National Fitness Day news
15 Oct 2025
Across Europe there are encouraging signs that governments are waking up to the value of
17 Sep 2025
PureGym has launched three new fitness classes which both members and non-members will be able
19 Sep 2024
Operators across the UK ran special events and gave away free passes to encourage people
27 Oct 2023
The top operators, suppliers and facilities from across the physical activity sector were celebrated last
09 Oct 2023
A survey of UK adults by market research outfit Savanta has identified the nation’s dream
21 Sep 2023
Improved mental health is now a stronger motivation for Brits to exercise than staying in
Active Blackpool is deploying Cornerstone Connect, a new digital interface allowing disparate information from multiple
21 Sep 2022
Operators across the physical activity sector open up to the public today offering free sessions
02 Sep 2022
UK Active and ITN Productions will be releasing their co-produced programme, called Fitness for Everyone,
24 Nov 2021
A total of 22.7 million Brits – more than a third of the total population
22 Sep 2021
Sports Minister, Nigel Huddleston, has joined gym-goers this morning to kick-off the annual National Fitness
20 Sep 2021
Half of UK adults aren't happy with their physical fitness levels, according to a study
14 Sep 2021
An award celebrating outstanding individuals in the fitness sector is to be named in honour
CoverMe, the global leader in fitness workforce management, today launches CoverMe PT, an on-demand personal
04 Aug 2021
Paralympic champion and ukactive chair Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson has issued a rallying cry for the
11 May 2021
Jan Spaticchia, founder and chair of énergie Fitness has died aged 51 following a short
07 Nov 2020
Millions of people throughout the UK took part in physical activity during this year's National
23 Sep 2020
The UK's physical activity sector has come together to get millions of people active during
21 Sep 2020
Exercise has been voted the number one way the public can help the NHS –
09 Sep 2020
Every £1 spent on community sport and physical activity in England generates £3.91 in return
One of the biggest mistakes operators in the fitness industry still make is advertising almost
30 Jul 2020
This year's National Fitness Day (NFD) will be the "biggest unified celebration of fitness in
27 Jul 2020
Les Mills will launch a new global campaign in September, celebrating the return of fitness
30 May 2020
The fitness industry in Europe is uniting today (30 May) to launch #beactivehour, a free
15 May 2020
BMF with Bear Grylls will look to active people across the continent with #BeActive Hour,
13 Nov 2019
Who does your brand belong to? There used to be only one answer to this
18 Oct 2019
Physical activity bodies ukactive and EuropeActive have agreed to strengthen their partnership in the event
24 Sep 2019
A medical practice is opening its very own fitness club, as part of plans to
23 Sep 2019
The average UK adult spends more than twice as long making tea as they do
19 Sep 2019
A nation divided by Brexit could be united by diverting focus to a "more pressing
30 Aug 2019
Strictly Come Dancing star Ashley Roberts and DJ Locksmith from dance music group Rudimental have
24 Sep 2018
The average UK adult spends eight times as long watching on-demand television as they do
31 Aug 2018
This year's National Fitness Day will kick off with a mass dance workout in the
15 May 2018
This year's National Fitness Day (NFD) will look to find and celebrate the most inspiring
13 Feb 2018
A new four-day “celebration of physical activity” – combining a conference, awards night and a
08 Jan 2018
Fitness brand Les Mills has recruited ukactive’s head of communications to lead its global business-to-business
25 Oct 2017
More than 5.1 million Britons, including three-quarters-of-a-million schoolchildren, got active on National Fitness Day 2017,
29 Sep 2017
Never underestimate the positive social and mental effects of activity – that was the message
27 Sep 2017
Gym operators and physical activity providers are throwing open their doors today (27 September), offering
26 Sep 2017
British adults spend an average of just 90 minutes being physically active, according to a
07 Sep 2017
Les Mills UK has teamed up with ukactive to offer its Born To Move virtual
23 Aug 2017
Strictly Come Dancing star Darcey Bussell will lead a workout in Central London to kick-start
12 Jul 2017
School summer holidays are creating a class divide between the fitness levels of deprived children
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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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SnowDome Fitness has added 50 per cent more space with cutting-edge Technogym solutions
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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
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EGYM has opened a new HQ in Paternoster Square,
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spaces for more than a decade. Founder and
former athlete, Greg Bradley, tells us what it takes
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Active IQ is calling for greater accountability in online fitness advice with the launch of a new trustmark
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Small improvements to sleep, diet and physical activity have major benefits for the heart, according to new research from the University of Sydney
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As the entrepreneur who started Wexer, Fresh Fitness, Fitness DK and Repeat, as well as being a former elite athlete, Rasmus Ingerslev’s life looked perfect from the outside, but onthe inside it was a different story. He talks to Kath Hudson about healing old wounds
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Jamie Clements
The Breath Coach“I experienced a blissful feeling of joy I hadn’t felt since I was a kid”
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Collaborations with the medical profession and greater aspirations around wellbeing are creating a need for more experts in our sector. It’s time to reboot our thinking around the workforce
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For every member with a tripod and a big following, there are others irritated at the way equipment is being hogged or wary they’ll be in the background on someone’s Insta feed. Do influencers offer valuable, free marketing or are they just a nuisance? Kath Hudson finds out how operators are responding
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Founder, SP&Co Group“Working in public health over the last few years has lit up parts of my brain again”
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If the health service is to
survive, we must recognise
that it is a disease service
– and that wellbeing rests with
us, says the activity advocate
and healthy ageing champion.
He talks to Kate Cracknell
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Strength training is evolving,
driven by changing consumer
preferences. Julie Cramer talks
to innovators about how their
products are meeting this demand
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Raphael Cuomo explores the
powerful link between addiction,
health and behaviour change
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UK market penetration has risen to 18 per cent – one of the highest
globally, yet with 100 per cent of people seeing benefits when they
exercise, how high could it go? Kath Hudson asks the experts…
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Researchers have long known that the brain changes as a result of exercise. Now researchers believe this process is actually driven by the brain
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