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28 Apr 2025
Ritz-Carlton is gearing up to launch its third superyacht – Luminara – in July. The
08 Aug 2024
Martin Seibold, CEO of LifeFit Group, has joined Les Mills as a non-executive director. Acknowledged
12 Jul 2024
After introducing Xponential’s reformer Pilates concept, Club Pilates, to Germany last year, Matin Seibold's LifeFit
17 Jun 2024
German health and fitness operator, LifeFit Group, has found a new investor – Waterland Private
13 May 2024
Speaking to HCM, global CEO of Lift Brands, Ty Menzies, has confirmed that the company
14 Jul 2023
Fitness First has filed a Court Order for restructuring at Companies House in the UK
Elevate is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary in style this June, with organisers confirming
03 May 2023
Fitness First UK has confirmed to HCM that it's in the process of restructuring, citing
28 Dec 2022
German fitness operator, Life Fit Group, led by Martin Seibold, has snapped Loft Holding GmbH
07 Apr 2022
LifeFit Group has added regional club operator, In Shape, to its growing portfolio of brands.
25 Nov 2019
Xponential Fitness has revealed plans to take its portfolio of boutique fitness brands onto the
01 Nov 2019
German fitness group LifeFit has revealed plans to convert five of its Fitness First sites
23 Jul 2019
Germany-based LifeFit Group has added regional operator Smile X to its growing portfolio of fitness
One of the biggest mistakes operators in the fitness industry still make is advertising almost
29 Aug 2017
US-based private property investor Trinity Investments has partnered with Oaktree Capital – a global asset
01 Mar 2017
Celebrity Fitness and Fitness First Asia have merged to create one of the largest fitness
30 Sep 2016
Quadrant Private Equity has agreed to acquire Fitness First Australia from hedge fund giant Oaktree
02 Sep 2016
The long-running saga of the sale of Fitness First’s UK clubs looks to be in
28 Aug 2016
The fate of Fitness First looks likely to be settled within weeks. Industry sources indicate
01 Jul 2016
The potential takeover of Fitness First UK by Dave Whelan’s DW Sports would mark the
As healthcare continues to shift towards prevention, there’s a growing focus on helping people stay
10 May 2016
As predicted by Health Club Management in November, the investment giant that former Fitness First
30 Mar 2016
The potential sale of Fitness First UK has sparked “a significant amount of interest,” with
09 Feb 2016
Low cost health club chain easyGym is reportedly being prepared for a sale. According to
09 Feb 2016
Fitness First has quietly pulled down the shutters on its BEAT microgym in Charing Cross,
18 Jan 2016
Fitness First has sold its Queen’s Park health club in Bournemouth – the site on
23 Dec 2015
Fitness First has announced it will invest £7.5m in a series of ‘Connected Fitness Labs’,
27 Nov 2015
Former Fitness First CEO and current chair Andrew Cosslett has joined global private equity firm
14 Oct 2015
Speculation is mounting that Fitness First could soon be up for sale, with owner Oaktree
07 Jul 2015
Fitness First is planning to sell up to 10 regional UK health clubs as the
23 Jun 2015
Fitness First has abandoned plans to sell off its German division after offers failed to
22 Jun 2015
Fitness First CEO Andrew Cosslett – the man credited with leading the gym chain’s turnaround
10 Apr 2015
The sale of Fitness First Germany is still alive, according to its managing director Stefan
07 Apr 2015
Ikos Oceania has launched in Halkidiki, Greece – the first of two Ikos Resorts properties
03 Feb 2015
The explosion of new boutique gym sites across London demonstrates how consumers are waking up
14 Jan 2015
A decision on the proposed sale of Fitness First’s 80 health clubs in Germany is
03 Nov 2014
Sani Resorts and global asset management firm Oaktree Capital Management have formed a luxury resort
21 Oct 2014
Fitness First is in talks to sell its 80 health clubs in Germany as the
14 Nov 2012
Health club operator Fitness First has completed its restructuring, following a turbulent two-year period during
06 Sep 2012
The Los Angeles City Planning Commission has approved proposals for a 1.5 million sq ft
24 Apr 2012
Health club operator Fitness First has signed a three-month waiver agreement with its key creditors
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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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Third Space partnered with IndigoFitness to deliver a
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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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Starpool supports Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs, says Riccardo Turri
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SnowDome Fitness has added 50 per cent more space with cutting-edge Technogym solutions
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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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Performance Health Systems, manufacturer of Power Plate,
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high service levels and a partnership with Technogym
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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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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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survive, we must recognise
that it is a disease service
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us, says the activity advocate
and healthy ageing champion.
He talks to Kate Cracknell
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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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Stephen Price
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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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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Raphael Cuomo explores the
powerful link between addiction,
health and behaviour change
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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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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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Phillip Mills
CEO, Les Mills“The Les Mills partnership with Hyrox is something I'm personally really excited about”
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