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11 Mar 2026
Basic Fit is rolling out women-only training areas in selected clubs across its extensive estate.
05 Feb 2026
A report from UK Active and Les Mills has found that 43 per cent of
13 Nov 2025
According to the latest Moving Communities Impact Report visits to leisure centres are rising and
01 Sep 2025
Gen Z value the gym for their mental and physical health according to a UK-wide
A unique educational experience on July 8th & 9th 2025 at the heart of athletic performance
02 Jan 2025
Everyone Active, has collaborated with wellbeing consultant, Oli Patrick, to launch a new membership category,
CoverMe, the global leader in fitness workforce management, today launches CoverMe PT, an on-demand personal
17 Sep 2024
Les Mills has published research looking at how Gen Zers perceive career opportunities in the
03 Sep 2024
Hotworx is on a 'disciplined' rollout with 700 locations expected by October and overseas expansion
19 Aug 2024
New research by global travel practice Finn Partners investigates the shifting travel habits of affluent
10 Jul 2024
The way fat stores are metabolised during exercise is different in males and females, according
04 Jun 2024
According to new research from Ernst & Young, the gap between female and male engagement
26 Jan 2024
The consumption of energy drinks – even just one a month – has a negative
One of the biggest mistakes operators in the fitness industry still make is advertising almost
15 Dec 2022
Following a £500,000 investment, Everybody Health and Leisure has unveiled a new 100-station Technogym fitness
17 Oct 2022
The physical activity a woman does before child-bearing etches itself into her cells in ways
01 Sep 2021
The basal metabolic rate at which a body burns calories peaks at a much earlier
10 Mar 2021
At least one of the vaccines approved for use against COVID-19 could be less effective
01 Sep 2020
Stuart Perrin, a former Xercise4Less COO, has launched a new affordable boutique studio concept with
01 Sep 2020
Personal training company PT Academy is transitioning into facility management with the opening of its
Active Blackpool is deploying Cornerstone Connect, a new digital interface allowing disparate information from multiple
05 Jun 2020
The Spa Business team has rounded up four recent webinars you may have missed to
12 Mar 2020
A new initiative has been launched to engage and empower women working in the UK
11 Sep 2019
Sport Ireland is to invest more than €3m (£2.7m) as part of plans to create
25 Jun 2019
Creating opportunities for older people to get physically active represents a major driver for growth
22 Nov 2018
Cricket's national governing body ECB will invest £1.2m in engaging women from British South Asian
24 Aug 2018
Latest figures from Sport Wales show that a "stubborn" gap still exists in sports participation
10 Jul 2018
Places for People Leisure (PfP) is using Sport England’s National Benchmarking Service (NBS) alongside clever
18 Jun 2018
Physical exercise and keeping fit can protect against the onset of Alzheimer's disease, according to
14 Nov 2017
The RFU and Sport England will invest £10m to get 100,000 more women and girls
08 Sep 2017
French product house and supplier Cinq Mondes will open a 32,000sq ft (3,000sq m) “spa
24 Aug 2017
Growing numbers of leisure centre members are swapping traditional activities like swimming for spin bikes
23 Jun 2017
Physical activity levels among teenagers are similar to that of 60-year olds, according to US
15 Jun 2017
Greater Manchester has exceeded its target of getting one million people to be regularly active,
19 May 2017
Australian fitness franchise F45 has sold 50 franchises in the UK with 15 studios expected
23 Mar 2017
Pulse, the company tasked with operating the Football Association’s (FA) first two Parklife facilities, has
08 Mar 2017
Sports national governing bodies with low female representation on their boards should make changes immediately
03 Feb 2017
Spas focused on wellness generate more average income than their generic counterparts, according to a
26 Jan 2017
Sport England has ushered in a new era of data collection by publishing its first
12 Dec 2016
Two-thirds (65.6 per cent) of adults aged between 50 and 70 years old – known
08 Dec 2016
The growth in participation for hockey, netball and gymnastics has boosted the number of women
20 Oct 2016
Equality campaign body Sporting Equals has launched a new insight series with the hope of
17 Oct 2016
Brands partnering with sports events or organisations are not engaging sufficiently with the female population,
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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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Starpool supports Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs, says Riccardo Turri
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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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Third Space partnered with IndigoFitness to deliver a
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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,
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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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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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Raphael Cuomo explores the
powerful link between addiction,
health and behaviour change
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Strength training is evolving,
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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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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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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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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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Vicci Wells shares insights from the
recent Class of 2035 report into
physical activity in Generation Alpha
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UK market penetration has risen to 18 per cent – one of the highest
globally, yet with 100 per cent of people seeing benefits when they
exercise, how high could it go? Kath Hudson asks the experts…
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