MedFit, a professional membership organisation for fitness and
21 Apr 2021
The International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) has moved its Annual International Convention &
15 Apr 2021
IHRSA and Fitness Brasil say they have signed a partnership agreement that will see the
11 Apr 2021
A major new initiative will look to strengthen and unite the fitness industry's voice in
14 Mar 2021
HCM is investigating news that a small gym in Hong Kong has become one of
05 Mar 2021
US fitness industry revenue dropped 58 per cent during 2020 – from the US$35bn all-time
31 Jan 2021
Fitness business in China's top 18 cities generated US$4.9bn in revenues during 2019, before the
14 Jan 2021
As the global vaccine rollout brings reopening closer and heralds the end of lockdowns, jostling
19 Oct 2020
Globally, gyms have, on average, seen nearly 70 per cent of their pre-lockdown members return
05 Oct 2020
The battle to save the hard-hit US health and fitness industry continue, with US congressmen
09 Sep 2020
A study of gym visit data from the US suggests that health clubs and fitness
24 Aug 2020
Speaking to HCM, Brent Darden, the new interim CEO and president of IHRSA, says the
20 Aug 2020
IHRSA announced this evening (19 August) that Joe Moore is standing down as president and
19 Jun 2020
Boris Johnson has hinted that social distancing measures might be reduced by 4 July in
20 May 2020
Gyms and health clubs in the US have begun reopening their doors, with a number
24 Apr 2020
As gyms and health clubs around the world begin to consider their plans for reopening
20 Apr 2020
This year’s fourth World Wellness Weekend (WWW) is aiming to shake up perceptions of wellness
17 Apr 2020
Good news for the US health club sector, as clubs are put at the front
23 Mar 2020
In an IHRSA webinar presented on 18 March, Colin Grant, CEO of Pure International Group,
12 Mar 2020
The International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) has cancelled its forthcoming convention and trade
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Talking point
Are you on board with the metaverse
or is it something to leave to the tech
team? Kath Hudson investigates
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Research
Doing the recommended amount of exercise during weekends is just as beneficial as spreading physical activity out across the week, a new study has found
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Sponsored
BXR is one of the most exciting brands in
the fitness industry. Co-founder Alex Nicholl
gives us a glimpse behind the scenes
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Interview
Drop Fitness has launched its
first site in New Jersey using
a new model inspired by the
gaming industry. The founder
and CEO talks to Kate Cracknell
HCM Magazine
Editor's letter
For years the sector has used participation numbers as a measure of success, but policymakers are now calling for a change to measuring outcomes, so value can be established
HCM Magazine
HCM People
Digital therapeutics could offer digital-first wellness ‘prescriptions’, digital ‘treatments’ and curated content to alter mood and improve wellbeing
HCM Magazine
Gym floor
Small group training is growing ever more popular, driven by supply-side
innovation and demand, as HCM’s Frances Marcellin discovers
HCM Magazine
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Creators of strength-training kit
have their finger on the pulse
when it comes to delivering on
consumer engagement.
Frances Marcellin asks them to
highlight emerging trends
HCM magazine
From VR to personalisation, here’s what we can expect to see
in wellness in the coming months, says Lauren McAlister
HCM magazine
Tom Walker investigates how £2.2bn worth of
London 2012 legacy investment has failed to empower teachers
HCM magazine
RSG Group has opened Heimat, a members-only concept fitness
club and a new way to ‘work out and live well’, as Liz Terry reports
HCM magazine
Fuel the debate about issues and opportunities across the industry. We’d love to hear from you.
HCM magazine
HCM People
Grant Campbell
GM, Nobu Hotel London, Portman Square Portman Square“It was important to create a high-end gym that offers as much value to the local community as it does to hotel guests”
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Colin Milner, CEO of the International
Council on Active Aging explains the
latest research into opportunities in
the active-ageing sector
HCM magazine
Martyn Allison reviews a recent National Audit Office report
into grassroots participation in physical activity in the UK
HCM magazine
HCM People
Shannon Hudson
Founder and CEO, 9Round““I wanted to bring real kickbox training to the average person in the most convenient format, while taking out the worst part – getting punched in the face!””
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EGYM has been pioneering the connected gym floor for more than a decade, partnering with
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Questex’s Sibec Europe-UK, Europe’s leading hosted buyer event for the fitness industry,
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It was a night to remember at the 2022 ukactive Awards for Parkwood Leisure, as the leisure
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