Northumbria University news
19 Jun 2019
Northumbria University (NU) has set out to uncover in detail the important role that structured
17 Jul 2017
Eight university campuses will become home to High Performance Centres built specifically for women’s football
23 Dec 2016
Half the number of people advised by NHS practitioners to go on exercise programmes to
24 Nov 2016
Destination spa Champneys Tring in England is focusing on the importance of sleep with a
25 Sep 2012
A major new national arts prize worth £40,000 for emerging artists has been made available
23 May 2012
Image: Sport Central will become PTI's latest base Premier Training International (PTI) has announced it
10 Jun 2020
As countries around the world gear up to relax their lockdown rules, there remains a
13 Apr 2012
Gateshead's iconic Baltic Centre Contemporary Art has today (6 April) unveiled a new arts "hub"
01 Mar 2012
The iconic Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead has revealed it is to open
27 Sep 2011
An innovation from Audience Systems helps venues with sports floors to more easily accommodate mobile
08 Jun 2011
A new £30m sports centre that will provide facilities for research, fitness, sport development and
01 Dec 2010
Research has been conducted into the best recovery strategies for elite athletes. English Institute of
10 May 2010
Members of the public will be able to use Northumbria University's new £30m indoor sports
10 Jun 2020
Fitness expert and television host, Jessie Pavelka has collaborated with Fisikal, experts in digital management
05 Dec 2008
Kingston Park, the home of Newcastle Falcons Rugby Football Club (NFRFC), has been acquired by
16 May 2008
The Division of Sport Sciences at Northumbria University has delivered sport and exercise degrees for
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Strength
It’s considered a fundamental part of our
fitness routines by medical professionals,
but many exercisers, particularly women,
are still put off by strength training.
We asked leading suppliers what
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Training
Balance training is set to become a major fitness trend, with
exercisers increasingly appreciating the benefits of having
a strong core and good balance, particularly as they age.
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Opinion
The over-70s were treated as one homogenous group during
the lockdown and advised to shield. Colin Milner, founder and CEO
of the International Council on Active Aging says this is leading to
an increase in ageism that the industry must fight to overcome
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Statistics
ukactive, 4global and partners have modelled the likely recovery from the lockdown. Ed Hubbard outlines the numbers
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Ken Hughes, expert in consumer culture and human behaviour spoke as part of the Technogym Talks series of webinars about how operators can navigate the new consumer landscape
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Statistics
More than 65,000 people responded to
a survey designed to gauge what members
want and expect from the sector after lockdown,
as Leisure-net’s Dave Monkhouse reports
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Aaron Smith
Founder, KX Pilates
“‘KX’ stands for ‘the Kaizen Experience’, which means ‘change for the better’ in Japanese. It’s a philosophy that focuses on continuous improvement. We’re always seeking to improve, not only as a company but as individuals”
People
“The level of tension in the business around continually pushing things on to another level again is energising, and sometimes exhausting. That tallies with me. I don’t like to sit back”
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Jo Smallwood
general manager, Oldham Leisure Centre“We saw the opportunity to initiate new partnerships with the Oldham Foodbank to help local residents during the COVID-19 crisis. We can’t serve our community in the way we would usually do, so we’ve moved resources to help where people need us most”
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Ben Lucas
Founder, Flow Athletic, Sydney“We advise our Flow Athletes to complete classes at a ratio of one yoga class to
one strength class to one cardio class. This combination has very positive effects”
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Kate Cracknell talks connected health and digital transformation
with Chris Blackwell-Frost, Martin Friend and Rick Crawford
from Nuffield Health’s senior management team
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Professor Zhen Yan
director of the Center for Skeletal Muscle Research, University of Virginia“Regular exercise may help people survive COVID-19”
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Dr Jonathan Leary
Remedy Place, West Hollywood: Founder and CEO“Remedy Place teaches people how to take care of themselves and gives them the tools they need to be holistically healthy ”
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Michael Ramsay
Founder and director, STRONG Rowformer“There’s something about the combination of fast-twitch and slow-twitch
fibres working together that absolutely destroys you and gives you
an almost euphoric feeling at the end of every workout”
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“Around 50% of our members are currently continuing to pay full membership, with another 10% taking up virtual-only digital membership”
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Finally, the time has come: fitness and health facilities around the globe are gradually resuming
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question mark over gyms and studios, which in many markets will be one of the last sectors
to be given the green light.
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