Physical activity news
28 Jul 2022
The World Active Forum (WAF) – a new network of national fitness associations and organisations
22 Jul 2022
Edinburgh’s new Meadowbank Sports Centre has opened after a five-year, £47m build which saw the
20 Jul 2022
UK Active and Nike have launched the 2022 Open Doors programme. The scheme provides children
15 Jul 2022
Community benefit society Leisure in the Community (LITC) and 1Life Leisure Management Solutions (1Life) have
12 Jul 2022
Doing the recommended amount of exercise during weekends is just as beneficial as spreading physical
08 Jul 2022
A coalition of leading organisations across the physical activity sector has called for radical reform
EGYM has announced an integration with a leading UK-based software company Fisikal to enhance its
04 Jul 2022
A two-year research project will look to find ways to transform the UK's physical activity
01 Jul 2022
The best in the business from across the physical activity sector were honoured last night
01 Jul 2022
At UK Active’s Active Uprising event yesterday (30 June) in Birmingham, Hattie Jones, the head
30 Jun 2022
HCM understands researchers are moving closer to creating a pill to mimic some of the
29 Jun 2022
Establishing new data and insight services and strengthening relationships with both government and the NHS
23 Jun 2022
A new report by Deloitte, outlining the social and economic value of the global health
EGYM has been pioneering the connected gym floor for more than a decade, partnering with
23 Jun 2022
A special task force has been established to boost physical activity opportunities for people with
15 Jun 2022
Mike Farrar has been announced as the new chair at UK Active. His tenure will
15 Jun 2022
Key organisations from the UK’s leisure industry are lobbying the government for financial support to
It’s a known fact that gamification is an effective method to make everyday activities and
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07 Jun 2022
According to The World Health Organization's recently-released research study, WHO European Regional Obesity Report 2022,
Expert comment from Ernst De Neef, CEO, Funxtion In just over two years, the fitness
04 Jun 2022
Caterpillar, a new app that rewards healthy actions with redeemable points at entertainment and fitness
01 Jun 2022
Power Plate has been shortlisted for the “Developing & Supporting Communities following on from Covid-19”
23 May 2022
A new physical activity programme called Big Sister has been launched in the UK to
21 May 2022
Go Fit has been selected by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) as
10 May 2022
Sport England and UK Active have signed a five-year partnership agreement which will see the
05 May 2022
Members of the United States Congress and Washington DC staff are competing against each other
The health and fitness industry is eagerly awaiting the return of Elevate, which will take
14 Apr 2022
Exercise scientists at the Les Mills Research Lab have identified the trait of automaticity –
13 Apr 2022
More than a third of consumers are working out more than before the pandemic, but
07 Apr 2022
UK Active has released its final report on COVID-19 cases among health club, leisure centre
06 Apr 2022
The number of people with a gym membership in Europe increased by 1 million (or
06 Apr 2022
The ninth European Health & Fitness Forum (EHFF) has kicked off at the Koelnmesse in
29 Mar 2022
Sports data analysis and consultancy firm 4Global has appointed Kerstin Obenauer as chief customer officer
29 Mar 2022
A new cancer prehabilitation programme is achieving groundbreaking results by bringing the health and fitness
23 Mar 2022
Consumers’ growing interest in exercise, health and wellness have been highlighted by changes to the
22 Mar 2022
The health, fitness and activity sector is ramping up its sustainability drive to net-zero with
Industry reports show that when gyms reopened, fitness enthusiasts flocked back to their local gyms.
01 Mar 2022
Myzone has announced a partnership with workforce wellness platform Wellonomics. The partnership will see Myzone
On the 6th April, the day before the FIBO international trade show officially begins, the
28 Feb 2022
The UK government must offer greater clarity on how it plans to support the health
25 Feb 2022
YOUR Personal Training (YPT), the UK’s largest PT management company, has created a dedicated recovery
Developed by i-Tech Industries, i-Boost is a unique wellbeing solution based on technological innovation and
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“We must move from mainly measuring participation to also measuring outcomes – social, personal and economic value ”
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Policy
UK Active’s Alex Lucas explains
the findings of a new report
which shows how the fitness and
leisure sector can help transform
workforce activity levels in the
new hybrid workplace
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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
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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
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“My starting point was to ask what would happen if membership was something you gave for free?”
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Martyn Allison reviews a recent National Audit Office report
into grassroots participation in physical activity in the UK
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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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From VR to personalisation, here’s what we can expect to see
in wellness in the coming months, says Lauren McAlister
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Tom Walker investigates how £2.2bn worth of
London 2012 legacy investment has failed to empower teachers
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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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Are you on board with the metaverse
or is it something to leave to the tech
team? Kath Hudson investigates
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Questex’s Sibec Europe-UK, Europe’s leading hosted buyer event for the fitness industry,
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Portugal.
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Everyone Active will open Moorways Sports Village to the public on Saturday 21 May with a
grand opening weekend – in time for the half term holidays.
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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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