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08 Jan 2026
ACE has released its top fitness trend predictions for 2026 in the US, along with
10 Dec 2024
A Kickstarter campaign is underway to fund a fully automated wearable nutrition tracker which takes
10 Oct 2024
Fitness On Demand – which is part of Lift Brands – has announced it will
24 Apr 2024
Short-term incentives to exercise, such as using daily reminders, rewards or games, can lead to
In a world where technology is advancing at a breakneck pace, it's no surprise that
05 Jan 2023
Wearable technology is 2023’s number one worldwide fitness trend according to the American College of
Strength training has never been more important for member retention, facility differentiation and long-term commercial
20 Dec 2022
A new sleep mask, which can track eye movements, including REM, during sleep, will be
07 Oct 2021
The Wellness Tourism Association (WTA) has unveiled the 2021 installation of its Wellness Travel Consumer
01 Sep 2020
Tech giant Amazon has entered the highly-contested health and fitness tracking market with a huge
27 Jul 2020
Bans on meal deals, stricter rules on food advertising and printing calorie contents on menus
22 Jul 2020
The UK's industry's leading trade associations have united to call for a major review of
02 Jul 2020
The PGA Tour has recently bought 1,000 Whoop bands for its golfers, after PGA Tour
Panatta brought together four of the most influential figures in bodybuilding history on the stage
18 Feb 2020
Rising workplace stress among employees has led companies to increase their investment in incentives as
07 Feb 2020
Ukactive has called on HM Treasury to invest more in the physical activity sector, in
29 Jan 2020
Those who use fitness trackers are twice as likely to enjoy their gym workout (61
16 Jan 2020
A new product aimed at the ageing population is combining wearable fitness tech with artificial
14 Jan 2020
The increasing popularity of streaming services and wireless earbuds – along with the introduction of
23 Dec 2019
WellCare of Georgia has signed a partnership deal with Fitbit, which will see fitness trackers
04 Dec 2019
A local fitness operator with 11 clubs in Chicago, US, is looking to muscle in
01 Nov 2019
Google has revealed plans to acquire wearable company Fitbit in a deal worth US$2.1bn (€1.88bn,
13 Aug 2019
Thousands of people at risk of Type 2 diabetes will be given digital support –
Think tank: NHS should prescribe patients with fitness trackers to help prevent long-term conditions
22 Jul 2019
Patients from low-income backgrounds should be prescribed fitness trackers on the NHS, in order to
22 Aug 2017
Chinese electronics maker Xiaomi has overtaken Apple to become the world’s largest wearables vendor, capturing
11 Jul 2017
Anytime Fitness has launched a free app that has been integrated with platforms MapMyFitness MVP
20 Mar 2017
The latest report charting the wearables market has suggested that the sector is in “good
21 Feb 2017
Life Leisure's actilife health programme has been adopted by two North West leisure trusts planning
20 Dec 2016
The main reason first-time buyers consider purchasing wearable technology is so they can track their
01 Sep 2016
The US city of Chicago is installing “fitness trackers” on lamp posts and to the
06 May 2016
Fitbit reported sales of US$505m for the first quarter of 2016 – a 50 per
10 Mar 2016
Senior politicians were urged last night to help drive the physical activity agenda by supporting
08 Feb 2016
The government should significantly rethink its taxation of gym memberships to get to grips with
29 Jan 2016
Former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo has announced that he is working on a new fitness
28 Jan 2016
Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson is calling on employers to drive a radical overhaul of offices to
27 Jan 2016
Fitness tracking devices are expected to remain the dominant force in the wearable tech market
08 Jan 2016
Fitbit, the world’s biggest seller of wearable technology, is being sued in the US over
07 Jan 2016
Having been named the biggest fitness trend of 2016 by the ACSM recently, wearable tech
15 Dec 2015
Three quarters of online consumers are likely to purchase health and fitness technology in the
18 Jun 2015
Wearable tech giant Fitbit will float on the New York Stock Exchange later today (18
02 Mar 2015
We’ve had smartwatches, smart glasses and even smart shoes. Now the humble skipping rope is
23 Jan 2015
A new pair of fitness tracking devices from heart rate monitor specialist Mio Global have
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Social fitness the missing link to member engagement, according to a new Myzone report
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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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Find out how your gym can tap into the corporate wellness boom
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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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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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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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EGYM has opened a new HQ in Paternoster Square,
London and revealed a range of new launches
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A new report puts physical activity
at the heart of healthcare, says Muir Gray
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People on weight loss drugs reduce their activity levels, according to a team at St John’s Hospital Illinois
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Lisa Starr tries the Ammortal
Chamber to see whether
layering 10 modalities into one
experience really delivers more
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As the 20th State of the Industry Report is released,
LeisureDB has rebranded to Evolve, as Kath Hudson reports
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Shaun Grove
Owner, Stride Fitness“My goal was to invest in where fitness is going, not where it’s already been”
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The new CEO of UK Active talks to HCM about the gym-curious and
why he believes the sector can double in size by the end of the next decade
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World Athletics president, Sebastian Coe talks to Liz Terry
about the launch of Run X in partnership with Technogym
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MD, Brio“We’ve reduced the level of council investment over the last three years by 40 per cent and increased our turnover by 9 per cent”
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New legislation is exposing weakness
and potential liabilities in the
management of customer data in
health clubs, says Andy Chesterman
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