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09 Jan 2026
A social third space called Lore Bathing Club has opened in New York City’s NoHo
07 Jan 2026
The original founder of 24 Hour Fitness, Mark Mastrov, is returning as owner and executive
12 Dec 2025
Fifty-six former Blink Fitness gyms in New York and New Jersey have been upgraded and
02 Dec 2025
PureGym will be maintaining the momentum of its swift rollout next year, with 60 to
02 Dec 2024
Following the completion of PureGym’s Blink Fitness acquisition, outgoing CEO, Humphrey Cobbold, and incoming CEO,
26 Nov 2024
As iconic fitness brand Crunch celebrates its 35th birthday, CEO Jim Rowley tells HCM about
CoverMe, the global leader in fitness workforce management, today launches CoverMe PT, an on-demand personal
15 Nov 2024
PureGym has announced that the U.S. Bankruptcy Court has approved its acquisition of Blink Fitness.
31 Oct 2024
It has been confirmed that PureGym is the winning bidder in the auction for US
26 Sep 2024
Pure Gym has raised the necessary funds to allow the purchase of Blink Fitness, which
11 Sep 2024
PureGym is making a bid for the majority of the assets of Blink Fitness, which
23 Aug 2024
Directors, Aaron McCulloch and James Lorey, have completed a management buy-out of Your Personal Training
14 Aug 2024
Blink Fitness, the affordable fitness brand founded in 2011 and owned by Equinox Holdings, has
Elevate is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary in style this June, with organisers confirming
05 Nov 2022
Authorities in Costa Rica have confirmed the death of RSG Group founder, Rainer Schaller and
22 Oct 2022
Rainer Schaller, founder and CEO of RSG group and his partner and two children are
21 Oct 2022
Private gym chain New York Sports Clubs (NYSC) has acquired boutique brand Fhitting Room, which
12 Sep 2022
As the UK’s new prime minister Liz Truss prepares an energy bailout, UK Active has
01 Sep 2022
TRX has been acquired by its founder, Randy Hetrick and Jack Daly of private equity
03 Nov 2021
Tech billionaire and hotelier, Larry Ellison, has quietly acquired the lakefront Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe
One of the biggest mistakes operators in the fitness industry still make is advertising almost
31 Mar 2021
Danish health club operator Repeat, launched in 2016 by serial fitness entrepreneur Rasmus Ingerslev, has
05 Mar 2021
US fitness industry revenue dropped 58 per cent during 2020 – from the US$35bn all-time
28 Dec 2020
Polish medical insurance outfit, Medicover, has rescued Polish operator, Fitness World, out of administration. The
28 Dec 2020
24 Hour Fitness will emerge from chapter 11 bankruptcy this week after the gym chain
17 Nov 2020
Humphrey Cobbold, CEO of PureGym, has confirmed to HCM that the company's operations in Poland
05 Oct 2020
Digital fitness tech and on-demand platform, Intelivideo, has appointed former Gold's Gym CEO, Adam Zeitsiff,
01 Oct 2020
Indoor cycling brand, Flywheel, has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy and closed all its US
17 Sep 2020
Town Sports International – which operates a raft of brands, including the New York Sports
14 Jul 2020
Rainer Schaller, the founder of budget gym megabrand McFIT, has added iconic franchised chain Gold's
15 Jun 2020
Gold's Gym is battling to get out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection by innovating its
15 Jun 2020
Health club chain 24 Hour Fitness has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, blaming the
01 Jun 2020
Health club chain 24 Hour Fitness has reopened some of its sites in Texas and
05 May 2020
Franchised fitness giant Gold's Gym has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, as it struggles
04 Dec 2018
Chinese investment conglomerate Fosun Group is to acquire almost a 25 per cent stake in
14 Feb 2018
The unfinished Fontainebleau resort tower in Las Vegas, US, will finally get a new lease
13 Dec 2016
Hong Kong-based global conglomerate Chow Tai Fook Enterprises Limited (CTFE) – parent company of Rosewood
09 Nov 2016
Physical inactivity levels across the UK should be a source of national embarrassment. This was
19 Sep 2016
London architects Studio Bednarski have completed one high-profile European bridge and won a competition to
28 Aug 2016
It’s nearly the end of August and many of us have been on our holidays,
26 Aug 2016
The giant Baha Mar resort complex slated for the Bahamas will resume construction in September,
20 Jun 2016
Six Flags continues to focus its efforts outside of the US, with plans to bring
27 Apr 2016
Six Flags has reached record numbers in the stock market after posting its smallest ever
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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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SnowDome Fitness has added 50 per cent more space with cutting-edge Technogym solutions
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Starpool supports Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs, says Riccardo Turri
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Third Space partnered with IndigoFitness to deliver a
bespoke training space for its new club at The Whiteley
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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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The industry is embracing consumer-facing tech. Now it’s time to
streamline back-of-house systems with Orbit4, says Daniel Jones
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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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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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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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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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Raphael Cuomo explores the
powerful link between addiction,
health and behaviour change
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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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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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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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New insight from Deloitte and Grant Thornton shows record growth, but the real shift is towards identity and perceived value, revealing opportunities to deepen engagement with members
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