Parkrun news
28 Aug 2025
Parkrun – which organises 5k runs or walks at 9am every Saturday – has launched
08 Jan 2025
Insurance company, Vitality, has published a report into the exercise habits of British women, and
18 Nov 2024
Moving Communities, the data platform which tracks participation at public leisure centres, has teamed up
04 Nov 2024
Now in its third year, David Lloyd Leisure has taken its Blaze Community Games international,
23 Aug 2023
New research from Flinders University in Australia has found that breast reduction surgery can change
16 Aug 2023
Entrepreneur Steven Bartlett, perhaps most famous for his role in BBC's Dragon's Den, has invested
As healthcare continues to shift towards prevention, there’s a growing focus on helping people stay
05 Jul 2022
Coopah, an AI-enabled community-focused training app for runners, has just completed its first RunStart Academy.
21 Sep 2021
A new high-end workspace, designed for the use of personal trainers, coaches and other health
11 May 2021
A report commissioned by Parkrun has estimated that allowing mass-participation outdoor events carries an "exceptionally
23 Nov 2020
Closing gyms and leisure facilities during any possible future lockdown would be "unthinkable", according to
16 Apr 2020
Organisers of some of the UK's largest mass participation sports events – including the London
19 Mar 2020
Fitness and physical activity operators in the UK have begun closing facilities and cancelling events,
Elevate is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary in style this June, with organisers confirming
23 Jan 2020
Sheffield Hallam University’s Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre (AWRC) will officially open on 24 January. The
24 Sep 2019
A medical practice is opening its very own fitness club, as part of plans to
18 Feb 2019
Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) has named professor Rob Copeland as the first director of the
21 Jan 2019
The Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre (AWRC) will open its doors at Sheffield Hallam University later
21 Dec 2018
American broadcaster HBO plans Game of Thrones attraction in Northern Ireland, Leisure Media becomes the
13 Dec 2018
Sport England is to invest £3m in the popular Parkrun movement, with a focus on
One of the biggest mistakes operators in the fitness industry still make is advertising almost
22 Nov 2017
The value of Olympic and Paralympic sports to the UK now stands at £19bn (€21.42bn,
24 Jul 2017
A day of mass participation running is being organised by UK Sport and parkrun to
29 Jun 2017
The health and fitness industry’s finest came together in their hundreds last night (28 June)
22 May 2017
PayAsUGym receives industry recognition for its work increasing participation at more than 2,500 gyms and
05 May 2017
Physical activity advocate Dr Zoe Williams has called for support and funding for new initiatives
24 Apr 2017
With just two weeks to go until Elevate 2017, a number of expert industry professionals
29 Mar 2017
Elevate, the UK’s largest cross-sector event focused on tackling physical inactivity, aims to directly address
26 Oct 2016
The threat to the existence of public parks is a threat to the nation’s physical
05 Sep 2016
More than 300 sporting events will be held across Ireland from 10 September as part
10 Jun 2016
As the physical activity sector continues to refine its offering and extend services beyond the
03 Jun 2016
Parkrun has closed down its operations in Bristol’s Little Stoke park following a dispute with
19 May 2016
As Sport England reveals its vision for sport and physical activity over the next five
06 May 2016
The row between parkrun and Stoke Gifford Parish Council about maintenance charges for local facilities
22 Apr 2016
Acting sports minister David Evennett has urged Stoke Gifford Parish Council to “reconsider” its proposal
14 Apr 2016
When it comes to behaviour change and inspiring the nation to be more active, attitude
13 Apr 2016
Parkrun – the body which organises free 5km runs for the public – has criticised
18 Jan 2016
A consortium headed up by the English Federation of Disability Sport (EFDS) has bagged a
04 Jan 2016
Chrissie Wellington, the head of participation at parkrun and four-time Ironman World Champion, has been
18 Nov 2015
Business secretary Sajid Javid has called on companies in the private sector to play a
30 Oct 2015
Researchers at the University of Nottingham are recruiting thousands of parkrun participants to assess whether
12 Oct 2015
An impressive line-up of leading public health figures will take to the stage at the
08 Oct 2015
Jubilee Hall Trust has pioneered a new programme to get the feet of inactive Londoners
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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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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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EGYM has opened a new HQ in Paternoster Square,
London and revealed a range of new launches
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BLK BOX has been reimagining elite performance
spaces for more than a decade. Founder and
former athlete, Greg Bradley, tells us what it takes
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Performance Health Systems, manufacturer of Power Plate,
has a new CEO, with an ambitious vision for the company
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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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Raphael Cuomo explores the
powerful link between addiction,
health and behaviour change
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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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The Breath Coach“I experienced a blissful feeling of joy I hadn’t felt since I was a kid”
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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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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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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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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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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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Record market penetration in the UK
fitness sector masks a deeper shift
around consumer engagement, according
to a report from Grant Thornton and
UK Active, as Liz Terry reports
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